Same Product, Different Scent - The Body Shop - Raspberry Body Butter

This smells delicious! <3
I love this one so much, I purchased more last time I was in Germany.
(It is dangerous that Germany should also have 'The Body Shop', they will have all my money)

The Body Shop - Body Cream - Fijian Water Lotus

I wasn't sure I would like this scent, but I was so wrong! 
It's marine, aquatic, floral and playful!
It is also delicate and quite a fresh scent.

Appealing to me on a 'water nymph' level.

It is less thick than the body butter but thicker than a lotion.

It absorbs well and leaves the skin feeling amazing.

I am SO tempted to buy the perfume of this scent!

Price: 3/5 ($26.95 for 200mL)
Scent: 5/5
Effectiveness: 4.5/5

Gaviscon - Dual Action

I have been using a fair bit of Gaviscon of late (reason for this will be covered in a future post).
For heartburn, I have only ever found liquid Gaviscon to be effective.
Tablets, chewables, other brand liquid antacids, they don't last anywhere near as long as this does.

This isn't a sponsored post, by the way, just credit where credit is due.

I like the peppermint flavour, as I find the aniseed flavour awful.

There is nothing I have found that works as good as this.

Price: 4/5 ($11.99 for 600mL)
Scent: 4/5
Effectiveness: 5/5

Eye of Horus - Goddess Pencil - Selenite White

I purchased this to be a waterline pencil, but it is too hard :(
It would damage my eyelid to use it like this.

So I have resigned to using it as a highlighter (yes, I'm that pale that only pure white can actually be a highlight on me).
It does give a good colour payoff, but I just can't use it.
I have heard of softening eyeliner pencils with a lighter, but I'm not putting something that is heated with a lighter near my eye.

I'm certain that the onyx version of this pencil was softer.
I think it is just the formula of this shade.
For the price though, I am disappointed.

Price: 2/5 ($30 for one pencil)
Effectiveness: 1/5

NYX - Baked Eyeshadow - Supernova

I love gold eyeshadow, so this was a great thing to get in a Bellabox.

This has THE CUTEST packaging! A little clear topped box, lined with black, and a black bow!
It is also well made and wont break up in a makeup bag.

For a light colour, the colour intensity is really good. I love the shimmer in it!

There is also a lot of product in this, so you definitely get your money's worth.

I am so impressed with this product! This is a great choice for a go-to shade to be kept in your bag if you want to add to your look.

Price: 4/5 ($9.95 for 3g)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Weaning of Lyrica

So on the 7th of this month, I went down from 75mg of Lyrica to 50mg.
I am slowly weaning myself off it.
I can't just stop taking it all together because I may get severely depressed/have a seizure.

8th-11th I just felt stoned. I was super tired, slept a lot, lost my appetite and felt lethargic.
12th-13th I realised I was depressed, irritable and apathetic.
Ended up going to my friend's place to have a laugh and watch a terrible movie, this helped a lot.

Later I will have to go from 50mg to 25mg, then 25mg to 0mg.
I might wait for the 'stoned' phase of the first decrease ends and then come of it completely. Hopefully this will only give me one depressed phase to deal with.

This decrease and the next two decreases projected,
Green = 'stoned' phase
Blue = depressed phase

I'm a goose!

*Actual photo of me.

My final exam isn't when I thought it was... it's just over a week away!

I realized this after leaving home at 5am to get to the exam venue for my (at the time believed to be) 8:30am exam.

I honestly didn't know how to process this information.

So, I shall be back on the 17th!

After my REAL exam, unlike that stupid FAKE exam time that made me get up early!