Pretty in Pink (Lush Pink Glitterbug)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Lush Pink Glitterbug
Date:	26/06/09 (21 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks pretty and handy size

Disadvantages: Glitter is harsh and doesn't go on easy

As I have reviews the Blue Glitterbug it is only fair that I review the Pink Glitterbug! I couldn't leave it out afterall! Again this was brought out as a limited edition for Christmas 2003 and 2004, but kept on as a permanent product by Lush Australia (why they would want to is beyond me). Lush created a Glitterbug Sparkle Bar in pink, and while Lush Australia promoted it to become a permanently offered product. Lushettes in all other countries had to wait until the following holiday season to cover themselves in dark rose and iridescent purple glitter, after which, it never returned again.

Like any other Glitterbug, Pink's cocoa and shea butter Massage Bar base not only intensely moisturises and conditions but also aids in adhering this bar's glitter for the entire night (nay, the entire week - and as pertains to your home, the entire year) in such a way that all the shimmering powders you've ever bought might as well be binned for their ineffectiveness. You cannot fault this little bar for its moisturising qualities as it works a treat, you skin is left smooth and soft all day (or night) long.

And much like the current Iridescent Glitterbug (and the Blue Glitterbug, Love Bug Sparkle Bar), its sumptuously feminine vanilla, rose, and neroli fragrance allows this bar to singlehandedly act as a perfume oil, keeping you calm, centred, and seductively scented all night long. Due to the petite size of this bar you could probably carry it around with you purely as a solid perfume for re-application during the day!

But while the bar itself is stunning, once spread over the skin it doesn't always make as great an impression. This Sparkle Bar contains two types of glitter, large iridescent purple flecks and smaller dusky rose glints that respectively turn lavender and reddish pink under direct lighting. Yet when worn in dimmer lighting, though the iridescent bits remain clear, you find that the rose bits are not only quite dark but also have a tendency to go on in clusters that are neigh on impossible to evenly blend across the skin. Yet despite trying ever so hard to get an even result you can't and even trying to spread it with your hands doesn't get a much better result either as most of it then comes off!

For those with fairer complexions, this can appear less like applied glitter and more like a flurry of tiny skin blemishes or an area of burst blood vessels. What a shame, because once the light hits you, the glimmering results you get from Pink Glitterbug are devastatingly beautiful. But short of bringing your own lighting crew with you...I would avoid this bar as much as possible! And I am not being overly dramatic!

What Lush say:-

"If you can't sparkle at a Christmas party, then when can you sparkle? It's almost the law that you should dazzle your friends, family and colleagues with a few twinkly bits! Lush sparkles are no mere decoration; the Glitterbugs scent and soften your skin and the Glam Rock Bar will waft irresistible fragrance all around as you get groovy on the dance floor with glittering hair".

As I said above Lush discontinued this in the UK and North America after only one Christmas and I can see why, it may be pink, glittery and cute but beyond that it really does nothing for you other than moisturise your skin. The glitter has no true effect other than staying around for days, months and years! Why Lush Austrailia kept it is beyond me, maybe Asutrailian skin reacts differently to it?!!

Summary: Lush fortunately discontinued this!