The Perfect Autumn Soup...

I recently entered a competition as part of the Holland and Barrett Good Life Insiders group that I am involved with. We had to guess some co-ordinates for a fun Halloween trick or treat prize. I am so pleased that I guessed correctly and won some great things.

Among the items I was sent, I received this jar of Biona Organic Spiced Pumpkin Soup which costs £2.69 in store, and some Freed Gluten Free Crispbread with Cheddar and Pumpkin Seed which is only £2.89 for 160g.
 

With it being near Halloween when I received these, I couldn’t wait to get in the spooky spirit and try these delicious treats out! The jar of soup was easily enough servings for 2, so I poured half of it into a microwave proof bowl and heated through. The jar didn't actually have any instructions on how to cook this, but it turned out just fine. Although this soup is supposed to be spicy, it wasn't overpowering and had just the right amount of kick to it. It was really flavoursome and when I took my second batch to work I was complimented on how nice it smelled.

The crispbread went perfectly with the soup, and was a great treat and made a change from having bread on the side. The cheddar wasn't overpowering, and the pumpkin seeds made a nice difference and gave the crispbread an added crunch.

I am interested to see if there are other flavours in the soup and the crispbread range, as these go perfectly together! Have you tried these?

Halloween Lush Haul

I recently visited Lush in Norwich to pick up a few things for Halloween. I've admittedly never tried any of the Halloween items before but as a huge fan of Lush I decided this year I was going to try some things out.

The first item I picked up, which I knew I definitely wanted to get was the Sparkly Pumpkin. It's so cute! (even if it did cover me in glitter!) The pumpkin is a bubble bar so it can be broken up and used more than once. This has a citrus smell to it due to the lime and creates loads of fluffy bubbles and turns the water orange.

The next item I got was the Wizard which is also a bubble bar. I also picked one of these up for Jess as part of a Blog Swap I took part in. The outcome when using this is obviously similar to Sparkly Pumpkin due to them both being bubble bars, except this one makes the water purple. This also has a slight citrus smell to it.  

The final product I picked up was the Lord of Misrule bath bomb. I'm not even sure if this is a Halloween bomb, but it's green haha. It's listed under Halloween and Christmas on the Lush website so I am assuming either way it's a limited edition one. From the outside this looks quite plain but as soon as this one hits the water it creates a swirl of green and purple and looks AMAZING. It also smells delicious too, with hints of Vanilla.

On my visit to Lush I also saw all of the Christmas items and I want them all! Please let me know your recommendations and I'll be sure to do a Christmas Lush haul too :)!