Cup o' Coffee Exfoliating Face Mask Review (ॢ˘⌣˘ ॢ⑅)

I should begin this post with saying:

Whoever came up with the idea for this face mask...

I will find you and I will hug you.

You truly are a blessing and I love you.

I wouldn't say that I'm an excessive coffee drinker but the concept of drinking coffee does appeal to me and I will drink it from time to time.

When I was browsing through all the new products at Lush last Friday, I came across this little beauty. The name was what caught my eye. It sounds so... dinky? Probably not the best word but it fits in my mind.

Anyway, my liking of coffee combined with the appealing name made me pick up one of these little pots of heaven.

So when I first got home, as you do, I opened it up, had a little sniff again and, honestly, I was rather overwhelmed by the scent. It was rather strong and I was wondering if I could stomach having it all over my face for 10-15 minutes.

When I finally tried it today I was a little nervous because sickly scents often make me feel quite nauseous. However, it was a lovely surprise to find that the smell was kinda strong but also kinda subtle. I did notice it but it wasn't overpowering! I actually felt quite relaxed while waiting for it to set on my face.

Another positive was that I only needed a very small amount to cover my entire face!

When it finally came to washing it off, I added a bit of water and rubbed the mask around my face a bit. 

I'm not totally sure if this mask is meant to be quite a harsh exfoliater but it was for me ~ this wasn't a bad thing though!

Once I washed the mask off, I found that my face was noticeably smoother and softer. Initially, I expected to find that it would either make my skin smoother or softer (but not both!)

But, I have underestimated its power. 

Without a doubt, this product is going to become my new exfoliater. Thankfully, with my skin type I don't need to exfoliate too frequently so this product would be perfect to use about once a week. 

For coffee lovers and Lushies alike, this is definitely a staple item. 

I would highly recommend it!

More product reviews coming very soon!

Hope you're having a lovely day!

Ren ♥

Lush Oxford Street Opening! ˭̡̞(◞⁎˃ᆺ˂)◞*✰

For many Lushies like myself, April 23rd/24th 2015 was a momentous day. With 100+ new Lush products being released, there was no way I was gonna miss this opportunity to get my hands on a few new (some even exclusive!) products.


I wasn't there for the actual opening of the store in the morning, but after school I took a trip down to the new 3 level store. I was happily surprised to arrive at the shop and find out that I would not have to queue for ages. It was nice to see some familiar faces there from other Lush branches that I usually go to.


Anyway, back to the actual products! Across the different floors, everything was nicely organised into the different categories - i.e. bath goodies upstairs, fragrances and massage products downstairs and general body care and makeup on the ground floor.


I really could go on forever about all the little new changes and new things but I'm gonna try and keep this short and sweet!


The changes that I noticed:
♥ The increased sizes of bottles and tubs.
♥ New makeup - e.g. blush and eyeshadow pigments.
♥ Showder - Shower powder! I'm yet to try some.
♥ Paper Soap - Need I say more? Yet another thing I've still yet to try.
♥ Hot oil hair treatments - I'm seriously going to need some of them when I dye my hair in the summer...
♥ New/reshaped luxury bath melts/oils! - Only £2 each so you can imagine my reaction.
♥ Lots of new products! - There are faaaaaar too many to list, heh...


I picked up a fair few things, both new and old. I'm likely to do quite a few reviews on many of the products very soon!


Old!
♥ Celestial moisturiser
♥ R&B hair moisturiser
♥ Ro's Argan body conditioner
♥ Pink Peppermint (renamed! - originally called Fairtrade foot lotion - it's still Fairtrade!)
♥ Lullaby solid shampoo (with added glitter... not a massive fan of having glitter in my hair)


New!
♥ Oral Pleasure toothy tabs (Eek! - naughty name!)
♥ Salted Coconut hand scrub
♥ Love & Light hand cream
♥ Lord of Misrule shower cream (aka~ the divine one)
♥ Rub Rub Rub solid scrub
♥ 93,000 Miles shower jelly
♥ Cup o' Coffee exfoliating face mask
♥ Rosie Cheeks face mask
♥ Luxury bath melts/oils - I pretty much got one of each - listing all the individual names seems somewhat unnecessary!


As always, the staff there were reaaaaally really nice & made the 2 hours that I spent in the shop even more enjoyable!


Anyway, I could probably go on forever about my experience in the new shop but I'm pretty sure I covered all the important stuff! If I remember anything else I'll be sure to update this post!


I'll be posting reviews on some of the new products soon ~ so check back here later!


Much love,
Ren ♥