Tuesday's Treats - The Beauty Parlour and MUA

Last week I went shopping with no intention of buying anything – I just wanted to browse the shops on my lunch break. To my delight, I found one of the nicest smelling body butters I’ve ever come across for £1.49! What an absolute bargain!

I don’t often look around Savers but I’m so glad I did. You get 300ml of product which I think, for the price, is a steal. It smells quite similar to some of the Soap and Glory products (the peachy scented ones). It’s not as strong as the Soap and Glory scent but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Some of the scents that are listed in the ingredients are: Shea Butter, Apricot, Orange, and Patchouli. I put this on after a bath and it leaves my skin feeling soft and moisturised and, more importantly, it leaves me smelling absolutely beautiful.

The texture is quite thick so a little bit of this product goes a long way. Usually my legs are incredibly dry and, therefore, itchy but The Beauty Parlour’s Body Butter helps no end!

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I also treated myself to an MUA nail varnish today in ‘Pistachio Ice Cream’ for just £1. I’ve been looking for a nice mint shade for my nails but I was never sure it would suit my skin tone. I figured for £1 it didn’t matter if I bought this one and didn’t like it.

MUA have recently changed the packaging (is that the right word?) of their nail varnishes and it’s definitely for the better. They’re easier to hold when painting your nails and they just look better in general.

It only took two coats to get an opaque colour and, although it looked fairly streaky after the first coat, it evens out in the second. So don’t panic if it looks a little iffy after one coat! It turns out that I love this shade on my nails and I’m glad I managed to find the perfect mint shade without having to spend a fortune. Thank God for MUA!

They currently have a sale on their website so check it out and get your own Tuesday Treat!

What would you recommend as next Tuesday’s treat?

Infuriating!

I was just watching Sunday Brunch and they were showing a product on there called 'mantyhose'. I'll give you 10 guesses as to what it was...

You've got it! Pantyhose for men AKA tights for men. Apparently they're really big in Japan and China. I'm not sure if that's true.

It's not that I have an issue with men wearing tights - okay it'd be a bit weird at first, but if they're comfortable I really don't care what someone wears. What I do have a problem with, however, is the labeling of such products.

It doesn't make the product anymore masculine to add 'man' to it. The 'guy' in 'guyliner' certainly doesn't scream manly to me. If you're male and you want to wear those products, do it. But for the love of God, STOP trying to make it sound more masculine than it is.

If 'guyliner' or 'mantyhose' were made differently to eyeliner or tights, I'd totally understand the whole thing - but they're not. So just quit it. I'd have so much more respect for a guy if they admitted they were eyeliner, instead of them trying to persuade me they were wearing guyliner and that it was somehow different to eyeliner.

It's not a new thing for men to wear eyeliner or nail varnish (which is another thing that people have tried to make manly), so why do people now feel the need to label it differently?

(Image courtesy of Daily Mail's website)

Johnny Depp's been spotted wearing it. Thousands of women still fancy him, so is it really something that needs to be spruced up and made 'manly'? No. Quit it. Just stop. Now.

Alphanail have produced a matte nail polish collection for men, because apparently that's more masculine. Newsflash; thousands of women wear matte nail polish. It's quite the thing. It's not any more or any less manly than a shiny polish. They've also named them things such as: "Burnin' Rubber"; "Smoke"; "Concrete"; "Cocaine"; and "Benjamins". Their metallic polishes have names like; "Pirate Gold" and "Gasoline".

I literally cannot put into words how much this annoys me. Seriously. It's the same product a woman would use. Stop trying to make people think otherwise.

I'm so annoyed I can't even think straight to write this properly...