Last week, Her Campus was lucky enough to head along to Lush Aberdeen’s blogger event to take a sneak peek at their new winter collection. I’m not going to lie, even the thought of those heavenly smells set my little heart a-flutter. The lovely Lush ladies Becca and Georgina were kind enough to give me a sneaky wee last minute pass to come along to the exciting event and meet the other local blogger ladies. We were not going to pass that up!
The evening kicked off with a delicious Snow Fairy mock-tail, which in true Lush style, was colourful, fragrant and had sparkles and stars. Oh and it was pink, Lush gals you can join Her Campus anytime! The cosy little shop was closed just for the event and the whole place was decked out with Christmas presents and the brand new Lush Christmas range. It was rather strange to hear Christmas music while eating cute snowmen cakes (courtesy of ‘Hannah Bakes Cakes’) at the beginning of October but we embraced the Christmas spirit and got stuck in!
We were lucky enough to hear from Becca a little bit more about Lush’s ethos and you could really feel her passion for the company and all it stands for. I have often shopped at Lush but I do have to admit I had never spent much time researching the brand so this evening was an eye opener for me! The most obvious belief that Lush stands by is their promise to fight animal testing. They are also involved in ethical buying; their products are 100% vegetarian, handmade and wrapped in ‘naked’ packaging to help the environment! So really, you can buy these gorgeous cosmetics and beauty products safe in knowledge you are doing some good. We also found out that Lush have also started their ‘Charity Pot’ initiative which means that every pot that we buy, 100% of the proceeds goes to charity. Wowee, could this brand polish its halo anymore?!
After a short chat we got a hands on demonstration of all of Lush’s new Christmas and Halloween bath bombs. Believe me, this was so exciting! You do feel quite childlike picking up these bombs and dropping them into bowls of water to see the surprise outcome! You never quite know what to expect. All of us bloggers ladies were crowding round the little station, phones and cameras at the ready. I tell you; pretty much everything in the store was Instagram worthy!
Now, most importantly, I know you’re really here for the lowdown! What do I recommend? My favourite bath bombs of the night were definitely ‘Golden Wonder’ which creates beautiful mermaid-like water with turquoise lustre and the ‘Sparkler’ bath bomb. The ‘Sparkler’ literally creates a Catherine wheel in your bath as it spins around leaving a trail of golden glitter. It is also one of Lush’s vegan products and is scented by their popular Rose Jam scent. Heavenly.
On to trialling their bubble bars – and I do have to warn you, be prepared to get glitter EVERYWHERE! The bubble bars are where you will find the cuties of the bunch with ‘The Melting Snowman’, making a reappearance from last year, and the ‘Christmas Hedgehog’ and ‘Christmas penguin’ to join your bath menagerie. You just have to close your eyes when you crumble them into the water! They really do have incredible pay off and the smallest piece created such a huge amount of bubbles. Definitely worth your hard earned (SAAS) money. One of my favourite Christmas products at this station was the Snowman Kit which prompted many a chorus of ‘Do You Wanna Build a Snowman’. Well despite the fact it is October and doing little more than raining, now you can! This product is part of the ‘Fun’ product line and you can build your own snowmen before crumbling them into the bath. Hey, you have to be ruthless for super soft skin!
Then we moved on to the beauty and skincare part of our tour. Lush’s lip scrubs are famous among beauty bloggers, so they haven’t missed a trick when they brought out a special Christmas one with a lip tint called Santa Baby to go alongside. Many of the girls trialled this and it looks great on a number of skin tones as it is a lovely blue-toned red. Perfect for wintery bitten lip make up looks.
Finally, came my favourite product from the launch – the ‘Yog Nog’ soap. This soap is to die for! It is luscious and softening with the most heavenly smell of butterscotch. You may think I am exaggerating but it genuinely smells like you could eat it – to be honest I was almost tempted. This is a highly moisturising hand and body soap which is perfect for your skin when it gets dry and weather beaten in the winter.
Phew, that was a lot of favourite products. You can tell I’m indecisive but really there were just too many to choose from. The winter collection is now online and in store (81 Union Street, Aberdeen) from the 4th October 2014 and the lovely ladies will be there to answer any of your questions. Thank you so much for having us Lush! You’ll have to excuse me- I’m off to use my new bath bomb. It’s a hard life!