Favourite Lush Products

Hi everyone! It's no surprise to the people that know me that I love Lush products, but I'm more of a Lush hoarder. I buy so many Lush products that I can't get through them quick enough. Christmas is my favourite time to buy Lush things because my two favourite scents are 'Snow Fairy' and 'Twilight', so I have to stock up on them and hope they don't get discontinued next year! I haven't included any bath bombs in this post, but I think I might do a separate post on them!

'American Dream' hair conditioner - I'm awful at explaining scents, but this says that it's strawberry vanilla milkshake scented, which I would probably agree with. It smells gorgeous, and leaves your hair feeling super soft!

'Sweetie Pie' shower jelly - the feeling of these is the weirdest thing because it does feel like actual jelly. The smell is amazing, again can't really describe the scent, but it says on the packaging that it's cherry and coconut. It's kind of weird to use because it's so unconventional, but it's amazing so give it a try.

'Snow Fairy' shower gel - my absolute favourite shower gel, smells gorgeous and has glitter in it! This doesn't say what the scent is, but it smells identical to their bubblegum lip scrub, so I presuming it's bubblegum. If you don't like really sweet scents, then you probably wouldn't like this but I love it. It's just a shame it's limited edition for Christmas time!

'Twilight' shower gel - My second favourite shower gel, again with glitter! You can definitely smell the lavender in it, but it's not like the strong lavender you'd relate to grandparent scents, it's more subtle and calming. Their twilight bath bomb would go amazing with this!

'Bubblegum' lip scrub - I love this so much, yes it's an amazing lip scrub and makes my lips really soft, but it also tastes amazing! I do have to stop myself from eating it, but it's amazing, so if you haven't tried it already, definitely pick it up!

'9 to 5' cleansing lotion - This is my top lazy day product. You just smooth it all over your face, and either use a warm flannel or cotton pad to remove. I personally use a cotton pad because then I can just do it in bed really quick. It does have a subtle scent, but nothing too over-powering.

Thanks for reading
Jasmine x

Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes Recipe

Hi everyone, so these cupcakes are so quick and easy to make, can be made to look really lovely with sugar fruits or keep them rustic and simple looking like mine!

Ingredients;

For the Cakes -

6oz Butter

6oz Caster Sugar

6oz Self-raising Flour

3 Medium Eggs

For the Icing and Lemon Syrup -

Icing Sugar

Lemon Juice

Water

1. First, pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5 and place the cupcake cases into the tray, then cream the butter and the caster sugar together, it should look light and creamy. My food tech teacher used to tell us that you know it's creamed properly when you can no longer hear the sugar scrape across the bowl.

2. Mix the eggs into the bowl, too make sure it doesn't curdle, add some but not all of the flour.

3. Now mix in the flour until the mixture is light and airy. Make sure it's really mixed well so air is incorporated into the mixture to make the cupcakes light and fluffy.

4. Now spoon the mixture into the cases and place them in the oven for 12-15 minutes. I used a cupcake maker used because I find it easier but the timings are the same.

5. For the lemon syrup, I used plenty of icing sugar and added some lemon juice for a really runny icing. I just winged the measuring for it but as long as it isn't at all thick it's fine.

6. Once the cupcakes come out of the oven, pierce the cupcakes several times with a cocktail stick and glaze the cupcakes with the syrup. If you do this whilst the cupcakes are still warm, the syrup will soak in better.

7. Whilst the cupcakes are now cooling you can make the icing for the top. It's just icing sugar and a small bit of water too make a thick icing. Then once they've cooled, you can spoon a small bit of icing on the top of the cupcake and then read it out a little.

Hope you like this post, I'm thinking of slightly trickier foods to make and post as well, if you have any suggestions then let me know!

Jasmine x