Lush Christmas Products

Hello!

I've been a big fan of Lush for many years now. I have a massive Lush collection and probably own enough products to last me for the next few years! Even so, I couldn't resist purchasing some of the new xmas items. I normally buy a hat box full of items, but have so many stashed in my attic that I thought I should stick to individual products. Here's what I bought...

Sparkler bath bomb - This smells like one of my favourite shower gels - Rose Jam. I can see me buying several more of these!! I think this is a Halloween product rather than Christmas, so I hope they still sell them now!

Snow Angel bath melt - My boyfriend actually took these pictures for me and he photographed these upside down! The other side is white, and the scent reminds me of Smitten hand cream. I normally use a bubble bar and bath bomb, so this one will probably be in my Lush drawer for a while!

Eeeeeeeeee I am so happy about this product!!! I am a huge fan of apple scents, and this shower gel doesn't disappoint! Each year I always stock up on the So White bath bombs. They are large, white and smell like delicious apples! When I heard about this shower gel, I knew I had to have it! I'm hoping to get at least one more bottle of this stuff.

Reindeer Rock soap - This is a new one for Lush. It smells like berries and has an adorable reindeer print on it.

Wizard bubble bar - This is actually a Halloween product too but I will be using it at Christmas time! I can get about 4 baths out of one bubble bar. I use a mini sieve and put a quarter of my bubble bar in it, and hold this under the tap. I'm hoping to get purple bath water/bubbles from this!

This is so adorable!! It smells like the Lush classic butterball, but is remaned as Butterbear. As you can see, we tucked him up into bed!

I'm excited to try out all of these Christmassy Lush products very soon!

Greta xx

Let the good times roll (or cleanse)

Hello everyone! 

For my first proper post I thought I'd talk about one of my favourite beauty products. I have been a huge fan of Lush now for about 5 years. I always liked them when I was younger but being a teenager in a house without a bath limited my choices! I never really shopped in there properly until I got my own flat with a lovely bath. It was only then that I discovered that Lush aren't all about bath products (annoying I know - all those missed years!). 

I started using the Lush cleansers about a year ago. Now being the grand old age of 26 I should have had a regular skincare routine for years. But naughty old me didn't reallly think it was important. I've always had reasonably good skin anyway, although I do seem to get spots off and on. Anyway, I decided to seek out some help for my occassional spots, and on the search I came across these things called cleansers. Yes, I do realise for someone who was 24ish that it is a little ridiculous not knowing what a cleanser is! That aside, I started using a Clinique one but I didn't feel like it did anything for me. 

So here's where I turned to good old Lush! (I sure like to use the word 'old' a lot in this post!) At first I used the Herbalism cleanser, which didn't smell amazing but seemed to do the job. Then I went down to Cornwall and left it at home (oops) so a trusty trip to my favourite Lush store (Truro - love it there) and I had a brand new spanking pot of cleanser. Let the good times roll. I believe it was originally a limited edition Christmas product but they made it permanent, probably due to its awesomeness!

What attracted me to it at first is the smell! It has a gorgeous warm honey/a hint of cinnamon smell. It's really lovely. The unusual thing is that the cleanser contains whole pieces of popcorn! You do have to pick these out, and frankly I would prefer the cleanser without it. So this is how I find the cleanser works best for me -

1. I scoop out a small piece (about the size of a 10p) of cleanser and keep it on my fingers.

2. Add a few drops of water and mix the cleanser into a paste. It is quite tacky already in the pot, but this makes it more workable.

3. Rub the cleanser all over your face, avoiding the eyes. 

4. Rinse off with water. I normally do this in the shower so that I have had a chance to leave it on for a few minutes.

And that's it! I don't use this every single day as I have other products that I use, but when I do use it, it feels like a treat! Have I noticed any noticable improvements in my skin? It always feels softer after I have used it. Unfortunately I still get spots but I treat those with other products. The point is that I enjoy using this product and it is one of the nicer skin care products out there.

Well if anyone is reading, well done for getting to the end of an incredibly long rambly blog post! 

Apologies for the weird lighting - it looks like I have one brown eye and one blue! Plus the spots, urgh. I'm only human!