Hiya Guys!
A couple of weeks ago I received an invitation to the Lush Arndale Beauty School Event for Bloggers, I applied a while back thinking I wouldn't hear anything but thought I would give it a try. I was chuffed when I received the invite as I'm sure you can tell if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram that I am a massive Lush fan and have been for years!
When we arrived at the Lush Arndale store we was advised by the lovely Colin that there were three different groups where we would be doing three different activities throughout the evening.
Henna Hair Dye Demo and Knot Wrap Tutorials
Our group started on the hair care section where there was a Henna Hair Dye demonstration going on, Henna is a natural alternative to the usual hair dye. To find out more information click here.
We also had a live tutorial on how to use the Lush Knot Wraps, we kindly received one of the Knot Wraps in our goodie bag and we was shown lots of different ways to use this from
styling your hair with Victory Rolls and adding a Knot Wrap rose to making a bag to store your Lush products in - which makes an amazing gift idea! I was so glad to be shown the Knot Wrap rose style with the Victory Curls as I am going to a wedding just before Christmas and was looking for a vintage hair style so I will be 100% be using this style.
Emotional Brilliance Live Tutorial
Once we had finished creating Knot Wraps styles and watching the Henna demo we went to the Emotional Brilliance section of the store where we were being shown a live tutorial using all Lush make up.
The look in which we were being shown was a flawless skin look where the make up artist concentrated on a flawless base and then added a copper colour to the eyes using the Eye Jewels. I have never seen anything like these before, they are essentially cream solid eyeshadows and come in the most gorgeous colours. Another product which caught my eye was the Feeling Younger Skin Tint - the MUA used this as a highlighter on the model and it was SO beautiful, as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it! I purchased it once the event was over and can't wait to start using it. It's a liquid based product and can be used all over your face under your foundation for a dewy look or on top of your make up to create a gorgeous highlight!
Product Making
The final activity of the evening was product making and I was VERY excited about this. We all huddled into the Lush Arndale Green House with the lovely Alex who was talking us through the products which we would be making. He was very informative and I learnt a lot of information about how Lush source their ingredients such as their Fair Trade Cocoa Butter, the stories were really touching.
The first product which we were making was Butterbear Bath Bomb which I was really happy about as I love this product, only a week before the event I had bought two of these as I remember how lovely they were last year. They aren't anything super fancy and exciting but they're a soothing and relaxing Bath Bomb.
We did everything from adding the Fair Trade Cocoa Butter to mixing the product together to put into the little Butterbear moulds.
The next product we made was Cupcake Face Mask, I didn't expect to be making anything other than bath products so this was something very exciting. Alex talked us through everything from how the products benefit your skin to how to apply and store the product. Due to it being a very hands on session I didn't manage to get any pictures of this as we were all involved from the start, even ripping up the mint to add to the mask but I did manage to get a picture of these yummy Cupcake inspired Vegan cupcakes made by one of the staff members at Lush, Colin!
I thoroughly enjoyed my evening at Lush Arndale and am very thankful to all the lovely staff members there who made it a night I won't forget! There are lots more pictures and videos over on my Instagram which you can check out!
As always, I hope you enjoyed the read and speak soon!
Amber xxx
