Lush Haul - Halloween, Christmas and Kitchen Products

So I've been terrible at updating this blog recently, I've moved back to Bath and had to survive 2 weeks with virtually no internet which was great fun! But the great thing about being back in Bath is a) I'm back with my friends b) one of those friends will go shopping with me and c) there is a Lush store in town!

So one Friday afternoon, the day the new range was released in stores, I persuaded her to come with me to Lush and we went a tiny, little bit crazy! We were in there for about an hour and I ended up with a lovely staff member named Kaz carrying one of my baskets for me as I was getting so much! They didn't have all the products in store yet so I did get some on line but a couple more products have been released on line so I suppose I shall just have to do some more shopping plus I got some more general products too :)

This will mainly be a picture heavy post and I will put reviews up in the coming weeks.

Bath Bombs and Bubble Bars

1 L-R: Shoot for the Stars, Holly Golightly, Father Christmas
2 L-R: Luxury Lush Pud, Dashing Santa, Five Gold Rings
3 L-R: Bah Humbug, Snow Angel, Lord of Misrule

1 L-R: Sparkly Pumpkin, Peeping Santa, Cinders, Golden Wonder
2 L-R: Butterbear, So White, Candy Mountain, Magic Wand

 Shower Gels and Jellies

1 L-R: Santa's Belly, Nightwing, Snowman
2 L-R: Salt and Peppermint Bark, Lord of Misrule, Snow Fairy, Rose Jam

Dusting Powders 

Kitchen 

1 L-R: Brimstone Scrub, Elixir Bath Melt
2 L-R: After 8.30 Massage Bar, It's A Pleasure Treasure MB, Cosmic Dreamcatcher MB

Miscellaneous

1 L-R: Celestial, Jersey Bounce
2 L-R: No Drought, Christingle
3 L-R Yog Nog, Damaged, Dream Time, Montalbano

Calacas Shower Gel

Ingredients: Water, Aloe Vera Gel, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Propylene Glycol, Perfume, Lime Oil, Olibanum Oil, Neroli Oil, Lactic Acid, Citral, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Colour 42090, Colour 45350, Methylparaben and Propylparaben.

Vegan 
When speaking to long time Lush fans, one fragrance always comes up in conversation - Calacas. This extremely popular fragrance was first released for Halloween (please correct me if I'm wrong) with the name 'Day of the Dead' and is inspired by the Mexican celebration, Dia de los Muertos. 

Dias de los Muertos take place on November 1st and 2nd, All Souls Day in the Christian Calendar and honours the dead with festivals and lively celebrations that combine indigenous Aztec ritual with Catholicism.  They celebrate the lives of the deceased with food, drink and parties and other activities that the dead enjoyed doing in life. The dead are part of the community at this time and are awakened from their sleep to share in the celebrations. The most recognisable symbols from this festival may be the Calacas and Calaveras (skeletons and skulls) which appear everywhere during this period and are usually portrayed as enjoying life. They might only be half decorated as this represents the duality between life and death and how, in the end, we shall all become a skeleton. The festival is made up of two days each celebrating death. Dia de los Inocentes is on the first day of November and honours the children that have died and Dia de los Muertos which celebrates the adults' lives. 

The description on the bottle reads 'Very superstitious... Wash your face and hands with a jelly bean scented blast from the Mexican past.' This perfectly summarises this beautiful concoction of lemon and lime zestiness creating a wonderful sweet citrusy scent that is supported from the neroli essential oils and lime oil that would be perfect all year round; from waking you up in winter to a sunny boost in the summer. It has a lasting scent and every so often you get a delicious fragrance wafting up to your nose. 

From looking on eBay to see if I could find an old bottle, Calacas used to be a lime green, a colour to match the fragrance, but due to discolouration after a couple of months it has been changed to an almost see through greeny/orange. Luckily before purchasing an old bottle on eBay, the Kitchen announced that it would be made and I grabbed myself two bottles of goodness. 

It is quite a thick shower gel, similar in consistency to It's Raining Men, and produces a nice amount of lather when used with a shower puff. It leaves you feeling uplifted and refreshed with silky smooth skin to boot.

I am so glad that I was able to purchase Calacas and hopefully it will be out in the Kitchen next year some time so I can stock back up again. This fragrance was available in other formats so even if it turns up in a shower jelly, bath ballistic or perfume I shall certainly be purchasing it! 

5*/5* 

£10.25 for 250g 

Lush Collection August 2015

So I now I haven't posted in a while, work has been crazy busy so I thought I would just show you guys the products that I have collected so far! I'm not sure how many products I own and frankly I'm too scared to count them all !

Honey I Washed the Kids (top left), Outback Mate (blue in the middle), Sexy Peel (top right), Miranda (bottom right) and Sultana of Soap (bottom left).

Ice Blure, Fairly Traded Honey, No Drought, H'Suan Wen Hua, Roots x2, Big, Veganese, Damaged, R&B, Jason and the Argan Oil Solid shampoo (pink), Dr Peppermint and a sample of Veganese.

The Comforter Solid Perfume, Fantasy Eye liner, Success Eye liner, Motivation Eye liner, Control Eye liner, Decisive Lipstick and The Kiss Lip Scrub

(L-R) Twilight, Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair, Lord of Misrule, It's Raining Men, Beautiful and Don't Rain On My Parade.

(L-R) Twilight, Black Pearl, Calacas and Rose Jam

(L-R) The Comforter, Yummy Mummy, B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful, Slammer and Narcotick.
Large ones behind; The Comforter shower creme and the Olive Branch.

L-R Back; Grease Lightning x2, Tea Tree Toner Water, Breeze on Sea Air Toner Water, Mask of Magnaminty x2.
L-R Front; Baby Face Solid Cleanser, Dream Steam Toner Tab, 9 to 5 Cleansing Lotion, Rosey Cheeks, Prince of Darkness and Don't Look At Me.

Heavenly Bodies and Emperor of Ice Cream x2 

Whitewash Shower Smoothie

2 (melted) Pearl massage bars, Strawberry feels forever and Heavenilli 

Vanilla Dee-Lite Body Lotion x2, Yummy Mummy Body Conditioner, The Comforter Body Lotion x2, Ro's Argan Body Conditioner x2 and American Cream Body Lotion

Rub, Rub, Rub Shower Scrub x2 (1 is filled with Lemon Sherbert), Ocean Salt Face and Body Scrub x2, Lemon Sherbert Showder and Life's A Beach Body Scrub Powder

All Shower Jellies
Back L-R; Party On, Sweetie Pie x3, Big Calm and Deep Sleep
Middle L-R; Refresher, Sweetie Pie x2, Big Calm x2
Front L-R; Strawberry Twin Tub, Needles and Pine, Whoosh, 93,000 Miles, Refresher and Deep Sleep

Collection of Bath Oils