Brand Bargain Dupes.

Here it is, a post I haven't done in so long. I MISS youtube and I miss blogging SO much. Like this could easily be my life or a bit part of it. I just have it all in my head and jummbled to the point its over-flowing with ideas, tips, bargains, diy fixes, fashion faults, the LOT. It drives me screwy. So I'm guessing this is the only way I'm going to be able to display my brain visually. Here it goes.

In the past few months I've been getting even more peeved with the fact I'm seeing items for ridiculous prices in top high street stores/online/ebay etc that are designer or brand in some way that you can EASILY attain elsewhere for a hell of alot less. It just takes a little more work. So whats an extra bus ride or half an hour of hunting gonna do to you, apart from take up a little of your time and saves you massive bucks. Here's the few things I've found recently anyway.

This is the "Nfu oh" nail polish line, I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT, in fact beyond that, I'm in love with ALL the unusual shades and the bottle design, the lot. Except, the price.
These range from £11 on ebay if your lucky per bottle to £18.00 on some websites. Which I think is ludicrous for one bottle. :( However. I have found a brand that is pretty darn close, it's not chinaglaze, opi or anything like that. This is one I haven't heard before, but I'm guessing is an american brand? Others may know it well, but it's a fab substitute and if your in the UK or elsewhere it's available on ebay in sets for less than £15.00 inc p & P! So I've ordered some which I'll do swatches to when they arrive.

Ok so the colours are SLIGHTLY different but you get the point and they look JUST as good on the nails.This is the set I have bought. LOOK:

The next thing is from ASOS! Don't get me wrong, I do like this company alot, I just feel that things are becoming repetitive with the items they sell. They're all very much like the high street brands, I don't know who copies who or if they all get the same idea's from catwalk/fashion shows and ista's but it really bugs me when there's a lack of realism into the clothes people WOULD actually wear and there's no uniqueness anymore. It's just bring back clothes from the past and re-circle them like they're new?!!

These earrings WERE £12.00 (which I'd have never paid for them) down to £5.00, they're like £2.50 in Primark or something, EXACTLY THE SAME STYLE. I don't have a picture of the Primark ones because obviously they don't have a website with their items on show to buy online (which I think is a massive mistake and they could make HUGE profits on). but hey...that's another blog post. I know these are highly in fashion right now, but really I just don't get the curtain tassle look...maybe I'm just picky.

The next thing is what really bugs me and I recently found out it bugs many others too including celebs like "Gok Wan". I don't know how many have seen the episode where he turns this GORGEOUS nude bodice/corset into this fab jewel infested work of amazingness. He uses just a glue gun and cheap mixed with a few pricier acrylic gems from hobby/craft shops or nail designs or whatever and glued them all over. It was truely inspiring. I've seen many punks do the same for years with their patches/badges/diamond studs etc. It annoyed me to then see designer shoes like this with them in charging against the odds for their name being inside the freakin shoe which no one is ever gonna see and will scuff like any £10 pair of shoes from Primark, but with a bigger ouchie on your moolars. (money).

Here: From: GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN (farfetch.com)
Price £329 THATS WITH 50% OFF IT WAS £658.00!! WTF!! WTF!! WTF!!

WHY WHY would anyone pay those kinds of prices, I'm sorry even if I was rich I wouldn't buy half the shoes the designers come up with unless they're made of gold, have live fish inside the wedges of the platforms or is covered in some moon dust from space itself. It's ridiculous, people are starving and dying in countries and there are people who think their lives would end without these stupidly overpriced pieces of rubbish.

Anyway you could just buy £5.00 or less shoes from a charity shop or even peacocks or something and get a studded hair bow, take the clip or hair grip off it and use a hot glue gun or even superglue/fabric glue and stick it on the back. Et voila, "designer" look for £320.00 off!!

I have soooo many of these, but I don't want to bore you to death, let me know if you want to see more of my bargain saves and dupes. :)

Lush Christmas gifts!

I know it's a bit late BUT I hope everyone had a good chrimbo and a even better start to the New Year than I did.
Christmas however was pretty good for me and one of the things I was most looking forward to was trying "foreign" lush items. "Retro" as it's also known on the websites and in stores.
I just wanted to do a real small review on what I thought of them for you. I have no got my brother and his neighbour into Lush! WOOP!

It's MAAAGGGIIIICCCC!!

Its a rare treat for me as in the UK we can't get this in the stores. You can sometimes get in on Ebay and on the Lush websites, but only recently did they start doing them again. I'd been wanting to try this since I first went to Lush and someone said "you HAVE to try this if you like colourful things". Omg, was they ever right, it turns the water a wonderful deep sapphire blue with a hint of plum at the end. It almost had a "moody" effect like deep in depression, but the scent is anything but that. It's got basil woody spicy undertones with this small hint of peppermint which alert your whole body but soothes in the process. So hard to describe, but if I closed my eyes I almost felt like I was in some hot country being served some aromatic foods!
This is one I definately want to try again when and if I can get my hands on it!!

RAINBOW WORRIER:

I lurrrvee LURVE LURRRVE this bath ballistic. ONE because I'm the biggest worrier, pessimistic person I have ever met. I worry if I'm not worrying about something!!! O_O
It looks plain and simple, but don't let the look of it fool you, the smell if PURE luxury.
With deep sandalwood and vetivert notes, the scent of Rainbow Worrier fills the house and scents your skin, so you can inhale the relaxing fragrance for hours after you leave the tub. This is especially important for those of us who are always worrying about everything. The calming fragrance reminds us to take deep breaths, stay in the present, and relax. There are things we can't control (like what colour this bomb will turn your bath water), so there's no sense worrying about it! For some odd reason I couldn't find it on the Lush order list or how much it was, but usually they're around £4-£5 but totally worth EVERY penny, if you want a treat this is defo it.
I got this sent to me from Canada I believe (I had 3 Lush parcels this year as presents!!) I can't get one here :( I think it's a very unhyped product, which is a shame as it is truely amazing to watch!!

ICE HOTEL:

Ice hotel bath crummble is the plain soft ivory coloured biscuit looking thing with purpley sparkle glitter on top in the stamped area.
There's not alot to say about this product really, but it definately wakes you up and makes you feel fresh and almost cool afterwards. This one contains peppermint and Lavender which is subtle once in the bath. I don't know the price but I imagine between £2.75 and £3.50 like some of the others.

Ne worry pas bath ballistic ( Don't worry be happy phrase) £4.75/$6.25



We've taken this advice to heart and created Ne Worry Pas to help your worries fizzle away. Bergamot raises spirits so it'll get you over the trauma of the day, no matter just how bad it was. As a bonus, soya milk leaves skin soft and refreshed. With a delicate fragrance and milky white bath water, this one is subtle and perfect for calming you down.



Fizzy O Therapy Bath Ballistic (£4.00?)
Loosen up with a Fizzy O Therapy in the tub when your body is feeling the strain. If you've wound yourself up like a pretzel at the yoga studio, spun one too many times in spinning class, or just spent too long hunched over the computer, drop one of these in the tub and let it go to work soothing tense, sore muscles. It's a spicy bath bomb with ginger, cloves, cinnamon and coriander to help you and your muscles unwind. Follow up with a strong Wiccy Magic Muscles massage bar rub down to keep your whole person suitably calm and relaxed. I definately felt this helped my muscles and I'd use it again, however it was small, didn't last long and didn't make any pretty colours :( Poop.


Christmas Kisses Bubble bar £2.80
"Put the heat back into your kisses, whip up a frenzy of foam with your spicy Bubble Bar. The scents of lime and sweet wild oranges instantly uplift, and the zingy aroma cinnamon leaf and clove leaf oils will wrap you in a warm embrace. When you feel left out in the cold, spice things up with some Christmas Kisses."

I definately felt the heat on this one, the smell reminds me of cinnamon grahams and brown sugar for some odd reason. I couldn't smell much of the orange or lime but the cloves stood out out and in the water. Sadly, I thought this was a bath bomb only to throw it in my bath and realise it was a crummble one you run under the tap whilst the bath is running. OOPS. Mega blonde moment but the bath went a funky orangey red colour like when using the santa ones. Yummy!!

That's all I can remember for the moment folks, stay tuned for more Seji rammbling soon!! I'll be back on youtube shortly for more video antics!

Lush Review No.2

I'm baaaaaacccccccccccck.
Ok. So 5 months+ later is a long time to be away...but I promise you, I've had some time to re-sort myself out,life, person and all. I've finally sorted my therapy out and I'm still doing the CBT practices at home daily, I've seen a MASSIVE improvement in the less nervous symptoms side!
Any I'll blog about all the boring stuff in the next few days. First things first LUSSSSHH.
I've tried sooo many new products recently that I feel rather overwhelmed and am starting to look like a 24 hr prune.

Lets start with the Valentine's Day products:

I saw them on my facebook updates and had to go out and buy them immediately:

The X-factor bath man: £1.95 each

The X-Factor is a bath balisstic with two stories. In one story the heart of this man is burning with passion for you and you both can't wait to get together. In the other story, the man has broken your heart , whcih gives him the eX factor.In that story you break his little neck, arms and legs to dissolve him in the water of your tub. If only he lasted a little longer, but I did enjoyed dunking his head in, then his leg and arm one at a time hehe. Very cute as a little gift especially if given with a gingerbread biscuit in a mini basket full of blue love heart cookies too!
He's jam packed with vanilla and ylang ylang (also what I call seduction oil) hehe.

Magic Mushroom Bubble Bar: (crummble under a running tap). £2.30/100g

It's so cute!! It smells of yummy strawberries and cream, and c'mon how many people don't like that scent! It turns the bath a pretty orangey red colour and it reminds me of Super Mario lol.
It's wonderfully sugary and light in scent so it's not over-powering, but it definately lasted on my skin for a good few hours before work. I wish they were bigger too though and I wish they did a cherries shortcake version that was hot pink or purple with white spots :(

Frog Prince bath ballistic: £2.75

The first time I saw this I laughed because to me green is a boys colour, so it looked like a male
frog with lippie on. The frog itself is the powery bath fizz but the lips are a smooth moisturising melt so be careful when touching as red does come off it like lipstick!! I'm not sure it's worth £2.75 but it's definately unique and the smell is quite floraly!

NOTE: There were 3-4 other valentines products including a soap, gel, and massage bar however I don't really use those kinds of items that much as massage bars last agggess and so do the soaps for me as I cut them into pieces to use for each bath. The ones I have reviewed are one's I actually used with my honest opinion. Thankyou!

Lush Review

I decided to do a review on Lush as some of you may have seen my video already. It's taken me a while to get through all these ammmazing products, but it's been well worth it. I started as what everyone calls a "Lush virgin" only 6 weeks back, I am now a fully fledged addict. I decided to become not only a dedicated customer but hopefully a member of staff if I get an interview after handing in my CV.

I not only love the products, I like how each one is hand-made, designed by the staff which then gets a sticker on each of that particular product with their name and face on, but to top it off NONE of the products are tested on animals. ALL the products ingredients are natural right down to the cruelty free palm oil. This company also uses little or no preservatives or over use of packaging their items from warehouse to customers hands. All the items added to the product are vegetarian and nearly all are labelled suitable for vegans.

The part I love the most is the fantastic and helpful customer service, free samples when you'd love to test something or spent a certain amount, they offer a type of packaging that you can recycle and even gain freebies for when bringing them back to the store. Every item gets labelled when requested and has the use by date on the bottom! Now that's fresh!! Check them out for yourself's in all international countries at www.lush.co.uk.

You can also watch my video on the lush products here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/sejbomb#p/u/10/Lfq3sjEWAs4

">Go watch Sej.

AND

just type into youtube.com's search bar "Lush bath" and you can watch what colours they turn the bath!

I will soon be adding a "Lush cocktail" post and competition to win some of these fab goodies shortly. Stay tuned, any questions I will also be happy to answer at kelz_n_sej@hotmail.com.

The Comforter Bubble Bar:

Colours: Hot pink and Creamy white swirls

Scent: Strong fruity blackcurrant

Ingredients: Cypress oil, benefits of toning and antiseptic qualities

How to use:

Crumble half or a full bar under running warm water to create a soft very bubbling pink bath.

Personal opinion: One of my all time favourite bubble bars and the most popular of Lush product ranges. I have bought this one 3 times now and absolutely love it. It turns the water pink and soft with lots of fluffy candy scented bubbles.

Price: £3.95/200g.

Bathos Bubble Bar:

Colours: Purple with green B on top

Scent: Strong clove fragrance

Ingredients: Rose, Violet, Jasmine & Ylang Ylang

How to use:

Crumble half to one full bar under warm running water into bath for a fluffy bubbly purple you time.

Personal Opinion: Felt the clove smell was a little over-powering but I still liked the bubbles and the after scent, plus it had a small amount of glitter in too :)

Price: £2.50/100g

Pop in the bath

Colour: Blue with pink flower/green with pink flower

Scent: Floral, light, feminine, perfume fragrance

Ingredients: Mandarin Oil, Lemon Oil, Orange blossom

How to use:

Crumble in hands under warm running water, sit back, relax and let the scent uplift you.

Personal opinion: The blue for me is better than the green because of the colour of the water added with the fluffiest bubbles ever. I love the pretty design on top and the gift set is just as amazing as a present for any flower power chick.

Price: £2.70/100g

Ma Bar:

Colour: Brown and white with brown sugar cube in middle

Scent: Toffee, caramel and creamy chocolate

Ingredients: Cocoa powder, Sweet wild orange oil, bergamot oil

How to use: Crumble under warm running water until soft and creamy bath appears.

Personal Opinion: I picked up this bubble bar after seeing it on the Lush website and couldn't resist trying it out. After all a girls best friend is chocolate and to top it off with toffee is an extra treat! I loved the smell and look of this bar, it was originally made for Mother's Day but became so popular they couldn't discontinue it!

Happy Blooming Bath Melt

Colour: Pretty pastel pink

Scent: Cherry bakewell tart and cocoa butter

Ingredients: Passion flower seed oil, Calamine powder, Dried cherries, Cocoa butter.

How to use:

1. Drop in the bath if you are planning to soak for a long time and leave to melt away.

2.Cut into sections (can be used for 3 seperate baths).

3. Use as an ordinary soap in the bath before shaving or after exfoliating.

Personal Opinion: I absolutely LOVE this bath melt, it smells like a cake shop. I used it after shaving on my legs and it made my skin so smooth and silky and the bath water had a soft glaze to it which moisturises so well. Once it's in the bath the texture is like a melting chocolate bar. Bliss.

Vanilla fountain:

Colour: Soft banana yellow with a hint of cream

Scent: Very vanilla

Ingredients: Sandalwood, Vanilla & Jasmine.

How to use: Drop into bath and watch it fizz and spin for a good few moments, then sink into a light vanilla soak.

Personal opinion: I'm a big fan of vanilla scents, so it's pretty hard not to love this bath bomb, it's got a real vanilla stem in the top and reminds me of ice-cream sundae's.

Cost: £2.99/110g

Think Pink bath ballistic:

Colour: Soft pink with 3 coloured flowers embedded in the side

Scent: Floral light perfume fragrance

Ingredients: Neroli Oil (very expensive), Vanilla & Lavender

How to use: Drop in the bath and watch it roll and fizz until the flowers float on the surface

Personal opinion: I love the colour and sweet petals on top, however I didn't smell much of the vanilla as the perfume scent over-powered it, but it's such a beautiful design you can't help but smile, with the light notes of lavender it made me all dreamy.

Cost: £2.30/90g

Space Girl:

Colour: Lilac with hints of gold and red glitter

Scent: Parma-Violets sweets and lilac flowers

Ingredients: Grapefruit Oil, Almond Oil & perfume.

How to use: Drop into the bath and listen to the popping candy inside fizz away on the surface of the bath as the glitter floats around the sides.

Personal opinion: I like the colour combination of the glitter and the lilac with the fizzing popping candy inside. It was like being a child again listening to each one pop and wondering where the next one's going to come from. The smell is definitely parma-violet sweets and a hint of almond.

Cost: £1.85/125g

Dragon's Egg

Colour: Creamy speckles with sections of yellow, orange, green & purple.

Scent: Zesty lemon with a soft sweet base.

Ingredients: Bergamot Oil, Gardenia Extract & Lemon Oil.

How to use: Drop into the bath gently. It takes around 10-15 minutes for it to fully disperse which is longer than the usual bath ballistics. This has to be my ultimate favourite of all time, it's NEW and I LOVE it. I could write about this product forever, I would recommend it to EVERYONE to atleast try once. It's like having a bath with a cute little pet growing before your eyes. It fizzes a beautiful foamy orange and yellow swirl with glitter pieces slowly following in the same motion. It then changes colour slightly as it continues to slowly spray out more foamy bubbles like a dragon breathing smoke. Suddenly it slowly cracks open to reveal little round balls of jelly that look like the inside of a birds egg when it splits. SO cute! I almost cried watching this. Definately worth the money.

Cost: £2.95/200g

Fizzbanger:

Colour: Yellow with light speckles

Scent: Lemon & Toffee Apple

Ingredients: Cinnammon, Petitgrain, Ylang Ylang Oil.

How to use: Drop in the bath and let it fizz away into a lather.

Personal Opinion:

Absolutely amazing, this is the closest thing to the Dragon's Egg you'll get. It's got the same style foaming and fizzing but with a softer marshmallow slow release of foam. It's yellow to begin with and turns to a beautiful turquoise-blue hue. The smell is delicious and it made me want to stay in the bath even longer and keep watching the colours move around each other. The size is fabulous for the money and I will be buying this again and again for times to come. I think this would make a beautiful gift for anyone colourful in your world.

Cost: £2.95/200g

Each peach (and two's a pair)

Colour: White and creamy

Scent: Peach with a hint of lime

Ingredients: Shea Butter, Lime, Mandarin, Orange and Mango Butter.

How to use: Gently glide over the skin after a shower or bath instead of using a body cream and you'll be soft and silky for days. You can also use this as a massage bar which is it's real use.

Personal Opinion: At first I felt that it might be too greasy for me, but after using it a few times I've become addicted to this product. I suffer from dry, sensitive skin, after using many products claiming to give deep moisture I almost gave up, but this product is a god send by far. It does exactly what it's meant to do and is enriched with all the butters needed to give a beautiful soft feel. The scent makes you want to eat it, but I wouldn't try if I were you! :) This will last a life time and a half. Make sure to share!

Cost: £4.75/65g

Running to the Embassy:

Colour: A green slightly clay grey colour

Scent: Minty with underlying herbal notes

Ingredients: Spearmint, Fine sea salt and Shea Butter.

How to use: Soak feet inside a tub and gently slide the foot scrub over dry area's. Can also be used as an exfoliant on other areas of the body but use lightly as it could be a little too rough for gentle skin.

Make sure to wash feet thoroughly afterwards as it can leave a soft slippery feel where it's soothed the skin with the shea butter.

Personal opinion: I wasn't keen on the scent in the beginning, but after smelling it whilst running over my feet the spearmint smell is beautifully uplifting and cleansing. I loved the way my feet felt afterwards, so soft and pampered. It's much better than alot of the high street foot scrubs too!

Cost: £5/110g

Makeup Entry!

Ok with loads going on this week I haven't had a massive amount of time to do posts or video's on youtube. However, I have just uploaded a video entry for chelsiepoo07's contest which was to create a makeup video look based on the theme of "beaches". I used my inspiration from "gubby" the fish type. It's so pretty, I only had blue eyeshadow and some glitter/sequins so I had to make the most of it. I wish I had taken my white with me but hey it was fun doing it. I look a bit hookerish with so much makeup, my face definately struggles to show effects. I've also NEVER used eyelashes before so it was really hard trying to apply them!! Managed it though haha.

I have lots of idea's for video's, contests etc. My main idea was to promote as many businesses as I could around my area and online. I love trying new products and generally just helping out people to know which shops I think would be great to purchase from and why. I will be purchasing all the items myself, I am not sponsored or anything by any of the businesses so it's all about being a real customer. If I was to ever be sent anything for free to test I would review them honestly still and state how I got them and where to go to get more.

I have my final councelling session tomorrow so I'm mega excited but real nervous at the same time. I'm struggling to imagine me doing lots of hours at work and coping with it. I'm trying though, small steps and all that. *fingers crossed* I'll be walking on my own soon! Yay!

Anyways, before I rammble on to myself, just going to say check out my video on youtube channel "Sejbomb". Thanks guys ;) Later xx

Sweet City Competition

Hey everybody!!
So I've finished my video and just doing some final touches as a few things went wrong, but it should be up Thurs 15th July (technically tomorrow).
It's a competition to win £20 worth of Sweet City goodies. Sweet City is an amazzzingg store I go to in Bournemouth, it's full of so many varities of candy...they even sell DUN DUN DUN Lucky Charms!! I've already purchased 2 boxes and plan to keep buying some every month to treat myself if I have the dosh.

Ok, so I'm not rich, I don't work for anyone but Claire's Accessories and I have extreme anxiety/self esteem issues...so forgive me if my video's seem a little um, distant. It will take me some getting used to. Let me explain the reasons why I'm doing these competitions/etc.

1. I'd like to give other people the chance to sample products and possibly purchase some from the shop in the future or pass on by word of mouth how awesome the companies are.

2. I'd like to give local shops, businesses online and small companies who don't get enough advertising possibly due to location, costs or don't know how to so that they stay afloat in tough times like our recession.

3. I also love sampling products, coming up with new ideas, generally being a customer that can help a company gives me great pleasure and I'm sure it gives other people happiness too. I sure know when I go into a shop and I like what I see, the staff are friendly and helpful and I think the products rock I'm more likely to go back. I also love bargain hunting because not all of us are loaded!!

I know this is alot of reasons but all true, I have a natural creative streak within me, for a while I've searched far and wide for what my "niche" is, what my "purpose" is I suppose, I've wanted to have my own business for a while, but my brain and other reasons make me fail. Which bites, but I accept it and am going through therapy to help me. Don't worry I'm not a mental patient wrapped in white belts, I just struggle with a few things mentally, emotionally and physically, but I'm working on it.

Just think how one person showing a small video clip on other peoples products, idea's on how to buy bargains, where to go for good customer service, we'd save ALOT of our own time getting fustrated and actually being more happy.

IF ANYONE wants any help advertising from my video's on youtube, I will be more than welcome to, if you'd like me sample products for reviews, I'm always free to do so no matter what it is. I really do enjoy doing this, I'm sad enough just to smile at getting an email from strangers with idea's or tips for me too!!

Please keep watching my video's and blogs as they will be regularly updated with allsorts of things!

Take care everyone and remember, it takes less muscles to smile than it does to frown!! ( that means less wrinkles in the long run) lol.

Ciao.
Sej x

Tick Tock Tick Tock.

Ok, so my brain cogs are in full motion. I have a notepad full of idea's for hauls, reviews, competitions, giveaways,generalised topics, show and tells, the whole lot. It's gonna take me some time as I'm also in the process of organising my life and decorating rooms in the house.

It's great to finally have some followers,new friends and subscribers. I also bought a new webcam today so *fingers crossed* I'll be adding lots of new video's before you know it!

I've also put out a status on Facebook for anyone who liked playing around making gifs, those clips that start video's off that have music attached (no idea what to call them) so hopefully someone can give me a hand. My fiancee's brothers also offered to teach me some editing skills on mac because I would murder the maker of "Windows movie maker" if I could. Sooo not that simple for me.

I unfortunately left my lush products around my parents so could be a while before I get to do a real review on them, luckily she doesn't have a bath there so she can't steal them!! I will also try to take some decent pics of the products so I don't have to steal other peoples or hunt through google.

If you guys have any tips, companies you'd like me to do reviews on, products you want me to try I would be happy to do so. I will purchase up to £10 from a company's website to test products when I have a debit card to do so (which should be soon). So message if you would like me to try yours. Thanks everyone, stay tuned and watch this space :)