Hello 2018!

Good morning!

SO recently I gave up social media, I am on a mission to catch up on more productive things such as reading the pile of comics and books I have in my bedroom...

Also, I am going to be blogging much, much more frequently on here!

So almost a year on since my last post, I am (obviously) still working for Lush. I am a sales assistant in the Cheltenham, UK store, and also I have been giving a role in the Social Media Team! So any posts on Facebook/Instagram from @lushcheltenham I would have posted/been involved in the posting. It's a very exciting prospect and I'm loving that I get to do even more Lush based stuff!

I am excited for my shift today as it's the first day I have worked since the Valentine's goodies have been launched! So my mission today is to have a play with them, and learn a little more. Then I shall get back to you on my favourites and why!

I better get on shop floor now but you shall hear from me very, very soon! 💜✌

Father's Day - Stairway to Heaven soap

Stairway to Heaven

Firstly, I apologise for the extreme lack of posts throughout the whole of April. I don't have a phone currently, and my laptop keeps turning off on its own. So, this will be a short post, as I'm too scared to type too much in case it gets lost in the no-man's land of the internet world.

So, something I am super excited about this month is the launch of Lush's Father's Day exclusives! You can see everything on the website, I have added a link above to the one product I am most excited about this year - Stairway to Heaven soap. The reasons for this are pretty straightforward: I have been a Led Zeppelin fan for most of my life, due to my dad listening to them as I was growing up; It's a fucking massive guitar!!! (excuse my language. But click on the link and I'm sure your reaction will be the same); and, obviously as I work at Lush, we get things in before they are launched and we have training sessions etc, so I was lucky enough to have a smell of this soap and it is TO DIE FOR. I am a fan of the bergamot scent, and the rose absolute really compliments it. With the ingredients in this soap I am sure it will be good for sensitive skin like mine, so I can't wait to try it.

If my dad is lucky enough I may grab him some too, what with being the one to introduce me to Led Zeppelin in the first place!

(p.s - the Father's Day gift boxes are awesome too!)

x

Ocean Salt - face & body scrub

Ocean Salt is my favourite exfoliating product that Lush currently produce. This is mainly due to the fact that I fell in love with it's scent the first time I used it, and it's addictive; a mix of grapefruit, seaweed, lime, and violet leaf work together to awaken the senses.

Avocado butter and seaweed absolute work together to soften, while course and fine sea salt gently but thoroughly scrub away any dry or dead skin. Lime then works to brighten the complexion, leaving your face and body feeling refreshed and ready for whatever life has to throw at it.

I find that Ocean Salt really helps with two main problem areas of mine: patches of dry skin on my face, and ingrowing hairs on my legs. I also have found that this scrub is great for when you're feeling as though you need a really thorough clean, such as after exercise or even a stressful day at work. It genuinely leaves me feeling new and revived.

Ocean Salt comes in several different versions: Ocean Salt; Alcohol-Free Ocean Salt; Self-Preserving Ocean Salt; and Alcohol-Free Self-Preserving Ocean Salt. The alcohol used in the original formula for Ocean Salt is vodka, used to infuse the fresh organic lime. All four versions are on the Lush website, with their ingredients listed beneath.

So if you are looking to brighten your skin, or just feel more awake in the mornings, Ocean Salt is definitely worth a go!

SHOWER JELLIES!

Today's post is brought to you by the fact that I am moving house soon (exciting!), and that I am going to have to bid farewell to my bath (booo!). Our new house is going to be perfect...except it only has a shower room as opposed to a bathroom. Granted, the shower is big, but I will have to halt my bath bomb obsession for a long while. This, as you can well imagine, has upset me quite a bit. However, I am trying to stay positive and have decided that, rather than dwelling on the lack of bath bombs in my future years, I am going to concentrate on the amazing shower goodies that Lush have to offer!

There are many colourful bottled, potted, and naked products in Lush's shower range, for those among us who aren't lucky enough to have a bath, or maybe even prefer a quick wash 'n' go shower situation to a long, wrinkle-inducing soak in the tub. I have decided to start my shower endeavours by taking a look at, and playing with, Lush's really funky invention: The Shower Jelly!

There are quite a few different shower jellies available online and in stores, Whoosh (pictured above) being one of the more readily available, all year round jellies. Whoosh has secured the number one place in my heart when it comes to jellies, granted I have only tried a few as I've always been more of a bath gal, but the oceanic scent of it is beautiful. Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime and Rosemary combine to give a fresh, uplifting fragrance, not to mention the brightening properties for the skin.

Shower jellies are made with Carrageenan Extract, basically an extract of seaweed! So great for the hair and skin, and also the environment. There's a page on this ingredient on the Lush website: https://uk.lush.com/ingredients/carrageenan-extract .

A great bonus with Shower Jellies is they are multi-use. You can rub them between your palms and use the lather to wash your body and hair, alternatively you can hold them under the tap when running a bath, and they make a great solid bubble bath! They are also a fantastic idea for kids, my toddler calls them "wobblies" and loves to throw them around in the bath. At work the shower jellies are located close to the till, they always seem to bring the kid out in people, who take the opportunity to give the demo jellies a little poke to make them wobble.

The Shower Jellies come in two sizes, 100g and 240g, and they last and last, until eventually they start to break apart a little. I have had one 100g shower jelly last me months before, and I have daily baths, so these are great value for money.

Another great bonus is the fact that the clear tub which the jelly comes in actually counts towards the five black pot scheme which Lush promotes. (Bring in five clean pots and get one fresh face mask free.)

Feel free to comment, which is your favourite shower jelly? x

Lush Kindness

This photo is a bit of a throwback to last year, in February 2016 I took a trip to my local Lush in Cheltenham, basically it was my husband's idea to spoil me for my 25th birthday. I was heavily pregnant with my youngest daughter and was definitely in need of some goodies! (This was just before I started to work there.)

The super lovely staff at Lush Cheltenham overheard that it was my birthday and slipped a 100g bottle of It's Raining Men honey shower gel into my bag, sneaky! This little card was at the bottom of the bag and I genuinely welled up when I read it, that could have been the pregnancy... but I was so happy. I had never tried this shower gel before, and now it is still my favourite all year round shower gel. It's so thick and very sweet, the honey also makes it very moisturising, so much so that I can also use this in my hair.

This is just another reason why I love Lush as a company.

Lush bags - 2017

Can we just take a minute to appreciate Lush UK's pretty floral bags this springtime?

The main focus for Lush this season is Self-Preservation, basically making as many products self preserving as possible, which means eliminating synthetic preservatives and replacing them with natural preservatives, such as honey, salt, clays, and powders. The paper bags are basically depicting the honey part of this movement.

One big bonus is these pretty bags are environmentally friendly and FREE. Yet another reason to love shopping at Lush!

Birthday Lush Haul!

It was my 26th birthday over the weekend, and I am pleased to announce that I indulged in my biggest and most impressive Lush haul to date! I was lucky enough to purchase £256 worth of bath and body goodies! My main aim was to really pamper myself, but keep it fun; so no essentials (toothy tabs, deodorant, etc.) and I made sure I kept to bath bombs, bubble bars, hair goodies, and shower gels that I hadn't tried before.

As I'm sure a lot of you already know, Plum Rain Shower Gel is now in stores! It was a kitchen exclusive up until now, and I have been lucky enough to purchase a 500g bottle from Lush Cheltenham. I will be reviewing it asap, I am currently at my mum's house in Wiltshire with my two daughters until tonight, so I will promise to get back to blogging as soon as I get home! Also, my phone has decided to refuse to turn on, so I am currently blogging on my mum's laptop. Everything is working against me but I am being stubborn as I need to let you guys know how amazing all of my birthday goodies were. HINT: Plum Rain is addictive.

I also purchased two good chunks of soap on my birthday: Serendipity, Lush's super lavender-y soap, and Sultana of Soap, the beautiful creamy-white one covered in apricots and sultanas. I think it's safe to say that Sultana of Soap is now my favourite Lush soap to date, and I will review it and Serendipity over the next week.

On a more personal note, my thoughts go to my mum who is currently going through a scary health struggle, and is giving up vaping. Wish her luck!

x