This post is early, as I'm a bit busy this week and won't have time to post on Wednesday, and I actually might start posting twice a week now. Anyway, hello again and welcome to my second blog post.
I have heard many good things about the LUSH products from various other bloggers and youtubers. Slightly put off by the prices, I have never actually taken the plunge and bought anything from there. It usually takes multiple trips to LUSH, browsing, comparing products for the better value for money etc and so I decided to stop being such a stingy so and so and actually buy something. I have bought one other product from LUSH before, the creamy candy bubble bar, and actually quite enjoyed it. It was a shame that I only got 2 baths out of it but it was good for the price. This time I scoured the interweb searching for the best product out there that I could reuse and would last me a long time whilst still being good quality, I found the Honey I Washed The Kids soap.
This soap cost me £4.69 for a hundred and thirty something grams which is a tad on the pricey side but I hoped it would be worth it as it smells delicious and I had the impression it would be very creamy and moisturising. I wouldn't say it smelled of honey but definitely a strong caramel/toffee scent. The first thing I discovered when researching was that this lil fucker melts FAST. So I was one step ahead before I used it and cut a slice off to use instead of taking the whole soap in and watching my £4.69 melt down the plughole. This is the size I used in the shower. (it probably wasn't enough)
Before I review it here's what LUSH have to say about the product:
A caramel scented soap that lifts your mood and soothes and softens skin. Gentle enough to wash young skins, its like washing with crème brûlée in solid form. This soap contains mood-brightening sweet wild orange and bergamot oils as well as the soothing properties of honey and aloe vera gel.
I got in the shower and the first thing I found out was that soap is difficult to use in the shower. It was very hard to hold and rub on my body without it dropping on the floor and me nearly falling over trying to pick it up again before it melted into nothingness. The second thing I found was that it was very difficult to lather and not many bubbles came from it which made it difficult to determine whether I was using it correctly or not. This may be because where I live I have fairly hard water, maybe it would lather better in areas with soft water I don't know. The third thing I found was that it created this very unpleasant squeaky clean feeling, my skin felt very tight, rubbery and squeaky and I didn't feel very moisturised at all. However when I got out of the shower and dried off, my skin did feel quite soft but I didn't feel overly luxurious and clean. Finally, the thing I was most disappointed at was that I did not smell of the soap AT ALL. After smelling my arms, legs, everywhere, the only place I could detect a faint caramel smell was my hands, where I had been holding it. Very very disappointed.
It was such a shame as I had heard so many great things about this soap but it just didn't work for me. Maybe I didn't use enough and I should cut more off/ take the whole soap in with me next time? I was a bit of a LUSH virgin and was a tad scared to do anything too rash with little experience. So if anyone has any suggestions about how I should use this soap in the future or if I am doing anything wrong it would be much appreciated. My next purchase from LUSH will probably be the Brightside bubble bar as it is huge like the Comforter and I would get so many baths out of it, plus it smells and looks divine. I didn't like the smell of the Comforter or Blue skies and fluffy white clouds so I'm so glad that they've added another bubble bar to this similar range. I can't wait to try it! If you have any recommendations from LUSH I would love to know.
Thanks for reading this post and see you next Wednesday, I will also be posting on Sundays now too.
Peace Out Losers
A x
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