In a generation of organic obsessed consumers, the worst possible thing to happen to a women’s wallet is the store Lush. Now if you haven’t been tread very lightly because you are getting yourself into an addiction almost as bad as Sephora. Between the hair, skin and nail treatment packaged in a neat black, recyclable container how could you resist?
Here are the stages you should expect when you go to Lush:
Denial
When you first enter the store you have a set plan of what you need and convince yourself this trip is going to be in and out. You have your budget clearly in your head and are in complete denial that you will break at the sight of a free sample. Convinced that you are levelheaded you try and ignore the fairy cosmetics godmother who is going to push your limits!
Acceptance
After perusing around for about 5-10 minutes it hits you! You want everything and you want it all. Instead of denying your basic instinct to own the whole store you accept that you are going to leave with so much more, and that is ok. Shop on girl it’s about to be a long ride!
Irrational Rationalization
Now that you’ve accepted the fact that you have completely geared off track here is the fun part. You start convincing yourself as to why you need every skincare product because of course your skin changes seasonally. Ya know it may be winter but you’ll still get the sea salt spray for beach waves just incase they don’t carry it later on.
Wolf Of Wall Street
With your newfound enlightenment to get all these unnecessary essentials your wallet quickly opens right up. You can clearly see the register’s number increasing at an exponential rate but that’s what credit is for right? Or even better you can use your “in case of emergency card” and beg for forgiveness from your parents later!
Instant Pang of Guilt
As the cashier wraps everything up and you have handed over the money your heart will instantly twitch a little bit. You’ll have the feeling that maybe something isn’t right but you also don’t want to be that person to make the people behind you wait even longer so you can return some things.
#NoRagrats
Alright whatever, as you strut out of the store you are once again happy. With all these new products you are prepared to use them all as soon as you get home in the hopes of looking new and improved. There was temporary guilt but at the same time, the weight of a shopping bag has never felt so great!
Now that you are prepared I’m sending you all off to Lush, go!