Wednesday Wants - Halloween Special!

So its Halloween this weekend and I am going to show you my pick of the best costumes and other cool halloweeny things!

1) Malice in Wonderland Costume -£39

I love Alice In Wonderland but I love this more gothic version even more! It is £39 for the dress only so you would have to buy the wig, socks, shoes and dagger yourself which would probably work out quite expensive. Everyone will love it though! Get yours here.







2) Calacas Shower Jelly - £2.95 from Lush

This is the limited edition Day of the Dead shower jelly and it smells like limes and jelly beans. You can also get it in yellow or orange and it really is lovely. Get yours at a lush shop or from here.







3) Halloween Box Set - £40 from Enchanted

A box full of seasonal bath products from Enchanted. The scents are all lovely and halloweeny and the box looks amazing. Get one from here.






4) Pumpkin Paper Lantern - £1.99 from Lakeland

How cute would this look in your garden when you're having your halloween party? I love it and its not expensive either! Get yours here.








5) Halloween Crackers - £10 from John Lewis

I have never seen Halloween Crackers before so I was drawn to these in John Lewis yesterday! They are so different, I love them. Get yours from here.







6) Sinister Poiret Clown Costume - £17.99

This is the costume that I had originally chosen for Halloween but I wont be able to buy my costume until Friday and that is too late to order this online! It comes with the dress, neck piece and hat so you would have to buy stockings, armwarmers, a wig and make up to get the full effect. Get yours here.






7) Chocolate Halloween Lollies - 69p each or 3 for 2 from Thorntons

Thorntons have got some lovely cute chocolate lollies at 69p each and 3 for 2 at the moment. My favourite is this skeleton, he's gorgeous! Get yours instore or here.






8) Screme Egg - 50p from ASDA

The Screme Egg is just like a Creme Egg but it has green goo instead of orange! Tell me that is not amazing..








9) Rotten Coffin Halloween Prop - £99

An expensive halloween prop but can you imagine your friend's reactions? This is for someone who wants to throw an awesome halloween party where money is no object! Get one from here.







10) Pumpkin Carving Kit - £1.99 from Smiffys

It just isn't halloween without pumpkin carving so grab your pumpkin and use this pumpkin carving kit to create a monster! Get yours here.

Wednesday Wants

The top ten things that I have been lusting over this week!


1) Ash Rem Studded Biker Ankle Boots - £269 from ASOS

This is way more than I would ever spend on boots! I have been wanting some of these biker style boots for autumn/winter and hopefully I will get my hands on some cheaper ones (*sob*) when I manage to get some money! These ones can be found on the ASOS website here but they are real leather so I wouldn't buy them anyway. Some faux leather ones similar to these are what I am after!










2) Urban Decay NYC Book of Shadows Vol.III - £30 from Debenhams (or £27 at the moment in the sale!)

I love my Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows, I use it most days and the colours are amazing. This box is almost as beautiful as the Alice in Wonderland one and the colours in it look amazing. The primer potion is brilliant so another little bottle of that would come in handy and I use the black eyeliner all the time. This also comes with a purple eyeliner which is my favourite colour. I hate having no money! You can buy it here.








3) Lust Perfume - £20 for a 27g bottle from Lush/Gorilla Perfumes

 

I have a small sample of this perfume (which you can get for £2 from the website) and it is divine. I am a huge fan of Lush's Flying Fox shower gel and this is so similar. It is a strong jasminey perfume but that description does not do it justice as I usually can't be doing with florals. Lush describe it as "Unashamedly carnal jasmine. Wear it if you want to get lucky. Mark is particularly fond of working with jasmine absolute and he's gone all the way. The indolic character of the white flower is in full bloom, accented by rich florals and a soft, woody base.". I will probably end up forking out on this perfume! You can buy it here.


4) Enchanted Large Halloween Set - £40 from Enchanted

I love Enchanted (as you may have noticed) and they have just come out with their Halloween range. This box has a pumpkin shaped soap in a choice of fragrances, a massage bar in a choice of fragrances and then 6 products of your choice in your choice of fragrance. The halloween scents sound amazing, particularly Monster Mash (It was a graveyard smash….sweet mango, lime, fizzy lemonade and a huge shot of sugared strawberry), Blood Bath (Fresh strawberries, tart raspberries, sugar, marshmallows and more sugar), Dark Spell (Plump black cherries dipped in dark, dark chocolate), Dia de los meurtos (A luscious autumn medley of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, maple, walnut, citrus and caramel) and Gingerbread House (In the sinister tale of Hansel and Gretel they are lured by the sinfully tasty gingerbread house, this smells good enough to eat. Sweet and spicy iced gingerbread). It would also give me a chance to try some of their new products such as bath milk and lip balm. Get yours here!


5) Jolly Roger the Captain Necklace - £5 from Must Destroy Jewellery

Must Destroy Jewellery are celebrating International Speak Like a Pirate Day with a range of pirate lego necklaces and this is my favourite of the bunch. I already have a skeleton lego necklace and I love it. I always get comments when I wear it because they are so different.You can get your very own pirate from here.












6) Tickets to Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear - £39.75 from Ticketmaster

This man is seriously a legend. I went to see him in Manchester a few years back and he was amazing. I would love to be able to go and see him again but I'm not sure there will be tickets left by the time I have money and I can't really afford to fork out to get to London and stay over. He promises the night will be fab though with his very own freak show that he has been holding auditions for and he wants the crowd in full fancy dress! Buy tickets here.


7) Poison Necklace - starting at £8 from Shottle Bop

How brilliant does this necklace look? I love the Shottle Bop necklaces and can't wait until I can afford to buy one. This is my favourite one and you can even get them with little silver spoons! I feel I may own one of these before the year is out... buy yours here.














8) Linger by Maggie Stiefvater - £3.99 (usually £7.99) on Amazon

I have read the first in this series (Shiver) and I really enjoyed it. It is a bit like Twilight but with werewolves instead! I can't wait to get the second one and find out what happens next. Get your copy here.














9) Professor Layton and the Lost Future - £29.91 (usually £39.99) on Amazon

When I went on Amazon to find the link for Linger (number 8 in my list) I saw this on the homepage and got extremely excited! I have literally just finished Professor Layton and Pandora's Box. I don't often complete games as I get bored with them but this one had me gripped from the off. Now I read that there is a new one coming out on the 17th September 2010! Get yours here.










10) Military Wool Jacket - £39.99 from New Look

Last but not least... when I came across this jacket I fell in love. I love the style and the colour and I need a new jacket for winter. This would be perfect teamed with my band t shirts, black skinnies and those boots at number 1 in my list. I can dream... Get yours here.

Enchanted Try Me Sets - Whipped Bodywash

I first found enchanted through a forum which I frequent. Enchanted is an online store (www.enchantedbath.co.uk) which sells a variety of bath, shower and skin products as well as perfumes and wax melts. The products are all handmade and are decorated and coloured beautifully. This is reflected in the time from when you order to when you receive your goodies but the waiting time is always posted on the website and is usually a couple of weeks. I am happy to wait this for such lovely products.

My favourite Enchanted product is the Whipped Bodywash. This is a creamy soap which is the texture of a cream. It contains jojoba oil which is excellent at moisturising the skin and it can be scented in any fragrance that is on the list on the site. To use, you wet the skin and then scoop out a small amount of cream and rub it on your skin. It becomes a gorgeously soft, thick foam which is amazing for shaving with. A little bit of product goes a long way and a 200g jar lasts me a long time. After I rinsed this product off my skin and dried myself, it was the softest skin I have had in a while. My skin was lightly scented with the fragrance I had chosen.

One of my favourite things about Enchanted is the fragrance list. There are a variety of fragrances on the website which you can choose to have your Whipped Bodywash in. These include girly, sweet, floral, herbal and unisex scents so there really is something for everyone. With all this choice it is very hard to choose one fragrance and this is the reason I love the Try Me Whipped Bodywash Set. For £12.50 you can get three 100g tubs of Whipped Bodywash in three fragrances of your choice. This is a great idea for trying different fragrances or for having three different fragrances on a budget. It is also good for gifts for Enchanted newcomers.

Enchanted Roll On Perfume

With my last Enchanted order there was an offer where you could choose a free roll on perfume. I therefore chose my favourite scent which is Cherry Bakewell and then promptly forgot about it. When I opened my parcel I found this at the bottom of the box and got very excited! Enchanted is an online business (www.enchantedbath.co.uk) which sells all sorts of handmade bath, body and wax goodies. As they are handmade, it can take longer to get your order than from other companies but this depends on how busy a time it is and it is totally worth it in the end.

Cherry Bakewell is a gorgeous scent. It is very sweet and girly and smells very strongly of cherries, almonds and pastry. Cherry is my favourite fragrance in any product so it is unsurprising that it is my favourite Enchanted fragrance. However, the Enchanted fragrance is the most accurate version of Cherry Bakewell that I have smelled.

I love my perfumes but find that liquid perfumes are hard to carry around with you and top up. Apart from the leakage threat, I am always worried I will break the bottle and for £15 for a full sized spray perfume of any Enchanted fragrance it is not worth the risk! Roll on perfumes are therefore a brilliant idea. These contain 10ml of an oil based perfume with a fragrance of your choice. Instead of a spray, there is a roller ball on the top so you can just roll the perfume onto your skin. There is also a twist on lid which goes on the top of the rollerball lid to prevent leakages. These perfumes are therefore perfect for sticking in your handbag so you can touch up throughout the day. I’ve found the fragrance sticks around on the skin very well and lasts for hours before needing touching up.  For £6 I think this is a bargain as my perfume has lasted me a long time. Rollerballs make it harder to waste the perfume as it all goes straight onto the skin, unlike with sprays. I much prefer to pay for one of these than buy a full sized spray perfume.

Review on Enchanted Body Cream

Advantages: Smells fantastic and sinks into the skin perfectly

Disadvantages: Expensive but lasts a long time so this is not as much of a problem

As you may or may not know, I am pretty loyal to Lush and I love their body lotions and moisturisers. However, I've been using Enchanted a lot lately and thought I would try their body creams for a change. I have been very impressed with the products that I have tried from Enchanted. They are always amazing quality and are handmade. The fragrances are amazing and you can have any product in any fragrance on the list which is on the website (www.enchantedbath.co.uk). As the products are handmade, it can take a while for your products to come but this depends on how busy it is and sometimes the time of year (e.g. Christmas). Before you order you will be told how long your order will take and so this is not a problem and the products are well worth the wait in my opinion.

The body cream is a lovely soft cream which soaks in really easily. In the pot it is highly scented in the fragrance of your choice but when it is on the skin it is a much more subtle fragrance. It can also be bought unfragranced but I have not tried this. I especially like to use this product after shaving my legs. After using this body cream my legs feel smooth and not oily like they can with some body creams. When I use it all over after having a bath, my skin feels luxuriously soft and pampered.

You can buy this cream from the Enchanted website where it is £10 for a 200g tub. You choose the fragrance from the fragrance list where there is everything from sweet and girly to floral and other unisex fragrances. The other products on the Enchanted website can also be bought in these fragrances so you can buy a complete matching set if you want to! The packaging is quite simple, the cream just comes in a transparent plastic tub with a black lid and a gold label explaining what the product is and what fragrance it has. I like this because there are no gimics, the product speaks for itself.

Review on Enchanted Moisturising Body Spray

Last summer it was so hot that I decided to try a body spray from IOE to cool down. I used two body sprays and although they were nice, I found the scents to strong and sweet and the spray did not moisturise my skin very much. I therefore decided to try the moisturising body spray from Enchanted as I loved their products that I had previously tried. With my next Enchanted order I got a Strawberry Buttercream and an Island Hopping Moisturising Body Spray.

The sprays come in silver bottles which contain 50ml of product. According to the Enchanted website (http://www.enchantedbath.co.uk) the moisturising body spray is a cross between a lotion and a body spray. I’ve also found that it is excellent for fragrancing your skin as you can smell the scent as clearly as if you were wearing a perfume. When you spray this product on to your skin it is amazing at cooling you down as well as moisturising and highly scenting the skin. If you rub it into the skin it absorbs quickly but you can also just leave it on the skin if you want to cool down. It is much better than the IOE version in my opinion and you can choose from an extensive fragrance list on the Enchanted website.

Strawberry Buttercream is an amazing strawberry milkshake type scent. I bought a scrub in this scent as well because it is so gorgeous. Island Hopping is a summery scent which makes it perfect for spraying on my skin to refresh me and wake me up. It has a lovely tropical, fruity smell.

A 50ml bottle of this spray costs £7.50 which is quite expensive considering the amount you get. However, I do not use mine sparingly and I have plenty left. I am now considering buying a lavender type fragrance to use before bed.

Review on Enchanted Bath Salts

I did an enormous order from the Enchanted website (http://www.enchantedbath.co.uk) a while ago and thought I'd branch out and try a bath product which wasn't made by Lush. I stumbled across these bath salts on the website and thought I'd give them a try. I first came across Enchanted on the Lush Forum and I tried their Foaming Sugar Scrub and Whipped Bodywash. I loved the scents, the quality of the products, the prices and the customer service. The woman who owns the business is lovely and can't do enough to help her customers.

These Bath Salts contain Dead Sea Salt and Epsom Salt which help to draw moisture into the skin. This is different to bath salts which contain normal salt as this can cause dehydration. They are £5 for 300g which could be considered expensive but I think it is worth it! To use you just drop a handful of bath salts into hot running water and they dissolve, giving it a gorgeous fragrance. The only thing that I thought would make the bath better would be if it was a bit more exciting. As they are salts, there are no bubbles and they don't colour the water at all. I think if they were coloured or glittered or something then it would make them a bit more exciting. After a bath with these salts my skin feels slightly softer and lightly fragranced. When I use a Sugar Scrub and Whipped Bodywash in the same scent, the result is amazing. A gorgeous scented and relaxing bath.

One of the things I love about Enchanted is that you can have any product in any scent off the scent list. New scents are always being added, especially at Christmas and Halloween. The scents I chose for my bath salts were Island Hopping, Cherry Bakewell, Wood Nymph and Rhubarb and Custard. Island Hopping is a gorgeous summery scent which smells tropical and refreshing. Cherry Bakewell is my favourite Enchanted scent, it is very true to the food and smells of delicious cherries and almonds. Wood Nymph is a sophisticated Sandalwood and Vanilla fragrance which is unisex. Rhubarb and Custard smells just like those sticky Rhubarb and Custard sweets you used to eat when you were little.

Overall I think these salts make for a lovely bathtime treat. I made the mistake of leaving the rest of the bag on the windowsill in the sunlight and this did not have a good effect on the salts so I recommend keeping them in a cool, dark cupboard to make them last longer. The fragrances you can get the salts in range from girly to sweet and also to unisex and more complex, grown up fragrances so there is always a new one to try!

Summary: Really nice bath treat and a scent for everyone

Review on Enchanted Whipped Body Wash

Advantages: Super moisturising and softening, amazing for shaving

Disadvantages: A bit pricey but it lasts ages

I first found enchanted through a forum which I frequent. Enchanted is an online store (www.enchantedbath.co.uk) which sells a variety of bath, shower and skin products as well as perfumes and wax melts. The products are all handmade and are decorated and coloured beautifully. This is reflected in the time from when you order to when you receive your goodies but the waiting time is always posted on the website and is usually a couple of weeks. I am happy to wait this for such lovely products.

My favourite Enchanted product is the Whipped Bodywash. This is a creamy soap which is the texture of a cream. It contains jojoba oil which is excellent at moisturising the skin and it can be scented in any fragrance that is on the list on the site. To use, you wet the skin and then scoop out a small amount of cream and rub it on your skin. It becomes a gorgeously soft, thick foam which is amazing for shaving with. A little bit of product goes a long way and a 200g jar lasts me a long time. After I rinsed this product off my skin and dried myself, it was the softest skin I have had in a while. My skin was lightly scented with the fragrance I had chosen.

The fragrances I have used of Whipped Bodywash are Pink Candy, Baby Powder, Cherry Bakewell and Bath Pixie. Pink Candy is a lovely dupe of the Lush Creamy Candy/Rockstar fragrance, it is a sweet and creamy smell and is very girly. Baby Powder is a comforting, clean fragrance. I wouldn't have tried it if it hadn't been given as a free gift but now I love it. Cherry Bakewell is my favourite Enchanted fragrance. It is a gorgeous sugary scent with cherries and almonds, totally delicious. Bath Pixie is a more complicated sweet fragrance. The Enchanted website describes this scent as "A decadent vanilla creme brulee base swirled with fruity sugar, rich berries, juicy black cherries and thick whipped cream". It is a truly gorgeous sweet scent and another of my favourites.

You can buy Whipped Bodywash in 200g jars for £7.50 or 450g jars for £14 which is much better value. You can also buy a try me set for £12.50 which contains three 100g jars in whichever scents you want. Layering sets can also be bought which contain a bodywash, a foaming sugar scrub and a body cream all in the same scent.

Summary: I'm so glad I tried this product, I've never found anything that is as good for shaving

A review on Enchanted Mini Layering Set

I became aware of Enchanted through the forum which I frequent. It all looked lovely so I decided to treat myself and do an order. I had previously tried only one Enchanted product and that was a Cherry Bakewell sugar scrub. Cherry is one of my favourite fragrances and I thought it was really good. When I decided to make an order I had a think about which product to buy in this fragrance. I then found this, the Mini Layering Set, and was sold! 

These sets are half size tubs (100g) of Beautiful Body Cream, Foaming Sugar Scrub and Whipped Bodywash. The idea is that you use the products one after each other and layer the scent. At the time on the Enchanted website (http://www.enchantedbath.co.uk/) they were offering a free roll on perfume with each order over a certain amount so I also got a roll on perfume in Cherry Bakewell which I use to layer the scent even more. The sets are £13.50 which is cheap considering a full scrub or bodywash will cost £7.50 each and a full body cream is £10. 

I use the Foaming Sugar Scrub first to cleanse and to get rid of dead skin. These are my second favourite product from Enchanted and a little goes a long way. To use you simply wet the skin and then scoop a small amount of sugar scrub out of the tub and rub it on. This exfoliates and also produces a nice lather which moisturises your skin. 

Second I use the Whipped Bodywash which is my favourite product from Enchanted. I use these to shave with by wetting the skin and then scooping a small amount out of the tub and rubbing it on until a thick lather is produced. The body wash is a thick cream in a jar and is enriched with jojoba oil which is good for moisturising the skin. My legs are left soft, moisturised and smooth. 

After I get out of the bath/shower I dry myself and then use the Beautiful Body Cream. I find this is the perfect consistency. It is not too thin like some lotions are but it is not as thick as the Whipped Bodywash. It sinks into the skin really easily and leaves it feeling lovely and soft, especially after using the first two products! 

Each of the products are highly scented with Cherry Bakewell (in my case but you can choose any fragrance out of the fragrance list on the website) which is a gorgeous, sweet cherry and almond smell. After I have used my layering set I feel soft, gorgeous and nice smelling. The only problem I found was with the scrub and bodywash. When you use these you need to dry your hands before scooping any out otherwise they go sticky (scrub) or hard (cream). They are still useable if they have gotten wet but they are not as good a quality. However, now that I know this it is easy to keep them dry!