Ooh La Spa Foot Therapy Hard Skin Remover

Yeah, its a bit of a mouthful! I don't know about you, but I am constantly on the look out for products and implements that will deal with my hard, cracking, and frankly nasty heels. I have tried scrubs, creams, cheese grater style tools, ped eggs, and still my feet are like hooves. Might be because I am bad about keeping up a routine, I want results now! So, when Superdrug recently had half price offers on skincare, I picked up this hard skin remover.

Now it doesn't say what this is made of, but its a kind of pumice stone I think.  The instructions are to soak feet and the stone, and then rub the stone on some soap before use. This is a vital step apparently.

I used this in the bath, so the soaking was easy. It was quick and easy to use as well, and didn't feel too abrasive or at all sore. I gave my feet a good scrubbing with it, which didn't take long, and could instantly feel the results. Once my feet were dry they felt much better, no flaky rough bits at all. They are still a bit hard, but smooth. I think regular use will reduce the hardness too. Overall though, a much better result than most other things I have tried, and with much less effort. I was so impressed that I went and bought one for my boyfriend, along with a basin from poundland for him to soak his feet in-who said romance was dead? He was impressed too, and I just asked him for a quote -"not as shite as I expected it to be". Praise indeed!

The normal price of the hard skin remover is £2.99, which I think is good, even though I got mine half price. The Ooh La Spa range only seems to be available in bigger Superdrug's, or online.

I picked up a couple of other products from the range, which I haven't tested fully. I have used the foot butter once though, and it worked well, but wasn't very minty smelling. The scrub has a stronger mint smell.

The scrub and butter are £3.99.

Have you got any amazing foot care secrets?

Bargain Alert! Revlon nail polish and Galaxy.

Whilst on one of my regular browses of Boots, I spotted this stand near the tills-

That's right, only £4 for any Revlon nail polish, and a bag of Galaxy bites or counters. This is a great deal seen as the nail polish is normally £6.49. There is nothing about this offer over at the Revlon section, so you will need to have a look around the till area. It includes any polish, so not just the ones on the stand with the chocolate. I didn't look to see how long this offer is on for, sorry, bag blogger! I think its just started though, so should have a wee while left.

Of course, I had to partake in  this great offer, and got 2 polishes, and 2 bags of bites, nom nom nom.

I chose Gold coin, and Cloud. Gold coin will be great for Christmas, and Cloud is a unique shade that I have nothing else like in my collection.

Of course, if you don't already have it, this is an ideal time to pick up the much hyped Faucets of Fushia.

I got it myself a while ago, and its such an unusual polish to find from a 'drugstore' brand.

Will you be partaking in this offer?
Any Revlon polishes you would recommend?

When you're feeling blue...

Make your nails look awesome!

I know I've been MIA again, things have been a bit stressful for me of late. I have finished uni now, and am a fully qualified Nurse. Yay, right? Yes, I am really happy to be qualified, but now I need a job. The job situation for nurses is pretty bad, especially up here in Scotland. I have been applying everywhere, and have had a couple of interviews, but both said other people had more experience. So, this has been getting me down a bit, and I haven't been able to get the motivation for blogging, even though I have all the time in the world to do it. I am currently applying for jobs in England, as I have to accept I am probably not going to get a job in Scotland in the current climate. Ah well, onwards and upwards.

To cheer myself up, I applied some falsies on my constantly breaking nails, and painted them with Barry M Indigo, and Maybelline flash cosmic. I can't take credit for this combo, I saw it on a blog ages ago, sorry I can't remember which one. I then applied a coat of No 7 Stay Perfect top coat, which for £2 when using a No 7 voucher, is a total bargain as it dries really quickly to a great shine.

I love the deep colour and the subtle sparkles. Its nice having long nails too! I'll do a seperate post on the nails and glue I used, once I have had them on for a few more days.

Bling bling!

Behold, my bling phone covers! Cheap, tacky, LOVE IT!

They were £3.30 each, and I got them from this ebay seller.

What type on phone cover do you have?

Feeling Zen....

A while back, I was invited to review some treatments at Zen Lifestyle Salon in Edinburgh. I jumped at the chance, as I have not really been for many treatments, and I have a slight obsession with watching spa treatment videos on youtube. Thats normal, right? It was arranged for the day after I finished my last ever Nursing placement, so was a lovely reward.

Zen Lifestyle has three salons in Edinburgh, with the newest one in Hanover Street opening just last month. I went to the Teviot salon, which is a lovely bright welcoming salon, with treatment rooms on the lower floor. I did turn up looking a bit like a hobo, as I was going straight up to my boyfriends in Dundee after, so had a big backpack! The lovely lady on reception kindly put it away into the office for me though. While I was waiting upstairs I took a few quick snaps-

I was then taken downstairs for my treatments, which were DiamondTome Microdermabrasion and a Priori Coffeeberry Peel.

The treatment room was lovely and cosy, and relaxing. The lighting was low with flickering candles, and soothing music. I snuggled up under the fluffy towels, and the pampering began! I swear, even getting my eye make up removed was bliss! My therapist, Rebecca, gently massaged make up remover into my eyes, and then removed with lovely hot pads. There was then a full face and neck cleanse, which was removed with hot towels. Then, it was time for the microdermabrasion. This treatment uses a diamond tipped wand, which is attached to a suction machine, so your skin is resurfaced and exfoliated. It felt a little strange at first, but I soon got used to it, and it felt good knowing that all the dry skin and impurities were being sucked away! My face was gone over in great detail, as well as my neck and décolletage.

My skin was then cleansed again, and the coffee berry peel applied, along with nice warm eye pads. The peel is all natural, and is deeply moisturising, and claims to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It felt like a nice face mask, rather than the harsh peel I was imagining. While it worked its magic, I was treated to an amazing head, neck and shoulder massage, which was bliss.  The peel was then removed, and a serum applied. While this soaked in, I was given a hand massage, which was  also amazing. I then had eye gel and moisturiser applied, and was ready to face  the world again! Rebecca gave me a nice glass of water, and I was left to relax and get ready in my own time.

Overall, the experience was amazing. I felt so relaxed and pampered. More importantly, my skin felt amazing afterwards. It felt so soft for ages afterwards, I kept making people touch it! I think maybe this was due more to the microdermabrasion, but it probably was the combination of treatments. I would certainly like to get some more microdermabrasion, and when I finally get myself a Nursing job, I'll be going back for some!

You can read more about Zen lifestyle and its treatments here- Zen Lifestyle

I would like to thank Zen and Alison Jamieson Consultants for giving me this lovely treat.

What beauty treatments do you recommend?

Nina Pro purple polishes

I am testing out blogging with my phone, so if this post looks rubbish, that's why.
I was in Sally's the other day and spotted a special offer on Nina pro nail polishes. They are normally 3.49 and they were buy one get one half price. I got punki purple and purple-xing (the glitter one). They are both gorgeous! The plain one is actually matte, and the glitter is just amazing. I haven't tried these on my nails yet, but will report back.

Have you tried any Nina Pro?

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I'm back

Once again, its been a while, due to all sorts of stresses in my life. I am now finished uni forever, and waiting for my nursing registration to come through, and then I'll be a real nurse. I just need a job now, and all will be good.

Other than doing all sorts of glamourous nursing tasks, what have I been up to? Not much! One of the most exciting things things was going to a blogger's event in Edinburgh, hosted by the lovely Stella and Snooki from Alison Jameson Consultants. It was a great afternoon held in posh hotel Tigerlily, where we got lovely cocktails, our hair and nails done by Medusa Hairdressing.

Here is my hair do, which was a lovely curly half up/half down effort-

My nails, which were a lovely nude shade that I am trying to recreate. Any suggestions for a colour match, do let me know! (The other nails are Rani's)

It was great to meet all the lovely Scottish Bloggers again, and have a good look at all the products that AJC represent.

We went away with some lovely goody bags, so I have lots of products to review for you, including Phil Smith hair products, Osmo hair products, and Tantruth fake tan.



Please do recommend your favourite nude polishes that look similar to the one above!