Lush Sale Haul 2011

Finally, I have got round to sorting through and photographing my Lush sale haul :)

This post was actually typed up and ready to publish last night...then my laptop would not recognise my memory card, with the photos on! Annoying! So, I have now sorted, uploaded and cropped my photos (mainly to cut the post down a bit, as there are a few!) and here it is!

I put a few photos in my Boxing Day and post Christmas sale hauls post previously, but now I bring you a more in depth look and the products I bought.

The main thing I planned to buy was the Gingerbread House Tin, which my sister and I thankfully grabbed the last 2 of! and a big bottle of Snow Fairy Shower Gel *rant start*, which I didn't manage to get in the Arndale Lush store, as a woman and her son went in as soon as it opened and bought every bottle there...£117 of Snow Fairy (and that was half price!!). There were a lot of annoyed ladies and girls in there. Clearly this woman was buying to sell on for profit! There should be a limit/restriction for these cases, it's not fair on others who want some!

Anyway, thankfully, we went to the other Manchester Lush store when that opened 2 hours later and I grabbed a big 500g bottle. I recognised a few faces and heard another woman ranting about the woman who bought the lot, then....SHE WAS THERE!!! They had clearly dropped off the first load and were back for more, this time buying ALMOST every single bottle, bar 1 or 2! £97 for this lot! How annoying?! So glad I got mine a minute before she appeared! *rant finish*

So, I went a tad overboard. The sale was HALF PRICE on Christmas products, Christmas gift sets and products made before 1st October.

Here's more photos of what I got :)

(Pic Heavy...as always!)

The whole stash :)

Total £47.44 (for almost £100 worth of Lushness!)

I made 3 separate hauls during my day in Manchester, then one smaller haul in Telford a couple of days later.

(Full price in brackets)

Manchester Haul 1:

Gingerbread House Tin £7.25 (14.50)

Candy Cane Soap £3.05 (7.10) (0.258kg)

Candy Mountain Bubble Bar £1.18 (2.35)

Total £11.97 (from £23.95, saving of £11.98)

The mahoosive wedge of Candy Cane Soap, yum!

Manchester Haul 2:

Snow Fairy Shower Gel £4.98 (9.95) (500g)
Baby It's Cold Outside Gift Box £9.48 (18.95)
Cosy Christmas Gift Box £3.98 (7.95)
The Melting Snowman £0.98 (1.95)
Magic Wand Bubble Bar £2.48 (4.95)
Superstars Bubble Bar £1.13 (2.25)
Northern Lights Soap £2.75 (5.49) (0.186kg)

Total £25.71 (from £51.49, saving £25.78) 

Manchester Haul 3:

Candy Mountain Bubble Bar £1.18 (2.35) x2
Buche de Noel Cleanser £2.98 (5.95)
Pow Wow Lip Scrub £2.38 (4.75) 

Total £6.54 (from £13.05, saving £6.51) 

Telford Haul:

Candy Mountain Bubble Bar £1.18 (2.35)
Cinders Ballistic £0.98 (1.95)

Gingerbread House Bubble Bar £1.48 (2.95)

Total £3.64 (from £7.25, saving £3.61)

and the latest Lush Times, hot of the press that day :)

This has got me excited about the upcoming seasonal products, Valentines and Easter products on my wishlist! 

I will do posts, reviewing some of these products, as and when I get round to using them :)

If you have any questions about any, just ask!

I know the Lush sale has ended online, but some stores may still have stock, so it's worth a look :)

Anyone else have a Lush obsession?

Did you go crazy in the Lush sales?

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Boxing Day & Post Christmas Sales Hauls :)

It's finally here! My Boxing Day & Post Christmas Sale Haul post :)

I planned to get this up last week but have been so busy recently!

So, Boxing Day I was up and getting ready just before 5:30am, no...not for the Next sale, but to drive 1 and a half hours up North to Manchester for the sales with my sister!

It was dark, I was tired after only 2 hours sleep the night before and 1 hour on Christmas Eve (clearly too excited to sleep!) but excitement soon kicked in and I was wide awake and hyper :)

After leaving a bit later than planned, we arrived in Manchester just after 8am.

Here's me, excited on route to Selfridges :)

and here is my car boot a few hours later, we had a great day!

We had to head back to the car just before lunch to drop off our bags as we couldn't handle carrying things around any longer (especially the heavy perfume sets!). I said 'no more spending' after that, which I stuck to, not buying anything else...except for another Lush haul (third of the day, oops!)

I had my little Disney Princess notepad and pen in my bag, with the list of what I was looking to buy. See, I was good in that sense, I planned what I was going to buy and only things that I really wanted, once again except for the Lush hauls, for which my notepad just said 'Lush...LOADS!' :) Obsession?

Anyway, on to the actual haul...

Manchester Boxing Day Haul:

Selfridges:

Vera Wang Princess £24 from £47

Vivienne Westwood Naughty Alice £27 from £53

Lush:

(I will do a separate post on the actual products I purchased!):

Boots:

Soap & Glory The Bright Stuff £17.50 from £35! All we could find were TONS of the Yum at Heart set BUT, then I spotted a woman with this in her hand, clearly unsure whether to buy it...she then put it down and IT WAS MINE! :) I wanted this one, as I always wanted to try Wish Upon a Jar (which Donna recently paid £15 for alone!)

Minnie Mouse Scrub £1.75 from £3.50 - just cute!! 

Soap & Glory Scrub 'em and Leave 'em Mini (not in sale, just wanted for ages!) £2.35

Barry M Croc Effect Nail Effects (not in sale, but been searching for ages and found 1 left!) £3.99

Then these 2 I paid for with Boots Advantage Points, meaning they were FREEEE, thanks Boots!

Umberto Giannini Glam Hair Style Loving Hair Kit £7.50 from £15 (mainly wanted this for the clutch bag!)

Umberto Giannini Mini Glamourising Beauty Essentials £5 from £10

Accessorize:

 This wasn't on my list but was just really cute!

£4.50 from £9

Urban Outfitters:

Let's Party Pirate Tee £15 from £32

Wanted this when I saw it in Birmingham months ago, love the quirkiness and tie-dye :)

That is it for my Manchester haul :)

As mentioned, I will post about my Lush hauls in more depth this weekend!

Next up, a few days after Boxing Day, Donna and I went to Telford.

I didn't plan on buying anything due to my almost non-existant funds BUT couldn't resist a visit to Lush and a little temptation in Boots...

Telford Haul:

  

Lush:

 50% off at Lush :)

Boots:

17 Peep Show Mascara and free eye palette £5.29. See post and more photos here. Review and swatches to follow very soon.

Hometown Haul:

The next day I popped in to town with my mum and sister. I still hadn't found the MTV top that I was searching the sales for and when I walked in to River Island, there it was! One left, right in front of the doors!!

I also got a couple of other things, a Yankee candle, which I really wanted and a bag, which was an impulse purchase!

River Island:

MTV top £12 from £22

Bag £12 from £25(?)

Inside the bag

Lovely design!

 Amazing smell!

£7.99 from £15.99

So, now I am skint and in slight regret over my hauling but I got some nice things, most of which were planned to be bought.

Did you go crazy in the sales?

Also...'Celebrity Big Brother' has started tonight, like the last one wasn't so long ago!

Another bunch of Z listers getting paid hundreds of thousands to 'entertain' us.

Hugh Hefner's twin ex-girlfriends...celebrity? Anyone in the UK actually heard of them before?

and Frankie Cocozza...don't even get me started on him!

Natalie Cassidy is one of the most known in there for actually working, rather than being a 'celeb' for causing controversy and being in the papers! I must say, she seems genuine and I'm loving how well she has taken on BB's task :)

Are you watching? Find yourself asking why? Opinions?
*Rant over*

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