Super Milk Conditioning Spray

I cannot remember a time when my hair has ever felt truly nourished, at least not for more than a day or two, and never without the aid of a product to make it so. No matter how much was I drink or how well I look after my hair, the ends always feel like a bird's nest and the rest of my locks could cut through skin it's so rough. With the recent collection of new Lush hair products however, I finally feel as if I'm getting somewhere...

Super Milk Conditioning Spray is one of Lush's most recent inventions: a combination of ingredients that promise to not only add some much-needed moisture into your locks, but also help to protect the hair against breakage; add strength and shine; and even offer a barrier against heat of both a hairdryer and straighteners.

Priced up at £15, there are three main ingredients at work here: almond milk, coconut milk and oat milk. These three essential components all work on improving the condition of your hair in their own unique way. Coconut milk is a wonderfully rich and rather fatty ingredient that helps to nourish and replenish dry hair, while the inclusion of both the almond and oat milks help to hydrate the hair and bring the life back into weak and damaged locks.

Alongside these three main components, the inclusion of both the lemon and olive oil adds a natural shine to the hair, while the litsea, tonka and vanilla absolutes give Super Milk its wonderful fragrance. At first, I was quick to assume that this Liverpool exclusive shared its scent with Avocado Cowash. However, it didn't take me long to decide that the fragrance here is far more complex and wholesome than I initially thought. While it is incredibly similar in many ways, I would be selling it short if I just claimed that the spray offered an identical smell.

To my nose, the litsea, tonka and vanilla absolutes dance together perfectly to produce a super sweet, thick and creamy fruity smell. The inclusion of the three nut milks only intensifies the scent and gives it a fluffy, nutty twist. As if this wasn't enough, there is something here that also gives off a sweet, resinous aroma that almost has a burnt caramel note. Ultimately, it is a truly gorgeous scent and one that I'm glad I get to use on my hair regularly.

What makes Super Milk so successful is all down to two ingredients: the inclusion of ethyl macadamiate, which works like a silicone (without actually being a silicone!) and protects the hair from heat and damage by coating each individual strand. Alongside this, both behentrimonium and Cetrimonium Chlorides work on conditioning the hair and leaving it feeling beautiful afterwards.

To use Super Milk, the idea is that you spray directly onto your hair after washing it in the shower and it works its magic as a leave-in conditioner. Interestingly, Lush don't specify that you should towel dry your hair beforehand so I tend to apply it straight after I've wrung out any excess water. My experience has shown that the product works really well in this manner, perhaps even more so than when my hair has been towel dried a little more.

In the bottle, the conditioning spray is rather thick and acts like a bowl of custard that's been left to cool down. Yet, it comes out of the bottle as quite a thin, milky spray, which tells me that the product is super condensed and that not very much is needed with each use. In fact, my hair is currently about 5cm past shoulder length and I find that five sprays is suffice to do the job.

Once my hair has dried, I can noticeably see and feel how soft and shiny my locks look. Without needing to brush my hair, I notice that I can run my fingers through my locks without coming across many tangles at all, and it gives my hair a great shape that I can wear down without using any other products alongside it.

As if the spray hasn't done enough already, I was also really impressed that the fragrance remained on my locks for many hours after initial application. This felt particularly amazing when it was super sunny one day and I could hear members of the public commenting on a 'stunning smell' that was lingering around the bus. I was really tempted to turn around and gush about the wonderful product that is Super Milk.

As you can imagine from my glowing review, this is definitely a hair product that I will be using regularly, and despite its size I can really imagine that my tiny little 100g bottle will last a long time. Super Milk Conditioning Spray smells absolutely delicious and works wonders at softening and hydrating your hair, with minimal effort. I would definitely recommend that you try this out for yourself.

Quantitative Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Almond Milk, Coconut milk, Oat Milk, DRF Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate & PEG-100 Stearate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Perfume, Cetearyl Alcohol, Fresh Lemon Juice, Propylene Glycol, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Behentrimonium chloride, Litsea Cubeba Oil, Tonka Absolute, Vanilla Absolute, Cetrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, *Anise Alcohol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Benzyl Cinnamate, *Cinnamal, *Citral, Coumarin, *Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool.

Vegan?: Yes.

2019 Price: £15 for 100g.

Year Of Original Release: 2019.

Sleepy Soap

Technically, Lush fans should be incredibly happy that - what looked like the biggest selling Lush shower gel, Twilight - is now a fully-fledged permanent member in stores. Problem solved, right? Except to my nose, and many others, while beautiful in its own right, Sleepy Shower Gel is not a direct replica of the Twilight scent. 

There is something about the inclusion of the oat milk, as with this soap as well, that removes some of the sweetness of the tonka absolute, and gives Sleepy a slightly more reserved fragrance overall. Although still a gorgeous aroma in its own right, I am not as enthused about this scent as I am the original.

When it comes to Sleepy Soap, I actually noticed some key differences that meant that this soap smelled closer to the likes of Dream Cream than it did the Twilight aroma. In fact, I feel as though if you removed the chamomile from the aforementioned body lotion, you might actually discover an aroma that matches the scent of this soap. 

Upon first sniff, I was offered a very rich, creamy combination of the lavender oil and the tonka absolute. The former ingredient brings about a very reserved but equally as beautiful natural herbal smell; imagine dried lavender without the sting of the muskiness, and you may begin to understand what I mean by this. 

Alongside this, the tonka absolute injects its own sweetness, while the ylang ylang sprinkles a little floral sweetness of its own as well: creating a warm, comforting and very creamy fragrance. However, it is the inclusion of the oat milk that has the biggest impact. 

Both before and during use, Sleepy Soap had a very prominent note of nuttiness from the oat milk base, which I think is what sets this apart from the Twilight range. There is something slightly 'biscuity' about the smell of this that sets it apart from its older siblings.

What impressed me about this product was the fact that it was super generous when lathering up. In fact, I did find myself being more conscious of using this soap away from the running water, as I imagined it would have been gone by the end of the month if the hot water was in constant contact with it. Having said that, this soap dried very quickly in my soap dish so I wasn't worried that it would shrink between uses. 

While most soaps tend to leave certain parts of my body feeling a little dry, Sleepy did well at making my skin feel really soft after using it, and I didn't find that my hands needed immediate moisturising afterwards, although the soap wasn't nourishing enough that I could opt to not use a shower oil or body conditioner as well. 

Although I could smell this on my skin when I was drying myself down, the fragrance didn't last all too long, and I had to use my Twilight Body Spray to extend my experience with this aroma. Having said that, I don't find that many soaps hold their scent for very long on the skin, so it's not a bad reflection of this soap at all.

Overall, I really enjoyed using this soap but would prefer to the shower gel version instead. While Sleepy has a gorgeously light and gentle scent, in my household it works better as a hand soap than one I would shower with. Despite this, I would definitely recommend this to those who have more sensitive skin, as the oat milk and lavender oil would definitely calm the skin and reduce the appearance of redness and irritation.

Quantitative Ingredients: Rapeseed Oil; Coconut Oil, Oat Milk, Propylene Glycol, Kaolin, Water (Aqua), Glycerine, Talc, Perfume, Titanium Dioxide, Lavender Oil, Benzoin Resinoid, Tonka Absolute, Ylang Ylang Oil, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Cinnamal, *Coumarin, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 17200, Colour 42090, Colour 14700.

Vegan?: Yes.

2019 Price: £4.95 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2019.

Plum Pudding Bath Melt

When I look back now, I find it interesting how mesmerised I was by the array of colourful new bath bombs and bubble bars in the Christmas range, yet not as intrigued about, what I now believe to be, the best bath product from this year's seasonal range. In fact, I may go as far as to say that it may be one of the best bath products to have come from Lush in years.

Plum Pudding is a brand new bath melt to join the limited edition seasonal range this year, and what a feast it is. Although sharing its scent with the family new fragrance, Plum Rain, this exclusive beauty plays homage to one of Lush's oldest products, Ceridwan's Cauldron Bath Melt.

Wrapped in a light, purple cloth, the inside bath melt contains so many incredible ingredients - both to offer the gorgeous scent that this product carries, but also to make you really feel as if you're truly indulging in a freshly made pudding when you're using this in the bath.

Dried apricots, raisins and dates have been blended into this bath melt to offer perhaps the sweetest, fruitiest version of this fragrance possible. It really does smell like freshly stewed pears that has even left to soak in their own juices. It's a bright and very beautiful aroma that needs to be celebrated far more than it does.

Alongside this, Plum Pudding also contains osmanthus oil, which thickens the fruity elements of the product and adds a sultry wave of sweetness to the bath melt. This latter ingredient offers a richness to the scent so that this product isn't 'just a fruity' smell. Furthermore, there's a surplus of almond oil and cocoa butter featured in Plum Pudding that helps to hydrate and condition the skin, while it's in use. There are also a handful of oats thrown in here as well, which do wonders at cleansing and softening the skin.

The idea behind Plum Pudding is that you pop the whole bath melt straight into the water and leave it to do its magic. And magic is does. Within a few seconds of it floating on the surface, beautiful swirls of deep purple begin to branch out under the water, oozing out across the water, creating patterns that you simply cannot take your eyes of of.  

There is something about how this bath melt works that just puts your mind into such a restful state. As it's so quiet and unwinds really slowly, it truly helps you to relax much more than you would with a bath bomb, and I think this only served to make my whole experience that much better.

After about eight minutes, the bath melt has dissolved by around half, and it's around this point that I suggest removing Plum Pudding and leaving it to dry for a second use another time. By this stage, the water is now a beautiful shade of purple and the fruity smell coming off of it is sweet and beautifully warming. 

What impressed me with this product was that not a lot of bath melts or oils have ever managed to make such a big impression on the water as this one was able to achieve. Very few of Lush's oils and melts can turn a whole bath a shade of purple as this one did, and not many would be able to create a smell as strong as Plum Pudding also managed to achieve. Furthermore, a dash of silver lustre painted this purple a sparkly shade of magic, without leaving a mess on your skin or your tub afterwards.   

All that was left was to enjoy how incredibly moisturising the water was, and just how quickly it conditioned and replenished my skin, leaving my body feeling velvety-smooth and silky soft almost instantly. The power that this array of oils and butters had on my skin lasted throughout the entire day, and the following morning as well. I was also able to detect hints of the osmanthus and mandarin oils on my skin as well, which was a welcome bonus.

Overall, I don't think I could gush over a product any more than I have done so already. Plum Pudding is everything as beautiful as you would expect from such a concept: the design is exquisite; the smell is truly wonderful; and the magic it creates in the tub rivals that of Santa Claus. To find a collection of these in my stocking would be the best material present a girl could ever wish for. Hint. Hint.

Quantitative Ingredients: Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Laureth 4, Whole Oats, Almond Oil, Dried Dates, Dried Apricots, Raisins, Perfume, *Limonene, Osmanthus Absolute, Petitgrain Oil, Sicilian Red Mandarin Oil, Water (Aqua), Titanium Dioxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, *Citral, *Linalool, Colour 17200, Colour 42090.

Vegan?: Yes. 

2018 Price: £5.95 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.

Scent Family:
Hedgewitch Soap
Plum Pudding Bath Melt
Plum Rain Body Spray
Plum Rain Naked Shower Gel
Plum Rain Shower Gel
Plum Snow Bubble Bar

Ticket To Scrub Salt Scrub

Sleepy Shower Gel

Sleepy Shower Gel is one of the many products that came with me on my recent trip to Africa. While I didn't have any worries about the possibility of me not be able to sleep whilst on my trip, I thought that perhaps the abundance of lavender featured in this seasonal special would at least help me with the blazing heat of the sun. And I was right.

I remember when it was first announced that Sleepy Shower Gel was coming out as part of the Christmas range, my immediate thought was to wonder why they had just re-packaged Twilight Shower Gel but in a slightly milkier looking purple colour. It didn't take me long to realise that there was a difference between this and the original version.

While both products contain an abundance of lavender and tonka absolute, this version also boasts a combination of ingredients to sooth and soften the skin, and leave it feeling beautiful and radiant, whilst also calming any irritated areas and clearing up dried skin patches at the same time.

Featuring oat milk as one of the key components, this limited edition offers a base ingredient that not only leaves your skin feeling like velvet, but is the perfect remedy for anyone with winter-kissed skin. After taking a battering out in the cold, this ingredient helps to reduce any redness, calm any itchiness, and replenish the skin with a natural source of goodness.

Alongside this ingredient there is also a large helping of benzoin resinoid, which is an anti-inflammatory that helps to protect your skin during the colder months of the year. The inclusion of this component also helps to sweeten up the overall aroma of this shower gel, and could quite possibly be the reason why there is a difference between this and the Twilight Shower Gel.

If we are to compare scents, Sleepy Shower Gel has an overall slightly stronger thread of tonka absolute. While there is really not that much of a difference, I could definitely smell the presence of the oat milk and the vanilla thread a little more prominently, and this produced a shower gel that appeared more milky and creamy overall.

To my nose, the original shower gel was a little more sultry and contained a slightly stronger dose of lavender. In this seasonal special however, the lavender is a little more mild, but not by much. Ultimately, the difference is very subtle and most fans of Twilight, as well as Sleepy Body Lotion, will no doubt want to stock up on this before the season is over.

In the shower, this shower gel is generous with the foamy lather that it creates. You only need a very small helping to wash your entire body with, and this means that the product will last you and awfully long time. I took a 100 g bottle with me to Africa, and along with my partner managed to make it last for the full three weeks – this is with 2 to 3 showers per day.

What was great about Sleepy Shower Gel is the fact that the shower gel left my skin feeling silky smooth and really smooth. While a lot of people may wish to use this alongside the body lotion, I felt that the shower gel moisturised my skin enough that I didn't need to use this afterwards. Furthermore, the scent remained fairly prominent on my skin for a good 45 minutes after I have towelled myself down, which is an impressive amount of time.

For a winter gel, this is the perfect accompaniment for those who develop dried skin or cracking due to the cold weather. After a few showers with this product, I could really tell the difference that I had made to my skin. Although I prefer the Twilight Shower Gel, if only because I feel as if it's a little sweeter to my nose, Sleepy Shower Gel is a great addition to this year's Christmas range.

If you love the body lotion, you’ll want to get your hands on one of these as it replicates the scent perfectly. This is definitely one of my favourite products from the seasonal range, and I will be buying another bottle before the year ends.

Quantitative Ingredients: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Oat Milk, Lavender Flower Infusion, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Lavender Oil, Benzoin Resinoid, Tonka Absolute, Ylang Ylang Oil, Carrageenan Extract, Titanium Dioxide, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Coumarin, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 77007.

Vegan?: Yes. 

2018 Price: £5.85 for 110g, £11.95 for 250g, £19.95 for 520g.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.

Scent Family:
FUN With A Twist
Luxury Pud Bath Bomb
Mum In A Spin Bubble Spinner
Sleepy Body Lotion
Sleepy Hand Cream
Sleepy Naked Shower Gel
Sleepy Shower Bomb
Sleepy Shower Gel
Twilight Bath Bomb
Twilight Liquid Perfume
Twilight Shower Gel
Twilight Shower Jelly
Twilight Solid Perfume

Twilight Sparkle Jar

Oat Naked Body Mask

Doing the pandemonium that was the Lush showcase 2018, I found myself filling my basket with goodies that I barely even acknowledged what they were. There was just so many on offer, and my goal was to get all of them, that it wasn't until I got home that I started to wonder what some of the strange shaped and coloured objects were. This product was one of them.

One of two limited edition body masks, Mud Is one of Lush's new innovative ideas, based on and sharing its scent with the Oatfix Face Mask. For the special event, Lush attempted to recreate two of their most popular facemasks and turn them into naked body masks. The difference being that these products were more focused on the entire body and could then be used alongside the face mask for a full pampering session.

What I will say is that Oat Naked Body Mask smells just as scrumptious and as beautiful as the face mask it is based on. To me, this fragrance is like a rich, sweet, comforting bowl of hot porridge, drizzled with golden syrup. When I realised what the strange half-spherical block was, I remember thinking: if this mask was able to do what its older sibling does to my face, this would be the star of the showcase for sure. Obviously, given my rating, this wasn't the case. However, that's not to say that this body mask doesn't have its own merits.

Containing vanilla and tonka absolute, not to mention sandalwood oil as well, this body mask is a calming, relaxing, almost nutty-smelling naked product. If you like your cosmetics to taste like food, you may find it really difficult not to want to take a bite out of this, to see if it tastes as good as it smells. However, I hope that most lush fans know that the outcome of doing this does not heed positive results. Ever.

To use this, simply break off a small piece - probably about the size of a small grape - add the tiniest amount of water, and then massage it into the area that you wish to moisturise. My suggestion is that this needs to be done in the shower and not the bath, as you'll end up with sticky lumps of this body mask across the base of your tub and floating around in the water. Yuck!

For a full body pampering session, I found that I needed to use roughly a quarter of this bar, it works out good value for money, especially when compared to the regular facemasks. Having said that, you also need to be very careful about how much or how little water you use. As this is much drier than Mud - the other naked body mask that replicates the Cupcake Face Mask - I found that if I didn't put enough water with the product it crumbled away into the tub, and I often lost quite a lot trying to turn it into a paste. On the other hand, too much water and you end up with a slushy mess that doesn't want to stick to your skin.

Either way, when using it in the shower, you are going to make a little bit of a mess: guaranteed, which clearly doesn't sound enjoyable for anybody. After using this, I always had to make sure that I rinsed my bath tub out to clear the mess, and occasionally needed to remove some of the mask using my feet or hands. For those who dislike mess, I would avoid using this, as you're not going to have a fun time doing so.

After you have massaged it across your skin, the idea is that you rinse it away with the shower hose and then pat yourself dry outside of the tub. The inclusion of the kaolin is supposed to soften the skin and help to remove any excess debris and dirt that may be hidden in your pores. Using this once a week should heed better results for your skin, and I did notice a very subtle difference, especially on and around my fingers, which appeared less chipped and dry.

Yet, what I found was that this body mask was not as affective as Mud Body Mask. Mud had a much better consistency, although incredibly crumbly as well, and stuck to my skin a lot better, leaving a better impression fragrance-wise and making my skin feel a lot softer and smoother than Oat did. While I did feel clean after using this, the fact that there was a lot of mess by my feet and around my tub meant that the appeal of this was lost somewhat, once I had spring cleaned the tub.

Having said that, I really appreciated that the aroma of this body mask stayed with me for a good thirty minutes after I had towelled myself down. This definitely left an impression on my skin as well, as I noticed a difference between when I used this and when I didn't. However, there was not enough of an impression for me to want to use this regularly, unlike the facemask which has always heeded incredible results whenever I’ve used it.

Looking at this new concept, I really love the idea overall, and I just think that Lush need to tweak this product before it becomes available to the general public. This is perhaps the reason why we haven't seen the release of either of these two naked body masks as of yet. The idea of any naked product is a great idea, I just think that Lush need to figure out how to make this appealing - most importantly how consumers will store this in between uses. 

Leaving it out, exposed to the air, just simply dries this mask out quicker, and after a few weeks I found that out became much too crumbly to make use of it that much. However, even if it is stored somewhere cooler and less exposed to the air, the problem still persists that it is just too crumbly to use without making a mess of the shower.

I do hope that these, alongside other naked variations of the facemask, make an appearance in the Lush Labs at some point, or as part of the seasonal range in the near future. Lush body masks have always been amazing when they work well: Glorious Mud is one such example. However, this one certainly needs more butters and oils to make it more moisturising on the skin, as well as to make it more stable when in use, as well as when not in use. While I feel super lucky to have had the opportunity to test out the prototype, I keep my fingers crossed in the hope that this will come out in a better format in the near future.

Quantitative Ingredients: Oat Flour (Avena sativa), Sodium Bicarbonate, Glycerine, Kaolin, Fair Trade Olive Oil (Olea europaea), Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Gold Clay (Kaolin), Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Sandalwood Oil (Santalum austro-caledonicum vieill), Benzoin Resinoid (Styrax tonkinensis pierre), *Anise Alcohol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Benzyl Cinnamate, *Cinnamal, *Coumarin, *Farnesol, *Linalool, Perfume.

Vegan?: Yes. 

2018 Price: unsure.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.

Scent Family:
Oat Body Naked Body Mask


Oatfix Fresh Face Mask

Sleepy Naked Shower Gel

Since Lush have begun to bring out naked versions of their gels and creams as well, it now takes me twice the time to try and review their shower range, in each and every season. In fact, sometimes I even forget that I have some of the naked products in my stash, until a slightly dented bottle falls off my shelf and makes a mess on my bedroom floor.

When I first purchased Sleepy Naked Shower Gel, I barely had chance to even give it a sniff before it was thrown onto my Lush shelf to make way for the Showcase items I was still reviewing. It was only after I had almost finished my 250g bottle of Sleepy Shower Gel, and was wondering what I should use next, that I remembered I had the solid version to enjoy as well.

For those unsure why there are both solid and liquid shower gels with nearly format, Lush have been attempting to reduce their carbon footprint, and impact on the world, by converting many plastic coated products into ones that need zero packaging. Whilst they try their best to recycle what they can, when they can, there is still a lot of waste taking place within the company. Naked products are a way of eradicating this problem, and encouraging consumers to choose a more ethical product.

While I will say that the Sleepy family shares its scent with Twilight, there are a few differences that give this fragrance family a stage of its own. It's definitely not a direct replica of the classic smell, and this is both great for fans who want to try something a little different, but perhaps slightly annoying for those who cannot get enough of Twilight. 

What I will say about Sleepy Naked Shower Gel is that while it does offer the Sleepy scent - as seen in Sleepy Body Lotion - it does differ slightly when in use, and fans should notice this change when they try it out for themselves. 

To my nose, this aroma is a very rich and creamy combination of lavender and tonka. The two combined offer something that has the natural herbal element of the lavender, alongside the sweet, vanillary properties of the tonka. Imagine being served a helping of expensive vanilla ice-cream, and then being given a bunch of freshly picked lavender flowers, and you may begin to imagine just how decadent this shower gel really is. 

Alongside this, there is also a resinous, syrupy-sweet element that holds it all together and presents you with a very comforting aroma. What is strange is that when Sleepy Naked Shower Gel is being used in the shower, something about the smell gave way to light notes of aniseed as well. It's hard to explain because there was definitely nothing liquoricey about the smell at all. However, this format lends itself to an almost strong fennel note as well, which only really appears when in contact with the hot water.

What was impressive about this shower gel was the fact that the scent was strong enough to match that of the liquid gel. While my experience has shown that a lot of the naked products don't always hold on to their smells as much as the liquid counterparts, this one was definitely on par with its sibling.

Having said that, there were a few things that I disliked about this naked gel. Firstly, the scent didn't stay on my skin at all after I had left the shower. Although I had Sleepy Body Lotion and the Twilight Sparkle Jar to top up the smell, I was hoping for at least a lingering note to remain on skin afterwards.

Secondly, the naked shower gel wasn't exactly particularly moisturising. In fact, I found that my hands felt slightly dry after using this daily, and I needed to moisturise afterwards to prevent my skin from becoming too dry. Usually, you don't experience this with naked gels, so I was surprised when this one had this effect on my skin.

Despite these two negative points, I really loved the fact that Sleepy Naked Shower Gel lathered up at treat and spread across my skin with ease. While it's always easier to generate the lather between your hands first, I was able to glide this one over my skin as well, and heed enough of a foam to clean large areas of my body with.

What I will say is that this naked shower gel is slightly on the squid side, and I found that it shrunk pretty quickly when in constant contact with the water. To make this one last as long as possible, I would suggest getting it a little wet and then just using it on your skin whilst you're standing out of the running water. Storing it afterwards also proved a little tricky as it does tend to leave a mess on your surfaces. However, a Lush tin or a soap dish would probably eradicate these problems fairly easily.

Overall, Sleepy Naked Shower Gel has lots of promising features for a naked shower gel, but I feel as if Lush need to work a little on making this seasonal product a little more moisturising. Although it works really well at cleaning your skin, it would be nice if it had a little more impact on the skin overall, and this is why I don't think it offers much of a competition against its liquid sister. 

Quantitative Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Sodium Coco Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Sodium Stearate, Oat and Lavender Flower Extract,  Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lavender Water, Perfume, Titanium Dioxide, Lavender Oil, Benzoin Resinoid, Tonka Absolute, Ylang Ylang Oil, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Coumarin, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 77007.

Vegan?: Yes.

2018 Price: £9.95 for each.

Year Of Original Release: 2018. 

Scent Family:
FUN With A Twist
Luxury Pud Bath Bomb
Mum In A Spin Bubble Spinner
Sleepy Body Lotion
Sleepy Hand Cream
Sleepy Naked Shower Gel
Sleepy Shower Bomb
Sleepy Shower Gel
Twilight Bath Bomb
Twilight Liquid Perfume
Twilight Shower Gel
Twilight Shower Jelly
Twilight Solid Perfume


Twilight Sparkle Jar

      

Soya Bran Exfoliator Body Mask

Looking back at the Showcase event earlier this year, I definitely wasn't as calm or collected as I was hoping I would be. Gone are the days when I panic over missing a Lush product, and instead I usually just feel a little deflated if something passes me by. However, I found my heart racing a little faster than I was anticipating when I realised just how many exclusive goodies Lush had cooked up for us for the event. 

Soya Bran Exfoliator was a product I almost missed that day, tucked away behind a regular product that would have been overlooked by the majority of people hunting around for the exclusives. While I wouldn't have been overly fussed if I had have missed a body scrub, armed with the knowledge of how amazing this particular one is after using it, I think I would have kicked myself if I had passed up the opportunity. 

Simply put: this is one of those products that makes an immediate impression on you. Not only is the ingredients list exquisite; the description mouth-watering; and the usability as good as you could hope for in a scrub, but everything about both the smell and the design are equally as impressive.

Made from a base of sugar and ground oatmeal, this exfoliator offers something both scratchy and oddly soothing. By itself, the sugar would have created quite a coarse scrub across the skin, which is not something that those with sensitive skin would have enjoyed using. However, the inclusion of the oatmeal not only 'blunts' the buffering power of the sugar a little, but it helps to soothe the skin as well, which is what we all need after scraping away at our bodies. 

As well as the above components, there is also a generous helping lemon peel powder. This infuses Soya Bran with a deliciously fruity aroma, which when mixed with the nuttiness of the oatmeal, creates a scent that reminds me of freshly made lemon cheesecake - albeit with a greater emphasis on the biscuity base more so than the citrus note itself. As if this wasn't enough already, the flower decoration on top also adds a naturally sweet and rather rich floral note, which shows itself each and every time it comes into contact with the hot water.

What I will say about Soya Exfoliator is that it lasts surprising long, for a scrub that it roughly 5cm in length. When I first received mine, I was expecting to see perhaps two or three uses out of it before it crumbled and disappeared down the drain. However, after using this a good twelve times already, I can honestly say that it must contain an element of magic to still be going so strong. 

While this body scrub sounds too good to be true, it should be noted that I would strongly recommend keeping this somewhere cool and dry in between showers, and even going as far as to pat it down after every use. I say this because after leaving one of mine to dry by itself on my bathroom shelf, I found that the scrub became soft after a couple of days, and it lost most of its scrubbing power after that. Then it became more of a mess to use across my body, and even an annoyance to clear it out of the drain afterwards.

Soya Exfoliator left my skin feeling super clean, soft and smelling of lemon cheesecake, and ultimately convinced me that I needed to get my hands on a few more whenever I was able to. I love the fact that this scrub comes across as so natural, in both smell and ingredients listed, as it's products like these that excite me the most. If this was made a regular item, I would definitely buy this on a monthly basis.    

Quantitative Ingredients: Sugar, Ground Oatmeal, Lemon Peel, 

Vegan?: Yes.

2018 Price: £3.50 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.