Review: Lush: 9 to 5 Facial Cleanser

A few weeks ago I participated in a Lush UK GO where I ordered a few Lush things, including 9 to 5, which I had heard great things about.

The packaging is simple.

It's sold in a black bottle in 2 sizes (95 and 240g) and I've got the big one.

There's a black label with white letters on the bottle.

Somehow, because of it's simplicity, I think this product looks like luxery.

The products itself is white.

9 to 5 is scented with a flowery scent that reminds me of (though it's definitely not the same) Ghost Shower Gel and Lily Savon Soap (both Lush).

How to use:

Sqeeze a dollop on your hand and rub it on your skin where you want it cleansed.

Then use a wet cottonpad or washcloth (use warm water) to take the product and the make-up dan dirt off your face.

If you're only cleaning your eyes, using a cotton pad is fine.

If your cleaning your whole face (and especially if you have full face make-up on), using a washcloth may be better.

9 to 5 can also be used for taking your make-up off before showering (I certainly do sometimes ;) ).

I think 9 to 5 is really easy to use (definitely easier than Ultrabland, though Ultrabland may cleanse better).

You just rub it on your skin and then take it off with warm water and a cotton pad/washcloth.

Afterwards (after patting my skin dry), my skin feels really soft and hydrated.

It wouldn't even be necessary to moisturise because it already feels hydrated.

Nevertheless, it's wise to use a night/day cream anyway (to help your skin repair itself during the night, to reduce pimples, etc.)

The day after (I've only been using this before bed) my skin still feels soft and hydrated and looks fresh.

However, one time I didn't wash 9 to 5 off my eyes well enough, so they were a bit puffy :(.

Pro's:

*smells great

*makes your skin soft and hydrated

*it's easy to use

*it isn't very expensive (if you order it from the UK it's £7,95 for the big bottle)

*the packaging looks good in your bathroom

*it wasn't tested on animals

*it's vegetarian

*it's easy to come by (shops and webshop in the Netherlands, the UK Germany, other European countries, the USA, Canada and Australia, among others)

Con's:

*it doesn't clean extremely thoroughly

*if you don't like flowery smells, its not for you

*if you order it from the Netherlands or in a Dutch Lush shop, it is expensive (€14,95 for the big bottle)

*it might make your eyes feel and look a bit puffy if you don't clean the product off your eyes very well

Conclusie: reasonable prices, easy to use cleanser that has a nice flowery smell.

It takes grime and make-up off your face, but it isn't a cleanser that cleans extremely thorough.

Also, take the product off your eyes well enough, or you might get puffy eyes.

I really like and recommend this!!!

Would I buy this product again: YES!

I rate this product 8,5 stars, because your eyes can get a bit puffy if you don't wash it off well enough.

Have you tried this product yet, or will you anytime soon?

Let me know what you think.

Until next time,

Freya

FOTD: Neutral Gold

This isn't actually today's FOTD (today I'm only wearing mascara ;) ).

It was a FOTD I made somewhere last week.

It was late and therefore dark, so the lighting is a bit rubbish.

I look a bit surprised on the pics, but that's because I'm looking straight into the camera of my MacBook.

(And yes, I'm a ware of the fact that I desperately need a hair cut!)

What I used to achieve this look:

*Face:

-Gosh Velvuet Touch Foundation Primer

-Max Factor Lasting Performance Foundation in 101 Ivory Beige

-Gosh Mattifying Finish Pressed Powder

-Catrice Multi-Colour Rouge in 010 Riviera Rose

-DA Coverstick in 001 (0n chin)

-Essence Forget It! 3 in 1 concealer (pink under right eye and green on right cheek)

-Catrice Allround Concealer (pink under left eye and green on left cheek, and lightest skin colour on forehead)

*Eyes And Eyebrows:

-Gosh Velvet Touch Eye Primer

-Gosh Eye Shadow Base

-L'Oreal Paris Colour Appeal Eye Shadow in 152 Platinum Beige (on whole lid and in crease)

-L'Oreal Paris Chrome Shine Eye Shadow in 169 Sepia Sparkle (in crease only)

-L'Oreal Paris Chrome Shine Eye Shadow in 175 Silver Brown (in outer corner and a bit in the corner of the crease)

-Miss Helen Kohlpencil in 24 (a shimmery bronze colour) (on the lower waterline and lower lashline)

-Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in 261 Noir (on upper waterline)

-Chanel Inimitable Intense Mascara in 10 Noir

-Essence Eyebrow Designer in 03 Light Brown

*Lips:

-Gosh Velvet Touch Lip Primer

-Catrice Colour Gloss Lip Gloss in 080 Secret Mauve

*Brushes And Tools I Used:

-Catrice Eye Shadow Brush for applying Eye Shadow

-Hema Blending Brush for blending Eye Shadow

-Catrice Blush Brush for applying Blush

-Catrice Professional Powder Brush (kabuki kind) for applying face powder

-A lash comb for combing lashes after using the lash curler, but before using mascara (to separate the lashes as good as possible)

-A lash curler (I use a cheap one from a drugstore)

*Everything I Used:

Close-ups:

And the lips (weird pic, I know).

Found another pic of the lips:

So..how do you like this FOTD?

Is it something you'd wear?

Until next time,

Freya

Cupcakes :D

Last saturday me and my friend Marloes decided to bake some cupcakes.

The cupcakes are coconut-vanilla-cinnamon cupcakes and they tasted yummy en sweet.

These were decorated with white(-ish) and green marzipan and black pearls.

We coloured the green marzipan with Wilton food colouring.

The little figure on the middle of the plate is a snowman :D.

He looks kind of weird but it was fun making him.

And these were docorated with fondant glazing.

We put it in the microwave to melt and added some electric purple food colouring.

On top of that we put black pearls and some easter themed sprinkles (eggs, butterfly's, hearts and flowers).

You can't really see it, but the cupcake papers (I'm sure there's a different word for that I don't know) are red with white dots, really cute!!!

We had great fun making, decorating and eating them.

Perhaps we should do this more often ;).

Until next time,

Freya

How To Fold An Origami Frog

This is a tutorial on how to fold origami frogs!

You're probably thinking...why would I want/need to fold an origami frog!???

Well...for starters: they are awesome and cute and hop (if you fold them correctly), they are easy to make AND you can use them for your Halloween costume?

Halloween costume???

Yes, I will post a tutorial on how to make a Halloween costume with origami frogs later today (made especially for Serena Verbon).

What you need:

*a table to fold on

*paper to fold (any paper that's in a square, folding paper or special origami paper)

And here's how you do it:

1) You choose a piece of paper and lay it flat on the table.

2)You fold it in half.

3) You fold the paper open.

4) You turn the paper clock-wise.

5) Again, you fold the paper in half

6) You fold the paper open.

7) You turn the paper upside-down.

8) You turn the paper clock-wise so that one point is pointing down.

8) You make a diagonal fold.

9) You fold the paper open.

10) You turn the paper clock-wise.

11) You make another diagonal fold.

12) You fold the paper open.

13) You then have to fold 2 out of 4 sides in so that you get a double triangle.

14) Then fold the right side downward (in half) to form the base of the leg/back.

15) Do the same thing on the left side.

16) And fold the right leg half back.

17) Do the same thing on the left side.

Now you have legs :).

18) Turn the frog upside down (now it looks kinda like a kite with legs ;P ).

19) Now fold the right side upward (in half).

20) Do the same thing on the right side (it starts looking like a frog).

21) Now fold the right side half way down.

22) Do the same thing on the left side.

23) To make the frog able to jump, you have to fold the legs up about 1 cm.

24) Then fold it back half a centimeter.

25) Now your frog is ready to jump :).

Some froggies:

If you want to make the Halloween costume you are going to need a lot, so you better start folding ;).

Do you find this tutorial usefull?

Until next time,

Freya

Project 90 Pan

Another project ... pan update.

Since my last post, I''ve used up 6 whole products and 10 samples/partial products.

Here's what I have finished so far:

Whole Products:

1-Pot Enzymion Moisturiser (Lush)

2-Sugar Babe Sugar Scrub (Lush)

3-Wiccy Magic Muscles Massage Bar (Lush)

4-Happy Pill Ballistic (Lush)

5-Eau-Roma Water (Lush)

6-Dreamwash Shower Smoothie (Lush)

7-Small pot (30g) Sweetie Pie Whipped Body Butter (The Secret Garden)

8-Dream Cream (Lush)

9-Coconut Leg And Body Scrub (Inecto)

10-50 ml scrub (Kring Apotheek)

11-500g Rub Rub Rub SG (Lush)

12-small (not official MMU pot) Body Butter in the scent: Snowcake's A La Orange (MMU)

13-250g Taai Taai SG (Lush)

14-200ml Lotus Petal Body Lotion (The Body Shop)

15-Ickle Baby Bot Bath Ballistic (Lush)

16-Deo Roller Mild & Soft (8X4)

17-Ginger Snapped Smooch! (Villainess)

18-Travel Size Pot Creme Anglaise Body Lotion (B Never)

19-Bottle of Lactacyd

20-Bottle of Lactacyd

21-Smashing Smooch! (Villainess)

22-Ginger Snapped Whipped! (Villainess)

23-150 ml Jardins des Îles de Polynésie aux fleurs de tiaré SG (Yves Rocher)

24-Coconut Leg And Body Scrub (Inecto)

25-Raspberry Swirl Smooch! (Villainess)

26-Jardins Du Monde Deodorant Roll-On Lotus Flower (Yves Rocher)

27-Beautiful Twists Shagadelic Watermelon Kisses Lip Balm (Ella Dean)

28-Big Buffy (Lush)

29-Small pot (30g) Honey Toffee (Lush HIWTK dupe) Whipped Body Butter (The Secret Garden)

30-Small pot (30g) Honey Toffee (Lush HIWTK dupe) Whipped Body Butter (The Secret Garden)

31-500g American Cream Conditioner (Lush)

32-small (not official MMU pot) Body Butter in the scent: Snowcake's A La Orange (MMU)

33-Packet of red hair dye (holiday)

34-Packet of red hair dye (holiday)

35-Business Time Massage Bar (Lush)

36-Healthy Gums Pomegranate Toothpaste (Dr. Organic)

37-small 50ml bottle Potion Lotion (Lush)

38-Cherry Cordial Smack! (2 scoops of chocolate mousse, 1 scoup of vanilla bean and 1 scoup of cherries jubilee) (Villainess)

39-The Comforter Body Lotion 225g (Lush)

40-You Snap The Whip 95g, a body butter with scrub (Lush)

41-T Tree Toner Tab 5g (Lush)

42-Dr van der Hoog ClearSkin Scrubgel 100ml, a facewash with scrub (Dr van der Hoog)

43-Solar Expertise Suncream with spf 50 (L'Oreal)

44-Tooth Paste (Pearl Drops)

45-Strawberry Santa Jelly (Lush)

46-Jardins Du Monde Deodorant Roll-On Lotus Flower (Yves Rocher)

47-small (not official MMU pot) Body Butter in the scent: Snowcake's A La Orange (MMU)

48-small (not official MMU pot) Body Butter in the scent: Snowcake's A La Orange (MMU)

49-Gloop Smooch! (marshmellow and cocoa scented body scrub) (Villainess)

50-Small pot of Charity Pot 50g (Lush)

51-Bottle of Lactacyd

52-You Snap The Whip scrub 95g(Lush)

53-H'Suan Wen Hua 225g (Lush)

54-Inecto Coconut Oil Conditioner 500ml (Inecto)

55-Small 50ml bottle of Have A Bath Or Shower (showergel) in Sex Magnet (Lush Sex Bomb Dupe) (MMU)

56-Sweet Asa Steam Cream ±45g (B Never)

57-Enzymion Moisturiser 45g (Lush)

58-Re-Finish Micro-Dermabrasion for the face 60ml (L'Oreal)

59-Make-up Ckeansing wipes 25 pieces (Demake-Up)

60-Magic Bath Ballistic (Lush)

61-Deo Roller Mild & Soft (8X4)

62-50 ml Taai Taai Shower Gel (Lush)

63-A package of cotton pads

64-Sugar Babe Sugar scrub (Lush)

65-Supernova Bath Ballistic (Lush)

66-Supernova Bath Ballistic (lush)

67-Sunscreen with spf 30 (L'Oreal)

68-Big Buffy (Lush)

69-Sweet Japanese Girl (Lush)

70-Hybrid Shampoo Bar (Lush)

71-You Snap The Whip Body Butter/Scrub (Lush)

72-100ml Yummy Yummy Yummy Shower Gel (Lush)

73-50ml Uluru Shower Gel (Lush)

74-Snow Scrub (B Never)

75-250ml rehab Shampoo (Lush)

76-Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash (The Body Shop)

78-imp of Bathsheba perfume oil (Bpal)

79-A package of cotton pads

80-Jardins Du Monde Anti-Perspirant Deo With Lime From Mexico (Yves Rocher)

81-Jardins Du Monde Anti-Perspirant Deo With Lime From Mexico (Yves Rocher)

82-Bottle of Lactacyd

83-American Cream Conditioner 500g (Lush)

84-Snow Fairy Shower Gel 100ml (Lush)

Samples and partIal products:

-Sample of The Comforter Bubble Bar Slice (Lush)

-50ml Okra Conditioner (Lush)

-A tiny block of Spice Curls Soap (Lush)

-Official Lush Sample of Creme Anglaise (Lush)

-Small piece of Alkmaar soap in the form of a flower (Lush)

-50 ml B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful SG (B Never)

-Flosty Gritter BBS Sample (Lush)

-Official Lush Sample of Forever in Bloom Conditioner (Lush)

-Seaweed Day Cream Sample (The Body Shop)

-Sample of Schnuggle (Lush)

-50 ml Taai Taai Shower Gel (Lush)

-50 ml Blue Skies SG (Lush)

-50 ml Butterball SG (Lush)

-50 ml Ice Blue Shampoo (Lush)

-50 ml Ice Blue Shampoo (Lush)

-50 ml Chai SG (Lush)

-50 ml Happy 4 Sad SG (Lush)

-50 ml Big Shampoo (Lush)

-50 ml 13 Rabbits SG (Lush)

-50 ml Reatread Conditioner (Lush)

-50 ml Almond And Coconut Smoothie (Lush)

-50 ml Coconut Conditioner (Inecto)

-Sample of Honey Touch Body Cream (Rituals)

-Sample of Sweet Lemon Body Scrub (The Body Shop)

-Small block of Rockstar Soap (Lush)

-50 ml Slammer Shower Gel (Lush)

-Half block (50g) of Angel's Delight soap (Lush)

-A quarter block (25g) of 13 Soap (Unlucky For Dirt) (Lush)

-A big sample of Fresh Farmacy (Lush)

-A very big sample of Honey Waffle Soap (Lush)

-A very small sample of Neeltje Soap (NizzySoap)

-Lush made sample ofTurkish Delight Shower Smoothie (Lush)

-Large sample of Bamboo Scrub (Lure Beauty)

-Small pot of Foaming Shower Merengue in the scen "Candy's Sweet Love" (MMU)

-Small pot of Foaming Shower Merengue in the scent "Clementine Smoothie" (MMU)

-Small pot of Foaming Shower Merengue in the scent "Floating Oasis" (MMU)

-Small pot of Handy Wash in the scent "Pin Up Girl" (MMU)

-Small pot of My Little Hand Scrub in the scent "Blood Orange Cotton Candy" (MMU)

-1/4 of A Sugar Babe Sugar Scrub (Lush)

-1/2 of Brimstone Scrub (Lush)

-Small pot of Raspberry Body Scrub (The Body Shop)

Everything in red is newly used up.

I've finished the project 80 pan and started on the project 90 pan!

Until next time,

Freya