Holiday Lush Haul

They are coming!!! The holidays are literally right around the corner and the air is cold and crisp and it could snow any second, so you know what that means: it's time to pop into Lush.

Now I'm pretty new to the whole Lush thing, having not really considered myself a bath person and being a little intimidated by their multitude of projects but I've decided to give it a go with a little hand-holding from my love, Kristin of alittlefille. Plus their limited edition holiday products are a little hard to resist.

That being said, I might have gone a little overboard on both permanent and holidays things. Disclaimer: the products in this post are actually from two separate shopping trips, as if that makes it any better.

 

The first thing I picked up was Ocean Salt – a great face and body scrub made from fine and coarse sea salt, lime extract, and vodka! I've been using it pretty regularly since I picked it up a few weeks ago and it's extremely wonderful. The sea salt exfoliates and brightens my dreary, dry, winter skin while the avocado and coconut hydrate. It's great for all skin types: oily, dry, or combination. Now, since my skin is pretty sensitive, I've been using it twice a week in the shower but if yours isn't quite so fussy, you can use it as often as you'd like! Plus it smells incredible! Like a tropical cocktail!

Next up, is a limited edition facial cleanser called Bûche de Noël, named for a French Christmas dessert often made from from almonds which makes sense since this thing is packed with them! In the shop, the Bûche de Noël comes as a little log and they just slice you off a tiny piece which is very cute – like you're getting a little slice of cake. Then when you get your slice home you break off a tiny piece, get it wet, and it'll make a frothy little paste to scrub over your face. So far, I've been loving it. The smell isn't as nice as I thought it might be seeing as I adore almond and almond scents, but in the end it's so effective I don't really care. The ground almonds exfoliate while the almond oil and cocoa butter hydrate and there's a little shot of brandy to tone as well. 

Another face product I picked up (can you tell I'm a little obsessed with skincare at the moment?) is the Mask of Magnaminty. I've actually only used this once so far, but I think it's pretty great. It's a clay mask made with fresh peppermint to deeply clean out your pores and it's made with vanilla absolute and honey to calm and soothe redness which I've been seriously struggling with lately. Now, because of the peppermint, if you have sensitive skin, the girl in the shop told me to only use it for five minutes but following those instructions I've been totally fine. They also say you can use it on your back (or anywhere else on your body, I imagine?) but I'm not really sure how you're supposed to apply it unless you have a helping hand.

 

Moving on to the fun stuff!! I know this one is a little bit dated but when I was in the store last week they still had a few left and they're still up on the website! This is Pumkin and isn't he the cutest little bubble bar you've ever seen!!! I picked up two of him, actually, a few weeks ago and he smells lovely – much like the Figs and Leaves soap – very fresh while musky. He turned my bath a lovely bubbly orange as well. His eyes are made of chocolate chips and he has a stem made of licorice, both of which the shop girls said you could eat, but really I don't think I'd recommend that. They both melt into a hot bath anyway.

I also picked up this FUN Christmas set. Now, if you are unfamiliar with FUN it's this play doughy like thing that you can use as bubble bath, soap, or even shampoo. And you can mold and play with it too! Now, I'm guessing it's mostly made for kids to make bath time "fun" but when you're a grownup with your own money you can do whatever you want. Since I haven't used FUN before, I decided I'd try a little bit of few of their scents with this little gift set (that I'm gifting to myself). In this one, is red (smells like mandarins), a green (smells like lemons and limes), and a bit of their limited edition gold FUN (that one smells like a honey toffee).

Now isn't this Magic Wand just precious! It's a bubble bar right on a little stick so you can cast some bubble right in your bathtub. It smells deliciously like cotton candy– just like Snow Fairy – and makes your bath water pretty and pink. It's a great bang for you buck too since you can use this for up to ten baths. The one pictured above has already been used twice!

 

The Golden Wonder bath bomb is so gorgeous both to look at and to use. The bomb itself is a little gift box coated in a gold shimmer with a cute little white bow on top. It smells like a fruity-citrus champagne and when you drop it in the bathwater it bursts with a gorgeous teal color on the inside along with teeny little stars that will eventually dissolve as well. It's probably the most fun bath bomb to use and it'll leave your skin with a faint sparkle as well.

I think the Melting Snowman bath melt is going to be my favorite of this whole haul. I've yet to use him, but he smells fantastic – like spicy cinnamon and cloves – perfect for winter. He's also a bath melt so he's got lots of hydrating butters – like Shea and Cocoa – plus some almond oil to help soften dry winter skin. Plus how freaking cute is he!

I make sincere apologies for being so awful and using up half of these two wonderful bath bombs but I wanted to mention them because I adore them. The one of the left, called So White (clearly), beautifully smells of apples which is my all time favorite scent. It looks boring on the outside but it looks a little bit like a snowball which is cute plus the inside is a purply-pink to turn your bathwater. The one of the right is Lord of Misrule. Named for the ruler of the Pagan Feast of Fools, this bomb smells like spicy black pepper and patchouli. The outside is so cute – green and specked with pink and yellow with a little inlay that mimics those little paper hats that come out of Christmas crackers (which apparently come from the Lord of Misrule, himself). The inside of this is also a lovely purple.

The Comforter bubble bar is massive! And gorgeous too! The scent really is comforting – a sweet, but not overly sweet, black current. I just want to run a bath and make heaping bubbles with this and forget about the world. Plus did I mention it's huge! You could easily make several baths out of this one, depending on how bubbly you like your baths to be.

 

 Lastly, I picked up a new lip scrub because my old Bubblegum one was pretty nasty and I was so pleasantly surprised to see they had a new limited edition flavor. Santa's Lip Scrub tastes freaking delicious, like cherry cola, and it's super cute too with tiny little edible hearts inside. If you've never used a Lush lip scrub before I highly recommend them especially for this season of super chapped lips.

That's my whole exhausting haul! Let me know if anything has sparked interest for you or if you have any other Lush recommendations! 

Caitlin x