hive mind: Lush?

[anotheranon]

Over the years I've heard a lot of good things about Lush bath/body products - as in, people positively raving about them, collecting them, trading with friends.

And while I love good bath products and am charmed by their witty product names (Buffy the Backside Slayer), my only experience with Lush has been negative - I got some bath gel that smelled divine but that made me itch. For all I know the bath bombs that came with it are still lurking somewhere in my linen closet, but I'm reluctant to bother looking for them.

However, I'm not in love with my shampoo or conditioner and am looking for other options. Any reason I might give Lush a second look, or would that just be poking the stick in my eye again?

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[seamstrix.livejournal.com]

I am by no means objective about this, but I love LUSH products. (I suspect I'm Wendyski's Deeply Blonde Friend).

While I have had itchy reactions from other specialty store products (Bath and Body Shop), I've never had an itch reaction from LUSH.

I have sampled a number of their products and I can say that I love the soild shampoos/shampoo bars but Wendy is right, they do strip atrificial color. They don't seem to harm natural color. I have used their 'Hard' shampoo bar for (what else) hard water areas. I have also used 'Ultimate Shine', 'Karma Komber', and of course 'The Blonde'. I like all of them and use them in an informal rotation. For a try-out I'd recommed 'Ultimate Shine' if you haven't colored your hair. I also have a paste type shampoo called 'Big' which I use when my hair is feeling very gunky. It cleans hair really, really well and since my hair is dry I don't like to use it too much but if your hair is on the oily side you might really like it. One quirk with 'Big' is that you use only a tiny bit of it- like just enough to cover your finger tips even for my almost waist length hair, but you need two sudsing. The first time it won't really suds at all (is that a verb?) but the second time you will get tons.

I also swear by their 'Jungle' solid conditioner. My hair loves it and I love the earthy-herbal smell although others might not. Jungle doesn't make your hair feel 'slick' when it's in like conventional conditioners but it sure does the trick.

For washing the rest of you, I like 'Avo-wash' which is very moisturizing but doesn't have a strong smell. I like it after shaving my legs. The gels I like include 'Tramp' which is very patchouli, 'Olive Branch' which has an earthy orange scent (not sweet), and 'Flying Fox' which has a honey/jasmine scent and is supposed to help with PMS. You might also like 'Sonic Death Monkey' which smells like orange chocolate with a leather undertone. If you are feeling a bit Victorian, you can use 'Daddy-O', a purple shampoo designed to tone down brassiness in blonde/grey hair, as a body wash which is scented with violets- very Victorian!

As you may have noticed, I am a big fan of LUSH. Come back to Chicago for a visit and you can sample anyhting in my bathroom!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Big sounds like something I might actually need post-fence. I'll take a look at the ingredients and unless something puts up a red flag I'll take a look.

And yeah, it's been an age since we saw each other - CC200....4, right?

[seamstrix.livejournal.com]

Yep, I think the last time was CC in Atlanta. Girlfriend, you gotta come out and visit Bristol some summer!

all back to mine in 2009....

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I do, I really do!

Also, Costume Con is happening nearby (in Baltimore, anyway) in 2009!