PRETTY YOUNG THING : FUN

Last week I headed along to the Lush in Solihull as they kindly invited me for a tour of their shop, I was looking forward to checking out the new Halloween and Christmas stuff.

I was lucky enough to go to a bloggers event at the LUSH in Coventry last week too so if you wanna check that out the post is here

Solihull Lush is my local store, it's quite a little store but they have SO MUCH stuff! They have the most amazing staff, the service is amazing every single time I go in and they are all so friendly and always let me take photos for my blog.

I was so excited to check out the latest collection, We started by looking at the whole Halloween range, My favourite is Autumn Leaves bath bomb, it was so impressive and such a pretty bath bomb. I have the Lord Of Misrule shower gel to try which i'm really excited about! I also have the Goth Fairy shimmer bar to try! I really want to pop in and pick up a few more Halloween bits before they are all gone. The Sparkly Pumpkin bath bomb looks so pretty!!

Next up we checked out the Christmas range. Christmas is probably my favourite time of year and my Lush favourites come out at Christmas so I was really excited to check everything out.
I love Golden Wonder bath bomb which has returned this year and so has Rose Jam Shower Gel which smells amazing!!

I got to pick out a few bath bombs that we popped into the bowls so I could see the prettiness!
We tried out Autumn Leaves which is very impressive! I love it! Never mind the ballistics is another one that we tried out. This is different as it has a fizzy bit and a bath melt so it's really moisturising aswell. We tried out mistletoe which is so pretty! I love it, I actually used it in my bath the other night and it smells really good! I think I may pick up another one next time I pop in.

Aswell as trying out the bathbombs we checked out the new soaps and shower gels which all smell amazing. The Shooting stars soap is my favourite, it smells so good, it has a sherbert scent ! Snow Fairy is back! This is like the most popular christmas scent, this year they have brought out Snow Fairy body conditioner which is a more subtle snow fairy scent, I am really excited to give this a try. I have Rose Jam shower gel again, it's one of my favourites! This year all of the christmas shower gels are Self Preserving so they don't have Synthetic Preservatives, you can read all about Self Preserving here

The Christmas Gift section in the Solihull store is very impressive as you can see from my photos they have LOADS! I love the gifts and think they really have something for everyone. You can always ask for help if you buying a gift for someone else. Not everyone is a fan of bath bombs and they have some really good shower gift sets. The gifts are all wrapped so theres no need to waste paper on wrapping them, the patterns are always really nice and good quality. Some of the gifts this year actually have games inside which is fun, perfect for kids!

Thanks to the Solihull shop for inviting me into store and showing me all the latest goodies.

This years gift guide is jam packed with really cool gift ideas, I thought i'd split up the products into categories. This being the first , fun quirky gifts! I have alot of beauty bits to include so i'll do a separate post for those.

I wanted to include some home bits into this Christmas Gift Guide as we have just moved into our first place together and theres so many things you need to buy. A few of our friends are also in this situation so they have asked for home bits on their Christmas Lists so I thought i'd include some fun quirky gifts that would be perfect. I'm going to start with this 'your my cup of tea' print from Dot Creates I think prints are a great gift idea, these ones from Dot Creates are really affordable.

These mugs from Happy Jackson are so fun, you can get them from Red Candy, they have some really fab gift ideas. They seriously have something for everyone. They have a fab selection of home bits and pieces. I love this Happy Jackson coaster aswell! I also picked out the Umbra Copper photo frame from Red Candy, which is a lovely gift idea and so on trend right now, it is a bargain at only £10.

I also picked out these Joseph Joseph measuring cups from Red Candy as I think these will be so handy when baking, if you have any friends who love to bake these would be a great gift idea, they are really cool and fun.

Another place that has lots of fun quirky gifts is Flamingo Gifts, again they do such a great selection so there really is something for everyone, I picked out these Sass and Belle coasters which are lovely and our friends have commented on them when they have been round, Sass and Belle have some really lovely designs and i'd be tempted to pick up some more to give to my friends for Christmas.

I love this Cactus ipad case, it's abit big for my ipad because I have an ipad mini, its such a cool print and a lovely quality. Woouf, have some really fun prints aswell as the Cacti one, they have a fun Donut one which is ace.

I picked out a few more Happy Jackson goodies, Happy Jackson is one of my favourite brands. I love that alot more places seem to be stocking them making them so easy to get your hands on. I love this notebook which I know my sister will really appreciate as she loves writing down song lyrics and just random thoughts and I also picked out this bag as I find my handbag is always super heavy because I bring a packed lunch to work so now I have this handy foldaway bag. I pop this into my handbag whilst i'm out shopping too, now I can avoid those 5p bag charges.

My Sass and Belle Cat shaped Calk Board is amazing, I've popped it on the kitchen worktop and even though we don't have a cat or a window sill in our kitchen we have both thought there was a cat sitting there haha, it's handy to leave notes for each other or just reminders.

My Final gift idea is this T shirt from Art of Football, they sell really nice prints and tshirts with paintings of iconic football moments painted on the tshirt. You are able to see the emotion and energy thats been captured. I think these are such a unique gift idea and they are so affordable, the tshirts are £22 and even the prints start a £9.99. I think they are so special and if you are shopping for someone who loves football this would make a really great gift for any football fan.

I have already posted a couple of Christmas related blog posts such as Christmas with The Body Shop and Christmas Day with George at Asda