Bath and Body Works in the UK?

A lot bloggers in the UK lust over the goodies on offer from American store Bath and Body Works. I have watched endless videos of bloggers sharing their candle, soap and fragrance hauls from this shop. I wish Bath and Body Works would consider opening a shop in the UK, who knows, perhaps one day they will. We have Victoria's Secret and Forever 21 now, so fingers crossed.

However, until then I can hopefully help quench those Bath and Body Works cravings for my fellow UK bloggers. 

There is somewhere you can buy a small selection of Bath and Body Works products. The Bath and Body Shop website http://www.bathandbodyshop.co.uk/ stocks pocket bacs, candles, shower gels, body mists and soaps. 

I have ordered from them several times and spotted that they stock a lot of B&BW's festive scents which seem to be popular in the states at the moment. 

This is what I bought: pocket bacs in Winter Citrus Wreath, A Walk in the Woods, Pumpkin Pecan Waffles and Crisp Morning Air. 

I also picked up a an anti-bacterial cleansing soap in Pumpkin Pecan Waffles and a body mist in Twilight Woods. 

On this website the pocket bacs cost £2.10, the soaps are £6.50 and the body mists are £10.99. 

What do you think of this website? I love the look of the candles, they used to sell the mini ones but at the moment they only stock the larger sizes which are quite pricey. However, the larger candles I guess are about the same price as a large Yankee.....

Bath and Body Works UK

I have done several posts on the Bath and Body Shop before, this is where I pick up some Bath and Body Works products. Living in the UK getting hold of these American products is tricky, but this company sells some of the soaps, Slatkin and Co candles and the pocket bacs.

This time I picked up creamy pumpkin foamy handwash, fresh sparkling snow gel handwash and Slatkin and Co candles. Creamy pumpkin and pumpkin caramel latte.

The soaps are expensive, around £6, so I won't be making this a regular purchase, but I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. They leave a light scent on my hands which lingers for a while. The candles are lovely, these two have a better scent throw than Yankee Candles.

Marshmallow Blends - Like a kid in a sweet shop!

Some of you may remember my earlier post of the caramel cupcake body scrub which I was send from Marshmallow Blends a few months ago.

Nicoletta is a fellow blogger who I have been following for months, infact she was one of the first people I followed when I started blogging back in January 2011. Her blog is here. She set up a home business called Marshmallow Blends which sells bath and beauty products inspired by bakery, cakes and sweets.

If you have a sweet tooth like me, these products are right up your street. The caramel cupcake scrub had me hooked right away.

I wanted to share what I bought:

I am so excited she has started selling soaps!

The top one is called Pink Sugar Lips soap, just look at that black, pink and white marble pattern. On the top is a pink soap lip with glitter, it has notes of cotton candy, vanilla, lemon and caramel. The smell is divine, just gorgeous and sweet without being sickly.

The second soap is called Cream Caramel soap slice, this looks just like a piece of cake with the fudge pieces poking from the top. All I can say is that this soap smells like Worthers Original sweets. Those from the UK will know what this means, anyone who doesn't know about Worthers Original - they are hard caramal butter sweets. Smooth and creamy and just amazing.

Both of these soaps cost £3.50 which I think is a fair price for a hand made soap and they are big. I will end up cutting these in half. All the soaps are SLS free which is a bonus.

Next up we have some bath melts - these are Bakewell Tart melts, £2.99 for a pack of 3. These smell amazing but are very fragile and have crumbled a little bit, so please excuse the pictures but you get the idea. I love the extra details, the little heart on the top for a cherry and the zebra and pink cupcake cases.

Finally I got a Chocolate Orange soft hearted lotion bar - £3.50 - this smells just like Terry's Chocolate Orange. The chocolate and orange don't fight to overpower each other, the balance of the two scents work in harmony together, complimenting each other well.

Nicoletta was kind enough to pop in 2 samples of products for me to try as well: Lime and Coconut Body butter and Carrot Cake body scrub.

I placed my order on Sunday and the package was with me on Tuesday, very fast postage which is impressive! I recommend checking out the products on the Marshmallow Blends website http://marshmallowblends.co.uk/home.html reasonable prices for the most amazing smelling hand made bath and body products.

Bath and Body Shop UK

Bicky from Tastes Like Glitter let me know about Bath and Body Shop - an online shop selling some American bath and beauty products, brands include Bath and Body Works, Slatkin and Co and Lip Smacker as well as some UK brands. I ordered some antibacterial hand gels (Pocketbac), a candle and some soap. 

The order arrived quickly and came in cute wrapping:

I had used soaps from Bomb Cosmetics before and loved them so I ordered some more, Sweet Surrender, Foaming Fudge and Mellow Marshmallow. (The soaps were £2.49 per slice)

I then ordered a mini Slatkin and Co candle in Twisted Peppermint (£2.99) and some Pocketbac hand gels in Caramel Apple, Blueberry Cake Donut and Chocolate Creme Donut.

I did have an issue with my order though, two items were missing, so I emailed the company that evening, not expecting a response till the morning. Ten mins later I receive an apologetic email but also one item which was missing they had run out of, so I had to choose another. The two missing items were delivered within days, I was impressed. Even though there was an issue with my order the problem was resolved quickly. 

I would def say check this out if you are in the UK and want to try out some American brands as well as some well know British brands at a slightly cheaper price. The Pocketbacs are amazing, I have become hooked on them ever since Nicole at Noir Lacquer started sending me some in our swaps and Christmas presents (this site has a small selection but they are good to try)

http://www.bathandbodyshop.co.uk/

Tisty Tosty and Northern Lights

Mum popped a couple of Lush products in my stocking for Christmas, I love it when other people pick out soap and bath treats because it means I try products I may not have picked out myself. The first item is Tisty Tosty, a heart shaped bath bomb.

I broke this in half (like I do with most Lush bubble bars/bombs etc to make them last longer) and popped into the bath. It fizzed around whist making the water turn cloudy and milky and the dried rose heads floated around on the surface. The smell wasn't that strong for me, it was a subtle rose scent. I don't really find bath bombs do much for me in the way of moisturizing properties, I prefer bubble bars or bath melts. 

As always with so many items from Lush, you spend time relaxing in the bath, then once the water has drained you then have to spend time fishing all the bits from the bottom. So if you don't mind picking soggy bits of rose petals from the plughole this is a good product if you like to have subtle scented bath water.

The next item is a generous sized chunk of Northern Lights soap. I tried this a month or so ago when I got a sample of it when I was buying Snow Fairy and my fresh face masks.

I loved the sample of this soap, the smell for me is very fresh and sharp, think citrus almost. I will definitely be cutting this bar up into chunks to leave in the bathroom. I tend to alternate my soaps and I don't want to go through this big piece all in one go, I want to get a few different bars out of it. For this chunk the main colours are yellow and orange, but I have seen other people post about their NL soap and theirs has neon green too. Such a pretty looking soap whist having a wonderful fresh scent. Happy bunny.

Marks & Spencer do holographic nail polish

Whilst out and about shopping in town I popped into my local Marks & Spencer and browsed their new make up and nail polishes. I had read on a couple of people's blogs that M & S do a holographic nail polish, and to my delight I found it!

Now at this point I don't know how well this applies, or wears as I haven't had a chance to put it on yet, so I will do another post on this soon. It cost £7.50 it is just called 'Rainbow' and as you can see from the bottle the holographic effect is quite intense, I hope this translates to the nail.

I also bought a hand soap for the bathroom and another nail polish from the older nail polish line. The soap cost £1 which is a bargain and I got the scent watermint, light and fresh which I like. The other polish is called bright aqua and is a green base with a light blue sheen and silver flecks. This one cost £3.

I wanted to take a quick picture of one of the make up shelves, but I was getting strange looks from the shop assistant, so it is a bit wonky.

I was impressed with the range at M & S, lots of fab colours and at a reasonable price. Have you tried any of the nail polish or make up range from there?

Squeaky Clean

When I was on my friends hen do in Newquay I managed to fit in a quick shopping trip with a couple of the other girls. There were lots of one of quirky shops which had lots of trinkets and homey bits which I loved. 

I then came across a brand I hadn't heard of before, Bomb Cosmetics in this shop on the high street. There was an offer on, any three soaps for £7, each chunk of soap was hefty so I thought this was a good deal. These are the three I picked up:

I love how all the soaps look, they all have some kind of cute design suspended in the middle. I think there were more beautiful colours and patterns, but these three soaps were the ones which I loved the smell of the most.

I chose Berry The Hatchet, Dark Pleasures and Crystal Waters, I even love the name of these soaps. Each chunk is 100g. 

A closer look at each soap:

Berry The Hatchet:

I love the smell of this one, it is so juicy, kind of like those sweets opal fruits (or star burst as they are now called). When I first saw this one on the stand I thought it would smell of lavender simply because of the colour, so I was very surprised to get this strong fruity scent. 

Next up is Dark Pleasures:

This is such a soothing, comforting scent, it reminds me of having a bath with the radox original bubble bath. I feel like this would be a great winter soap, whereas Berry The Hatchet is light and fruity in comparison, could for a pick-me-up. Dark Pleasures is a deep, warm cosy scent. Once lathered up I found the smell became more intense.

Finally, Crystal Waters:

This soap reminds me of mens shower gel, it smells fresh without being overpowering. Sometimes it is nice to have a plain and simple just clean smelling soap rather than over the top sweet smell.

The soaps lather up really well which I love, I really want to try out more of Bomb Cosmetic's products. I have not seen anywhere near my home that sells it, so I will have to order a batch from their website when these three are finished. I had a gander at their website earlier and I love the look of the bath tulips and bath mallows.

Have you ever tried any products from this brand before? 

Frosted cranberry for the bathroom

At work we have a touch sensor foam soap dispenser which is a huge improvement on the old gel soap we used to have. However, a few ladies in the office find that the foam soap is quite drying. One our our sub editors seems to get hand wash and hand lotion for Christmas and birthdays each year, so much so that she brings some in for the rest of the girls in the office. This time she brought in frosted cranberry hand soap and lotion set from Marks and Spencer.

I love this set! The soap lathers very well with very little product, it produces a bright red bubbly lather. The scent is a very strong sweet fruity smell but cranberry doesn't spring to my mind immediately. The hand lotion is lovely and creamy but light and non greasy which I prefer. In the evening I cover my hands in The Body Shop hemp intensive hand lotion, but for the day time I hate heavy lotion, but this frosted cranberry one is very light and soaks in right away. The scent lasts a long time too which I like.

I would definitely buy this for home, I don't think my boyfriend would like it because it is is a sweet smelling soap (we usually use Carex which I find is quite a fresh smell). Incase anyone is wondering I am wearing Models Own nail polish in Lilac Dream :-)

What hand soaps do you love?