Reindeer Rock Soap

As far as soaps go, Reindeer Rock is one of the prettiest ones to be released from Lush; a glossy, cranberry-coloured beauty with silver reindeers embossed across the surface. While the soap looks stunning when you see a complete pie in the shops, this is one that doesn't lose any of it's beauty once it's been divided into chunks.

What makes this particular product all the more special, is that it shares its fragrance with the popular Comforter scent - a characteristic that will sell a thousand blocks alone. Described by Lush as a 'berrylicious treat made from a dried lingonberry infusion', this soap fits in with the other Christmas products wonderfully, but it's not one that's exclusive to a particular season.  

Let's be honest - I'm sure when most of you looked at the ingredients list, your immediate thought was 'what in God's name is a lingonberry?'. It's definitely not an ingredient I was familiar with before purchasing this soap, and not one that I have noticed in other Comforter-scented products either. In fact, it is this Scandinavian berry that gives the soap both it's vivid colour and it's sweet fragrance, without distilling or changing the recognised fragrance itself.

The inclusion of both the bergamot oil and cassis absolute, gives this soap a rich, creamy and very fruity blackcurrant aroma - one that relies on the natural sweetness of the fruit present in the soap, rather than the synthetic sugary scent you would normally expect from similar-scented products on the high street. 

2014 Edition - distinctively brighter!

Reindeer Rock is reminiscent of both the shower gel and jelly formats - offering consumers a smell that sits somewhere between blackcurrant jelly and Ribena. While the scent isn't a complex one, it's deliciously decadent and one that will appeal to consumers of all ages. 

The delicate mix of essential oils not only makes this an uplifting and highly cleansing soap, but also one that moisturises the skin and leaves it feeling smooth and soft to the touch. While the soap isn't the easiest one to lather up, it's far from being the most stubborn, and when rubbed between the palms of your hands, produces a thick and creamy lather to work with. 

Although it is not as nourishing as the shower gels, Reindeer Rock helps your skin to feel soothed and toned, without drying it out like a lot of soaps tend to do to my skin. While I still had to moisturise afterwards, I found that I could use The Comforter Body Lotion and top up the gentle berry scent that stayed with me after I had left the shower. 

Although Yog Nog Soap beats this one out for the top spot of 'best seasonal soap', this one still has many merits and is one I'd happily buy regularly, if Lush chose to include it in their permanent range. It's definitely a product you have to at least sample while you have the chance. 

Quantitative Ingredients: Lingonberry infusion, Glycerine, Rapeseed Oil and Coconut Oil, Sorbitol, Water (Aqua), Perfume, Bergamot Oil, Cassis Absolute, Cypress Oil, Sodium Chloride, EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Limonene, Linalool, Raspberry Sparkle Dust, Snowflake Lustre.

Vegan?: Yes.

2015 Price: £3.25 for 100g, £8.10 for 250g, £16.25 for 500g.

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