Have an icy bath (Lush Ice Blue Soap)

Member Name: PyrettaBlaze

Product:	Lush Ice Blue Soap
Date:	21/01/08 (61 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, nice smell, suitable for guys

Disadvantages: Could have been scrubbier...

Mostly I love my bath products to smell sweet and candy-like, but I used to love the shower gel "Freeze" that Lush used to do, and this stuff smells just like it. Its a strong minty soap that's great at getting you going in the morning, or for cooling down after a workout. Its also one of the few Lush soaps that dont smell girly, so guys can use it too!


Ingredients
Propylene Glycol , Water (Aqua) , Sodium Palm Kernelate , Sea Salt (Sodium Chloride) , Sodium Stearate , Sodium Lauryl Sulfate , Perfume , Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis) , Bergamot Oil (Citrus bergamia) , Peppermint Oil (Mentha piperita) , Glycerine , EDTA , Tetrasodium Editronate , Limonene , Linalool , Hydroxycitronellal , Colour 42045

Again, this newish creation of Lush shows how they are straying away from their natural ingredients and wandering more into the dodgy realm of chemicals, which is a shame. I'm also quite surprised to see orange oil so high up the list, as there isnt even a hint of orange scent in the soap.


The smell

Quite a good one for the guys, or for anybody who wants to wake up fast in the morning, this one. It has a strong, zingy peppermint fragrance, quite similar to the Freeze shower gel Lush used to do...or to the Original Source mint and tea tree. Its quite a simple smell, the peppermint overrides any of the other oils that might be in it. The scent is strong and sharp and is the Lush equivalent of a cold shower, only much more pleasant.


The soap itself

Like quite a few Lush soaps, Ice Blue tends to do a disappearing act when kept in a bathroom. The soap feels great on the skin, and mint and orange oils make the skin tingle. However I would like to see this one turned into more of an exfoliating soap. There is a dusting of sea salt on the soap, but it rubs off after one use. If Lush put sea salt through the entire soap it would be a great scrubby bar, which would fit with the morning wake up call thing that the soap is so good at.


The damage

At £1.95 Ice Blue is one of Lush's cheapest soaps. The aforementioned problem with Lush soaps is that they dissolve quite quickly once they become wet, so they tend not to be the best value for money, but they are lovely soaps!


If I was treating myself in Lush, Ice Blue wouldnt be one of my first choices, there are much more luxurious soaps in the range, but its a great soap for everyday use, it smells nice and not too girly so one for the blokes too!

Summary: A simple mint soap to wake you up!