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Lush Bubble Bars in General
by ness89
My first ever lush purchase was this product! Mainly because of the smell which can be best described as sweet, similiar to the love heart sweets, a berry kind of scent. The comforter is a bubble bar and is a nice thick size and so it can easily be broken up and used in three or four baths. The product looks lovely with pink and white ... swirls. Its quite firm in texture so it won't easily crumble away in your bag. But its easy enough to crumble when using in the bath.
After using a quarter of this product, crumbling it under the running tap of your bath the water turns a pink shade and the scent definately fills the room. Most importantly though it does create a nice amount of bubbles. I wouldn't say it produces as much bubbles as a dollop of other liquid bubble bath products but that mainly depends on how much of the comforter you use. If you use a bigger portion there are more bubbles. This can depend on personal preference. The water also leaves the skin feeling soft and silky... even when in the bath. When emptying the bath water there is no residue left on the tub like some coloured bath products.
I'd highly reccomend this product. The only slight downfall is the recent increase in price to almost £5. Some people also may not like sweet smells, or pink bath water so this may not be for you. However it is a nice portion of around 200g and it definately gives you a nice, sweet comforting bath.
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Lush Bubble Bars in General
by Hanash1984
Lush Bubble Bars are a product from the cosmetic store Lush, aimed for use in the bath.
They are of a solid consistency which means they are extremely enviromental as there is no need for a container and therefore no waste!
To make the best use out of the bar, it helps to break it up when putting it into the ... running water. Although the bars are solid, it is easy enough to crumble, unlike other items of Lush bath products such as bath bombs which are hard to break. When the bar and water collide, bubbles are created and at some points I've been concerned that bubbles would keep appearing and there'd be nowhere for them to go! Can never have enough bubbles though! I find bubbles to be magical and they make bath time special and fun!
Several varieties of bubble bars are available in different shapes and scents, both in store and online, the prices vary from £2 - £4 per bar. It is suggested that the bar is used in one bath, however I do not feel this is necessary and therefore find it extremely good value for money as I get quite a few baths out of one bar! Many of the bars are suitable for Vegans.
One of my favourites is the Happy bubble bar, which is unfortunately only available online in the Retro section. I like this particular one most as the oils used ar neroli, orange and sandalwood which are some of my favourite scents. They combine together to create a relaxing aroma that is very calming, just what I like when I'm in the bath!
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Quinoderm in General
by daniella2202
When I was younger I suffered terribly with spots. I tried every medication from the doctor and nothing seemed to work. However, I must admit that I was not terribly persistent with treatments either because it was just so bad that if in a couple of weeks the treatment had not worked I moved onto to try the next thing which I am sure ... probably made my skin worse looking back on it.
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How I came to use this cream...
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I have not had bad spots for a good couple of years now and just a month ago I noticed a few really large, inflamed and painful lumps appear on my chin. I cannot stress how much they hurt. I thought it is possibly down to stress due to university exams and work training all coming at once. The worst thing about these couple of spots were that it did not matter how much make-up I piled on they were still ridiculously obvious. Yes the make-up reduced the redness but nothing else.
So during this time at work a colleague/friend of mine could see how much it was stressing me out. I use Clinique's anti blemish system religiously and up until then it had been a miracle worker keeping all spots away. But my colleague who had cystic acne for several years told me about Quinoderm (a white cream that comes in a blue tube, with 25g in). I told her I did not want to spend ridiculous amounts of money on treatments like I used to. She told me to pop into Boots and grab this and she told me it was about £2.00. I took her advice it was £2.65. She warned me to only put it directly on the spot because of the main ingredient, benzoyl peroxide really dries the skin out. But me being me read and went with the instructions rather than my friend's experience... the instructions stated apply 2 to 3 times a day on the affected area and massage in until no trace of the white cream is left. So rather than place it just on the spot I did rub it over the area surrounding the spot slightly too. Big uh oh but I will tell you about that later! I did take on board some advice from my friend though, she advised putting it on the skin with a cotton bud so it did not come into contact with my hands at all because it is a bleaching agent of some form.
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My results after 1 day...
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The large spots seemed reduced in size but they were still as red as ever.
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My results after a few days...
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The spots had dramatically reduced but I had been left with extreme dry, flaky areas on and surrounding the spots. This is why my friend had recommended just putting it directly on the spot (why did I not listen to her!)
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My results after around 5 days...
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I was getting a little worried because I noticed that there seemed to be some patchiness on the areas I had put it, they had almost gone quite orangey and when I put foundation on not only were the dry areas emphasised but you could see the patchiness still, just a slight discoloration. I was not sure whether these results were normal or whether this was some sort of reaction to the product. I did check it out online, I went onto some different forums to see what other people had mentioned and everything I was experiencing was normal. Additionally one girl gave me hope, she had put that after a couple of weeks when the skin has gotten used to this strong cream with its ingredients that the scaling and patchiness goes. It was around this time that I also reduced the usage of the cream because I thought perhaps I was just majorly overdoing it. So I took it down from three times a day to twice a day.
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My results after 2 weeks...
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My skin was much improved and I stopped using the cream. However, I have kept it on standby for the next emergency. My skin is generally clear so I do not see the point in using this constantly. I get very small spots regularly but nothing to worry about and they tend to disappear after a day or two. So this cream I really am just keeping for the large inflamed spots that do not disappear in a couple of days. But what I will do in the future is when I feel a spot on the horizon put some of this cream on to prevent it coming to the surface. I know that this works with the product because during my 2 weeks of use with it, I had a new spot start to appear and it quickly disappeared after one application of Quinoderm.
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Those with sensitive skin be warned...
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Luckily I do not have hugely sensitive skin but I can imagine for those who have problems with regular skincare that this would cause a lot of sensitivity, stinging and patchiness. So as it states on the instructions a patch test should be used which I would definitely recommend because 10% of the ingredient benzoyl peroxide is apparently very high! They do have the same cream with just 5% of this ingredient in which I am guessing is for the more sensitive skins.
Also do not put the cream onto broken skin from a spot or else I am sure ridiculous stinging would take place!
The cream also contains an antibacterial agent called hydroxyquinoline sulphate which works to stop the spread of the p.acne bacteria which causes spots.
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To conclude
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Overall, this is a good cream to minimise the inflammation and redness from spots. I would not recommend this to somebody with excessively sensitive skin though. My results showed that continual and excessive use of this cream can cause patchiness on the skin. So I think this cream should be used as few times as possible, just once a day and only a couple of times a week maximum.
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