Ultimate Collection, The (26 Original Recordings) - Carmen Miranda

Advantages: A great all round soap for anyone
Disadvantages: None

...This is, without a doubt, my all-time favourite Lush soap. And it was my very first Lush soap, too! There I was, in a virgin Lush shower with Miranda and I was having such a fantastic shower, all because of a piece of soap! Needless to say my boyfriend thought i'd gone mad, as he said and I quote "its only a soap". Oh no my friend, its not just a soap its a Miranda soap! Originally named Carmen Miranda (the singer from the 70s, who dressed in very elaborate head- gear made of fruit. She was as famous for her singing as she was for her fruity head dresses) it was created as a big soap "pie" decorated with huge pieces of carved soap fruit on top. Truly, it was nothing short of a work of art. But then it was briefly discontinued, reformulated, and returned as Miranda, a white to light green soap with the fruit now being stirred into... Read review

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Advantages: smell, it is natrual
Disadvantages: It is not Gingerman availability, not the cheapest thing in the world

...have been hiding under a stone for ten years Lush is a fantastic shop smelling innovative, fun and freshly made cosmetics and toiletries which are made of high quality ingredients and not tested on animals. They are most famous for their bath bombs but this review is on one of their newest soaps Carmen Miranda. Anyway once in the Princes Street store in Edinburgh I set about choosing my goodies. Once the bath bombs and the essential massage bar for fun with Duskman were selected it was the turn of the soaps. Lush soaps are presented in large blocks like cheese in the deli section of the supermarket and are cut and weighed the same way. While scanning over the different soap blocks my eyes settled on Carmen Miranda. Named after the calypso singer with fruit for a head dress Carmen Miranda is a lovely pastel green with different pastel... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of different games, well presented
Disadvantages: Limited graphics and sound, could do with using both screens when playing

...This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Solitaire Ultimate Collection, developed and published by Koch Media. The game consists of a wide range of different card games which you can play on your own. There are 101 different solitaire games in this collection which are placed into various categories, so it will take you a while to work through them all. There are instructions from them all, so learning the games doesn't take too long, and tutorials are there if you need them. There are a few games however which are quite complex, so they do take a little while to understand. As you play through each game, you're able to keep statistics on your performance, which does give you an incentive to keep playing a game to improve your average score. As you would expect though, some of the games are a lot easier to win at than others... Read review

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