Quick Update: LUSH order

My latest LUSH order came in today. This is my first impressions of the products I ordered.

1. Wiccy Magic Muscles massage bar:
I don't like the smell of this. The smell somehow reminds me of herring. It has cinnamon leaf oil and peppermint oil in it, but I'm getting very strong scents of clove. I don't like cloves in large quantities, the smell bothers me. The site doesn't list cloves, but they list 'perfume'. I'll see how this works for relieving sore muscles, but first impression is an intense clove-y, herring-like smell.

2.Geo Phyzz bath bomb:
When the package arrived, this bomb was a little battered. It wasn't cracked or anything, but had some crushed bath bomb powder coming off it and collecting in the bottom of the little bag it's in. It smells like evergreens, it's a little strong, but it will probably be less strong in the bath. It's a pretty green colour with little specks of red Hawaiian sea salt in it. I'm looking forward to using this.

3. Gentle Lentil solid shampoo bar:
This has a strong sweet, creamy smell to it, with a bit of a floral scent as well. I was trying to place the floral scent and I think it may be jasmine, but I could be wrong. I like the smell, but it's a little too strong, especially the floral bit. But I think it will be nice after a shower when it's not as strong in the hair. The bar is a pale cream colour with specks of lentils in it. I'm excited to use this to see how it works on my very dry curly hair.

4. Okra conditioner:
This is a Retro product. The first four ingredients are okra infusion, corn silk infusion, nettle infusion and mountain grape decoction. Also in the product is lavender oil and rosemary oil. When I first took off the lid to remove the tab closing it and sniffed I got a very strong whiff of herbs. Sniffing it through the flip cap, it's not quite as strong. I do like the scent, it's very herbal, which I'm used to from the conditioner I have been using for a while now. The colour is sort of a dark cream colour. The one thing I don't like is that it lists sodium lauryl sulfate in it. That's usually used in shampoos to make them lather, I don't see the necessity in a conditioner. Also the sodium and sulfates are not good for your hair. I'll see how this works. My previous shampoo and conditioner were sulfate free.

5.Token to the Forest Gods toner/sauna tab:
This is a cute green little tab, mine has a star shape on the top of it. It smells kinda like citrus and Fruit Loops, and the colour is reminiscent of the lime Fruit Loops. I do like the smell, and I'm excited to use this.

6. Aqua Marina cleanser:
My piece doesn't look as neat as the pictures on the lush website, but I didn't by this for the looks. I bought it because it contains calamine, aloe vera, and seaweed. I get redness around my nose and sometimes my cheeks, and calamine and aloe vera are soothing. The scent is a little strong, the cleanser has sweet orange oil as well as patchouli oil in it, but I do like it, and I normally hate strong scents. I'm scent sensitive since using Yasmin, and I tend to get migraines with strong scents. The cleanser is very creamy, and has a mousse-like texture and it's wrapped in seaweed. It also contains kaolin for it's skin-tightening properties. I really hope this works for me, because I hate the redness I get on my face.

7. Imperalis moisturizer:
This is very small, smaller than I thought it would be, and at nearly $23 a pot, it better work well. It's "made with lavender, orange flowers and tiger lilies to create well balanced skin." It's good for combination skin. The colour of this moisturizer is a pale creamy pink similar to the colour of Aqua Marina. The floral scents are not overpowering, but definitely there. I do like the smell of this.

So those are all the LUSH products I ordered for myself. I will say that I do like the scent of The Smell of Freedom perfume my sister got. It's strong, but nice and I may purchase the solid, but I'd like to smell the solid in a LUSH store first, since the solid is $12.95(CAD). I will write a review after using these products for a while, and seeing how well they agree with my skin and hair. I'll probably do a separate mini-review for Geo Phyzz since that's a one time use thing, and not a skincare product.

Oh and before I forget, they included 2 samples with the order again. Porridge soap, and Banana Moon soap. Porridge smells AMAZING. It's got a sweet, creamy, sugar and molasses type smell. I cannot stop smelling this soap. I am definitely buying some of this. The Banana Moon soap smells like, well, bananas. The little sticker on it says 'guaranteed monkey business with moisturizing bananas and yoghurt'. It's an ok smell, but it kind of reminds me of little kids and banana lollipops, and mashed banana and things like that. Not a smell I want all over my body, but it might be great for people with kids. I could definitely see kids liking the scent.

So that's all for now.