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Comforter – Lush Shower Gel

July 4, 2015 by Bel

I have been meaning to post about this amazing shower gel from Lush, for ages and ages now. Ever since we went to London in May and I treated myself to a £40 haul from their Oxford Street store, I’ve been trying new products left, right and centre. However my favourite by far is The Comforter shower Gel.

Now you might have heard of The Comforter before, but not as a shower gel – as a bubble bar! It’s by far one of my favourite products from Lush. It’s smell is primarily blackcurrant, but the bergamot also offers a citrus tone too. The description on the website reads:

Sometimes you just need to shut yourself off from the outside world under a blanket of fruity foam that will put you back in the right frame of mind to face the world. This bar is supersized, so you’ll only need to crumble half a bar under your tap to make enough bubbles for a long, comforting soak. Cassis absolute gives a distinctive blackcurrant fragrance, while bergamot adds an uplifting note.

As I mentioned, this is for the Bubble Bar, not the Shower Gel. The shower gel is currently just an exclusive to the Oxford Street store. Hopefully though, fingers crossed, it will be placed on the website and other stores before too long!

The shower gel is a beautiful pink colour, with a glittery shimmer to it as well. It’s a little runny and you panic a bit when you apply it – as your skin turns pink too – but it lathers up nicely and smells AMAZING!

In the coming weeks I will tell you a little more about the products I’ve bought and hopefully my favourites may even make it into store. In the meantime you can see a full list of all the Oxford Street exclusives here – and read my review of the Big Bang bubble bar.

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Product Review – Lush So White Shower Gel

November 14, 2014 by Bel

A few days ago, I posted about one of the new shower gels I recently purchased from Lush. I also mentioned that I picked up another one – So White. Today I’m going to tell you all about this new shower gel, what I think and how it smells.

You might think that the name “So White” sounds familiar. That is because for many years Lush has made a bath bomb called So White. Deliberately sounding like “Snow White”, So White is an fruity smelling bath bomb and the new shower gel So White, is very similar!

Lush describes this product as:

A crisp apple shower gel to leave you feeling the fairest of them all. This creamy, shimmering wash is made with cleansing fresh apple and cyder vinegar as well as soothing rose water to leave you feeling fresh and soft. This contains organic rose absolute and bergamot essential oil to help clear the mind and leave you feeling as pure as the driven snow.

While the bath bomb has an orange/citrus smell, the shower gel is apple. This to me makes far more sense, given the actual name of the shower gel.

The consistency of So White shower gel is a little strange. I want to liken it to “off milk” but at the same time I don’t want to put you off. For the most part, the shower gel feels normal, however I don’t know if you can see from the picture, but it has sort of lumps in it. It almost looks like it should be exfoliating, but it isn’t as the lumps do just dissolve as you rub it into your skin. I did notice on the Lush website that someone else commented on the consistency of the product which is good (though bad for Lush) as I wondered if I just got a bad one!

Either way though, the shower gel does rub in normally and does lather as it should. Perhaps the lumpiness is just moisturiser as I have no complaints about the actual product. The smell is really good and apple is definitely the main scent I get. It’s delicate and subtle, but still lingers. I definitely wish the bath bomb smelt this good!

Would I buy it again….? Maybe. The consistency is a little off putting. If it was more like the other shower gels, I think I probably would as the smell is great. However pouring off milk into your hand, probably isn’t top of my list when it comes to taking a shower!

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Product Review – Lush Hot Toddy Shower Gel

November 11, 2014 by Bel

You may remember that I mentioned a “Lush” Haul, well this is yet another product review! So far I have mentioned both the “Sparkler” and “Northern Lights“, both of which were for Bonfire Night. This particular Shower Gel however, covers the whole winter period. “Hot Toddy” is a Shower Gel, much like all the other Lush shower gels. It comes in 100g, 250g and 500g. As always I bought the 100g, as even that costs £3.95, a price I would never justify if I was shopping in Tesco! However, sold as always on a Limited Edition shower gel, I had to at least give it a try!

Hot Toddy is a beautiful red colour, with little flecks of gold that make it look like its shimmering. The smell is quite strong but not in a bad way – a total memory of Christmas Markets, spiced candles, just pure Christmas really.

Lush sells the product as:

With all the spice of a Christmas market, this deep red shimmering shower gel is sure to blow away the bah humbugs. Laced with softening seaweed, fresh ginger, cinnamon leaf oil and cleansing lemon oil, this will warm up even the chilliest of days and bring a sparkle to your shower.

I could definitely get the cinnamon but otherwise the rest of the scents are subtle. I actually didn’t fully expect to like this shower gel but I was pleasantly surprised! Having used it twice now, I can honestly say I like it. I actually hope that this becomes a Limited Edition a bit like Snow Fairy, making a reappearance every Christmas. I do have a cold so I can’t say for sure, but sadly I didn’t smell it on my skin afterwards. I’m hoping that is just my cold though, as one thing I’ve always loved about Lush shower gel is that you catch a whiff every now and again after the bath or shower!

Still to come, So White Shower Gel, Butterbear Bath Bomb and Wizard Bubble Bar! I have more, but these are the ones I’ve tried and tested – coming to a blog post near you (soon!).