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!
It
took me years to find another great one: Revlon's
Age Defying Concealer (light). The
consistency and coverage of this concealer was almost identical to the one
by Laura Mercier, so you can just imagine my excitement! Sadly this amazing product has been discontinued. I swear I think cosmetic companies love to do this: you
know, when you find your holy grail cosmetic and then the company decides they
are going to take it away from you, so you feel the need to buy 7345 backups!
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.
