Product Rave - Lush Tiny Hands

So when the mothers day range launched at Lush a couple of weeks ago I purchased myself one of the Tiny Hands, which is a solid hand cream. I am always on the lookout for something to soothe my hands, and I thought at £3.95, even if it doesn't work I'm not going to loose out too much.
I have been using this non stop since I got it, I am very much in love with it! You rub it between your hands to melt a little bit and then just rub the oil in like you would do a normal hand cream. Despite it being a oil it sinks in quicker then a normal hand cream does for me. This may be because it has talc in there, which mattifies the oil slightly.
It also has the oil of the minute in there, Argan Oil, as well as Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Butter and Aloe Vera. All of which help soothe my eczema.
The scent is quite peculiar, it is meant to be vanilla and floral (it has marigold oil in it), but I just pick up on the floral tones, and its quite a sharp citrus floral. Not unpleasant, but not quite the creamy scent that I would prefer.
The fact that it is solid means it has no preservative or parabens in, for the environmentalists out there.
If you are worried about how to store yours, I just keep mine on my bedside table, but Lush do square tins that you can buy to keep them in. Lush are also running the offer that if you buy two of the Tiny Hands you get the tin for free.
Overall I would say this is a brilliant little product. It sinks in well, is very moisturising and the price tag is cheap and cheerful, I definitely recommend picking this product up and having a try next time you are in lush.

February Favourites

So today is the last day of the month, which means favourites time! So first up we have my Lush It's Raining Men shower gel. It is a lovely shower gel that smells a bit like weathers originals. Its also 40% honey so it leaves my skin lovely and soft.
When I went home earlier this month I didn't take my eye cream with me, which has made me realise how much I need it these days. I use a REN one, and it just helps with my under eye circles and helps reduce how puffy my eyes are first thing in the morning.
As you know I am obsessed with nails at the moment, and I can't believe I went for so long without Seche Vite! It is a amazing topcoat and dries nails quickly, which is very handy for me because I am not very patient.
Sugarpills Paperdoll is included in this months favourites because it is such a gorgeous colour and stays on really well. This has been getting me ready for spring, despite the rubbish weather. I do love a good pastel.
My MAC Teddy pencil has probably made a appearance before, but I am still very much into using brown on the waterline rather than black.

I also have to give my Urban Decay Naked Palette and MAC Kissable Lip Colours in Woo Me and Enchantee a honourable mention.
My Naked Palette came back to my parents with me, and got me through two interviews. Its just such a easy palette to pick up and go with, and you can create so many looks with it, day looks, night looks and there are loads of opportunities.
The lip colours I love. The formula is amazing and the colours are so wearable. If I am in doubt over which lip colour to go for I can just pick one of these up and feel safe that it looks OK and goes with the look.

So thats my favourites. A rather quick post but it has been a quick month! So whats everyone else been loving this month?

New Year Giveaway!

So I always said that I would do a giveaway when I hit 50 followers, but I was a bit busy at work when that happened, so it is more of a new year give away, anyway here is what you can win:

Yay stuff from the Lush Valentines day range! So you will get, It's Raining Men shower gel, the Love Birds soap, Frog Prince and Ex Factor. Unfortunately my local lush didn't have the mushrooms so I couldn't buy one to include.

To enter you have to be a follower of a blog. All you have to do is comment below saying what your favourite cosmetics brand is and why.
You can also get two extra entries by

1. Tweet about it. Include @cocoalikegnomes somewhere so I can see it
2. Blog about it or include it in your blog role, link it in your comment below.

The competition will end on the 31st of January and I will ship internationally. Good luck!

Lush Valentines Day Products

So now Christmas is over I need something to look foward to, and that comes in the form of valentines day products from Lush! So here are what the are launching this year:

The Ex Factor - A ballistic that smells like butterball. It's meant to be a bit like voodoo, so if you are alone on valentines day you take the ballistic and fizz off his arms. A bit sadistic but a lovely ballistic, was out last year.

The Frog Prince - Another ballistic. Your meant to kiss the red lips before you pop him in. The lips part is actually a bath melt so this is a lovely moisturising product. Scented with rose, rosewood, jasmine and neroli. Watch the frog turn into a prince!

Magic Mushroom - This is a bubble bar that was released last year. The red part smells like strawberry and the white part is vanilla so it makes for a very creamy, sweet bubble bath.

It's Raining Men - This is the product I am most looking foward. It is a shower gel that has the same frangrence as Honey I Washed the Kids soap, which is honey and toffee scented. I think the fact that it has honey in it means that it will proberbly be moisturising too.

Love Birds Soap - Another product that I am excited about. It just looks so beautiful and it smells like vanilla and jasmine, the same fragrence as the old B Never perfume, Keep it Fluffy, Lush also do this scent in a ballistic too.

So there we go, thats all the valentines day products, minus the gifts. Are you excited for any of them?