Northern Lights Review

Northern Lights

Refreshing Neon Phenomenon

$7.95 for 100g

When designing new products, inspiration can come from the most faraway places. For our neon wonder, Northern Lights, a few of our lucky LUSH inventors traveled to Finland and were taken by the midnight light show called the aurora borealis. Once back in the UK they enlisted the help of our Finnish perfumer Pia, who created a phenomenally fresh scent that recalls the chilly adventure to the land of the midnight sun. She combined pine needle, cypress and lime oils to create a refreshing woodsy fragrance that’s as unique as the phenomenon this soap was inspired by.

FEATURES

• Fresh from the forest: We captured the land of the midnight sun with a fresh, woodsy fragrance of pine needle and cypress oils.
• Neon wonder: We wanted to recreate the stunning neon lightshow of an aurora borealis with this uniquely bright soap.
• Midnight Sun: Lime oil adds a refreshing citrus scent and keeps your skin toned and bright.

Main Ingredients

Pine Oil

Cypress Oil

Lime Oil

Coconut Oil

Rapeseed Oil

How to Use

After slicing your soap down to a more usable size, simply use as normal :)

A full tutorial on how to cut LUSH soaps can be found here

Best for...

Awakening your senses
Leaving your skin smelling refreshing all day
Moisturizing skin

Overall...

I really liked this soap!

I love using it in the morning to wake me up since the scent is so refreshing and energizing. It lathers amazingly, just like any other LUSH soap, and is moisturizing too. The scent is also unisex, my boyfriend loves this scent, and I actually gave him a piece to use.

The one drawback to this soap is that the colouring does tend to bleed when left near water, so I recommend leaving it off to the side until you use it.


Overall, I love using this soap when I want to wake up, and I think it will be a great soap for the summer!

I would recommend this to anyone.

How to Cut Your LUSH Products

Cutting your LUSH products can save you lots of money, and help you get the most out of whatever products you are using. 

There are many different ways to cut LUSH products, and there is no wrong way to do it. I'm going to outline the way I prefer to cut my soaps, and bubble bars. 

In the next few days I will be posting a video version of this tutorial, and will link it below.

Cutting Soaps

1. Before you cut your soap, get something to cut them on. I usually cut soaps in my room the day I get them, so I just cut them on the LUSH bag.
2. Get a knife. Some people say you should use a sharp cutting knife, but I find I can get away with using a butter knife (or one you normally use to eat with, just make sure you wash the knives after cutting your soap) to cut with. 
3. If you're cutting a particularly thick, or hard soap, it may help you if you warm your knife under some hot water.
4. Figure out what kind of shape you want your soaps to have. I tend to cut them into generic rectangular pieces. Cut them into any shape you prefer, just make sure they are more manageable than the original piece.
5. Plan out your cuts. Before I cut anything, I make light marks in the soap with my knife in an attempt to make even pieces.
6. This is optional, but since I like to cut my soap into rectangles, I try to get the pattern/texture (if there is one) on my soap. I do this by standing the soap upright with the pattern facing upward, and slicing downward. If you want this as well, plan accordingly.
7. Once you've got everything figured out, start cutting. LUSH soap tends to be very soft, so you shouldn't have a lot of trouble slicing up soap.
8. As soon as everything's cut, I wrap up my soap in plastic wrap and put it in my drawer. You could also store your soaps in an air tight jar (they're available at Michael's) and store them in your bathroom. Just make sure that if they're in your bathroom, water can't get at them easily.

Complete video on cutting LUSH soaps can be found here

Cutting Bubble Bars

1. I do not cut up my bubble bars the day I buy them. Cutting them up and putting them into storage can be problematic. Sometimes my bubble bars sit for a while without being used, and they lose their moisture. So, I don't cut them up until the day I plan to use them.
2. Just like cutting soaps, get something to cut your bubble bars on. A cutting board will work.
3. Get your knife all ready. Once again, I still use a butter knife. Bubble bars are rarely hard to cut. 
4. Don't forget to plan out all of cuts. There is no need to use all of your bubble bar since many bath tubs are small. I like to cut my bubble bars in halves or quarters depending on the bubble bar and its size.
5. Start cutting. You will notice that bubble bars do crumble. That's fine. When you use a bubble bar, you crumble them up anyways. I like to save the crumbled pieces and use them up.
6. After you've cut everything, put your bubble bars into a bag (I use ziplock bags) and store them away from moisture and sunlight. Leaving them near moisture will melt them, and the sun will fade them.

Lust Review

Lust

Sexy, Sultry, Seductive Soap

$7.95 for 100g

We love our gorgeous, jasmine-y Lust perfume so much, and it's become so popular that we wanted more products with the same sexy, pleasure inducing fragrance. In fact, it's so sensual it's actually soap-sensual. Now you can layer your Lust by washing with it, then spraying it on. And, the more you layer it on, the more likely you are to be taking it all off, and then getting it on. You'll definitely be lusting after this hand and body soap! Don’t say that we didn’t warn you…

FEATURES

• Bringing soapy back: Jasmine absolute is said to relax, ease tension, and act as an aphrodisiac.
• One, singular intention: We’ve made jasmine fragrances before, but we’ve never fully unleashed the carnal, heady desire of jasmine. We have now.
• Layer it on thick: For the ultimate weapon of mass seduction, lather up with Lust before spritzing it on.

Main Ingredients

Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifoila)

Coconut Oil

Jasmine Absolute

How to Use

After slicing your soap down to a more usable size, use as normal :)

A full tutorial on how to cut LUSH soaps can be found here

Best for...

A strong scent

Overall...

This soap was the first one from LUSH that I ever tried and it is what made me fall in love with LUSH and their products. Again this is a great soap for its lathering and longevity.

Although the scent can be a bit overpowering if you're not a jasmine lover, it will leave your skin smelling of jasmine all day. 

The sole problem I had with the soap was the pink dye. Sometimes the water from my shower would melt off the bright pink dye and leave a puddle of pink water beneath it. However on the site, they do warn to keep Lust away from water.

Bottom line, I would recommend this to anyone who wants a scent that lasts all day long.

Snowcake Reivew

Snowcake

Holiday Limited Edition

$7.95 for 100g

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a festive cake. So this holiday we brought back our customer favorite, Snowcake! This almond icing and marzipan scented confection is just what you need during the season of sweet indulgences. Its rich, creamy lather and rose absolute infusion make it a gentle treat for dry winter skin. So what are you waiting for? Grab a slice of this holiday treat before it’s gone.

FEATURES

• Piece of cake: We load Snowcake with benzoin, which gives this white soap its sweet, creamy, good enough to eat scent.
• Flower power: We add rose absolute to leave you skin feeling as soft and smooth as a dewy petal.
• Holiday hangover: If you love the tasty scent of Snowcake, try our marzipan-scented Smitten hand cream, available online in our Retro shop.

Main Ingredients

Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena)

Coconut Oil

Rapeseed Oil

Benzoin Resinoid (Styrax benzoin)

Cassie Absolute (Acacia farnesiana)

How to Use

Now, since I've never really gotten into LUSH and their products until recently, I was unaware of a little preparation that has to go into using the soap. I thought I could just leave the giant brick I got in my shower and it would be fine. I was wrong. The soap began to melt until I learned that you had to cut the soap and use a bit at a time. Luckily, I was able to save the soap before it melted away.

I will be doing a detailed post later about cutting and preparing LUSH soaps for your showers, but in the meantime, I'll just say slice your soap with a knife.

Once you've cut it up into decent sized shaped, use the soap as you would normally :)

A full tutorial on cutting LUSH soap here

Best for...

Daily use

In the shower

For dry skin

Overall...

I love this scent, however I know that not everyone will. I had some of my friends smell the soap, and they hated the overpowering sweetness of it. 

If you love the scent as much as I do, you'll love the results even more. This soap delivers when it comes to giving moisture. My skin felt so soft, and smelled so sweet after using this soap.  

Besides the problem with cutting the soap (oops :$), this product will last and last for me. The lathering from this product is just excellent. Thank god it's long lasting since, once again, one of my favourites is seasonal.

As long as you love strong, sweet smells, I would recommend this to anyone with dry skin.