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!