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Cheep Cheep Bath Bomb

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Hello all,

I thought for this post I’d write something a little less depressing and not around benefits. Well, it will talk about the benefits of bath bombs…

A while ago I decided to treat myself to a Lush Bath Bomb. I looked to see what they had that was new and decided on one called Cheep Cheep. I believe it is part of their spring and Easter collection. 

The bath bomb is small and shaped like a little chicken. You can feel the little nose and the wings at the side. It even has some little feet.

A yellow bath bomb shaped like a chicken. Being held over a running bath.



The ingredients on the Lush site are: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Popping Candy, Tapioca Starch, Fine Sea Salt, Bergamot Oil, Lime Oil, Violet Leaf Absolute, Titanium Dioxide, Water (Aqua), Dipropylene Glycol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, *Limonene, Perfume, Colour 47005:1.

I find anything lemony is a good choice because it feels nice and refreshing. Once you have run your hot bath just drop it straight in and watch as it fizzles in the water. You can also hear it fizzing away. 

The cost was only £3.50 so in comparison to other bath bombs it is one of the cheeper options.

Sometimes it is nice to just have a good soak and relax.

Have you tried any other bombs lately? If so what are your favourites?

If you would like to try this bath bomb follow the link.

Thank you for reading,
Philippa B.

No I am not being endorsed to write about this bath bomb. 

New Lush Stuff

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Hello all,

I this week has been tiring. I am looking forward to seeing a freind later on this week.

A little while ago I bought some new bath stuff from lush. Got some of the usual stuff I like, Blue Skys and Fluffy White Clouds and the Comforter.

But I also bought Rainbow. I have been wanting to try it for a while so I thought why not.

It is brightly coloured, just like the rainbow. Who’d have thought? The smell is very zesty- lemon fresh. I love how when you run it under the water it will make your hands turn blue, yellow, orange or red. There are a lot of bubbles from this one.

A bubble bar in the colours of the rainbow. Sat on a pink exfoliating glove. There is a bubble on top of the bubble bar.
A nice soak

I prefer bubble bars which are foamy because I love a good bubble bath to relax.

Relaxing is important. Having a good bath is a great way to unwind.

Besides my treat from lush I have listened to another audiobook. I’m going to make time to write about these later on.

Anyway, until next time.

A Quick Update

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Hello, 

This week I have been taking some time away from Twitter. That’s why my blog didn’t go up on Monday as it normally should do. 

Part of the reason for taking time away is the need to reduce screen time. Working from home is nice and I like it in some ways. Not having to deal with public transport. Not having to put up with people staring at me as use my cane, yes I’m Visually Impaired, I can see stuff- just not as much as I’d like. 

It has been nice not being on Twitter, putting my phone on silent and just spending time away from my devices. I’ve also had 4 days off in a row as I booked in some holiday. So this was the perfect time to take time away from my devices as well. 

Over the past two weeks I have found myself busy with work, which is another reason for me to have some much needed screen time. I get quite involved with areas which I am passionate about and then I tend to use up a lot of energy in doing so. Maybe this was a bit of burn out? Who knows. 

The other thing I have noticed is that I need to be kinder to myself with my cycling challenge. I feel as though I need to push myself more to get the miles done. Which I do, but I also need to remember that this is a challenge for myself to raise the money. I have been quite open about my Scoliosis and how it effects my cycling challenge. I am pleased with myself, I have raised £1087 without gift aid. The charity’s which I am supporting are The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund and The British Heart Foundation. I aim to raise £3000 before August 2021. Here is a link to my ‘What’s virtually happening page’. 

A yellow daffodil

So that is me for this week. Just a quick update. Be kind to yourself. Remember Spring is coming, so we’ll be able to play outside more soon.

I’m on Twitter: @PhilippaB

I’m on Instagram: @VisuallyImpairedPip

Week Off

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Hello again, 

This last week has been my week off. I don’t get a week off at Christmas because I have to work. So from last year I decided I would book a week off in January. It has been nice to relax, get stuff done and recharge. I also took the time this week to book  a week off in August for my Birthday. 

So I don’t feel like I have wasted my week off I have written down in my diary what I have done everyday. Even if it meant just writing ‘relaxed’. One thing I need to do more of is write down in my diary when I have a a day to just relax. Other things I have done this week have been to steam mop my floor, exciting I know. But it was on the to do list and now it has been done. Today I vacuumed the rugs….so clean and tidy. Gosh my life is exciting. Then there’s that pile of clothes which needed to be put away… it’s been put away. 

What else have I done? I joined two work meetings, which were very interesting. I know, dedicated. Even on my holiday. 

This week I have just taken it easy. I have taken some time away from my fundraising challenge as well. This is something I need to start up again. 

The nice thing about all of this has been I have had the chance to just listen to my audiobooks. I finished Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes. This was a brilliant book, for anyone interested in Neurodiveristy I would recommend it. Something I will be looking to do in future is write more around Neurodiveristy.

After finishing this book I have started Face It by Debbie Harry. I love Blondie and it has been great to just sit and listen to her book. I remember once we had an own clothes day at school, I think I was in year 9 or 10 and I wore a Blondie t-shirt. None of the kids knew who Blondie were. I was quite offended by this to be honest. How can you not know? I am still disgusted even to this day… I loved that shirt it was brilliant. Makes mental note to buy new Blondie T-shirt. 

Another tick box for this week has been sending out some emails to just introduce myself to a newly published magazine- if you’re interested in learning more about Dyspraxia please sign up to Dyspraxia Mag. It’s important for us as Dyspraxics to talk about our Neurodiveristy and where we fit in amongst our Neurodiverse Cousins. 

The final tick box was emailing a journalist who wrote an article about their experience having a heart attack. I wanted to thank them for opening up about such an important topic which is very personal to myself. I don’t normally reach out and contact people, but this time I really felt the urge to contact them. 

Anyway, thats me. Until next time.