First ever LUSH Haul and Review!

As my first post for the month of April I thought it would be nice to try out a new brand at the start of a new season!

I just want to mention this briefly, I am in no way trying to show off or brag about products that I buy and how much money I spend on products. Specifically, so far, in this post because this is most likely (apart from furniture) the most I have spent at one time in one store. I am simply just wanting to share products that I like (as friends do :)   ) because I am excited about them!

If you couldn't tell this is my first LUSH haul, but it is also my first LUSH purchase ever! I heard about the company through some YouTubers that I watch (SprinkleofGlitter, Zoella, Tanya Burr, and MissGlamorazzi) so I had to take a look at their website and see what all the big hub-bub was about!  

Before I start going over what I bought I want to let you in on a little secret…

If you, like me, don't live near a LUSH store and the closest one is close to six hours away then you are most likely to order products if you look into the company and decide to give it a try. So thats what I did, only after I looked through the site and then paid attention to my shopping carts price I was stunned! I know that the products are as close to 100% natural as they can be, not tested on animals,  and that the products are handmade but I didn't think that my total would be as high as it was (but I did have a lot in my cart hehe!). And as this was my first order I wasn't sure I was willing to commit to the price so I started trying to find coupon codes, with little luck. 

However I did find out that if I ordered from the UK Site and not the USA Site some things were considerably cheaper when I converted the pounds (money in the UK) to US dollars! The only down side of this is that it takes a few days longer to get to my house then if I ad ordered from the USA Site, but to save some money I was willing to wait.  Another thing you have to consider when ordering from th UK site (if you live in the US) is that banks take out an extra fee as a currency conversion or international fee charge. So before ordering I would suggest that you contact your bank to see what the rate that they charge is.

As per-usual the product names will take you to a link for that specific product, and the brand name will take you to the over all website! I will also include both UK and US prices :) However these will not be the UK prices converted into dollars, just what each site has as the listing price!

Sorry the pictures are a little smaller than my other posts, but if you click on them you can view them a lot bigger, and read the ingredients and labels!

 

The first product I am going to talk about is my new everyday facial cleaner called Angels on Bare Skin and I got it in the bigger size which is 250g! (£ 15.87  &  $ 33.95) And it is LUSHs best selling cleanser for all skin types …   I fell in love the moment I started washing my face with this for the first time. Well, no I lied, I fell in love with this the second I opened it and got a whiff of one of the most amazing scents that I never knew a face wash could have! 

It is lightly exfoliating thanks to the ground almonds and lavender flowers that are in it, which helps get rid of those dry flakey patches (if you have them). It also has lavender oil and rose absolute which helps soothe, balance, and calm redness! My skin was so soft after only using this once, and the next morning (I used it before bed the first time I tried it) a couple of blemishes I had on my chin and forehead were hardly noticeable anymore!

                       

The next product I want to share with you guys is the Dark Angels facial cleanser I got this in the smaller size of 100g because I will not be using it daily! (£ 6.35  &  $ 12.95)

I cannot decide which face cleanser I love more! The smell of this just makes me happy, and even if I am not cleaning my face at the time and I am just walking by my bathroom I will walk in just to open this and smell it. (is that weird?)  

It is more exfoliating than Angels on Bare Skin because it has black sugar crystals and charcoal in it, so I only use this about once a week. The charcoal also helps absorb any extra oil on your skin without stripping it completely and making it dry. And even though it has these ingredients that are exfoliating it also has essential oils that help calm and sooth your skin! The base of this cleanser is rhassoul mud which helps get rid of and control breakouts! (And who would complain about that?!?)

So this next little item is a shampoo bar tin (£ 2.50  &  $ 3.95), this is pretty easy and simple to explain. Basically it keeps your shampoo bars safe from the hot water in your shower and from melting away. This is sold separate from shampoo bars, but is recommended to get because a lot of products do not have packaging, which is another unique thing about this company and one of the many ways that they are environmentally conscious. 

So by now, if you haven't heard about LUSH until now you are probably thinking 'What the heck is a shampoo bar?!' 

I was skeptical at first as well, but just hang in there and stay with me … You can use these by either rubbing it between your hands to lather it up, or you can rub 

it straight into your hair!  

The blue bar is called Seanik (£ 5.50  &  $ 11.95), it has things in it that come from the Sea -Hence the name- like sea salt which is very volumizing for your hair, irish moss seaweed and nori seaweed (yes, that is what those green bits are); these help make your hair super soft!, lemon oil that gives your hair that amazing shine you are always looking for, and mimosa and jasmine oils to make your hair smell absolutely amazing (which they do!!). 

I lather this one between my hands, for fear that a piece of sea weed might get tangled up and still be in my hair later in the day… which might be weird and embarrassing if someone noticed lol! This lathers nicely, its not a huge poofy kind of lather but you can still tell that you are getting product onto your hands and into your hair.

The green bar is called Karma Komba (£ 5.50  &  $ 11.95), and this is what LUSH has lab led as their signature fragrance so I just had to try it out! This shampoo bar is a miracle worker if you have super tangly hair like I do! it has tons of essential oils in it like orange, pine, and patchouli that help keep your scalp soothed. These oils are what help this shampoo bar tame your locks so that brushing your hair after you get out of the shower does not seem like a painful chore any longer! 

Before i used this one I pulled off the cute little clover so that It didn't get left behind in my hair because with this bar I rub it right into my hair. It lathers amazingly and I only rubbed it a few times across my scalp! 

Being a shampoo bar in and of itself makes this product unique but so does its life span! depending on your hair length and thickness it can las anywhere from 60-90 washes! I have even seen reviews on youtube that say these bars last even longer! So you really get a bang for your buck when you invest in a shampoo bar.  

Just be sure to keep it in a tin and pat it dry after using it!

One thing I saw that came up a lot in reviews online was that if you use a conditioner after these bars than the scent from them disappears, I found that once it is almost or completely dry you can just rub it  through the ends of your hair (this does not use up any product!!) and your hair will smell amazing for hours!

Oh and one more thing about these bars that I cannot believe I almost forgot to mention! Since these shampoos don't have all of those nasty chemicals in the that regular shampoos have, they don't completely strip your scalp and hair of natural oils! Which means second day hair still looks like freshly washed hair without having to use any sort of dry shampoo!

The last thing that I ordered is the Tea Tree Water which I got in the smaller 100g bottle 

(£ 3.95  &  $ 9.95). I use this after each time I wash my face, it not only acts as an astringent (a really good smelling one!)but also as a makeup remover at night! Its ingredients like tea tree water, juniper berry water, and grapefruit water help this product to control blemishes and helps reduce redness and remove excess oils wit out drying out your skin! 

All in all, yes you guessed it, I would 100% recommend not only all of these products (which is weird for me to say because it has been a really long time since I have found something that clears my face up this good and fast) but the LUSH brand as a whole!

If this post introduced you to this company go check it out! You will not regret it, and if you make any purchases I want to know what you got and what you think of the products! And if you have been a LUSHie for a while I want to know your recommendations as well! So be sure to let me know in the comments! 

I cannot wait to see what your favorites are!!

Ashton

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