look at the stars, look how they shine for you

I'm back in Australia after a lovely two and a bit months in England, which

was amazing!

I've bought a couple of things from Lush recently and thought i'd share my thoughts on them. I haven't really purchased much from Lush before, but i've recently decided to give my skin and hair a break from all of those nasty chemicals and use products which are more natural and better for me and the environment. And the little bunny rabbits.

Lush doesn't test on animals.

Haha - goon!

My skin has been awful over the past couple of weeks, so i decided to buy a 'Fresh Face Mask'.

'Chocolate heaven for oily and teenage skin. Its action removes excess oil and calms breakouts.'

First things first, this smells horrible. I'm used to it now, but smell it in the shop first - if you can bear it then it's honestly worth putting up with it! I know some people love the smell but it's honestly not for me.

It's got a lovely thick mud-like consistency though (no surprise there, it's made out of mud). You leave it on for 10 minutes, then wash it off with warm water. Easy.

It lasts for 3 weeks and has to be kept in the fridge, otherwise the fresh ingredients it's made of will go dodgy. I'd say you get 6-7 masks out of it, so you'll get around 2 masks a week.

After using this for the first time, it softened my skin immediately and calmed redness after 30 minutes or so. After waking up the next morning i was astonished at how much better my skin looked. Using it for 3 weeks has cleared up my skin quite a lot, not completely - it doesn't work miracles, but it's really made a substantial difference.

I can officially say that these will become a permanent addition to my skin care routine - i'll be buying the blueberry one next.

I love this. It says it cleans, softens, nourishes and adds shine and body to hair, as well as being protein-rich.

You wet the bar, wet your hair, rub the bar on your head a few times and on the ends of your hair, then lather.

No bottles, no soaps, little weight, no packaging (although i bought a tin to travel with), hardly any chemicals and good for the environment. It's supposed to last for up to 80 washes - and think it will - so it's cost-effective too!

I now only use conditioner every 2 washes because my hair is so soft after using it thanks to the seaweed and sea salt (just think how soft your hair is after coming out of the sea - it's exactly the same!). It adds shine to my hair and leaves it squeaky clean, although, i can't say much for 'adding body'.

I will fault it on the fact that it takes a while to dry and you can't leave it wet in the tin, because it will go all yucky. It smells quite nice - not amazing but not disgusting either.

I don't think i'll bother with trying out any of the others, apparently some of them are quite drying and this is by far the best, according to the assistant who works at Lush. I will, however, be repurchasing this. Forever.

In Heathrow Terminal 3 they have a M.A.C counter which means i, of course, had an obligation to stop and buy something.

I've been wanting a M.A.C blusher for ages, and after weighing up my options with Elle over the phone, we agreed that Pink Swoon would be the best choice - and we were right. It's gorgeous and i love it. I'd like to get a corally-pink (hello made up word!) or a peach next :)

In case you are wondering where i have been recently, I'm back at my school in Australia after missing a month of year 11, which means i have a ridiculous amount of work to catch up on. Guess who's not going to have a life for the next couple of weeks?

*raises hand*

I've bought new pens, notepads, folders and stationary - i love 'back to school' shopping haha, surely i'm not the only one?!