Lush = Disappointment!

Warning: Long rant ahead. Read at your own risk!

I am not going to lie, I am not a big fan of "organic" soaps. I just never liked the smell of them or their greasy consistency. However, after hearing about Lush and how amazing it was from about every single person out there, I figured that I would fall in love with it like the rest of the world. I mean the Lush brand itself promises clean, vegetarian, no-testing-on-animals, great smelling products for both bath and body, so how could one not be intrigued. I was on a mission to indulge in these products myself, so I found the closest store (about 50 minutes from where I live) and dragged along the sweet boyfriend. I say 'sweet' because 1. I talked his ear off about how great these products were going to be for weeks on end, 2. we got lost driving to the store, taking about an hour and a half longer to get there, and 3. because well he's a boy and most boys could care less about anything cosmetics related. But nonetheless, he accompanied me anyway and we drove up with visions of Honey I Washed the Kids, Rockstar, and Sultan of Soap dancing in my head.

Now, let me clarify before I continue. I understand that my opinion is my opinion and that about 90% of you love Lush, so understand that I am in no way criticizing anyone when I say the following: What are you all seeing that I'm not seeing?! No, seriously, did I miss something?

Unfortunately, to my great disappointment, I did not like one single thing in that store. I feel so unbelievably disillusioned with Lush that I don't even know where to begin. I was expecting wonderful smells when I walked in to it, but all of the smells were so hemp and incense like, that I felt sort of light headed when all of them attacked me at one time. Not even the Honey I Washed the Kids bar smelled good to me. In fact, it didn't smell like anything it promoted. Rockstar? What a joke! I've heard that it's smell is other worldly and also like nothing else you've ever smelled. Really? It smelled just like bubble gum to me which is not anything I want to smell like when I get out of the shower since pink bubble gum flavor/smell makes me want to gag. The bath bombs, were nice and big in size, but again their smells were nothing amazing and some of them smelled like old perfume.

The sea salt scrub, which I was so excited about smelled horrible and felt like sandpaper of a gradient 3 on my skin. The only bar of soap that I didn't mind the smell of was Sultan of Soap. But it had so many full size nuts and raisins in it that my boyfriend made a good point of how it would most definitely clog the shower drain. His favorite was porridge. I thought it smelled like dirt.

And finally, the biggest disappointment of all were the prices! Even though my initial reaction was disappointment, I was still going to cave in and buy Honey I Washed the Kids, because I loved the honeycomb pattern on the side and assumed it would be a good exfoliater. So I walk over to the register (where the friendly cashier was) with a bar the size of a 3x3 square (much smaller than any store bought soap) and it weighed in at a mind boggling $14.92!! WHAT?! Any last hope that I would buy anything from Lush was left there in the dust at the register. Who ever pays fifteen dollars for a tiny bar of soap is just letting money go down the drain (no pun intended).  

Ugh! I'm sorry to be such a downer, but I was just so completely disappointed. I really, REALLY, wanted to love Lush like all of you, but I just did not get it. I think the idea of the store is brilliant, and the packaging is adorable. The variety is abundant, but the smells and prices threw me off. Sorry Lush lovers!

Are there any other companies out there that also create handmade soaps that I should try out. Let me know what your experiences are with Lush soaps and products!