Lush really is a total Marmite shop. There are people like my mum, who start gagging within a fifty foot radius of a store, and then people like me who just can’t get enough of their products.
If you fall into the latter category too, you’ll know that it’s damn near impossible to go into Lush for just ‘a look’, or even for just one product. I popped in at the beginning of the month to pick up a bath bomb as a little payday treat, since I now have a bath in my new flat! Anyway, I was uhmmming and ahhing over bath bombs and ended up leaving with a little more than I had originally planned.
Phoenix Rising was the bath bomb I had in mind when I headed into Lush, it’s my ultimate favourite, but I feel like sometimes I need to try something different! Anyway, it’s a pretty strange smelling bath bomb, to me it smells like cola bottles from the sweet shop, but apparently it contains Cinnamon? I can’t smell the Cinnamon in it at all though, so if you aren’t a fan, don’t let it put you off! It contains Shea butter, Cocoa butter and Jojoba oil, so your skin will feel silky smooth afterwards! A word of warning though, you will need to shower off after, unless you want to be glittering gold…
I’ve wanted to try this for forever, since ya’know, it kinda fits with my name (Rockett, in case you didn’t know). Space Girl has got a gorgeous grapefruit scent, with hints of Bergamot and Almond. It’s not as good for your skin as Phoenix Rising, but it doesn’t matter to me since a) it’s glittery, and b) it’s got popping candy in. Yes, popping candy. If you put your head under the water whilst this is fizzing, you can hear it popping.
I’ve wanted to try a bubble bar for ages, but none of them were really looking to exciting to me. I was about to settle for Dorothy just because it’s really cute, but then I came across their bubbleroons, which I’d never seen before, and this one, Yuzu and Cocoa has the most gorgeous cocoa and orange scent. It contains Yuzu oil, which is a type of mandarin, and tonnes of cocoa butter so it’s very soft on the skin. I love these too, because you can use them for multiple baths.
I’ve wanted to try a Lush soap for ages, but I’ve never been able to narrow it down. My boyfriend actually picked this one up and ohhhhhhhh lord, it smells good. Sexy Peel smells like citrus marmalade, like orange and lemons. It’s packed with oils so it’s super creamy, and the smell is really refreshing, perfect for waking you up in the mornings.
There’s a bit of a back story to this one. Way back when I was just a little lipstick lover, (we are probably talking like 2007 here guys) my daddy did a big job for the Lush factorys, which are right where we live. Anyway, he came back with a hell load of Lush products, I mean, I bet if you look in my sister’s bathroom now there would still be some kicking around in there, way past their sell by date. Anyway, amongst all the products there was a box with about twenty massage bars in that smelt heavenly of vanilla, and when I was stood in the queue they had this solid perfume called Vanillary, which smelt just like those massage bars, and I had one of those lovely “ohhh this smells like my childhood and oh when did I get so old and ohh I miss home” moments. So I bought it. It’s kind of a grown up Vanilla scent, very warm and lovely, and I just want it to get cold and rainy again so I can wear this. Yup. Anyway. I also thought this would be great to keep in my handbag, since it’s solid and there’s no risk of smashing it, like with a standard perfume bottle!
Also at the til (seriously, if there wasn’t a queue my bank balance would have been a lot happier) was the lip balm Honey Trap. There was also three or four of these in the loot my dad got, which I used to death for the resulting year of teenagedom, and I wasn’t aware Lush still made them, but I popped a bit of this on my lips in the queue and had a pang of longing for the lost years of my childhood (okay okay, I’ll lay off the amateur dramatics now). So I bought it. Yes it was an impulse buy. No I don’t regret it. Anyway, it tastes of white chocolate and honey, is super moisturising, and a great handbag size.
The sales assistant also kindly chucked in a couple of samples of products I was on the fence about. I’ve heard lots of people talk about Grease Lightening and wanted to try it, and on the morning in question I woke up with an unwelcome visitor on my face (shock horror, I fell asleep on the sofa the night before in my work uniform with a full face of makeup on, so that explains it), so it was the perfect time. I also got a sample of Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter, because I like it, but I feel like the pot is really big and I’d never use it all before it’s use by date.
Wow, this post got long! Sorry about that! Have you tried any of these products? Or do you have any recommendations for my next trip to Lush?