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Lush Snow Fairy
by ms_123
Just before Christmas last year I received a Snow Fairy Lush goodie box from my younger sister as a present. I have been a fan of Lush for many years now so I was delighted with my present and couldn't wait to give the products inside a go. One of the items contained within the gift box was 100ml of the Snow Fairy shower gel. This gel is ... a limited edition one and as the name suggests, only makes an appearance around Christmas every year.
The snow fairy shower gel is housed in a small transparent plastic bottle, through which the girly pink coloured liquid can be seen. On top of the bottle is a black plastic, flip top lid through which the gel is dispensed. The shower gel can be bought from Lush as a stand alone item (around Christmas time) and is available in 3 sizes, 100g, which retails at around £3.50, 250ml, which costs £6.25 and 500ml which comes in at £10.25. It's not exactly a cheap item so is one that I tend to use sparingly.
Lush describe this shower gel as their 'Winter temptress' which can also be used to wash your hair (not that I've tried - I'm a bit sceptical of products that claim to be able to wash everything!). It's described as an intensly sweet and fruity shower gel, which smells of candy floss and pear drops and transports you back to your childhood. I tend to like shower gels that smell quite citrusy and not too sweet so I wasn't sure I'd like the scent of this one. I also am not too keen on pear drops due to an unfortunate chemistry experiment in my second year at University where we were synthesising acetates, the scent of which was so strong that it lingered in my hair and clothes and was extremely difficult to get rid of. The tube journey on the way home that evening was also a little embarrassing! In fact it was impossible to get the scent out of my clothes and I had to bin some of my clothes! Anyway I digress... back to the product review.
The shower gel has a nice, fairly thick consistency and produces a good amount of lather when rubbed onto wet skin. The scent is immediately apparent. It is intensely sweet and reminds me of being in an old fashioned sweetshop. It's definitely a scent for the girls and I can see it appealing to young girls and teenagers - in fact my teenage self would have loved this too. However over the years my taste in scents has become a bit more discerning and I found this bordering on sickly. I do like some of the other, fruitier smelling products from Lush such as their Comforter bubble bar but this one just didn't really do anything for me. It's not enough to put me off using it entirely but it's one that I tend to use sparingly and usually at weekends as I don't really want to smell like a sweetshop when I am at work! For those of you who think this is a scent you'll enjoy then I'm pleased to report that it lasts for a decent amount of time. My bath smells like a sweet shop for hours afterwards and the scent also lingers on my skin for several hours afterwards.
The shower gel rinses off easily without too much rubbing involved and without leaving a greasy residue. My skin is left feeling clean and soft, but to be honest no more so than a shower gel that costs a third of the price. Now one of the reasons I like Lush products is that I am conscious of all the chemicals in the cosmetics that we use and Lush try their best to minimise these in their products. However in this case scanning through the list of ingredients on the bottle there appears to be rather a lot of synthetic chemicals in this one, which is not really in keeping with their other products. To be honest I am rather surprised and this only just came to my attention whilst writing this review. This shower gel is also supposed to contain some glitter, which seemed to be missing in my bottle. There is small amount that I can see at that has settled at the base of the bottle but no amount of vigorous shaking can seem to dislodge it. For me this is not a bad thing as I think I would find any glitter lingering on my skin quite annoying.
Overall, I think this is an *okay* product from Lush and if I were to receive it as a gift I would be happy to use it but for the cost, the fact that I am not overly keen on the scent, and that it doesn't really do anything extra special I can't say that I would go out of my way to repurchase. Three stars from me.
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Lush Sexxx Bomb
by missmaile
My partner was in my good books this week - why? Because he came home with a lovely little Lush treat for me! I can't help but think that the name of the product somewhat influenced his decision about which product to buy me, but regardless I am happy!
I have tried most of the Lush range and am a huge fan, this is a bomb I had ... not yet tried. I could tell that fresh Lush was in the house as soon as he walked in with the bag because I could smell it - this bomb is strong!
The Sex Bomb is a bath ballistic, it costs £3.20 and is available from Lush stores as well as from Lush by mail order and online. It is deep pink mainly, but blends into a more purple pink and is topped with a cute little rose.
The scent is divine, the combination of natural scents from Jasmine, Ylang Ylang and Clary Sage compliment each other beautifully and it is topped off with a hint of synthetic musk - Lush pride itself on products made as naturally as possible but sometimes it is necessary to have synthetic stuff in there because they are also against animal cruelty. Lush say the scents have aphrodisiac effects, hence the name Sex Bomb.
Adding the bomb to a bath of hot water it fizzes away nicely, the water turns a brilliant shade of pink and I found the scent travelled throughout the house. The scent is both relaxing yet invigorating and it felt lovely to soak in the bath - something I don't get to do often! I also found that the little rose on top of the bomb are made from rice paper and the petals separate, swell and float in the bath.
The oils in the Sex Bomb are great for the skin, I found myself feeling silky and soft after my bath, I would go as far as saying moisturiser is not really necessary after using one of these! The scent lingers on your skin for some hours and also around the house, it is sweet and musky, I would say feminine but not overly so.
I see these as a luxury at £3.20 per bath - I do think perhaps this could be split between 2 baths because it is one of the stronger bath bombs from Lush in my opinion. I would buy it again for sure.
My only niggle is the name, I think something less bold such as love bomb would be nicer.
The ingredients as given on the Lush website are -
Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Sodium Sesquicarbonate, Perfume, Soya Milk, Synthetic Musk, Jasmine Absolute, Clary Sage Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil, Titanium Dioxide, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 17200, Colour 42090, Colour 14700, Colour 45410, Methyl Lonone, Rice Paper Flower
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