LUSH review

My first experience with this company came in 2008, when I used my roomies shower scrub. It was amazing and smelled like a margarita from what I can remember. I wouldn't have used it so much (sorry!) if I knew how expensive it was...or maybe it wouldn't have mattered because it was awesome.

I didn't hear about it again until recently, thanks to a fellow blogger and sahm Kaity [see her blog].
I always wondered where Kelsey got her amazing body scrub, which I now see is actually a face scrub (whoops!) She turned me onto the company after hearing her success story.

Now, I'm seriously not into organics or being green or anything of the type. I think that's pretty ridiculous seeing in how I probably already ingested plenty of pesticides, hormones, and all things unnatural and I'm pretttttty dang perfect, but this company believes in using fresh organic fruits and veggies in their products which is pretty neat. I also think it's cool this company doesn't test on animals (lets be nice to our furry friends!) and it also tells your when your product was made, and when it's best by. Haven't you ever found that yummy lotion from....whenever and used it thinking "does this stuff have a shelf life?" well, apparently it does. News to me!

I have a oily, yet dry and breakout prone skin. It's pretty confusing. Moisturizing seems like a no no and any acne meds seem to dry me out, but 30 minutes later hello, oil. So I scoured the website and these are the products I ordered:

Super effective, spot-zapping face gel, with aloe and witch hazel. The thyme, tea tree and rosemary antibacterial infusion dries invisibly and you can feel the witch hazel shrinking mini-volcanoes. 

 500 green grapes go into every batch and combat the dirt that builds around spots.

500 GRAPES?? Sounded pretty good to me. Only around $13 which is pretty cheap for their products. It's actually a spot treatment, NOT a cleanser like I originally thought, but I'm actually happy with my current cleanser so it all worked out.

Then I needed something for my dry spots...I mean nothing, NOTHING touched these things. I just recently noticed them and I think I was having an allergic reaction to my skin I.D. I tried Eucerin, Aquaphor, Vaseline...seriously, everything. When I stumbled upon this I knew I had found the answer.

light moisturizer for oily and acne-prone skin; we put in shea instead of cocoa butter (even though we love it – it's a little rich for some), soothing honey, calming rose and lavender honey water.

Even though I thought the price tag was a bit much (I mean, really...$40.00??) I got it anyways because I was desperate. So you can imagine my disappointment when I finally recieved my order and the pot was t i n y.  I was pissed. I spent $70 and even though they gave me a very tiny scrap of soap as a free gift, I was pretty annoyed. I'd compare the size to the palm of your hand.

I already had it, so what- was I going to send it back and complain? No...I waited this long, I was going to use it! I waited all day and couldn't wait to wash my face.

Kaity was totally right. Literally, not even a pea size amount covered my entire face, and one squirt was more than enough of the grease lightning. Immediately my face felt softer and refreshed. My red little spots I picked at this morning were fading, and my face smelled soooo good. I can't wait to continue using these products and see some results!

I plan on in the near future ordering some more goodies, but with the way Dane reacted to my recent splurge on cosmetics and "stupid stuff" I think I'm going to wait for him to cool down! Hopefully this beautiful face of mine (all thanks to Lush) can help do some convincing in the meantime!

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