I love Juicy and Veganese - Lush

Although I try and shop around and not just run to Lush for all my toiletry and beauty needs. Sometimes it is nice to give in and treat yourself and it is even nicer when someone treats you. 

After wanting to try some of Lush's shampoos and conditioners but being too tight to spend my money, a friend brought me I love Juicy shampoo and Veganese conditioner as a treat so I thought I would give you a run through of my opinions on them. 

Lets start with the shampoo. I love Juicy which as the name would suggest does smell lovely and fruit juicy. The smell reminds me of those orange fanta lip balms you can get. This stuff is amazing at removing build up. Your hair feels super clean after the first use, maybe a little too clean. It can feel a little dry after using it which is fine as long as you follow it with a good conditioner. The rrp of this product is £5.75 for 100g which won't last you long so it can be pretty pricey to use as your every day go to but well worth it for a treat. 

Next is the Veganese conditioner which has a very subtle lemon and lavender scent to it which I really like. It is super light yet leaves your hair feeling very soft and nicely conditioned. I did find however that I had to use a lot to get it to cover my hair to ensure that it was conditioned but this might just be because I used it following the shampoo which was a little drying. For price this comes in a little cheaper at £4.75 for 100g. Again probably more of treat. 

I hope this helps you guys when it comes to deciding what products to buy from Lush. If you ever want me to try anything out or want my opinion on anything, just leave me a comment and I will test or try and help you guys as much as I can. 

Best Vegan shower gel

When thinking of vegan beauty and bath products, most people jump straight to Lush which is amazing and their products rock but the price of them can seem a little much a time. 

Here are a couple of my favourite low end vegan products, that still smell and make your skin feel lovely. 

Treacle moon 

Their range of products are amazing and cheap. Their products are bath and shower gels, hand soaps and body butters. With scents from Lemonade to almond and cinnamon to marshmallow. Treacle moon can be found in Tesco and Waitrose where the average RRP is £3.00 for 500ml which is dirt cheap when compared with Lush's products. Plus Tescos often have it on offer for £2.00 which is when I like to stock up, although their products last forever! 

Original Source 

Another great easy to find brand of shower gel is original source. Their product range is far to wide to  list but it includes shower gels, moisturising shower gels, body moisturiser, body scrubs and hand washes. You can usually find original source in any supermarket or boots/superdrug etc. Average RRP for these products is £2.00 for 250ml and again it can usually be found on offer in stores. 

I hope this helps for when you are stuck trying to think of cheap vegan shower gels as Lush is great for a treat but far too expensive for every day use, well for me anyway! 

Vegan Deodorant

Being a vegan isn't just about what you eat. Animal products are in everything we use and a lot of the chemicals in products are tested on animals. 

Finding good vegan products is a real struggle. It is not simple a case of popping to boots when you need a new deodorant because most main stream brands test on animals. 

Lush is an obvious choice to check out when looking for vegan beauty products but it is also an expensive choice. Their deodorant range offers bars and powder coming in at between £4.50 and £7.00. 

After doing a lot of research I found this gem in M&S.

It is their Peach Roll On which costs £1.50 and is often on buy one get one free. It is part of their natures ingredients range and comes another scents. 

I was so hesitant at first about vegan deodorant, as deodorant is such an important thing. I didn't wanna go around smelling bad! But this works a charm. It keeps you dry all day and smells lovely. Only downside for me is that it is roll on and I have always been more of a can kinda girl but never mind, that was easy to get over. 

If you are on the look out for an affordable great deodorant then look no further. For £1.50 it is definitely worth a try. 

Cruelty Free Products

Being a Vegan means more than just not eating any animal products, it also means not using them in other things too such as make up, shampoo, moisturiser and tooth paste etc. 

I started off by taking a look at my every day make up and skin care products to check those out. To check if a company was cruelty free I checked them against PETA and Leaping Bunny. I urge you to do your own research into the products you are using. 

As I use the oil cleansing method for my skin care, no changes need to be made there. My moisturiser is by Simple who are cruelty free so also no need to change that. 

Next I looked in my make up bag. I thought this wouldn't be that bad as the majority of my products are No 7 (boots). Oh how wrong I was about that. 

No 7 seems great on the surface as they say they don't test on animals but this isn't entirely true! The truth is they do not test on animals for products sold in the UK but legislation means that if a company wants to sell products in China, they must be tested on animals. No 7 sells products in China. This caused me a moral dilemma. My make up was cruelty free but the company I was using would test on animals for profit. 

I also had a few maybelline products in my make up bag, these products were not cruelty free and would have to go. 

Next on the list to have to go was my Johnson's body lotion and Nivea lip balm. My Pantene shampoo and conditioner would also be seeing the bin. 

With most of my products appearing to be in the bin, I turned to researching restocking my make up bag and bathroom. For make up, it appeared the go to cruelty free products were either from Too Face or The Body Shop. Budget depending on that one! 

For everything else it would be either Lush or The Body Shop. 

As I am trying not to be wasteful, any products that were not cruelty free I would be replacing once I had used my current product up. For all the replacement products I use I will review. 

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Turns out my Dove deodorant and also colgate Toothpaste was not cruelty free.