Megawhite = Megafail

A few weeks ago I went to the Ideal Home Christmas Exhibition in Manchester with my mum, which for the record was just furniture with the odd Christmas tree on it rather than christmassy home decorations which I was expecting. One of the stalls, Megawhite, was offering express teeth whitening. Now I've never tried to whiten my teeth before but I've definitely thought about it, however the sensitivity and pain that it apparently causes has always put me off. I don't think I need it that badly!

However, as an early present my mum offered to pay for me to have it done as a treat since the price they were offering was reasonable. I'm not an impulse kind of person, I'll read reviews on almost anything before I try/buy. So I thought it would be good for me to just go for it. They promised no sensitivity or pain because there was no ammonia involved. Which in fairness was true, but I think that was because it didn't do anything.

Actually that's unfair, for a few hours my teeth were patchy and the small calcium spots I did have on my teeth were now extremely noticeable. I chose the cheaper option of the two gels they offer, and after 20 minutes they handed me a mirror, my reaction when asked what I thought was 'they look awful' which was clearly not what the staff were expecting, and so offered me the 'Blue Fusion' treatment for a further 20 minutes and was equally unimpressed, looking back I should have asked for a refund, but I was so upset with how horrible my teeth looked I wanted to leave. They said if I just drank some water after a short time the patchiness would go, by this point saying anything to reassure me. The next morning I woke up and my teeth looked exactly the same as before the treatment, which I was actually relieved about! Sorry I don't have any before and after picks to share, like I said it was on impulse and I tried to hide the after as much as possible! I'm sure you can imagine though...

Before I had this treatment I checked the packaging and saw the leaping bunny logo, which was the final tipping point to make me go for it. Since then I've searched the leaping bunny website and there seems to be no sign of the company, so whether they have a very similar logo on their packaging they can get away with using, or if it is a recent change that they are/are not registered with the leaping bunny organisation I'm not entirely sure.

Either way I'm so disappointed and after looking up some reviews of this company it didn't take me long to find so many calling it a scam. A quick Google always pays off!

Not So Super Toothpaste

So like I mentioned last week I've been transitioning my non-beauty cosmetics to be cruelty-free and one that I've really struggled with was toothpaste!

Discovering Bioderma

When I was living in Canada it didn't take me long to find Bioderma in Shoppers Drug Mart. I had heard so much about the Sensibio H20, it was EVERYWHERE online but hard to find in the UK at the time (this was also before other micellar waters were accessible), and with the GBP-CAD$ exchange rate I was definitely making the most of it! So I purchased a bottle and fell in love. It's just so refreshing. There's so many reviews on this I don't think it's necessary for me to ramble on, but I will say, it removes my makeup so easily and I'm no longer tugging at my skin with a wipe.

Lush Haul and Review

  So I’m finally starting a blog!

For my first ever post, I decided to start with a classic haul… LUSH!

Recently I purchased three products from Lush based purely on recommendations by the lovely staff in store, and I love them all! So I thought it only fair to share them.