Lush

Delight of the senses: Lush

Today we went to Lush!

Had such a great time. Barely anyone in the shop. The CSA was so helpful. she had premade samples to give me. I asked for a figs and leaves, and new rose soap. we chatted about soaps and skin. I said i wanted to see if figs and leaves is exfoliating which i had heard. I got an end piece of HIWTK soap. i had never smelled this line, and was determined to try it as it sounded so good. i had been craving something sweet smelling this winter and this soap would do the job. I smelled the outback mate, it smelled so good. a good minty smell, very good. I smelled lotus, it was okay. a bit synthetic. i'd have to try it t really know the smell. Rhubarb and custard I was not able to smell. also would need a sample of that t tell. 13 unlucky for dirt smelled nice. i would try it.

What a beautiful store. The bath bombs are so perfectly shaped without a single scrape or break. The bombs glitter unbelievably. They are so shiny and beautiful. I was particularly struck by the Lucky Tiger karma scented bath bomb, a perfect little cat's face, covered in beautiful gold glitter. it shone and sparkled like nothing I'd seen before. I looked at the other bath bombs and noticed they all had a beautiful glittery sheen to them as well. so gorgeous. I had seen these in photos and videos, but nothing did it justice like seeing in real life. They were all so beautiful and bright, wonderful colours I wanted each one. A few bath bombs did not glitter, such as the Big Eggplant, but it was such a lovely work of handmade art with nice colours that complement each other.

First we sanitized, and looked t the heart jelly on he same stand, the Valentine's stand. we smelled it, it was great. smelled strawberry. I had planned on getting one if I approve of the smell, and I did approve so it was the first thing I got into my cart. We smelled the shower gel right beside it, I can Resist Everything but temptation. i was tempted to get this one. Earlier when I read reviews of it, I wasn't tempted to get it. When I smelled it in store, I liked it a lot. I had heard it smelled like fresh apples. In my opinion, it smelled of apples but in a mildly sweet, delicious way. it smelled natural, with a soft apple smell, a beautiful smell. not too sweet, not like biting a real apple. I like apples, but I'm not too fond of eating them raw, after eating so many in my time. I was tempted to get this shower gel.

We moved on to perfumes. I asked to see some solids testers: LOM, rose jam, American cream, shade. they didn't have Sun which i wanted to test. I got a sample of sympathy fr the skin at the same time. Richard spent a long time at the perfumes testing almost all of them by spraying them in the air and sniffing. i sprayed Shade on my right sweater wrist, and karma on the left and karma on my neck. later on i could not smell karma on my skin at all. neither could Richard when i asked him.

Richard cam out of there with breath of god, which he said smells like a familiar perfume. i got th pansy which Richard love sonm me. it had a strange musk undertone i didn't like too much, but i did notice juicy fruity subtle smell at first. must be the oranges. not sure if he musk smell is synthetic at all, i dislike smells that seem synthetic. i noticed this a lot more afer smelling all the snow fairy after Christmas.

I admit i like the breath of god, it first smells like melons, and i had tried it one previous occasions. later at home i began to smell the other notes, it has a mature cologne smell, but not overpowering. mixed this with the sweet, cool, refreshing melon smell, it is quite pleasant. thats the thing with these perfumes, it can take hours of a few exposures to really smell it.

Richard says it smells like "blue" perfume, many brands marketed 'blue" perfume in the 80s meant to smell like refreshing water.

we had wanted to buy LOM which had grown on us. Richard says it smells like karma. obviously without the citrus notes. but very close. they had a tester but no LOm solid for sale.

i picked up the each peach bar. for months i had thought i would never want this bar. i use these bars as lotion for hands in the evening as we watch TV. i thoroughly enjoyed every one I'd tried. the citrus smell didn't sound unique enough to me to warrant buying it. but over ht months in winter i craved citrus smelling lotion. well this bar did it alright. out of the bag it smells strongly of a good citrus smell. not like lemon oil, but like lemon peel. a bit sharper of a scent, it wakes you up.

I asked the associate for 2 shaving cream samples for my husband. We moved on to shower gels. I had wanted to get samples, but it turned out we had gotten too busy and for whatever reason couldn't. We smelled Karma, it smelled great. I even used a bit of shower gel at a bowl. cant remember if i used the karma or something else though. it was red, Richard says it was bright pink. hmm.

i smelled HIWTK shwer gel, it smelled great. i smelled sleepy. it was good. i smelled happy hippy, i didn't like it. i didn't recognize the smell. kind of like maybe a cleaning fluid? it was sharp. should have tried it with some water to see if the smells change. i wanted to sample olive branch but didn't, and now kicking myself. i didn't even smell it. i smelled dirty springwash, and let Richard smell it. it smelled minty, not amazing. maybe more smells come out when you use it.

the 100 ml bottles seem quite small. if i bought one, i think id get the next size up. the small bottle e just looks too sad! i thought maybe it was a 50ml bottle at first. i guess its god for traveling.

Next we looked at shower jellies. they were cute. I even washed my hands with conga at the sink which had been cut into cubes. I liked how it washed so easily. the smell was okay, not great from what I could tell. Richrd didnt liek it. I wanted to liek it considering it was raspberry scented.

I also used the New Rose soap at the sink. it was nice.

I went back to shower gel area. I picked up a Scrubee. it's my first time trying this product. I had wanted a Soft Couer massage bar a few months ago, but then they got discontinued. I wanted it for the scent. Well, the scrubee is in the same scent family, though I heard it smells a little different than the sof couer. I tried to smell the shower oils: coco loco, and minimosa. couldnt smell anything unfortunately. My nose might have been to tired out.

I didn't see anything left over from boxing day sales, even though just days before it said they restocked jolly shower gel. tangerine and close spiced i believe. sounds nice. i wish i had gotten yog nog now. oh well we will see what happens next boxing day.

i had everything on my list and so went to check out. it turned out I had an extra $6 credit. Hubby went to the other side of the store to pick up something. he came back with a huge twilight jelly! he said he had a car once with the same metallic blue colour. I was so surprised at what he chose but very happy. I paid $10 for the remaining balance.

before I left, I sprayed 2 body sprays: plum rain on one end of my scarf, and the comforter on the other end of my scarf. all the rest of the way home i could smell it and they smelled amazing. they really compliment each other. the plum rain scent is a nice raisin or plum scent, but zingy. its nice. i only detected 1 note in it. it turns out the listed ingredients for plum rain are: Osmanthus Absolute , Petitgrain Oil , Sicilian Mandarin Oil. So the "plum" or raisin smell must be the "fragrance" part. which could be synthetic, or natural. it didn't smell synthetic.

The comforter. wow. what a smell. the blackcurrant part is really good. it brings me back to drinking fresh blackcurrant tea. really good authentic smell. Richard says it smells like ribena. which i never drank before. the comforter also has a sweet, vanilla note to it. its a nice note, that compliments the fruity note, and doesn't smell synthetic or overly sweet. I like it. it is a very strong scent overall. stronger than the plum rain.

Overall, I am very happy with my visit to lush and my purchases. I am glad that i made a list beforehand of everything i wanted or might want, and checked online that it was in my store. (they only had 6 solid perfume sin stock out of 15!) We spent 45 minutes in the store. we didn't get overwhelmed, like i normally do at lush. it was a great time.

Next time, I want: outback mate soap, avocado co wash, lip balm x2. Easter: lip oil, jelly. = 6 things. richard wants karma shower gel.

Plus: shade, lom perfume.

Mother's day soap. = 9 things.

If I need a lotion by then, I'd get lime bounty. Or charity pot. Or use up my massage bars.