Review/Mini Lush Haul!

Last weekend I went to Lush and picked up 3 products I've been dying to try out :) 

The first product I decided to splurge on because it
was always so tempting in the store was the Rub
Rub Rub shower scrub. I love sugar/salt scrubs but I felt like spending $19.95 USD on a scrub would be a waste of money. However, the first time I used this I instantly fell in love. The scent is amazing. It has a mimosa, orange blossom tropical scent, but it's very light and fresh. This salt scrub not only exfoliates my skin wonderfully, but it leaves it feeling so silky and moisturized!

 
The next product I decided to try out was the Mask of Magnaminty (pictured below), I've heard many great reviews on it, and I decided to try it out because I absolutely love my Lush Cupcake face mask, but it has a very short shelf life, but it is designed for oily/acne prone skin, and it works amazingly for me. The Mask of Magnaminty is also suppose to be good for oily skin and acne. However, I've tried this product about 3 times already and I haven't seen any noticeable results. I have high hopes for this product, so I hope I end up loving it ! The Mask of Magnaminty claims to be a deep cleansing facial cleanser or mask, including ingridients like China clay and fresh peppermint that help deep clean pores. It also includes Adzuki Beans which help exfoliate while vanilla helps calm redness. 

The last product I really wanted to try from Lush was one of their Shower Jellies! I decided to try Sweetie Pie, which is actually the same scent as the Comforter Bubble Bar, which is one of Lush's most popular products. This product is so fun to use in the shower, it has a fun jelly consistency, but when you massage the product into a loofa it gets super bubbly and smells wonderful. This product is also very inexpensive, considering most Lush products are on the pricier side. A 8.5oz tub runs for $11.95 USD, and you get a ton of product!

Review: Lioele Beyond the Solution BB Cream

My Thoughts: Recently BB Creams have been the talk of the beauty community. I swear everyone and their mother raves about them. I have tried both an authentic Korean BB Cream and an "Americanized" version of one. I originally heard about BB creams from YouTube videos, and they sounded like amazing and promising products. I've never heard a single bad review about one. I first tried the Smashbox BB Cream after a Sephora employee recommended it to me. I wasn't impressed by it at all. It hardly had any coverage or lasting power. Recently, I ordered the Lioele Beyond the Solution BB cream from an Ebay seller in Korea. I was so excited to finally try it after seeing reviews on it for months. I immediately started trying it out and took notes throughout the day on how it wore. I first applied it at 6:30 am, then by 11:30am my skin was more oily than it normally is by that time, but it still provided the same amount of coverage as when I first applied it, and it was still in place and not cakey. I had to touch up my skin twice with a translucent powder by noon, and although I do have oily skin, the products I had used previously kept my face matte all day and my makeup would still look 100% flawless by noon. By 12:30, after touching up my makeup twice that day, I could see the BB cream noticeably fading. It looked a bit uneven and my freckles and pimples were showing through as if I had no face makeup on at all. I also noticed that this product has a very strong pink undertone to it, at least on my skin, which is odd considering I naturally have very pinky-toned skin. Overall, I was pretty disappointed in this product. As I said  before, I do have oily skin but it is easily controlled by the Revlon Colorstay Whipped foundation and the same setting powder and primer I used with the BB cream. I was honestly surprised that this product didn't live up to all the hype I had heard about it. This BB cream may work a bit better for those of you who have dry skin, but I can't really say since I don't have dry skin. I would definitely not repurchase this product or recommend it to anyone with oily skin, or even skin on the slightly-oily side. 

Pros:                                                                                       
Inexpensive ($11.75 where I purchased it)
Very light feeling on skin
Has medium coverage
Nice natural satin-like finish on the skin
Includes a pump (clean and easy application)


Cons:
Skin appears oily very quickly after application
Awful lasting power (even with a mattifying primer and De-slick Oil Control spray)
Fades away and loses coverage after 5-6 hours 
Can become cakey and patchy/uneven looking

Consistency: This BB Cream has a relatively thick/creamy consistency to it. It blends out smoothly and flawlessly, and leaves a satin and ever so slightly dewy finish.