Review: The Beauty Bakery - Raspberry Bath Butter Bomb

Last Friday I was feeling a bit off, so I needed a long, hot bath. In went the Raspberry bath bomb from The Beauty Bakery! My expectations were high, this is a big bomb that weighs about 200 grams and contains lots of oils and shea butter, or so the website says.

I think the bomb was a bit powdery on the outside, not the most solid bomb I've tried so far. It smelled okay, but also very strong. It wasn't bad, but I thought it would smell more sweet instead of strong perfumed raspberry. There were chunks of shea butter in it, so that's always a plus in a bath bomb. My skin felt pretty amazing afterwards. The scent was definitely still on my skin, but it wasn't overpowering.

Would I buy it again? Aside from the shea butter, it wasn't my favorite bath bomb I tried so far. I think the scent just wasn't my thing, which is weird because I always love a good berry scent. I might try a different one from the range with a next order in the future.

Until next time,
Michelle

Review: Smith's Rosebud Salve

I picked this up right before it started to get icy cold outside to protect my lips from cracking all winter long. I got mine at Ici Paris XL and there were about 10 other variations to pick from, but I chose the basic one, just to try out. Here's my thoughts on it.

I love the packaging! It's looks very retro and it's a big tin. I paid about 10 euros for it and you get 22 grams for it, so that's quite a lot. I also still opens just as fast as it did at the beginning, I find that metal tins tend to get harder to open after some time. I also like the smell, even though I do not like the smell of roses. This is a very subtle scent. The substance is very vaseline like, it glides on very smoothly.

It does moisturize my lips, but I feel like I need to reapply it every 20 minutes. When it wears off my lips, the inner rims of my lips are the first to go and it feels really dry, I really don't like this feeling and I never got it with any other lip balms. But as long as it's on my lips, it's great for protecting them from the cold and dry air.

I have been sick A LOT this winter, so the skin around my nose looked horrible. I put this on it when I went to bed and it really helped my skin to recover. I think it's also great to apply to your cuticles or other dry areas on the body, but I still have to try those things out more.

+ packaging
+ price
+ substance
+ protects and moisturizes

- wears off quickly
- tin is less hygienic than a tube


I'm still not sure if I would repurchase this. I have had better lipbalms in the past. Maybe when I ever finish this tin and start to miss it, I might rebuy it again!

Hope that helped,
Michelle

some NOTD's + inspiration

Here's a quick post of some mani's I did recently. Nothing too special really. I'm more into subtle stuff. I've been experimenting with the black shatter polish from OPI, but I'll show them later in another post.

And some mani's I really like, but they're mostly too bold or too difficult for me. Enjoy!