LUSH Haul From Back In The Day

Much as I wanted to participate in this week’s optional theme for The Fit Dish (hosted by Jessica and Jill), life is being just on the slight side of super crazy busy (e.g. I traveled/lived through 3 states in the past 3 days), so you’re getting one of the [many] posts I wrote and never published back in the day for exactly this purpose!

Some time ago, Jess (Hello To Fit) posted about the No Drought dry shampoo at LUSH, which is a store that I love and adore, but, aside from earlier this year, I hadn’t stepped foot into since around 2008. Why is this, you ask?

It’s because I lack restraint when it comes to LUSH. ;_;

(It’s also because I haven’t lived anywhere close to a LUSH store in the past half-decade.) Self-care is rather important to your general health and well-being, and this is very much a store that you visit when you’re in need of retail therapy and want some awesome pampering in your life (+ have some money to spare). :O

Back in 2008, I tried out several different products:

• Buffy the Backside Slayer (Exfoliating Scrub)

  I love this stuff, and I made it last for as long as humanly possible (e.g. kept it in the refrigerator and cut it into 9 smaller squares–a little goes a long way). There’s no packaging for it, so find a container for it! In a sense, it’s so exfoliating, it almost hurts, but on the flip side, it leaves my skin feeling so soft/smooth, it’s unbelievable. I got a bunch of compliments on how awesome my skin was whenever I used it.The only downside was that I’d hate cleaning the tub afterward (I lived in an old apartment at the time, so the drain was slightly messed up), but it’s definitely worth the trouble.

• BIG (Shampoo)

  The shampoo I usually buy is $3, tops, so to me, this was extremely expensive ($27–I think it was $20 back in the day!). …But I got it as a gift, so I can’t complain. It makes my hair feel extremely clean and lathers really well, and I actually really like the texture of the shampoo…although as I was shampooing my hair, it felt almost as though it’d stripped my hair of all moisture–I had to condition like no other afterward. It  smells awesome though (I love citrus scents), and my hair is softer than ever before/actually isn’t lifelessly flat. <3 The whole lack-of-moisture feeling worked itself out after I started using it just once a week.

• Angels On Bare Skin (Facial Cleanser)

  It smells nice, does well with mild (non-abrasive) exfoliation. It cleared up my skin, and is gentle enough for everyday use. The packaging is somewhat inconvenient though and it gets a little messy (it’s also kinda hard to get it into paste-type consistency), and when it’s not on sale, it’s pretty effing expensive. However, a little goes a long way, and it lasts for a good while (I keep it in the fridge), so that makes up for the price!

• Twinkle (Bath Bomb)

  I picked this one up because I was employing girl logic and  taking advantage of a sale. (The ones I wanted were gone.) It’s nothing too remarkable in the sense that it didn’t really moisturize my skin or turn the water a pretty color (basically didn’t really do much of anything). It smelled kinda nice and I noticed later that my skin was veryy faintly shimmery (hence, the name ‘Twinkle’?), but I think there are better ones out there! (It has been so darn long that I believe this one’s actually been discontinued! :o )

• Avobath Ballistic (Bath Bomb)

  I really liked this one. It turned the water a light green-ish color; there wasn’t any mess to clean up afterward, and it smelled faintly of lemon. It left my skin feeling very moisturized and a lot softer (same with my hair!), and I could see hints of glitter in my skin after I got out of the tub. It’s one of the cheaper LUSH products, but all of their products tend to be rather pricey; I’d probably buy this again if I were feeling a little richer than right now.

Why do I still remember it to this level of detail, you ask? I’m not actually that awesome–it’s because I’ve always loved to document things, so I wrote reviews about them on MakeUpAlley, otherwise known as my go-to resource for skincare products and the like!

Stay tuned for this year’s haul! (It shouldn’t take me 7 years to post it this time! :P)

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