Thread: Lush?

Lush makes me change over to the opposite side of the sidewalk.

Ever since I walked past the first Lush store somewhere in the UK, I felt assaulted by the bombardement of cheap perfumed soaps that billows out of their open front doors.

I love the subdued elegance of scented of soaps, but find the overpowering smells flowing out of Lush stores downright offensive.

So no danger for me ever spending a penny on their shaving soap - I would even decline their samples.

Rant over...


B

Thanks for the review. My motto is "there is always room for one more Tier 1 soap", but it sounds like these Lush soaps don't come anywhere close to that category.

I have a tube of Dr. Bronner's tea tree shave cream. One of the prime ingredients is sugar. Although it is sold as a a brushless cream, I found that if I did not add water, the sugar crystals would precipitate and it would be more appropriate as a face/foot scrub. I am sure the crystals would do a job on the edge of a razor. It was kind of like shaving with pancake syrup. If it dried out, it became very sticky. With the right amount of water, it gave a decent shave. After washing off the sticky mess, the after-shave face feel was great. That was the only redeeming feature of the soap.

I suspect the cotton candy sweetness of the Lush soap might be similar in performance.

On a related note, I have purchased nine Formula T shave soaps from WSP. I love the manly scents and the performance is great. In my last purchase, they threw in a couple of "sexy soap" samples for women. One was a rose petal scent. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the aroma of roses. However, in this case, the scent was so strong that my eyes started to itch and burn and my nose and throat became irritated to the point of coughing. I sealed the soap in two Ziploc sandwich bags, one inside the other; I can still smell the soap from several inches away. It sounds like the Lush stores might trigger a similar reaction if I were to venture inside. Thus, thanks for the warning.