Exfoliation is an essential step in my skincare routine, I find that it helps my skin to look healthier, feel softer and ensures I get the best results from other products as it helps to remove dead and dry skin, ensuring serums and moisturisers are easily absorbed into the skin.  I use two exfoliating cleansers, one of which I will be reviewing today,  Lush's Let The Good Times Roll.

This little pot of joy, which made it's first appearance as part of the Christmas range a couple of years ago, has now been made a permanent fixture to the amazing skincare range in store and online, thank you to the genius who made that happen!

I like to use this every second day as part of my evening skincare routine once I have removed my make up. The vitamin rich polenta and gently exfoliating maize flour work together with stimulating cinnamon powder, to gently buff away any dead skin cells, leaving my skin really soft and hydrated with a healthy glow.
Lush describe the scent of Let The Good Times Roll as a buttery popcorn, which I agree with to an extent but to me smells slightly sweeter than this, more like toffee popcorn.  It's difficult to explain how delicious it smells, I urge you to visit your nearest Lush shop and experience it for yourself, thank me later.

Let The Good Times Roll is a completely different texture to any other cleansers I have used, this different approach makes it really fun to use.  I just get a pea sized amount and mix in the palm of my hand with some water, creating a paste, I then massage into my skin for about a minute and rinse off with warm water.  What I love about this is you can control how scrubby you want this to be depending on how much water you add when making the paste.   Some exfoliating skincare products have often left me feeling the need to moisturise instantly after use, like they strip my skin of any natural oils and moisture.   This is not the case with this one, after rinsing my skin feels deeply moisturised but not oily, it's fantastic.

I was using this for about six months,  and have gone through three 100g tubs in that time, finishing my last pot at the end of March.  As the formula is preservative free it is recommended that it is used within three months of being made, Lush make this really easy to remember by placing stickers on each little black pot, these detail when it was made, who made the product and when it should be used by.  I know people use this after the recommended use by date but personally I wouldn't do this.  It may feel okay to use but the results will not be as effective compared to a fresh batch,

As I mentioned I finished my last pot of this around the end of March and have not repurchased as now the weather is warming up a little, my skin is feeling less dehydrated and will gradually become oilier as we come into summer.  I think for my skin this is most effective when it's colder outside.  I am now using an exfoliating cleanser that is in my collection all year round and will be sharing it with you very soon.

This can also be used as an all over body cleanser, I haven't tried this as I like to save it all for my face, please let me know if you have and what it was like in the comments below.

It's clear from my, Why Make Brushes Make A Difference - Lips, Eyes and Base - that I love my brushes and try to make the most of my collection and use most of them regularly.  I have only been using 'proper' brushes since early 2012, the first brand I tried out was Ecotools, environmentally friendly makeup brushes made from  recycled aluminium, bamboo and cruelty free bristles created by Alicia Silverstone.  I  loved the first three brushes I owned and have recently added to my collection and thought it was about time that I gave a full review of the brushes I own and what I use them for.

















These are the first three brushes I ever owned and believe that these kick started my obsession with the tools I now can't live without.  Even with nearly two years of use under their belt these brushes are still going strong and have been washed more times than I can remember with very minimal fall out, if any at all.  I use the Bamboo Powder Brush for setting powder and  bronzer  most of the time although as it is large I use a smaller brush for setting my under-eye concealer.  The Bamboo Blush Brush has been a favourite of mine for a long time although I don't use it for blush, I find that it applies highlighter to the tops of my cheeks perfectly, better than any other brush I own.  Both of these brushes are really fluffy and soft unlike the soft but firmer Deluxe Concealer Brush.  When I first got this brush I didn't appreciate it but I can remember loosing it once, only then did I realise how useful it is.  I have used this for concealer mainly but it's amazing for correcting mascara mishaps on your bottom lashes,  the texture of the bristles remove the mistake without spreading it everywhere, amazing!

















As you all know I am going to Wireless Festival this year and have started to build a collection of brushes more suitable for travelling, I thought the Recycled Aluminium Retractable Kabuki Brush would be perfect for powdering on the go.  The aluminium case will keep it clean whilst being lost in my handbag, also keeping the other items from getting covered in powder left on the brush.  I have been using this for my setting powder at the moment and its ticking all the boxes so far.  It is so soft and feels lovely on the skin,  although  I did expect it to be firmer being a kabuki.  With it being slightly softer than what I expected I will be trying it with blush and highlight.


































These are definitely the highlight of my Ecotools collection so far.  The five brushes that make up the Fresh and Flawless Complexion Set are so pretty.  I love the colours on each brush making it easy to differentiate between them but most of all I love how tiny they are, perfect for travelling.   These are also an addition to my festival make up brushes collection being half the size of a normal sized brush but with the same quality and results.

The buffing concealer brush (blue ferrule) is perfect for buffing concealer under the eye making sure it doesn't settle and I've been using the complexion blending brush (bronze ferrule) for setting the concealer with powder, these two are my definite favourites.  The full powder brush (pink ferrule) is great for contouring as it blends the bronzer effortlessly.  I haven't used the other two enough to decide if I like them or not, the flat concealer brush is great for packing eye shadow onto the lid, it's very similar to some other brushes I own.   I have only used the precision foundation brush once as I prefer to use a buffing brush rather than classic foundation brushes, as expected it didn't give me the results I like.

On a whole I really like Ecotools brushes, they have a permanent place in my collection for many years to come I'm sure with a few new additions along the way.

Which brushes would you recommend from EcoTools that I don't already have in my collection,  leave me a comment with your picks from the Ecotools Collection at My Pure!


*The Retractable Aluminium Kabuki Brush and Fresh and Flawless Complexion set were sent to me for consideration of review, although this does not taint my opinion, which is honest as always