While on a recent trip to Covent Garden, I popped into Lush which is one of my favourite shops. Definitely my favourite cosmetics shop. I had a lovely chat with one of the sales assistants about the products and she kindly gave me some samples to try out.
Lush is a cosmetics company specialising in handmade, natural products. They are against animal testing, you can recycle the packaging and the products smell fab! Whats not to like??
The first sample we tried was the shower jelly. This comes in two fragrances; Whoosh and Sweetie Pie. Its a soap that literally looks and feels like jelly. You can use it at room temperature, chill it in the fridge, or even use it frozen! We went for Whoosh in the boy's bath. Its a nice clean and fresh fragrance with lemon, lime and grapefruit. BabyG is a teeny bit small to really know that we were using jelly. BoyG on the other hand thought it was very funny having jelly in the bath and even better that he could wash with it!! They both smelled lovely after their bath!
Dreamwash, Dream Cream, Angels On Bare Skin and Skin Drink.
I found that a little bit went a long way with these, making my samples last longer. I have problem skin as I suffer from psoriasis. I don't use any medicated creams as I don't find them any use so I'm always on the look out for something new to try. The Dreamwash and Dream Cream are made for me! Well, actually they are made for anyone with eczema, dry or irritated skin. I thought the Dreamwash felt lovely and smelled great, and the Dream Cream again felt great. And after using them just once I could tell a difference in my skin. These have got chamomile, tea tree, rose and lavender, and as well as being great for the skin, the lavender is very relaxing as well. Both of these are gentle enough to be suitable for children. My two boys both have dry/sensitive skin so these are good for them as well as me, making them soft as silk and smelling great! I used them on BoyG and that helped his skin where it has a teeny bit of eczema, and on BabyG where he has a little dry skin under his arms. Both boys skin looked better afterwards.
Angels On Bare Skin.... The name kind of says it all!! Along with the rest of me, the skin on my face can get sore and look blotchy. I used this cleanser just once followed by the Skin Drink moisturiser and my face felt so soft and smooth! The cleanser has quite a strong lavender scent, but the Skin Drink has a very subtle scent so it wasn't too over powering like some moisturisers can be. Again as with most Lush products, you don't need much. Just a tiny bit of the Angels On Bare Skin, mixed with water to make a paste was enough for my face. Massage on then rinse with warm water. Follow with Skin Drink and you will love it as much as I do! Hello soft pampered skin!!
Putty For The Hands - I'm not really sure what I was expecting from this one but it was good all the same. Its a soap but as it doesn't contain a soap base it doesn't foam up like a normal soap would do. I was surprised though to find that my hands still felt clean, and they felt like they had a protective coating on them. This smells the same as the Dream Wash and Dream Cream with lots of lavender.
I followed the putty for the hands with Sympathy For The Skin. It has got a lovely delicate scent. You can use it all over but I just used it on my hands for now. It goes on really lightly and left my hands feeling lovely and smooth. I was expecting these two products to cure any dryness on my hands but I did feel that the really dry bits still needed something more. This is good if you don't have major dry bits.
I used my Sister In Law as a guinea pig with the Putty For The Hands and the Sympathy For The Skin as well as her hands were feeling dry but not in the same way as mine. She liked how it felt and she liked the smell. Her hands felt lovely and soft afterwards.
Vanilla Dee Light - I used this as a quick fix before bed as I had not used any of the Lush soaps before hand. It smells so good! One of my favourite smells so far. My skin felt nice afterwards but for me personally, I think I need the Dream Cream just because my skin is so bad with the psoriasis.
Ro's Argan Body Conditioner - This is a very different product to anything I have used before. It is literally a conditioner for your skin. You condition your body just as you would your hair with your normal conditioner. Wash with your soap then rinse off, smooth the body conditioner onto your skin then rinse it off and towel dry your skin. Great for when you don't have much time to moisturise! This has some lovely ingredients including argan oil, cupuaçu butter and brazil nut oil. Its got a rose scent to the lotion and it made my skin feel very soft. I used this on BoyG and he was very soft afterwards. He smelled lovely all day as well!
I have really enjoyed reviewing these products but my favourites for my skin have got to be the Dream Wash, Dream Cream, Angels On Bare Skin and the Skin Drink. Favourites for the boys would be the Whoosh Shower Jelly and any of the moisturisers as they all made their skin nice and soft.
I just want to add a note about these products. I have been using these samples exclusively over about a week and have noticed my skin getting softer although I can still see the psoriasis. When I used a different brand of cream on my hands it stung so much! This is what was happening to me before and I assumed it was because my skin was so dry but after reviewing the Lush samples I think its more to do with the products themselves and the ingredients being natural. I will be using more Lush products and less of the ones I had used before!
These samples were given to me by Lush in Covent Garden. You can buy their products on line, by phoning 01202 668545 or in stores.
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