LUSH Limited Edition Items: Mid-Winter Christmas

LUSH Limited Edition Items: Mid-Winter Christmas
(Updated 11/10/2015)

So, for those of you who don't know, it is currently winter here in New Zealand! So instead of a white Christmas, we have sunshine and barbeques. This means that a lot of the snow themed products LUSH release at Christmas doesn't really make sense. So they do an awesome thing where they release a handful of the limited edition Christmas items in New Zealand's winter. 

UPDATE: LUSH has released their Christmas collection for this year so please head over to https://www.lushnz.com/shop/product/category/path/1052/christmas for all the products and stay tuned for a few more blogs that will be reviewing other Lush items (:

This is my first post on LUSH, but trust me, it wont be my last... I got introduced to LUSH products last Christmas and have been in love with them ever since. So, I thought I would do a post about six of the items currently for sale, so people who haven't tried them can see what they're like. 

LUSH products are usually reasonably expensive and I definitely understand how they might not fit the 'budget' side of this blog. But, these products have so much to give! For those of you who haven't heard of LUSH before, I urge you to have a read of their website about their ethics, or sit back, relax and watch a few of their youtube videos.

I've been lucky enough to be gifted a lot of my LUSH products, and each and everyone serves as a chance for me to relax a little and feel absolutely spoilt.

Please note: I have no idea when these items will no longer be available.

Also, on the LUSH US Facebook Page, they made a post about how some items have been discontinued, no news if this applies to the NZ/AUS supplier.

Now, time for the products...

 Snow Fairy Shower Gel

"Candyfloss pink and with a sweet, magical scent of soothing and comforting vanilla, the flecks of blue glitter leave you shimmering.  Wash your hair and body with this sparkling seasonal must-have."

I absolutely LOVE this product. I only had a taster of this and I fell in love! Super sweet, makes you smell amazing. Also cleans really well, which is important in a shower gel. Haven't/probably wont use this to wash my hair, but highly recommend it if you love sweet scents. (Only being sold in 250mL and 500mL bottles at the moment but is sold in 100mL bottles at Christmas). I find you only need the smallest amount! Like the size of your thumbnail. (Please note, I have small thumbs as well).

Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

"The candy scent wafting through the steam includes Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute, wrapping you in a comforting embrace. If you like the fragrance of our Rock Star soap and Creamy Candy bubble bar, you’re in for a treat."

For those of you not familiar with a bubble bar, you simply crush/break the bar apart under running water and eventually your bath will be filled with gorgeous smelling bubbles. This is a creamy bath bar that is very similar to the rock star soap.  It's sweet like snow fairy, but not quite on the same level. I would only use 1/2 of 1/3 of this at a time.

Luxury Lush Pud

"For a soothing and calming bath, Lush Pud has gone all luxury with colourful polka dots that float to the surface making pastel islands in the water. A relaxing bath treat made with the comforting lavender and ylang ylang scent of Twilight, perfect for a bath before bedtime."

This is such a pretty bath bomb that leaves your bath in a technicoloured  state. Now to describe the scent. I liken in to the imaculate eggception (yellow) bath bomb (sold by LUSH at Easter), as I think they both have a fake caramel  smell. To the best of my knowledge I had a caramel scented gel pen when I was younger and it smells exactly like it! A super relaxing and powerful scent. I would use 1/2 of this at a time.

Baked Alaska Snowball Soap

"The Baked Alaska soap has unique shape, which appears as a snowball and inside you will find small snowballs smelling of fresh and uplifting Organic Lemon Myrtle, stress relieving Ylang Ylang Oil and Grapefruit, which is refreshing and toning for the skin."

You can definitely smell the lemon! Kind of smells similar to the dragons egg bath bomb. The lemon/sweet lemonade smell is really nice, and the soap itself is quite creamy.

Rose Jam Shower Gel

"Inspired by our love for roses and the benefits of nourishing Argan Oil, this shower gel is as decadent as it gets! Skin brightening Goji Berry Juice and Sicilian Lemon give your skin a boost, while Rose Oil and Rose Absolute leave it soothed, softened and beautifully fragranced. A luxuroius way to start each day."

Again, another scent I love! I really love the rose scent from LUSH. It's used in a few other products like the Ro's Argan Body Conditioner, and it's just gorgeous! It's kind of old lady but it's a long lasting scent that I generally use at night to to put me in a calm state. Please excuse the beat up bottle, we've been through a lot together. Again, I only need a tiny amount to get a good later up!

Golden Wonder Bathbomb

"Drop this gold dusted gift into a warm bath and watch in wonder as golden stars burst out, dissolving in the water before your very eyes, turning the bath water a vibrant blue. The champagne-like fragrance of sweet orange oil, cognac oil and lime oil will uplift your spirits."

So much lustre/glitter. A really messy bathbomb, but it makes the prettiest baths. The gold lustre is altered by a surprise on the inside :) Not so sure if I love the scent but I definitely get the orange.

In conclusion...

All awesome products! I've got a lot of time for LUSH and they really deliver. Would recommend the Snow Fairy Shower Gel and Luxury Lush Pud the most. Again, limited edition items - not sure when the sale will end.Update: Mid-winter Christmas sale has finished, but normal Christmas sale has started!