Coconut ice anyone? (Lush I should Coco)

Member Name: herbie1977

Product:	Lush I should Coco
Date:	05/07/05 (323 review reads)
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Advantages: The smell, the exfoliating, the softness of your skin after use.

Disadvantages: The coconut left in the bath, the price

Well after using my first Lush purchase, a Rock Star soap, in just a few days & being totally bowled over by it, the time has come to try out my other Lush purchase, I Should Coco.

I did this just over an hour ago & I'm now sat here surrounded by the most gorgeous smell of coconut. I wasn't too sure how I'd feel about this soap after enjoying my Rock Star soap so much. To be honest I didn't really want to like this soap as I felt very loyal to the Rock Star.

**THE LOOK**

This soap, as with all Lush products, looks so divine, good enough to eat & this little bar of soap is no exception. I'll start at the top. This soap has a sprinkling of pink desicated coconut on the top of the bright pink soap which fades to baby pink in the middle until you reach the bottom layer which is virgin white. Coconut pieces surround this rectangular shaped soap.

The first thing I think of when I see this soap is coconut ice. Without tasting this soap (well it is a soap!) I would say it acts just as coconut ice tastes, you know that lovely, creamy, sweet taste you get from coconut ice that leaves you with coconut in your teeth for hours. Well this soap acts very similar, its creamy to the touch, smells sweet & leaves you with bits of coconut floating in your bath that take a good cleaning to get out!


**THE SMELL**

Before you use this soap you do notice the smell. A smell of coconut (obviously) with a quite strong smell of orange too. But its not until you add water & lather that you really get the real benefit of this smell. The smell is divine, not as strong as the Rock Star soap, far more subtle. It smells sweet & creamy but also soapy.


**THE SOAP DOING WHAT IT DOES BEST**

The wash test! This soap lathers lovely, its not a great frothy lather more a soft, creamy lather. Lush actually use real coconuts in this soap. They add vegetable soap to an infusion of creamed coconut combined with loads of desicated coconut that gently exfoliates & smooths your skin. Orange oil & coriander are added to make this dreamy soap.

The shape of the soap does make it a bit difficult to move around your hands to get the lather. As you move this soap over your body it leaves a dusting a coconut on your skin, which is a bit odd!

The smell excelorates under hot running water. The soap isn't at all slimey as some soaps are & it is very easy to rinse off. You leave the bath/shower feeling very refreshed & smelling wonderful. I used this about 2hrs ago now & up until 2 minutes ago when the smelly dog decided to sit at my feet, all I could smell was coconut & orange. My skin feels so soft, a bit like after you have used a dusting of talcum powder. I didn't feel the need to use a mosturiser after using this soap, it's not at all drying.


**LUSH**

I'm really taken with Lush now just after trying 2 of their little soaps. I bought my 2x 100g soaps from www.lush.co.uk. I don't think the price of the soap was too bad (£1.95 for I should Coco), it is a luxury of course but the cost of postage & packaging would definately put me off buying online again, although if you order over £30's worth P&P is free. The soaps arrived within 2 days of ordering & arrived in a little box covered with Lush named tape. Inside the box was masses & masses of shredded paper protecting my little bars of heaven.

Lush describes this soap as 'The scrubby soap for those who don't like to scrub! You don't even notice doing it, but when you step out of the shower or bath you realise the desicated coconut has a very good job of getting rid of your excess skin, leaving behind smoothness & a subtle scent'.

All Lush products are hand made & not tested on animals. All of their products are vegetarian also.

I can't praise Lush products enough & I can't wait to try the next one, although that will have to wait until August when I'm actually going to go visit a Lush shop!! Hubby had better hide that credit card!!!

Thanks for reading. Vicki

Summary: It's gone all too quickly but a great treat.