LUSH Oatifix Fresh Face Mask Review for Sensitive Skin

Ever get those days where you just wake up feeling like well complete and utter shit really and all you want to do is ship yourself to a spa for the rest of the week. Why spend £100+ on a spa weekend when you can spend £5.95 on this little baby which will sort you right out. So lately I feel like my skin has been looking quite tired and run down. Of my own making of course, Uni life consists of sleepless nights, early starts, a crappy diet, caffeine, drinking and the occasional cigarettes here and there naughty naughty. My skins worst nightmare, no wonder I look like a withered dried up old weed rather then a healthy vibrant rose. A solution in the long run would be to go all out and start drinking 2 litres of water a day, eating 5 a day, getting a good nights sleep, cutting back on the junk, alcohol, caffeine and cigarettes, and exercising... which is something I intend to do as this bad lifestyle is making me feel quite sick. But I am in need of a quick fix. I've tested out all the Lush face masks but Oatifix by far is my favourite I swear by it and always end up reverting back to this one as it works the best for my skin type which is dry and sensitive. 

A blend of oatmeal to gently cleanse polish and exfoliate, bananas, almonds and vanilla to soften, nourish and moisturise and illipe butter to cool and reduce redness. Unlike other face masks like cuppy cake which I'd recommend if you have oily skin not sensitive because it's heavy and dries out, just doesn't work well for my sensitive skin as I found it to be quite harsh, Oatifix is perfect for sensitive skin because its a light formula that doesn't dry out on your face and paired with cucumbers on the eyes it will leave your skin feeling like you've peeled off the old layer to reveal a young fresh glowing moisturised face. If you're one of those people who's bad lifestyle comes to haunt you on your skin this will cover up that problem so you no longer have it staring back at you in the mirror, no one will know you had a cheat week in your diet. Not to mention this stuff smells incredable like banana cake mixture I have to resist the erge to drool as I could eat it. But don't, even though it's natural ingredients i've tried it out and lets just say it doesn't taste as good as it smells sadly. Please could they bottle this scent so I can sniff it all day.

Don't forget to store these in the fridge as they work best when stiff other wise its like trying to apply gooey baby food which will just run right off your face. 

I have it on right now as I'm typing this because thats how freaking amazing this stuff is ahhh can literally get high off the smell of Lush products. Unintentional solvent abuse, Lush's way of making me come back for more

Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

The last time I remember eating Banana cake was when my friend baked it at 3am hungover and it just tasted sooo gooood. As I had 2 bananas lying around I wasn't exactly going to let them go to waste and rather then making my usual grilled banana and peanut butter sandwich which is lushhh, I decided on banana cake adding my own twist peanut butter frosting as I just can't get enough of peanut butter.  

Banana Cake Ingredients:

Serves roughly 10 

125g butter 

150g caster sugar

1tsp vanilla extract 

1 egg beaten 

2 ripe bananas mashed

190g self raising flour

60ml milk 

Peanut Butter Frosting Ingredients: 

1 cup of peanut butter smooth or crunchy 

2tbsp butter 

3tbsp milk 

1tsp vanilla extract 

2tbsp cream cheese

2tbsp milk 

Preparation Method

Prep: 10mins  Cook: 35mins

1. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin (I used a baking tray). Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over a medium heat. 

2. Remove from heat and add the mashed bananas, mix well.

3 . Add egg, mix well. 

4. Stir in the flour and milk. 

5. Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle with a tsp of demerara sugar to give a crunch topping (optional) 

6. Bake at 150 degrees fan oven for 35 minutes until skewer comes out clean. 

7. Take out of oven and allow to cool on wire rack whilst making frosting. 

8. To make frosting combine all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk until light and fluffy. 

9. Frost cake and cut into pieces (although I found it easier to cut first and frost individually) 

10. Bon Appetit!