Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Lullaby & A Super Daddy-O

With the range of solid shampoo bars and solid conditioners that Lush already offer, it would have been silly if they didn't include brand new ones for their Lush Oxford Street opening.

"Lullaby Shampoo Bar"

This is my first time using a solid shampoo bar. They have always fascinate me, but I have never been brave to pick one up and try it. Through the panic of entering the new Lush Oxford Street opening and the excitement of all the new pretty colours and scents, my sister had passed to me this shampoo bar and it ended up in my basket, before I could even think about what she had just given me. Enter the Lullaby Shampoo Bar. This bar is amazing, firstly it has glitter on the top which is extremely pretty. Next is it a pretty pinky/orange colour which of course its beautiful. My overall worry was that they were not going to do a good enough job, not lava well and basically my hair would reject them. Unfortunately I cannot give you the exact ingredients that are in the Lullaby Shampoo Bar but on first impressions it smells like it includes Lavender which makes this perfect for a bed time bath time. When they post the ingredients, or when I return to store to buy another one I will take note of the ingredients and update this post. For this Lullaby Shampoo Bar £5.75.

UPDATE: Having discovered that this is an original product that has been updated for the new store opening I have the ingredients. This product includes, Oat Milk, Organic Jojoba Oil, Lavender Absolute and Roman Chamomile Oil. It is also suitable for children over the age of 2. 

"Sugar Daddy-O Solid Conditioner"

Oh my, my favourite shampoo now in Solid Conditioner form - yes please. Now just like the shampoo bar above, I have never tried a solid conditioner until Super Daddy-O arrived. It smells exactly like the liquid shampoo of the same name and it is a beautiful purple colour with the words "Hair Conditioner" imprinted on it. I love using this solid conditioner and it makes my hair feel silky soft after using it. Now thinking that it would take quite a lot of effort to make this bar work as a, it didn't take much to make it lava's up. It really makes your hair go from fizzy and unmanageable to tamed and silky soft to touch. I love this so much that I have two in my collection just so I don't have to wait long after the first one has run out. If you are a massive fan of the Daddy-O Shampoo and you are planning to visit the Lush Oxford Street Store anytime soon then you should definitely pick up one or two of these to use alongside the Shampoo. For this Super Daddy-O Solid Conditioner £5.95. 

Love, Becky 
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Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair.

Morning! Yeah, didn't expect a blog post from me in the morning - well seeing as when I tried out this new Lush Oxford Street product in a morning bath recently it seemed fitting. 

"Was That Man Right Out of My Hair"

This is one of the new Shower Gels added to the collection as part of the Lush Oxford Street opening. Now, when I was shopping in the store last week I have to admit I quickly smelt it before putting it my basket. I only really smelt it when I got back and had a chance to carefully go through everything I got. 

At first, I wasn't sure about the smell but decided to use it in my very first Lush Oxford Street exclusive bath. The product includes, Lavender, Jasmine and Rose Petal Infusion, Fresh Fig Juice, Fresh Guava Juice, Gardenia Extract, Jasmine Absolute, Rose Absolute, Lavender Oil, Sandalwood Oil and Ylang Ylang Absolute. On smelling it I can really smell the Figs as well as the Lavender and even the Rose Petal aspect. It is also a pretty deep orange colour. 

I only grabbed the 250g bottle this time, which is priced at £9.50. In all honestly I grabbed the 250g because the larger sizes were already sold out - they had to re-stock whilst I was there at least 4 or 5 times. The new shower gels are extremely popular. I really like this shower gel, but of course I am trying out all the new shower gels because I am so excited about them all hehe. 

One things I can say about the new shower gels, they have improved the smell of them in order for the smell to stay on your skin for a good few hours. This is good because I can't wear perfume, so it is lovely to stay smelling like the shower gel I have just used in the bath or shower :). 

Love, Becky 

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Tuesday, 28 April 2015

How I Store My Lush :)

When I became passionate about Lush, and the items I would pick up and place in my basket doubled, the issue about where to store them and how to store them became a problem. Shower Gels, Shower Jellies, Face Masks etc were easy, they came in their own pot or bottle - whereas Bubble Bars and Bath Bombs became tricky. Lush pride themselves on having naked packaging - I mean they even changed how they delivered Lush to your door when you order from the Kitchen or Online. But, unless I was going to have five baths a day there needed to be a solution. 


"Bubble Wands & Reusable Bubble Bars"

Now, with the new Lush Oxford Street opening, there is the introduction of loads of new bubble bars and some of them are reusable - just like this one pictured called Windmill Bubble Bar - and yes it does spin like a windmill! If you are familiar with the Magic Wand Reusable Bar - which comes out at christmas you can get about four to five baths - or even more if you can resist to hold it all under the tap. In order to store these I use Cling Film - which I wrap around the bubble bar part - leaving the handle free.  This is what I have found to work - in order for it to keep its original smell and not rub off onto other bath bomb or bubble bars that I am storing in the same place as the reusable bubble bars. For The Windmill Reusable Bubble Bar £5.95


"Bath Melts & Oils"

The new Bath Melts or as they are now called Bath Oils are smaller than the original Bath Melts - and only costing £2.00 each storing these is a little bit harder. Whilst in Ikea, my mum spotted the jar picture and said it would be perfect for sorting the smaller items of my entire lush collection. The jar is perfect for sorting all the little Bath Oils (Melts) that I got when I went to the Lush Oxford Street Store. Now I put all of mine in together - I don't individual wrap them in cling film. My main concern was stopping them from melting even before I get the chance to use them. The Jar is from the ACKAN range for £5.00


 "Bath Bombs & Ballistics"

Bath Bombs & Ballistics I find the easier to store. For these I simply wrap them in cling film and they sit in a basket together. The only thing I try to do is keep the collections together - for example if they are part of their limited edition collections such as Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day etc. I cling film them in order to keep there smell and so they last longer. The only problem is they keep there smell extremely well and especially if they are a ballistics they work well but the only thing that happens is the colour fades because of the light. For me as long as they still fizz and make my bath time magical then I am a happy bunny. Love Locket (pictured) was part of the Valentine's Day range for this year and was kindly brought for me on Ebay by my sister as it sold out everywhere! Original Price: £6.95


"Bubble Bars"

For the non-reusable bubble bars - ones that have one use or the ones that could be spilt in half or even further I sometimes use cling film, on ones such as Brightside. For the other ones such as the Rose Bubble Bar - which is one I fell in love with, so much so I currently owe 20 of them because they were part of the Mother's Day limited edition, I use sandwich bags. I find these keep the bars soft enough to crumble under the tap but also easy to break open when running a bath. I simply place them in the bag and tie a knot at the end in order to keep the smell of the bubble bar - and also they tend to keep there colour really well. For the Rose Bubble Bar £2.95


"My Lush Storage"

This was found after a trip to Ikea where I wanted to seek out another way of sorting my huge-ish collection of Lush in my family bathroom. I found something similar to what is pictured - but it was smaller and cost a lot more. After exploring the Market Place - again my Mum stumbled across the SPRUTT Trolley - which is absolutely perfect and stores everything. It is also on wheels - could there BE anything more perfect about it? Now, let me break it down for ya.....

TOP: This is perfect for putting out what I want for that particular bath time - I also keep my Body Puff and Exfoliating Gloves in a jar on top. 
TOP BASKET: This is all my shower gels, shower creams, shampoos, shower jellies, conditioners, solid conditions, solid shampoo and shower smoothie. They all fit perfectly and are easy to take out and put back in even for the big 500g bottles - I am even pretty sure you could put the new 1kg size in there and still be able to take it out. 
MIDDLE BASKET: This has bubble bars and bath bombs from the Limited edition collections, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Easter. Fits them all and none of them will fall out. 
BOTTOM BASKET: This has bubble bars and bath bombs from Lush Oxford Street and Lush Kitchen. Again fits them all and I still even have some room - if I want to go back a purchase more hehe :) 

The SPRUTT Trolley is new to the Ikea Collections and costs only £39.00.

So, in a nutshell that's how I organise and store my Lush Products. I am not saying this is the right way, but only that this is a system that works for me. I know a lot of fellow Lushies store there Lush products differently or even ask for suggestions how they could store theirs and this is me just adding to the ideas of how to do it. Now I am off to try and decrease my collection - wow I have a lot hehe :) 

Love, Becky x 

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Monday, 27 April 2015

The Comforter Bath

Tonight I experience the most cosiest bath since I began using Lush Products. Since the opening of the new Lush Oxford Street, some of the original products have been given an update. Some have changed shape or had there colours increased in order to experience a more colourful bath. Here is my Comforter Bathtime. 


"The Comforter"
"The Comforter" is one of the bigger bubble bars - which means you can get four or five baths out of it - making it one of there more economical products. It's update is its colour, which is a more vibrant purple/pink colour - but it still smells like Ribena (which I adore.) I only used a quarter of the bar and crumbled it under my tap. Now, I thought I had used "The Comforter" before - but actually I haven't and this tonight was the first time I had used it and I question - why haven't I used it before?!?!?!?! It made tons of bubbles - and I don't know whether they have improve the process of making their bubble bars - but I am getting a lot more bubble than I have ever had before. "The Comforter" includes, Bergamot Oil, Cassis Absolute and Cypress Oil. The smell is amazing and of course who wouldn't want a bright pink bubble bath. For this bar £4.75.  


"The Comforter Moisturising Shower Cream" 

How amazing is it to have a Comforter shower product to use alongside "The Comforter" bubble bar? Fans of the well loved Comforter Shower Gel, body lotion and anything else Comforter scent will be pleased to see this product gracing the shelves at the new Lush Oxford Street. Now personally, I don't know what the difference between Shower Cream and Shower Gel - but you basically use this product exactly the same as a normal shower gel. What drew me to the product was the fact it is the same bright purple/pink colour as the bubble bar - and having used it tonight in my awesome bath - I was so pleased to have picked it up. It includes, Blackberry and Vanilla Infusion, Almond Oil, Bergamot Oil, Cassis Absolute and Cypress Oil. It has a slightly stronger smell than the bubble bar but the combination is amazing and if you are a massive Comforter fan then this is definitely a product for you. Also, Lush have added in their Lush Oxford Street store the availability to buy the shower gels, shampoos, conditioners and other bottled items in 1kg bottles. Pictured is a 500g product but being able to buy larger than 500g due to the fact these products are only available at the Lush Oxford Street Store people who are travelling to the store are able to stock up. For this 500g bottle £15.95.


"Rosy Cheeks Fresh Face Mask"

Oh yes, they have new Fresh Face Masks - this is another thing that has excited me so much. Now, I am always on the look out for products to help with my rosy face in order to help it calm down and so I don't look embarrassed all the time. Enter "Rosy Cheeks"! I was so pleased to grab one of these through the mad panic to grab the new products. It includes, Calamine Powder, Rose Clay, Rose Petals, and Rose Oil. The product is a beautiful rosy pink colour and is a smooth texture. I like the fact that it is quite a thick face mask and feel lovely when you smooth it across your face - especially when it has been in the fridge. After using this product I have noticed that my face is instantly calmer - especially as I suffer with eczema on the apples of my cheeks and helped the moisture absorb more into the areas that can be quite dry and rough due to the eczema. I am definitely impressed and will be re-purchasing once it is finished. For this 75g pot £6.50. 

So, I think you will agree that was quite a cosy bath time. I will definitely be repeat this bath when I feel the need for a pink cosy bath just before bed. 

Love, Becky 

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Sunday, 26 April 2015

Hair Custard.

This is my first review of one of the exclusive Lush Oxford Street products, which there are 200 brand new products in total. The new products vary from bath bombs, shower gels, shower creams, shower sheets, showders, bubble bars, hair products, skincare, teeth tablets, and even foot care. Here, I will give you an insight to the new range, as these products are not currently available in other Lush Stores or online. 


"Hair Custard"

Oh my days, I have fallen in love with this product. Not only does it do amazing things for my hair but it smells so good you want to grab a spoon and eat it! This is one of there new Hair Dressing products, in order to tame wild hair, make hair softer or just easier to manage. To use "Hair Custard" you smooth it through your hair just before blow drying. The aim of it product to add moisture to the hair without weight added. The product includes, Fair Trade Vanilla Pod Infusion, Fresh Free Range Egg White, Fresh Grape Juice and Fresh Strawberry Juice. 

Now, I am not a fan, nor have I ever been of added extra product to my hair, due to this fear that I would make it greasy and dirty quicker. I absolutely have fallen head over heels in love with "Hair Custard". I have so far use it twice on my hair just before blow drying and it have managed to tame the wild flicks that my nature hair style automatically falls into. With this I don't need to use hair straighteners afterward in over to fix any of the flicks and it even works when my hair hasn't been completely dry from blow drying. Now, I have short bob style hair and I only have to use a dab of the product in order to smooth it through my hair. It has made hair styling easier, great for when you are in a rush and overall amazing. Well done Lush! For a 200g pot £24.95 and worth every penny! 

Long may it continue to be part of the Lush haircare collection, because once this pot has finished I will definitely be re-purchasing it. The funny thing is, it is the only custard I like - I wouldn't eat a bowl of custard even if you paid me. 

Love, Becky.
(Keep checking back for more exclusive Lush Oxford Street product reviews).


Friday, 24 April 2015

Avobath!

When I starting shopping at Lush, my purchases went from a couple of items, handfuls of items to five or six bag fulls of the delightful Lush handmade products. 

One product, that I will always re-purchase, is Avobath. Avobath is one of their more simply designed bath bombs, including lush imprinted on the top of the bath bomb. It's main ingredients are, Fresh Avocados, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Lemongrass Oil. This bath bomb is a massive pick me up when you are in a bad mood. It's also good if you need a good awake me up bath in the morning. Definitely sets you up for the day. The bath bomb fizzes really well and leaves your bath and beautiful green colour - which in itself makes me very happy. 

Now, recently on the Lush Kitchen, everything went into chaos when they announced they would be doing two days of the limited addition Avoshower Shower Gel. Now, when I say chaos, I mean chaos. The website crashed, it froze, the product disappeared from people's checkout baskets and with people missing out, it was like Lush War. On the first day of the product being available on the website we missed out - but day two we had our battle faces on. With an early wake up and a lot of hitting refresh on the website screen, I was able to checkout with three bottles of the Avoshower Shower Gel. For the 250g bottle it was £10.95. The shower gel just like the bath bomb has similar ingredients but I personally think this shower gel smells like Lemon Curd, which is one of my all time favourite smells and tastes. Avoshower includes, Lemongrass Infusion, Organic Avocado Oil and Lemongrass Oil. I love having my favourite bath bomb in shower gel form and love pairing it with the bath bomb for a real citrus combination. I can see the one problem with Avoshower, unlike the popular bath bomb which is available in all stores throughout the year, Avoshower is limited addition and only appears from time to time on the Lush Kitchen. A lot of hardcore Lush Fans (lLushies) would love it to be available in shops and I agree - if they don't want to do it as a permanent to all stores then maybe bing it out as a Spring addition - limited time in the store, giving all the fans of it a chance to stock up and then there would be no tears when they are unable to get it on the Lush Kitchen

In other news, the Lush Oxford Street opened which is the largest store they have opened to date. With three floors and a new spa - which includes a new treatment entitled "The Planets". Oh Yeah and 200 new products - which of course I will be reviewing as I discover the new products they have to offer.

Love, Becky.

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

It's A Date!

Having only discovered the Lush Kitchen not so long ago and the exclusive products that they make small batches of, Monday to Friday with a different product everyday. Now, the idea of exclusive products day to day that you might want, sounds tempting to spend all of your money on, your purse (or wallet), is going to hurt! 

My amazing big sister, has brought me a few of the exclusive products that were available on the Lush Kitchen over the last month or so. Now, I am not a fan of all the exclusive products, particularly on the smells. This is one of the downfalls of them only being available online. Some of the products use to be in store and if you were lucky enough to be a Lush fan (or Lushies), when they were, then you know the smell when it comes to purchasing them from the Lush Kitchen. A lot of the products that have recently been on the kitchen, it is my first time smelling them once they arrive in the post. I have only been a huge Lush fan (or now known Lushie) for about a year! Therefore, not every product that we have purchased has been a success!

"It's A Date!"

My Beautiful Pink Bubble Bath
This is one of Lush's ever so popular Bubble bars. A bubble bar is a solid bar used to create bubbles in the bath. You can either break off a small amount and crumble in under the running tap in order to create bubbles. In this case, I used the entire bar, because it is one of the smaller bubble bars.  "It's A Date!" contains Sandalwood Oil and Tangerine Oil and once crumbled into the bath it turns your bath a lovely bright pink colour. On using this bubble bar, I love the fact of being able to bath in a beautiful pink bubble bath and my skin has been left smooth to touch. I added to my bath one of my favourite bath bombs from their christmas range "So White" (future post to come). I was surrounded by beautiful bubbles and has been one of my more successful bubble bars to date, as some don't crumble as well as others, and some do not produce enough bubbles - I like me a bubbly bath! It also has a sweet smell, I am a huge fan of the sweet smelling bath bombs and bubble bars Lush has to offer, so I used my "Prince Charming Shower Gel" (Valentine's Day Collection) along with the shampoo and conditioner I mentioned in my previous post. 

Having looked on the history of Lush products, "It's A Date!" use to be available in stores and was part of their Valentine's Day ranges in 2002. This year it was only featured in the Kitchen around the Valentine's Day period, my sister brought two of them off of ebay!

Love, Becky x

For more information, or to see what's in this week's Lush Kitchen: www.lush.co.uk/kitchen
This is not sponsored, all opinions are my own and all products were brought with our own money.  















Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Lush Obsessions

In another blog post to come I will explain how I became obsessed with the company Lush Cosmetics, but for now I want to explain why I love these current products which take pride of place on my bathroom shelf (actually I take over the entire bathroom with my Lush stuff!). 


"Angels on Bare Skin"

This product is a face and body cleanser, that contains ground almonds, rose absolute and lavender flowers. The reason I now use this product was after being gifted the Validation Facial, which is one of the treatments that is offered in the exclusive Lush Spas. During this treatment you get to help the therapist choose 12 products that will be use on your face during the treatment. "Angels on Bare Skin" was the cleanser chosen for my skin type. This was purchased for me during my trip to Poole, Dorset, visiting the first Lush Store (future blog post to come). Since purchasing it, I have used it every day. My skin has never felt and looked so clear, this will be making an appearance in the future as it has become my new star item to have to keep my red and eczema prone skin at bay. The product comes as a paste-liked texture in the pot, in which you take a small amount in the palm of your hand, add a little bit of water and mix into a more paste like feeling and massage all over the face - or the whole body if you want! Rinsing off with clean water. For a 100g pot, £6.75 which lasts a very long time. For a 250g pot £16.88.


 "Veganese"

"Veganese" is a hair conditioner which contains Lavender Flower Infusion, Agar Agar Gel, which is a seaweed gel that has softening action on the hair and Lemon Oil. I picked this up after needed a conditioner for my hair, which is currently dyed Blue! I'm not a huge fan of conditioners, and always forget to use them, especially as I have colour damaged hair. This conditioner is different to the others I have used in the past. It has a lighter texture and don't feel too heavy on my hair - which I hate from a conditioner, making me want to wash it off straight away. Since using this conditioner my hair feels healthier, less damaged and looks a lot healthier - especially as I wash my hair everyday!! Again a little goes a long way and I will be re-purchasing this once it has run out. It is one of their Vegan products, but you don't have to be vegan to use it. For a 100g bottle £4.50, 250g bottle £8.95 and 500g bottle £14.25. 

"Daddy-O"

"Daddy-O" is a purple shampoo originally designed to stop blondes going brassy. I was drawn to this product when I had blonde highlights and noticed that after a while they would dull and would make my hair look dull and boring. After using this product on my highlights I noticed they started to look like I had had them freshly done and fell in love with "Daddy-O" shampoo. The shampoo contains Lemon and Toothed Wrack Seaweed Infusion, Rose absolute and Bergamot Oil. The use of fresh lemons is a natural highlight for your hair as well as cleansing the hair and keeping it shiny. Now my hair is blue, I still use to the shampoo and even though I have dyed over my highlights, it allows the coloured dyes to take hold really well as well as maintaining the colour until I re-dye it. For 100g £5.50, 250g £10.95 and 500g £17.95. 



Of course the main thing Lush Cosmetics are famous for is their bath ballistics and solid bubble bars, which of course I love and have many in my collection. At the moment, these are my three repeat items for bathroom staples, as with bath bombs and bubble bars I can swap and change what my favourites are, but there are some that I always repeat- which I will explain about in another blog post. 

Love, Becky x  

For anymore information on Lush Cosmetics visit: www.lush.co.uk 
This is not sponsored, all opinions are my own and all products were brought with our own money. 

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