Hi, My name is Lolita and I am a LUSHIE!

I think this blog is turning into a LUSH blog more than a vintage one! Hah!

My friend took me out to LUSH today for a bit of a shopping spree. I made out like a bandit, ya'll! Yeehaw. I am sitting here with BB Seaweed on my face as I type this. I haven't tried BB Seaweed before, so unfortunately I won't be able to post my thoughts on it just yet. Perhaps another time. In fact, I don't really have time for any reviews at the moment. :(

So I will just mark the goodies I got...
BB Seaweed Fesh Face Mask
Seanick solid shampoo
Marilyn Hair treatment
Enchanted Eye Cream
Dark Angels face cleanser
Bohemian soap
Sultana of Soap
Godmother soap
Star melt
Satsumo Santa bath bomb
Christmas Party bath bomb
Strawberry Feels Forever Massage Bar
Snow Fairy free gift
Sample of Retread
Sample of American Cream

Squee! Its all in the kitchen right now, making the kitchen smell ridiculously good!!

I love you LUSH!

Vintage Starlet is right!

Oh how I wish I had photos of the dress I put on layaway! I just bought a dress from Hollywood Regency Vintage and it is gorgeous! It is still on layaway so it will be a bit before I show photos, but wow. It is made of brown rayon crepe and has silver star shaped studs all over it. It firs PERFECTLY and has the original belt!

No I just need to find a pair of shoes to go with this gem! The brown isn't a normal brown that I could find matching shoes for, so I am going to have to figure out what color shoes go with it best. Plus a hat... I will need a hat too.

I like this dress because it can be worn as evening cocktail or fancy afternoon luncheon. Yay! I can't wait until it is paid off. Whoo hoo!!! Once it is mine mine... I will be taking photos! XOXOXO

New Shoes

I have to thank my sweetie for these. He got them for me off eBay. The auction said 40's 50's, but I think they are definitely 50's. If anyone knows better please correct me. I am so excited to go swinging in these. While I can lindy pretty well in my Cole Haan's (as Jenny can atest to), I wouldn't mind a smaller heel. My Cole Haan's sport a 5 inch heel. Yes, I dance in that. So going down to a 3 1/2 heel will be a blessing for my doggies. I can't wait to wear them out. Possibly on the 25th, when I wear my new black dress!! Yay!

Dear Vintage Purists

The life style that was lived yester year was not an Amish or Menonite lifestyle. Had energy savers, computers, cell phones, and other marvels of the modern world exsisted, they would have used them and enjoyed them then as people do today. So get off the computer you purists and quit your whining!

Thank you.

LUSH of the Evening

As reported earlier in this post, I wrote about what LUSH products I used in the morning. Well, it seemed only fair to talk about what I used at night also.

I hopped in the shower and washed my hair with normal shampoo, I then did a whole body wash, hair too, in Snow Fairy. I met Snow Fairy for the first time my last trip in and I was INSTANTLY HOOKED!! Sadly, being a seasonal scent, I will have to either stock up as soon as I can or take my chances and hope it goes on sale and hope there are Snow Fairies left to grab. Snow fairy is a strawberry candy smelling delight! As a shower gel it can be used on the face, body, and hair... and that is exactly what I did! I followed up with conditioner.

For a better clean on my face, I used Coalface,
one of my staples from LUSH. Having oily skin, the coal based soap helps attack the oilies. Some people find it too drying because of this. I think it is perfect so long as I have a good moisturizer as well. The grits of coal in coalface work as a soft exfoliator for me. I love it. How is it different than Dark Angels which I talked about in my previous LUSH post? The texture isn't as gritty and is a soap, where Dark Angels is more of a paste forming scrub. I think I would like to keep both of these on hand in my staple, using Coalface for mornings and every day use, and Dark Angels for night time and heavy duty cleansing. Yes, I know I did it backwards this time, but this is how I normally do it.

I patted my face dry and applied Brazened Honey
all over my face and neck. With the help of Tayva, BH was the first Fresh Face Mask I purchased and the one I always go back to. I try to pick one up when ever I am in the store and buy a second FFM to try out. Fresh Face Masks can only be purchased in store and not online. Because of this I can't link. Other than Aqua Marina I mentioned in the earlier post, BH has been the most healing to my skin. I see a magical difference overnight with this gooey goodness. Some people find it to harsh of a scrub when rinsing off. I think it is just right. I left it on for about an hour (5-20min usually is enough time) before I rinsed it off. It had hardened so when I rewet my face I took the opprotunity to use it as a scrub and exfoliated my face while I was "rinsing" it off. What a glow!

I finished up with a spritzing of Breath of Fresh Air and slathered on Celestial.


Now dear readers, I call it a night.

To sum it up:
Snow Fairy - body and hair wash
Coalface - facial soap
Brazened Honey - fresh face mask/scrub
Breath of Fresh Air - toner
Celestial - moisturizer