Thursday, January 31, 2013

Volcano.


I got Volcano as a sample in one of my packages… it’s not something I would have picked up normally, I think. I also don’t think this is a very fair review, as I don’t have foot odor problems at all (weird, I know, but thanks universe).
In short, yes, my feet are softer, but it has a weird almost licorice like smell that I don’t find appealing. It’s also very cooling… my feet are all tingly @__@
That’s about all I’ve got to say about that. Pick it up if you have stinky feet and let me know how it goes, since the whole point of it is conquering a problem I don’t have XD
I wouldn’t turn down another sample, though. My feet do feel nice.
Seriously obsessed with Willow Pattern. Someone love me enough to buy it for me?
Seriously obsessed with Willow Pattern. Someone love me enough to buy it for me?

Soft Coeur (The Honeymooner).

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My first experience with a Lush massage bar was a decadent one indeed with Soft Coeur (pronounced soft-core, for those of you lost on the joke). This bad boy is chock full of honey and chocolate… like, legit chocolate. Boyfriend and I used up about half of this palm sized bar, which is pretty decent.
Scent: The honey and chocolate combine to give an almost floral scent that really sticks around. Like, for days. Make sure you’re into the scent before you use it because you’ll be dealing with it for a while! I enjoyed it, and I hope boyfriend does too because his room probably still reeks of the stuff.
Skin: This stuff is heavenly. It smelled great, my skin was super soft, and it felt awesome going on. It has a warm, buttery, silky texture and isn’t greasy at all. I think I may like it even more than the organic lavender massage oil I usually use. Don’t judge me, I like back rubs. A lot.
Tip: Have a towel handy… the chocolate kinda gets everywhere. Your sheets will thank you.
Verdict: Get it if you have a special someone to share it with and like a heady, sweet scent to spice up the evening. Hollah.
***Please note: This product is NOT VEGAN. It contains honey.

Big Blue.

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Big Blue got a mixed reaction from me. I had high hopes because of its lavender scent base, and the promise of skin softening magic properties had me eager to use it. Once I dropped it in the bath, though… Houston, we had a problem.
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WHAT IN THE HELL IS THIS.
Creepy looking giant microbe thing, that’s what it is. And those little sticks? That’s seaweed. Bookoos of floppy, gooey, wormy-looking seaweed being released into the bath. Imagine it’s summertime in the neighborhood, and there’s one of those nice little plastic kiddie pools, full of fresh water from the hose… and here comes little Johnny, running through the grassy yard and splashing his dirty, grassy feet all up in that water. Who wants to swim in the muddy grassy water? No one.
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And I certainly don’t want to bathe in it. The little pieces of seaweed were such an offputting texture (see: WORMS) that I got out of the bath fairly quickly.
Was my skin softened? Yes. Even after the short time I spent in the bath before being completely grossed out by seaweed, there was a noticeable difference. The scent was slightly boyish for my taste (damn you, lemongrass), but definitely not unpleasant.
Verdict: Get it if you want some mega skin softening, since I imagine bathing in it for longer than 5 minutes as I did will result in some super-buttery excellent skin. Stick the bomb in a recycled piece of nylon stocking before dropping it in, and you won’t have to deal with seaweed wormies… or cleaning them out of your drain and tub later, which was awful.

Fizzbanger.

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Fizzbanger came to me in the beautiful, wonderful Art of Bathing gift set I got for Christmas. It’s a quiet and unassuming looking thing, one I wouldn’t have picked up for myself in the store… I’m so glad I got to experience it!
Fizzbanger is a wonderful all-in-one bath bomb - scent, fizz, bubbles, color, and fun all in one fat little ball!
Scent: Fizzbanger sports a lovely, light apple-cinnamon smell with a slight hint of toffee. It’s not heavy or heady and leaves you feeling really refreshed. The downside is that it didn’t linger on my skin very long… I would have liked it to stick around!
Bubbles: As it’s not a bubble bar, I wasn’t expecting bubbles at all, but this bomb spat out a nice small crop of bubbles.They did die kinda quickly, but hey, they were there.
Water: I love the water effects! It starts out bright yellow, changing to lime green and then teal. A kaleidoscope of colors! The fizz is FANTASTIC… I used this bad boy after a hard workout, and the combination of consistent, long lasting fizz and good old cinnamon as a stimulant really helped my muscles recover. The water was soft and moisturizing, too.
Fun: It fizzes! It crackles and pops! It changes colors! And there’s a little cute surprise inside! J’adore.
Verdict: Get it! There’s nothing I dislike about this bath bomb other than the scent not clinging to my skin. Seriously! It’s wonderful!
When they named it Big Blue they weren’t joking… It’s the size of one of my bathroom tiles.
When they named it Big Blue they weren’t joking… It’s the size of one of my bathroom tiles.

Angel's Delight.


I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Right now I smell like tangerines and a pack of Starburst had a sexy scent baby. I want to smell like this forever.
Angel’s Delight lathers well and didn’t leave me feeling too dry. I feel a LITTLE dry, but that’s likely from my skin not being used to being soaped up two days in a row… skin allergies have previously left me only soaping a few times a week, so I will likely return to a moisture balance soon, and other reviews I’ve read have pretty much unanimously hailed this soap for moisturizing powers.
If you’re not on Lush’s website right now taking advantage of this soap being Buy One Get One Free before it disappears for an entire year, you need to reevaluate your life choices.