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How are all of you, I hope you are well? Are you ready to do some shopping for this upcoming Black Friday? If so, you are in the right place! And guess what, you can get everything you might want all under one (virtual) roof – step forward Love Lula*! They ship worldwide, for free for all orders £15+ which is easily done. I have been a happy customer with them from the very start prior to being accepted into their blogger family, so I can speak from both of blogger and real customer standpoint – and I am happy to report they treat both with utmost care and respect. The best customer service all around, I am sure many will agree – and I never ever had any problems with my order being mixed up or items coming broken or missing. This online shop really has Green Life In Dublin Seal Of Approval!

I will do two parts to this post, first I will list all the products that made into Holy Grail Products after I thoroughly testing, and the second part will be my own Wishlist. Let me tell you, this is the best opportunity to stock on Christmas gifts – not only you will get great value getting money off those gorgeous  gift sets, but they often have free items in them too, so double whammy if you ask me, and if I were you, I would definitely take advantage of this opportunity.  All the related reviews will be listed a the end of this post, and please also make sure to see my

Love Lula Christmas Gift Guide

 

sadly the company no longer exists… You can keep on reading for brand recommendations and then go from there?

 

Shall we get started?

Recommendations:

✅ Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Cream

I’ve never had repurchased a cream more times!  And I know for sure this is what I am definitely buying first as my BF treat to myself. Greasy looking, yes, but I never had a face cream suit my sensitive skin so well. Never any issues or major dermatitis outbreaks when I use this, in fact, the opposite it true – soothed, nourished skin anyone? I know for sure this is a repurchase for life – this was my Favourite Face Cream prior to discovering Bella Aura, and I still use it alongside Bella Aura when the Autumn and Winter rolls around. I freak out when I am halfway through, and order next one straight away, as I never want to be without it – it is that good when it comes to protecting your skin against elements. What’s better, this comes with two mini side kicks in Love Lula’s Christmas shop, so you are getting even more stuff for your money. See the set here. Review here.

✅ Rahua Voluminous Shampoo

My favourite shampoo for the last half a year, and I still have about 2 cm left which I assume will give me another 6 to 8 weeks out of it. I have known about this shampoo for years but I finally splurged on it, and I am so glad I did. I enjoyed having good hair days for a change, as so many other shampoos don’t work for me and give me all kinds of issues – dandruff, itchy scalp, tangly mess for the hair – this is none of those things. I didn’t realise until I was about to post the review that I hadn’t had any scalp issues for months! So now it is a good time to get it. Review here.

 

✅ Inika Highlighting Creme

I should get my stuff together and post that Inika review! So many great products I am really enjoying this line lately. I have this for about 2yrs and I am far from done! You need a pin prick amount, and what I love the most about it, it’s that it lasts all day – it is there until you are ready to take it off. Great universally flattering shade too, not too pink, not too golden. Definitely getting it again, but at the moment it seems to be out of stock – whoopsie! Keep your eyes peeled – if you love Modern Minerals Moonstone highlighter, this is very similar, but better 🙂

 

✅ Inika Naked Kiss Lipstick

Really enjoying this nude/ brown shade, that came in the November Love Lula Beauty Box. I am not someone who switches to dark or berry lips for autumn and winter, so I am sure I will get loads of wear out of it. You can see swatches and how it looks on in the picture.

 

✅ Inika Long Lash Mascara

This is really impressive mascara – it gives you length, volume (not too much though) and you can build it up nicely, all of which I like. It also doesn’t flake, and I have purchased it countless times. Definitely a contender for Best Green Beauty Mascara and I will talk more about it in the upcoming Inika review.

 

✅ Konjac sponges

Really recommend it for everyone, and especially for my sensitive skin gals – very gentle and natural way to wash your face and exfoliate. A must. Review here.

 

✅ Kimberly Sayer Daily Moisturiser SPF30

I am yet to review this despite using the product for over three or four years. This I use as my face SPF, but bear in mind it is not a specific sunblock product, it is a moisturiser with SPF. Good for city, but I wouldn’t rely on it for sun holidays.The only face SPF product not to break me out or have a white cast, and that’s why I continue to use it. I talk about it as one of my Love Lula faves here and you can find it in my Favourites posts for the last few years as well.

 

✅ Hurraw Moon Balm

Another product I am using for well over five years without a fail and don’t have a review on! This is different in texture than regular Hurraw balms, I find it stays on better, and I love lovely vanilla scent too. Definitely recommend if you haven’t tried it. I use it all year round as my nightly lip balm, but when autumn and winter rolls around, I use it for day too – for the reason mentioned above, it stays in your lips when so many other lip balms fail.

 

✅ Walden A Different Drummer Perfume

This I recommend purely because it is one of my top three natural Perfumes – so deep and sensual with Tobacco, Amber, Vanilla and Sandalwood notes. Exactly how I like my Perfumes to be. I do realize Perfumes are highly personal, so I am suggesting you try a sample kit first? They now carry super cute roller ball format too, and I had to get it as soon as they came out with it. I’ve just reviewed them, you will find review linked at the end of this post. Highly recommend if you are like me and like more heavy and muskier, more masculine scent – if not, there’s plenty to choose from too. Review of A Different Drummer here.

 

✅ Living Nature Manuka Honey Gel

I have had a few samples of this and I am finally ready to commit to a full size of it! Really amazing at healing all kinds of skin boo boos from scrapes to zits, and I really like the clean ingredients too. Just like with Rahua shampoo, I will probably have to hide it from my hubs, who uses stuff at a blink-and-you-will-miss-it rate. Shh, don’t tell.

Living Nature Manuka oil is amazeballs too – I am in the middle of my research all about it, so will post soon. Suitable for vegans too (yes really) it is now one of my Holy Grails when it comes to my Health & Wellness stash. Typing this up now I am laughing as I remembered how one MLM essential oil company claim it is only available via them and it is not possible to get it anywhere else – well, guess what, it is available, very high quality indeed, and Love Lula does send worldwide – for free. How’s that?

 

✅  Inika Peachy Keen Blush

Can you tell I love Inika?? This is my ever lasting love and one of the first green beauty purchases from Love Lula. Not only is is so pigmented, but long lasting as well, in both senses, per day and per jar – you are guaranteed to get good mileage out of this product. Plus it is a dead on dupe to my previously loved Nars Orgasm – be sure to read my full post linked at the end of this post, I list more than twenty natural dupes! Inika’s Peachy Keen is definitely in the Top Three if not Nr1 – I never want to be without it. I even have a back up – and that comes from a girl who has no back ups of anything!

 

✅ Inika Eye Shadow Duo in Golden Oyster

Just like the blushes, Inika’s eye shadows I find so pigmented and long lasting that they can easily rival any conventional eye shadows. This duo I find gorgeous, they are both in the nude family, so really wearable for everyday and can be smoked out for the night. If you are minimalist when it comes to eye shadows, this might be all you need.

 

✅ Inner Senses Body Oils

I love love love this brand, their body oils are dreamy, smelling gorgeous and so well formulated. I have a full blog post on a few of them, and there will be more to follow. Review here, but please bear in mind mine is in the old packaging.

 

✅ Isla Apothecary Refine + Radiate Beauty Mask

This mask has simple yet gorgeous ingredients of turmeric, coconut milk powder and I love it – it is not the mosk nourishing of the masks, so I mix it with honey and not with water, but I simply love how it works on my dermatitis patch and reducing redness and flakiness in overall. Definitely recommend. Plus you get loads of uses, it comes with whooping 120gr of product.

 

✅ Kiss The Moon Love Night Hand Cream

Definitely the most luxurious hand cream I’ve had to date and I talk about it in one of my favourites posts, see it linked at the end of this post. This brand focuses on quality sleep, and all the products are aimed at that. If you are a fan of lavender scent, you would be in heaven with this brand. I am eyeing their Kiss the Moon Gift Set – as well as a few full sized gorgeous products, it has a luxe silk sleep mask, and I really want that! Not sure if I am getting that now or later, when I’ll finish some of the stuff I already own, but someday, for sure. I talk about it in this post.

 

 

✅ Kathleen Facial Ionic Treatment Device

This ionic face device is a face massage on another level – if you are a fan of face massage,

Their Sonic Face Cleansing Device and Sensual Rose Body Oil are also favourites of mine.

 

✅ Chobs Sheet Masks

Chobs is a brand I am using for the last couple of months behind the scenes, and I am due a review very soon. Sheet masks are one of my favourites, and if you are after K-beauty, but a natural one, you are in the right place!

 

✅ Alchemy Oils Grapefruit Hair Remedy

One of those expertly formulated hair oils that help a ton but leave no residue – plus it smells amazing! The scent is a nice surprise, I expected it to smell bitter because of the grapefruit in the title, but it is far from bitter – more like sweet and summery. I am definitely getting a full size for myself once I am done with the one I am testing for The Beauty Shortlist Awards at the moment. I talk about it in this post and I like it better.

✅ Elsa’s Skinfood Natural Deodorants

They work like a charm, when so many others don’t! My fave, even though I am kind of drowning in a sea of natural deodorants – I was sent a bunch of them for judging in The CertClean Clean Beauty Awards, and I will post about them pretty soon. I talk about them here. They now also come in plastic free packaging, and please also know they contain baking soda. I have no issues using them daily, but some people can’t handle baking soda. Fear not though, Love Lula also carries a selection of baking soda free deodorants, like DrHauschka Rose Deodorant, Madara Herbal Deodorant (this one is Sonia’s White, the CEO of Love Lula favourite) and a few others – you can always go to deodorant section and peruse the ingredients to see if they do contain baking soda or not?

✅ Ener C vitamin C

The bulk packs I’d bought a couple of months ago are all gone, and I need a replacements asap! The kids drank it daily like a lemonade replacement (something that’s never in my house, period) and I too noticed I don’t get sick as often when I take these on the regular basis. Each packet contains 1000mg of vitamin C – let me just tell you, don’t be scared to take these if you think 50mg is the recommended daily allowance. Let me tell you two things – your body does not store vitamin C, so if you are afraid to reach toxic levels, you won’t. Please do yourself a favour and do a research on recommended daily allowance versus optimal levels for vitamins and minerals, and your life will be changed forever. You can thank me later – I got you boo!

(side note –Patrick Holford’s books are a great way to start)

 

✅ Terra Nova Supplements

One of the very few brands of supplements I trust (let me know if you want to see a post on the vitamins and supplements I take, and I will gladly do that for you!) – I find them great, really love their holistic approach, zero fillers and all natural ingredients! they have lots of great selection, from cordyceps, which was pretty much the only thing that saved my little princess not to get sick like a million times, and I take it too. If you do get sick, you can take olive leaf extract. As I mentioned, high quality products – you do get what you pay for here.

✅ Alteya Organic Products

A big fan of what I already

✅ Be In Blossom Black Coral Serum

✅  Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm

✅ l’Odaïtès Pépite de la Palmeraie – Gentle Polyphenol Exfoliator

you can see all of these products and then some more in my “Green Beauty Products I Love & Recommend” Pinterest board here. Please make my day and follow me?

Want to know what products Sonia White, the CEO of Love Lula is using and loving? Here they are!

 

1. PHB Black Mascara

2. Esse Plus Probiotic Serum

3. Inika Loose Mineral Foundation

4. Balm Balm Beauty Balm

5. Glossworks BB Base Coat

I also need to squeeze in Madara’s Herbal Deodorant… and Kimberly Sayer’s Cellular Eye Gel 🙂

 

Now for my own wishlist:

(for the record, even though my wishlist is cray cray extensive, see it on Pinterest here, I had to double and triple think what I really need at this point in my life, and I went from there. As you can imagine, I have enough products, and not wanting an excess, I am scaling down to what I need and will know will get used. Your wishlist will probably will look different from mine, and now it is a good time to try something new as well – just maybe instead of going full size, try travel sizes or samples? Love Lula is so good at stocking them – although I noticed they come and go, so make sure to check back often. The way I see it, Black Friday is the time to stock up on all your favourites and adding a few new things as well,the ones you really really want)

 

✅ Cv SkinLabs Calming Moisture

As someone with face dermatitis I am naturally keen to try this product. The only thing that is stopping me is high price point, even though it has a myriad of glowing reviews. We shall see. I would love to hear your feedback if you have tried this product?

 

✅ Kae Traditional Black Hamman Soap with Eucalyptus with Kessa Glove

Trust me to be attracted to the natural things that are considered “weird” by society – and this is definitely calling my name! I have never tried anything like this before, nor have been to a spa or bath house where I could experience it, I am total novice to this kind of soap – I have heard they are far from your regular kind of soaps. The fact that it contains eucalyptus makes me think this would be good in winter to keep pesky bugs at bay? Please let me know if you have had used this, I really want to know!

✅ Antipodes Manuka Aura Honey Mask

Masks containing honey, especially manuka honey are my favourite so I am really keen to try it.

✅ Ener C vitamin C

Time to stock up, as the three packs I’d gotten and were assuming would last us a while, are all gone. Better to invest into health than into the doctors fees etc later. Am I right or am I right?

✅ Ere Perez Natural Almond Oil Mascara

I am due to replace a mascara anyway, and I want to try this. Ere Perez is a brand I love, I have a review on a few make up pieces I’d tried to date, I am really interested into skincare too, especially Blue Cypress Face Nectar & Papaya SOS Marmalade.

✅ Ere Perez Colour Pot In Harmony

I don’t allow myself any new make up until I finish some product or the other, but hey, it is my Birthday month, so I will make an exception for this self imposed rule! I was debating between this and Healthy for absolutely ages, until my blogger friend Jana from Small Bits of Loveliness settled the issue – Harmony looks so good on her, that I decided I want this and will cross my fingers it looks half as good on me. Plus it reminds me of Stila cream blush I used to use in my previous non natural life.

 

Now, who is excited for the Black Friday? I know I am 🙂 After completely ignoring it two years ago, I kind of went crazy last year (see here), so let’s if I can keep the fine balance this year.

What are you guys getting or thinking of getting? I hope those reviews below will help you navigate those products? Please share below or tag me in your social media posts, I would love to know 🙂

 

That’s all for now. Tata and see you here next Tuesday xo

Lots Of Love,

Renata.

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