My First LUSH Review

I love trying new things. A couple months ago, when I made a trip out to Annapolis Mall, I spotted a LUSH store. It was quite a treat to go inside after all the talk I had been hearing about their products. The store smells wonderful. Fresh aromas surround you as you peruse the shelves and look at the pretty colored soaps and read the clever labels. The girls who worked there were all super helpful and knowledgeable about the products.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I visited. How would I know what to buy? Well, once I was greeted and started looking at some displays, one of the ladies offered me a hand treatment. “Sure! Why not?” She put different products on my hand, including one of their very popular salt scrubs and I could instantly feel a difference. I was there for facial products instead so, once my hands were nice and fresh, I started talking to another associate about what I was looking for.

After chatting and then trying a few samples, I walked away with these three goodies:

Ultrabland: This stuff is crazy. Here’s what I do – I wash my face with my usual face wash (Biore) and then massage this cream into my skin for about one minute. Then, I take a damp cotton pad and slowly press it down on my face as I wipe the cream away. Along with the cream comes additional dirt and make-up that was deep down in your pores. And, yes, you can see it. That just goes to show you how clean our faces really are after washing them once!

After that, I personally wash my face again. I don’t wash it as thoroughly as the first time [I use my hands instead of my Clarisonic the second time around.] This time, I use my Angels on Bare Skin cleanser. This wash has real lavender and rose in it which not only smell beautiful but also help take the redness out of your skin and balance combination skin. Ground almonds are used to exfoliate the skin. This cleanser is sold by the ounce so you can get as much or as little as you would like!

Lastly, I use a toner. I think I have used two different toners my whole life and the time for which I used them was rather short. The toners I’ve used in the past were applied onto a cotton ball and rubbed onto my skin, kind of as the finishing touch. The toner I bought from LUSH is called Eau Roma Water, perfect for dry, sensitive, or aging skin. There are only two active ingredients in this: rose and lavender which have been used for thousands of years to treat redness and dryness. Rose is nourishing and cooling, while lavender helps your skin produce the right amount sebum oil to keep it suppler.

You can spray some of this onto a cotton ball and apply to your face as you would with most toners or, you can do what I do. I spritz about three pumps onto my face, which is light and refreshing! The other two products I use once or twice a week but after using Eau Roma Water every night, I've really noticed a difference in the clarity of my skin!

So, that's it! I'm happy with the LUSH products I got on my first trip!

Do you use any LUSH products? Let me know your favorites! :)


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