Beauty | Bath Mama Bath Roses*

I love a good ol' pamper session. The chance to put your feet up and have a bit of me time is something every girl should have on a regular basis. I'm always on the look out for products that are going to spruce up a bath and I think I've found a little beauty.

A brand that has recently made an entrance into my life is Bath Mama, a bath and body brand who note themselves as the "one stop shop for your all beauty needs". They sell many a luxurious yet affordable beauty product with everything from bath bombs to soaps, skincare to candles. One of the highlights of the brand is just how British it is. I've always been a lover of all things home-grown here in the UK so products that are sourced from the heart of the British countryside are right up my street.

I was lucky enough to be able to try out their bath roses. Bath Mama sell their bath roses in five different scents: lavender, jasmine, rose, ocean and peach, and they are available in the tiny packs of three up to packs of twenty if you fancied something extra-special.

I received the ocean scented roses which seem perfect for a summer pamper evening; the gorgeous slight aroma that lingers in the bathroom leaves you feeling like you're relaxing in a pool abroad as opposed to lying in your bathtub at home. 

To be honest, I was slightly hesitant when it came to using the product for the first time as I've always been more of a bath bomb kind of girl than someone who's in to the more 'fancy' bath products. But the roses have definitely converted me to the fancy bathtime ways.

The individual petals really easily break away from the rose and can be scattered throughout the bath in a confetti-esque style. Pop them in whilst the water is still streaming and they'll work to create a tiny collection of bubbles whilst breaking up to form a layer of blue cream on the surface of the water.

Bath Mama's bath petals come packaged in a tiny little heart shaped box embellished with a pastel blue ribbon to make it even more special. The beautiful packaging means that they'd make a wonderful little gift for someone special.

Overall I've found that they make such a lovely addition to the bath. Not only do their look beautiful and work to create an instagram-perfect bath but their slight ocean aroma adds to the relaxation and charm of any bathtime.

The Bath Mama Bath Roses retail at £3.00 for a pack of three and can be purchased online here.

Do you have a product that adds a little extra touch to your bath?

*Disclaimer: This product was kindly gifted by Bath Mama,  for the purpose of this review. All views and opinions shared on realityleaveslotstoimagination are always honest and unbiased regardless of whether or not the product has been gifted to me.

Beauty | Lush Oxford Street Haul

I turned seventeen a couple of weeks back and spent my birthday exploring good ol' London town. Whilst in the capital it was only right that I took a trip to the new Lush flagship store on Oxford Street. As a self proclaimed lush addict, not taking a visit would have just been rather impolite on my part don't you think? 

A three storey store is just a Lush lovers paradise and I was overwhelmed with excitement as soon as I stepped (or leaped, if truth be told) through the doors. The new store plays host to a array of new exclusive products (they have over two hundred to their name) whilst still offering all of your usual favourites.

I simply couldn't wait to get my hands on some of the new beauties the gods over at the Lush Kitchen have been busy creating. My basket was soon full to the brim with a selection of their exclusive products (with many a 'normal' one thrown in for good measure). There wasn't a new product in sight that wasn't right up my street so choosing which ones I was going to have to part ways with was something I really rather struggled with.

I did pick up a good selection of some of the more traditional lush beauties as well as some of the new arrivals to the world of lush and I truly can't put into words how excited I am to try them all out.

The Olive Branch Shower Gel

Sugar Scrub

(pictured product purchased from the lush website as I've already used my Oxford Street purchase)

I began my time in the Lush store on the street level which is home to all of the Lush lotions and potions: skincare, haircare, bodycare and make up. I dilly dallied around this floor for rather a long time, making sure I smelt every bottle of shower gel and admired every shampoo bar (even though I do currently have two on the go at home). I'll put my hands up and admit, I did come ever so close to buying one of the huge bottles of the new Comforter Shower Gel. At almost £30 I'm sure my bank balance very much appreciates my friends determination that I wasn't going to make the splurge. I ended up picking up two of my favourite shower products: a teeny tiny bottle of the Olive Branch Shower Gel and the Sugar Scrub Shower Scrub.

Top Row: Guardian Of The Forests Bath Bomb (exclusive product) and Phoenix Rising Bath Bomb

Middle Row: Dragons Egg Bath Bomb, May Day Bath Bomb and Fizzbanger Bath Bomb

Bottom Row: Frozen Bath Bomb (exclusive product), Lava Lamp Bath Bomb (exclusive product) and Intergalactic Bath Bomb (exclusive product)

The new selection of bath bombs was definitely at the top of my list of the exclusive products I wanted to explore. The top floor of the new store is dedicated to bathtime products and everything is as beautifully layed out as ever. With the new bath bombs the Lush team have definitely gone all out with the colour; I seriously can't even imagine the colours they'll reveal in the bath.

Dreamtime Bath Oil (exclusive product)

Happy Thoughts Bath Oil (exclusive product)

Ginger Bath Oil (exclusive product)

Bath Oils are something that Lush have never broken into before now but boy have they done it in style. At only £2 each they are such a steal and they're so dainty and cute that you simply can't not fall in love with them at first glance. The guys and gals over at the Lush Kitchen have also really outdone themselves with the names. With titles ranging from "Monsieur Gustav" to "Razzle Dazzle" and "You've Been Mangoed" to "I Am A Radiant Being" heaven only knows where they came up with them, but as with every single Lush product their names suit them to the T.

Popcorn Lip Scrub

The lip scrubs hold their place up their in my list of favourite Lush products and it's not easy to guess why. Not only do their work wonders, they also taste amazingly. I like to have a few of these little beauties on the go (one in each flavour if truth be told) so there's always one nearby when my lips are in need of a little T.L.C.

Sandstone Soap

Over The Rainbow Soap

Soap is pretty self explanatory. You can never have too much soap; especially when it looks this pretty.

Each Peach Massage Bar

Strawberry Feels Forever Massage Bar

Although I only picked up two of the massage bars that are readily available in Lush stores nationwide I thought it's only fitting that I pay homage to the incredible massage bar paradise that is located in the basement area of the store (which is also home to the spa and the Gorilla perfume exhibit).  

Fingers crossed at least some of these exclusive products will spread their wings and make appearances at some of the other Lush stores in the country.

Have you visited the new Lush store?

Style | Lymehouse Jewellery*

It seems I've become a little bit obsessed with wearing unique jewellery as of late. They do such a lovely job of jazzing up an outfit so what's not to love? And you don't get more unique than the stunning pieces from Lymehouse Jewellery.

A few weeks back I got talking to the ever so lovely Jo, the owner of the company, and she offered to send me a pair of her beautiful button earrings for me to share with you all; an opportunity I just jumped at.

Jo makes all of her jewellery herself by hand so it's guaranteed that every pair is made with lots of love, care and attention. She offers a wide and wonderful range of different button designs that are all priced at around the £4 mark, which is a simply wonderful price considering the costly examples you tend to find in most stores at the moment (Topshop, I'm looking at you). The buttons give the pieces a bit of a vintage feel to them, I think, and this is right up my street.

Each of the Lymehouse Jewellery pieces will most definitely perk up any outfit; they come in all different shapes, sizes and colours so you're destined to find one that suits you just perfectly. They also can work well accessorizing both daytime and evening looks.

And for all of us who have skin that sits more on the sensitive side of things, the backs of the earrings are actually made of titanium. This makes them hypo-allergenic. What more could you ask for?

The earrings come packaged in a gorgeous tiny little organza draw-string bag that's been placed in a sturdy little box the perfect size to pop through the letterbox.

The Lymehouse Jewellery Handmade Button Earrings retail at £4.00 and are avaliable online.
(2018 Update: The Lymehouse Jewellery Website Is No Longer Live)

What style of jewellery are you rockin' at the moment?

*Disclaimer: This product was kindly gifted by Jo at Lymehouse Jewellery,  for the purpose of this review. All views and opinions shared on realityleaveslotstoimagination are always honest and unbiased.

Lifestyle | The Updated Bucket List

The sudden trend in the blogging world for these so called "reverse bucket lists" has inspired me to look back over my bucket list and jazz it up a little; refreshing it a bit here and there. This is still a work in progress but I'm rather happy with how it is at the moment so I thought I'd share it with you lovely lot.

Travel
Go on a road trip from one end of the USA to the other.
Throw a dart on a map and travel wherever it lands.
Visit Pompeii.

Go on a road trip around the UK.

Visit Las Vegas.

Buy a same day plane ticket to a foreign country.
Go on a mother-daughter holiday.

Sights 
Visit the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam.
See the Northern Lights.
Visit Disney World, Florida.
Tour a Concentration Camp.
Go on the Skydeck in Chicago.
See The Hollywood Sign.
Visit Disneyland.
Ride in a hot air balloon.
Go up the Empire State Building.
See Juliet's Balcony in Verona.
Visit Times Square.
Visit Graceland.
Dip into the thermal hot springs in Iceland.
Visit Alcatraz, San Francisco.

See the Leaning Tower of Piza.

Visit Ground Zero.

Stay at the Ice Hotel, Sweden.
Visit Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.

See the sun rise over Stone Henge.

Visit Niagara Falls.

Stay in Igloo Village, Finland.

Get through the biggest maze in the world.

Visit Mount Rushmore.

Ride a cable car in San Francisco.

Events
Attend a masquerade.
Take part in the Moonwalk in London.
Go on a cruise.
Attend a concert in Madison Square Garden.
Go to a drive-in movie.
Watch a movie at the Hot Tub Cinema.
Attend The Secret Garden Party.
Go to the Olympics.
Attend the Number 6 Festival.
Party at Mardi Gras.

Attend Bestival

Attend a Cirque du Soleil show.

Other
Read the top 100 books of all time.

Learn to cook a signature dish.

Be in the audience of one of my favourite TV shows.

Swim with dolphins.

Take a photo everyday for a year.

Ride a Segway.

Arrange my own huge charity fundraiser.

Take part in a flash mob.

Take a yoga class.

Watch every film that's won a BAFTA for 'Best Film' in my lifetime.
Throw someone a surprise party.

Ride a Quad Bike.
Spend a summer working abroad.

Attend the first screening of a new film on the day it comes out.
Be a movie extra.
Travel first class.

And there you have it; the list so far. I have no doubt that I will be adding a fair few new bits to this list as the years go by but as it stands at the moment I'm confident I've got a good ol' list that it achievable but would give me some incredible memories.

What's on your list?

Lifestyle | February Pins of Interest

I'm rather unsociable. From the amount of time I spend on my phone, it may look like I have a billion and one people to be texting and countless sassy tweets waiting to be sent, but albeit that is occasionally the case, I'm probably just on pinterest. Pinterest is my one true love in the app world.

Who could have possibly thought pinning countless pictures to a selection of boards could be so god damn satisfying? I definitely didn't have a clue what a wonderful world pinterest is when I first clicked download, but I'm hooked.

Here's just a handful of the beautiful pins that have particularly taken my fancy over the past month:

1 - Getting all my summer outfit preparations done a few months early. I can already tell I'm going to be loving dungaree style playsuits this summer season.

2 - Amen. This quote is so perfect for really instilling a bit of girl power.

3 - I'm really getting back into doing lots of DIY bits and bobs, and I'd do love to combine my love of crafting and photography by creating my own version of this stunning polaroid photo map. It would look so pretty feature piece in a bedroom or reception room in a house.

4 - Isn't this ponytail just envy inducing?

5 - Another pinterest love of mine is wedding boards. Yes, yes, I know, I'm sixteen and weddings probably shouldn't be on my radar at all but I've always been one of those girls who knows exactly what they'd like from their big day.

6 - I've become rather addicted to pinning pictures of stylish little tattoos as of late. I'll be the first to admit that this is indeed rather out of character for someone with a needle phobia like myself who would never ever ever even consider choosing to set foot near a needle. But I will say that I do think little tattoos like this one are beautiful, even if the process in which they are produced makes me squirm.

If you fancy having a nosey at a further selection of my favourite pins, you can find my pinterestprofile here.

Are you a pinterest addict?