Minty Bubbles (Lush Ice Blue Shampoo)

Member Name: missmaile

Product:	Lush Ice Blue Shampoo
Date:	01/07/08 (68 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: You only need a small amount to get loads of bubbles

Disadvantages: The smell is VERY strong and overpowering

Im a huge lover of Lush soap and whilst making a purchase reccently and knowing I would get into trouble for buying yet more soap to put in my big bag of Lush stuff, I decided to buy a little something for my partner in the hope that he would forget about the fact that I had bought yet nmore Lush and just think how nice I was for buying him a present ( it didnt quite work but there you go ! ) .

The product I bought for my partner was Lush Ice Blue Shampoo from the retro range and of course I had to test it myself too !

Ice blue comes in a 510g bottle and costs £10.95 , as with all Lush its pretty expensive ! I dont think I need to say much about its appearence - its blue !

It works out slightly better value when you realise that you really only need a very small amount to get a full head of bubbles and a strong aroma.

Whilst in the bottle this product smells okay, but when you have it on your head it can be a bit overpowering, the fragrence is mixed mint and it really does give you a cool blast ! Its definitly one to use in the morning as it really wakes you up.

I wasnt overly keen on this, which is a first for Lush, I usually love their products, the smell of this was just too much for me, I do like mint, but this was too mingled and strong, they need to tone it down a bit in my opinion. The mints used in this shampoo are spearmint and 2 types of peppermint ( I didnt know there was more than one type of perppermint ? )

After washing, my hair felt very fresh and clean, but I did still have to use a conditioner as it wasnt as soft as I would have liked, the minty smell overpowered my fruity conditioner so I was walking around with minty slightly fruity hair for the rest of the day.

The cool minty smell stayed in the bathroom for ages afterwards too, but after a couple of hours it smelt kind of stale to me and it wasnt very nice.

My partner likes that its a good wake up for the mornings but he also find that its too strong - I would definitly say its more of a mans shampoo.

The ingridients of thisa shampoo as given on the Lush website are -

Water (Aqua)
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Lauryl Betaine
Cocamide DEA
Perfume
Lactic Acid
Spearmint Oil (Mentha viridis)
Peppermint Oil (Mentha piperita)
Fine Sea Salt
Limonene
Colour 42090

I am usually very positive about Lush, but this really wasnt for me and I definitly will not be buying it again.

Id only reccomend this shampoo if you really like strong minty smells which are extreamly overpowering - any mint lovers out there ?

Summary: A strong minty shampoo