Earlier this year, Des Moines got a Lush Cosmetics store
here in Des Moines. I was somewhat
familiar with this store, as I would walk right past one in Chicago every year and
it was a store front that would catch my eye. I was intrigued but from the outside looking
in, it just appeared to be a soap store and given soap shopping wasn’t high on
my list of dos while in the big city, I always kept walking right on by. To my surprise, it’s totally not just a soap
store! They actually have really cool
cosmetics that are unique and different and I’ve been enjoying trying out their
products, here are some of my latest (unbiased) reviews on what I’ve tried so
far, I’ve hyperlinked the names for your convenience.
No Drought
Dry Shampoo I know I’ve talked about this product before on my blog, but
this is my favorite Lush product by far! This dry shampoo is unlike any I’ve
ever tried as it’s a powder formula, not an aerosol and I think that in itself
is what makes this dry shampoo better than others. It really absorbs the oils and leaves my hair
feeling very clean and fresh. It even
adds a bit of volume without too much of that grimy, gritty feeling some dry
shampoos can leave behind. The only
downfall is the application isn’t well thought out. The only thing I can think of that may make
the application of the powder better would be to transfer it to a salt or
pepper shaker. I haven’t tried that yet
but am planning to give it a whirl. It’s
a bit challenging to evenly distribute it in my hair. I usually start around my roots by shaking it
in. Then I take my hair brush and
literally scrub it in back and forth.
Then I apply some directly onto my hair brush and pull it root to
end. I use a lot in one application but
would suggest only buying the smallest size of this product. It really goes a long, long way, even given
how much I use per day. Lately, I’ve
been going 3 days between washes, and this stuff is the reason why I can get
away with that. Love it! Best. Stuff. Ever!
This was the second product I ever tried from Lush and
again, love it! It’s a shampoo made from
sea salt and lime juice and it smells ah-mazing! It really lathers well too, you’ll feel like
you are in a shampoo commercial. This
product boasts about giving hair lots of volume and I must say, it really
does! I was very impressed as I’ve tried
many of volumizing shampoos just to feel dissatisfied. It also cleans my hair amazingly, like
squeaky clean. If you are looking to
extend between shampoos, this one will accomplish that for sure. I’m skeptical of the ingredients though… it
specifically says on the bottle that the sea salt will not dry out your hair
and it specifically says it does not strip away natural oils but with the way
it makes my hair so clean and what I’ve read about sea salt, I’m just not so
sure I believe it. I actually get a
professional smoothing treatment done every 6 months and I’m not supposed to be
using anything with sea salt as it ruins the treatment I get. I use this product more so for special
occasions, I really love it and want to use it all the time but I’m just not so
sure about the ingredients and the long term effects it could have on my
hair.
One thing you should know about Lush is that they will give
you a free sample of any product that you can take home for FREE and try. Score!
The samples I find generally get you 2 applications, which is nice to
give you an idea if you like it or not.
I sampled Blousey as it was recommended to me by a Lush employee. This shampoo is very interesting. It has zero lather. In fact, it kinda feels as if I’m putting lotion
in my hair and not shampoo. I really
thought I wouldn’t like it but when I blow dried my hair I was impressed with
the fact that I had more volume than I was expecting and it left my hair
feeling very clean but not that over the top squeaky clean feeling. This product is mostly made up of mashed up
bananas, strange stuff but somehow it’s a winner! I’d recommend it.
I’m a dark blonde. Not really loving my color lately but I don’t
want to go back to being too blonde and have all the extra maintenance but feel
like I still need highlights to keep me from looking dull. The problem is being the dark blonde color I
have, as the highlights wear, I start to look brassy. And I really don’t like that either. Daddy-O is a purple shampoo meant to reverse
the effects of brassy color for bottle blondes.
This product may be my least favorite Lush product. I was really hoping for a home run and I
think it’s a dud. It’s a mediocre
shampoo that I don’t think did anything helpful for my highlights. Unfortunately I do not recommend buying this
one. It does no harm but personally did
not find that it really worked.
I don’t know what to
think about this stuff. At first I
matched it with the Daddy-O and was not impressed with either. Then I matched it with the Blousey and
thought it paired well with it. Then I
decided to try it completely on its own so I wouldn’t have the bias of the
other Lush shampoos and at that point in time, I just still couldn’t make up my
mind. Given that, I would just say it’s
okay. I’m really not a fan of the smell
of it. I can’t quite pinpoint why I
don’t care for the smell but I just don’t.
My hunch is telling me I wouldn’t recommend this conditioner given its
likely mediocrity. The reason I bought
it is because of its light weight conditioning description, it is very light
weight so I would say that is a true statement for the product.
This stuff is interesting.
It’s a 15 minute treatment you use before shampooing to help add shine
and volume. At first I paired it with
Blousey and loved it. Then I did the
unbiased approach and used it on its own, again I liked it but not as much as
when I used it with Blousey. I liked the
smell and the way it did coat my hair but the verdict is out on this one. The potential pro about this product is I
feel like you can maybe skip the conditioner when using this first, although I
tried this as a sample so I haven’t used it enough to know for sure.
I bought this intending to use on my face and it’s composed
of sea salt and vodka. At first use, I
thought it was way to abrasive for my face, the salts felt rougher than a
normal exfoliating product. The second
time I used it (on my face again), I liked it more. I don’t use it daily, more like for a weekly
or bi-weekly exfoliation. And it taste
good too, just like a margarita, ha! I
do like this product but it did have to grow on me as at first I was little
turned off by the rough texture but it does give me a little glow and a very
clean feeling. Again, I’m careful about
this one and the usage, using sea salt on my face may not be a good idea in the
long run for stripping natural oils your skin needs.
Ayesha, Fresh Food
Face Mask (not sure if still an available product)
This stuff is interesting.
It requires refrigeration as it’s made from fresh kiwi and
asparagus. The first time I used it, it
was really refreshing as it’s obviously a cool mask. It felt a little weird on as I’m use to using
masks that tighten the skin where this one I didn’t get that tightening
effect. But when I washed it off, my
face was super soft! I like the cooling
component for the summer but think this one is more ideal for the winter when
my skin gets super dry. I think this mask is best to use when you don’t plan on
putting make-up on, since it is so moisturizing. I wore make-up and it didn’t necessarily feel
slimey or greasy but my face definitely felt different and I liked it better
when I used it on my lighter make-up days.
The only downside is, the product is only good for I think it was 2
weeks, given the fresh ingredients, it does have a very short shelf life. But it’s pretty cheap, I think it was
$6. I would recommend this product and I
do hope to try it again in the winter months.
Curious But Haven’t
Tried…
Anyone ever tried Lush’s shampoo bars? It’s a very interesting concept to me. I shampoo bar that looks just like a soap bar
but it’s really shampoo. I’m going to
try one but haven’t decided which one yet!
They also have a men’s skincare line. I am married to a man that does put on my
grocery list from time to time “night face cream” or “face cream for fine lines.” Aaron can be a total ‘girl’ when it comes to
face creams. I love him for it though. I haven’t yet tapped into the Men’s Lush line
but would like to get Aaron to try some and see what he thinks.
SLS’s.. Why do you
have to go and ruin a good thing, Lush… WHY?!
One thing that I really dislike is just about every product
has sodium laureth sulfate (SLS) in them, which long story short its basically a
detergent. It s what make their products
feel super clean but SLS’s do have a bad rap.
When I started to look at Lush products I noticed sulfate in their list of ingredients right away and
it’s made me leery to even try them.
Although most shampoos do have sulfates in them, I had been making a
conscious effort the last several years to buy sulfate-free shampoos. I would be a 100% user of Lush if they would
take that ingredient out of their products but not sure how soon that will be,
in fact when I Googled ‘sodium laureth sulfate Lush’ it took me right back to
their website and found it interesting that they actually address it here in
this link, the last sentence remarks how they are working to replace that
ingredient… but they just not there yet:
You can decide for yourself on your stance on SLS’s but my
overall opinion is Lush I pretty awesome and I have been loving some of the
products enough to make it worth sharing my reviews with you!
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