Matilda On Broadway!

Hello Lovlies! 

So whilst myself and Lauren were in New York we knew that we wanted to see a Broadway show as neither of us have seen one before and love belting out a good musical song (who doesn't!)

We had an idea of some of the shows that we wanted to see but decided not too book anything in advance as we heard that you can find some really good deals if you wait until the day and because we were not overly fussy on what we wanted to see we thought we would risk it and give it a go because we wanted to save as much money as possible.

So a different people recommended a few different ways to get tickets included TKTS and Rush Tickets but we didn't find that they had the best deals for the shows that we were interested in. The main musicals that we were looking at were Matilda, Aladdin and The Lion King , of course all very popular and highly raved about shows so we were recommended to go straight to the box office to see if they had any cheap tickets. We firstly went to see about Aladdin & The Lion King but they were all $100 + for a ticket, so we went to see about Matilda and we were very lucky and were able to get tickets for $49 and we actually had really good seats. Another little tip i should suggest is going early in the morning and if you are a student they give you a special offer which we were unaware of at the time!

So the show was at the Shubert Theatre and i thought it was a really cute little theatre plus the lovely man who welcomed us in complimented me dress! So as we took our seats we were met by the stunning theatre and the stage/set design for the show which i thought look amazing and really fitted the storyline. 

Now onto what i thought of the actual musical itself, this musical is  based on the best selling book by Roald Dahl which for me was very interesting because when i thought of Matilda i always think about the film so was really interesting to see the comparison. If i could describe it in one word it would be 'Spectacular' honestly it was one of my favourite musicals that i have ever watched (up there with Les Mis). I couldn't even pin point one thing that made it stand out because all of it was amazing! To start the songs, I'm not going to lie but i think i only knew one of the songs from the musical before the show (Revolting Children) but i came away singing and still am months later. Don't even get me started on the child actors! I just cant get other the talent of all of the children, it really is breath taking, there energy & performance were actually really inspiring to me as a performer and i felt as though i learnt a lot from watching them . 

This musical really does capture all the emotions i mean i did spend most of the time laughing but there are also rather emotion parts to it too. My favourite character hands down has to be Miss Trunchbull, all the way through i was laughing so hard at the character and how the actor portrayed her. 

Once again i go back to the set design, if you have seen any previews of the musical on various award shows you may have seen the part where all the children are on the swings and to see it live was incredible, i just wanted to jump out of my seat and go and dance with them. 

 I would highly recommend that you try and get to

 see this show if you are looking for a real feel good musical to watch!

 I would definitely watch this one again.

What is your favourite musical?

Let me know in the comments!

Thank you for reading 

Lots Of Love 

Holly 

Xx

'She believed she could

 so she did' 

-Matilda 

Lush Spa Liverpool -The Comforter Treatment!

 Hello Lovlies!

For Christmas my lovely older brother treated me to a spa voucher for The Comforter Treatment at the Lush Liverpool Spa!Whilst working at Lush over Christmas i would talk to customers about our spa and talk about the amazing treatments available but i had never actually had one of them myself! So when my brother asked what i would like for Christmas i may have hinted towards a treatment at Lush! He asked which one i would like which was a hard choice but i decided to go for The Comforter as I'm a massive fan of everything sweet and chocolaty.
I also bought my mum a spa voucher for Christmas and for her i chose to buy her the Spell treatment which is a treatment that focuses mainly of the foot area. I felt as though this treatment would be perfect for my mum as she is a nurse and is constantly on her feet and Lush believe that you hold a lot of your stresses in your feet!.





So when we arrived at the Lush store we were kindly greater by the staff who then took us straight over to the till and took our vouchers, now i may seem bias but the Lush Liverpool staff to me are the mostly friendliest people you will find!.After this we were given the option to look around the store or to wait in a more quite area at the bottom of the spa stairs which was the option we took as the
store was quite busy with in being half term.
One it was time for our treatments were met by two lovely spa therapist and were taken up to the spa area upstairs.

As soon as you enter the spa it will remind you of your Grannies home with vintage knick knacks and the homely feel it has. To start the lovely Vicky sat me down and asked if i wanted a glass of water and then went on to tell me more about the treatment and more about the products that are used though out the treatment, I then just had to fill in a quick health form.

 I was then taken into my treatment room as soon as i walked into the room i felt as though i had been transported 'into a world of pure imagination'. I was left to get undressed and had a little bell to ring when i was ready. One of the highlights of the treatment for me was actually the music that was playing throughout, it was covers of well know movies from films and i defiantly want to buy the soundtrack which is available in the store or on ITunes and Spotify.
The massage itself has equally as amazing i was wrapped up night and warm with a big duvet and lay on a heated bed and had a lovely eye mask ,i am surprised i never fell asleep. The therapist would only work on one area of my body at a time and when done would tuck me back under the cover so i stayed all toasty.
The products used were absolutely gorgeous , there was a hot chocolate scrub which was taken off by hot mitten and then followed with a lovely rose type
oil.



I suffer a lot from back pain and generally muscle pain because i am studying dance and pain just kind of comes with the job so it was lovely to have those areas worked but in a way that wasn't painful but i could feel my whole body relaxing.
After the treatment was over i was able to lie in the bed until i felt ready to get up and get changed not going to lie i lay there for a bit staring up at the galaxy of lights that were above wishing i was actually in bed.
Once i was ready i made my way back out to the kitchen where i was met by the lovely Vicky who sat me down and gave me a glass of candy floss, she then poured over some soda water and reminded me 'to never take life too seriously' which was a lovely way to end the treatment. My mum really loved her treatment and we defiantly want to go back again and is a great idea to go with someone like your mum, sister, nan or even your partner or friend as Lush do offer double treatment rooms.

I would like to thank The Lush Spa Liverpool for an amazing afternoon and i would highly recommend their treatments to anyone!

Thanks for reading!
Have you had any of the treatment?
Let me know!

Lots Of Love
Holly
Xx

'Those who don't believe in magic
will never find it.'
-Roald Dahl