Leading off with a reasonably priced entry: the Yummy Mummy set from Lush, with a Ma Bar bubble bar and handmade Honey I Washed The Kids soap in a special hexagon shape. $17.50…
Lush Bathos Bubble Bar
The violet is traditionally associated with the qualities of shyness, modesty, and loyalty. The Bathos Bubble Bar from Lush, however, is not the proverbial shrinking violet. Lush’s catalogue, Lush Times, frequently mentions that violet is the favorite fragrance of Lush’s creator and owner, Mark Constantine. It was also the signature scent of none other iconic personality than Napoleon Bonaparte, who wore violet cologne, gave bouquets of violets to Josephine on their wedding anniversaries, and inspired his dedicated followers to wear the flower as well. The Bathos Bubble Bar, stamped with a glittery capital “B,” aspires to a similar romance and charisma…
Fragrance review: 1000 Kisses Deep by B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful
B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful is a “sister company” to Lush. They have 3 shops in the UK, with a focus on makeup and fragrance; the fragrances were developed by Lush co-founder Mark Constantine. 1000 Kisses Deep (presumably named after the Leonard Cohen song) has notes of mandarin, osmanthus, labdanum, myrrh, and musk…
Scented body products from LUSH: Snowcake soap and Smitten hand cream
Those that know me are aware that when it comes to fragrance, I am a complete almond fanatic. It is by far my favorite note, and in the past few years I have tried almost every almond scent on the market in my quest to find the perfect one. But I’ve remained largely unsuccessful, mainly because in my mind, I already know what my perfect almond scent is, and it doesn’t come in perfume form yet. It is the smell of LUSH’s Snowcake, a wonderful soap with an incredibly lovely smell of cream and sugared almonds…