Buffy Body Butter

This ugly, big slab of Buffy Body Butter is just that: ugly and big. It's not exactly the most attractive product that Lush has ever put out. Bear with me here though, don't stop reading yet.

I bought the 200g version and I have tiny hands, yet this big block was still easy to hold and use whilst I was in the shower. I kind of knew what to expect from this product since a lovely lady in the Merry Hill Lush demonstrated this product on my arm and I loved what I felt after she washed my arm off. However, I didn't know how it would work over my entire body. 

Whilst I was shampooing and conditioning my hair, I made the mistake of leaving the body butter where the water could rain down upon it - don't make the same mistake I did. It didn't make a difference to the size at all, it just left a few little pieces of the product lying around on my shower shelf. The water that had already gone onto this product before I used it didn't seem to impact how well it worked either.

Using this exfoliating body butter was probably one of the best shower experiences I've ever had. If you've read my review of The Rough with the Smooth body scrub, then you know how much I like that product; Buffy body butter is even better. Yes, you read that correctly. This may be my favourite shower scrub/butter.

When you're exfoliating, the ground rice, almonds and aduki beans get to work in getting rid of any dead skin that you have whilst the cocoa butter, shea butter and lavender oil moisturise your skin leaving it silky smooth. You do get left over residue of the rice, almonds and aduki beans and this leaves black specs all over your body which might not look very pleasant but they wash away very very easily. 

I noticed - after stepping out of the shower - that the size of the body butter hadn't gone down much at all, which made me think that this 200g will last me quite a while. Once I have finished the body butter, I will update this review with the number of washes it lasted.

After I had washed myself off and patted myself dry, I couldn't stop feeling my skin. Literally. I think I was sat on my bed for about 15 minutes stroking my legs and arms because of how soft they were. Buffy body butter didn't leave my skin feeling greasy, it stayed smooth for the rest of the day and the entirety of the next. I was completely amazed.

This product doesn't exactly smell brilliant, it doesn't really smell of anything since the smell is so subtle, but the way it gets rid of any dead skin and moisturises makes up for the lack of smell. I just want to use it over and over again, but if I did that, then I couldn't review any other shower products and then I would let all you lovely readers down. I 100% recommend that everyone gets this product, it's my new favourite.

Description On Lush:

Slay dead skin with this scrub-in-a-bar that's filled with essential oil, cocoa and shea butters, and ground-up goodies that are great to use on thighs and bums, leaving you looking dewy. Rub the bar on wet skin to release the goodness: ground rice, almonds and aduki beans get to work polishing away dead cells, while the blend of lavender oil, cocoa butter and shea butter replenish moisture.

Ingredients:

Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Shea Butter, Ground Rice, Ground Almonds, Organic Ground Aduki Beans, Perfume, Lavender Oil, Lemon Oil, Citral, Limonene, Linalool

Price:

£6.75/90g

£11.95/200g

Vegan:

Yes

Rating:

xoxo

Kirsty

Rub Rub Rub Body Scrub

After using the tub version of the Rub Rub Rub Shower Scrub, I fancied trying out the solid version. I had already used The Rough With The Smooth body scrub and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of using a solid scrub, so I thought that Rub Rub Rub would be equally as pleasing. 

The exfoliation felt okay, it wasn't as rough as I would like it to have been - I know you don't want it TOO rough but at least rough enough to get the dead skin off your body (which I don't think this was rough enough to do).

Even though I was disappointed at first with how it exfoliated, I was thrilled by the smell of this scrub. With jasmine absolute and mimosa absolute, this scrub gives off a strong, floral scent that engulfs your entire body and takes you into a world where you're surrounded by flowers. It smells very very similar to it's counterpart - the Rub Rub Rub shower scrub. 

This scrub looks gorgeous too; the dried, pink flowers contrast beautifully with the blue. The colour of the shower scrub was a darker - yet still gorgeous - blue, the lightness of this scrub goes hand in hand with the lightness of the exfoliation. 

The thickness of this scrub is the same of that of The Rough With The Smooth and like that scrub, it goes down a similar amount after the first use. Using this product - when it doesn't have much of an exfoliation - is worrying, because you don't know how long it will last. I'm hoping that I can get 10 uses out of it, otherwise I don't think that it would be worth the price. Once I've finished the scrub, I will update you guys on how many uses I got out of it.

Another thing that bothered me was the dried flowers in the scrub. They look and smell amazing but once you've used the scrub and it gets wet, the flowers come loose. I wouldn't say it's a major negative, but it's certainly something that's going to be a pain once the scrub wears down even more.

With cupucu butter mixed in with illipe butter, you would think that this scrub would be very moisturising and you would get out of the shower and your skin would feel nourished. This wasn't the case. Sure, it felt slightly smoother but when I use this again, I will have to moisturise when I come out of the shower because it left my skin feeling a bit dry (not very dry, but enough for me to notice).

Even though the smell was very strong whilst using this scrub, about half an hour later, the smell had disappeared from my body. There was little vestige of the scrub left.

It says in the description on the Lush website that for a deeper cleanse, use before you go in the shower. I do not recommend this. I tried it on my arm and it was so painful that I had to stop before I had even finished. So I just used it whilst I was in the shower instead.

Overall, I would say that this scrub is good for someone that is looking for a light exfoliation, but if you're looking for a deep cleanse, either use the shower scrub version of this product or The Rough With the Smooth. It smells amazing, but the smell doesn't last and it wears down quite a bit after the first use. I think that I would buy this again just because of the smell of this solid scrub, but other than that, this product was slightly disappointing.

Description On Lush:

Rub-a-dub-dub, fancy a scrub? This polishing bar does not come in a tub. For lovers of exquisitely scented and magnificently exfoliated skin, this bar is perfect to take on your travels. Get straight onto wet skin to rub yourself up the right way with sea salt, illipe butter and a cherry blossom flourish. For a deeper cleanse, scrub this solid exfoliator over the body before you shower, and then rinse off.

Ingredients:

Fine Sea Salt, Organic Illipe Butter, Sodium Bicarbonate, Cupucu Butter, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cream of Tartar, Lauryl Betaine, Jasmine Absolute, Sicilian Lemon Oil, Mimosa Absolute, Orange Flower Absolute, Lilial, Limonene, Perfume, Colour 42090, Colour 4510

Price:

£5.95/each

Vegan:

Yes

Rating:

xoxo

Kirsty

The Rough With The Smooth Body Scrub

I was a bit cautious about buying some of the solid shower scrubs. I didn't know how long that they would last for, I didn't know if they would work (I guess that you think these things whenever you buy any Lush product, but bottled shower gels feel like a safe option).

Needless to say, I was very impressed by the results. Using The Rough With the Smooth in replacement of a shower gel, I scrubbed my entire body with this scrub and whilst scrubbing myself clean, I could feel the granulated sugar scrape all of the dead skin off of my body.

After I washed the sugar off, I felt one of my arms and they felt unimaginably soft from the murumuru butter.

The smell is gorgeous as well; it's a mix of wood and earth, with a hint of sweetness. It may sound like it smells disgusting but if you like earthy smells, this is definitely for you. The smell also lingers on your skin for a good hour which is another positive and something that seems to be a consistency with Lush products.

Once I had finished with the body scrub, I noticed that it had gone down quite a bit which concerned me. It hadn't felt like I had used a lot and I'm hoping that this lasts longer that I anticipate it will. It looks like it will probably last for about another five uses, but I'm hoping I can get ten uses out of it, otherwise it will feel like a product that I have wasted my money on.

Overall, I absolutely loved this product and even though I'm weary about how long this product will last, I will relish every time I use it.

Description On Lush:

Treat your body to this little piece of rough, made with scrubby granulated sugar and murumuru butter for devilishly smooth skin. This deeply exfoliating treat will take rough skin in hand, leaving you soft all over. We've added a bewitching pagan perfume to the mix to fragrance your body with a mischievous blend of black pepper oil, patchouli oil and Fair Trade Vanilla absolute.

Ingredients:

Granulated Sugar, Murumuru Butter, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cream of Tartar, Organic Castor Oil, Perfume, Lauryl Betaine, Black Pepper Oil, Patchouli Oil, Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geranoil, Limonene, Linalool

Price:

£5.95/each

Vegan:

Yes

Rating:

xoxo

Kirsty

Ocean Salt Alcohol Free Face and Body Scrub

I'd been hearing all about face scrubs throughout the blogosphere and many people were saying how amazing they were at clearing your face of dead skin and making your face feel refreshed and smooth afterwards. I thought "hey, why not give them a go?"

Obviously, I went to Lush online to get mine.

After looking at all of the face scrubs that they had to offer, I found this one. Now, there are four different types of this face and body scrub. There is the 'Ocean Salt Self-Preserving & Alcohol Free', 'Ocean Salt Self-Preserving', 'Ocean Salt Alcohol Free', and 'Ocean Salt'.

I bought the 'Ocean Salt Alcohol Free'. I wasn't quite sure if I wanted hints of alcohol on my face but maybe that's me just being slightly closed minded (I may have to give it a try after I've finished this pot and I have no idea why I didn't get the alcohol free and self preserving one, sometimes my brain just doesn't work properly!) 

I don't use this on my body, only on my face.

I've been using this product now for five days and I can already feel the difference on my face; it's so much more smoother. I use this product every night before I go to bed just to get rid of the dead skin that has built up over the course of the day and I'm left fresh-faced. I then moisturise and toner afterwards to get rid of any excess that I didn't wash off.

The mixture is very salty and you have to get rid of the top layer of salt before you get to the proper mixture of the salt and cream. However, after you've used it about ten times, the mixture isn't as salty and I found that there wasn't the right ratio of salt to cream. There was way more cream than salt, so my face didn't feel like it was getting properly exfoliated.

Word of warning, the face scrub does not stay on your fingers. So don't try to just scrub your face using a few fingers so it doesn't get everywhere. No. It gets all over your hand and a bit of mine kept falling off my hand into the sink. 

The amount shown on my fingers above is roughly the amount that I use for my face so as you can see, you don't need that much to do the job properly.

Ocean Salt Alcohol Free smells amazing. It's not too overpowering or non-existent. It's sits somewhere in the middle and the description on the Lush website does the smell justice. You can smell the ocean mixed with a slight hint of citrus; it's smells relaxing and makes me want to go to the beach. Yes, it smells that good!

I thought I would take some amazing and obviously attractive pictures for you guys to see what it looks like when it's applied. I normally leave it on for about a one or two minutes to let it sink it and work it's magic and then I wash it off.

As you can see from the pictures, the amount that I had on my fingers covers the entirety of my face with no problem. 

I think the one problem that I have with this product is that there may not be enough salt in it to actually exfoliate with. I completely understand that you need a lot of cream in it as well so you're not  just scrubbing your face raw with just salt, but maybe a bit more would be nice.

Oh! And another word of warning: it WILL get in your mouth somehow and you WILL taste the salt, even when your washing the face scrub off, it gets in your mouth so enjoy the lovely taste of pure saltiness *sarcasm*.

I took this picture pretty much straight after washing my face. I felt so refreshed and my skin felt very very soft. I've heard that this face scrub can also reduce redness so I'm hoping that this will reduce the redness on my face as well. Fingers crossed eh?

Overall, I am really happy with this product, but I may have to use it morning and night because I didn't buy the self-preserving one *groans*. Stupid me...

Description On Lush:

Lime, grapefruit and lashings of salt go into this invigorating scrub. The salty, citrus fragrance is refreshing on the skin and mind, like diving into the cool blue ocean. Sea salt is rich in minerals and excellent for scrubbing away any dead skin. We also added rich, silky avocado butter, coconut oil and seaweed absolute to keep your skin soft, smooth and conditioned.

Ingredients:

Fine Sea Salt, Fresh Grapefruit Infusion, Hand Harvested Sea Salt, Stearic Acid, Fresh Organic Lime Juice Extracted in Glycerine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycol Cetearate, Trienthanolamine, Lime Oil, Violet Leaf Absolute, Seaweed Absolute, Avocado Butter, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Glycerine, Lanolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Limonene, Linalool, Perfume, Colour 42090, Methylparaben, Propylparaben

Price:

£7.25/120g

£13.25/250g

Vegan:

No

Rating:

xoxo

Kirsty