ITS A MONSTER

Don't be scared - it's not a monster. It's a total godsend!!! That I came up with!!! 

So I've been craving a lush fresh face mask for a couple weeks... And as it's snowing like crazy I can't go out to the mall to pick one up. So I got on the internet and started fantasizing...ahem... About their fresh face masks and which one I will get.

I have to admit, the thought of cosmetic warrior is great, but people always complain about the smell. This one is said to brighten and even skin tone and clear acne.

And then I clicked on love lettuce - said to do the same thing except this one also exfoliates and tightens your skin as well, and it smells good! So I think, oh well I'll probably get this one.

And then I remember I HAVE AN AVOCADO IN MY FRIDGE!!!!

So, while I am inspired to combine these to masks, I am also limited to what ingredients are not rotten - as my mother insists you can 'just cut the brown part off'. So, I found my avocado, and remembering my extensive knowledge on all things lush, including which ingredient does what, picked up some lime juice, and then not wanting my skin to dry out, I grabbed some honey as well. My dad got one of those cappuccino foamers from IKEA, and so I poured lime juice in a sauce bowl and turned the foamer on, and slowly added the honey until it became a foam and was thoroughly mixed. I then whisked the avocado until it was completely smooth. And then I asked about the nuts. (Is it bad I tried to spell nuts with two t's, like the retro massage bar?!) I asked if we had almonds, as chopped almonds draw out impurities as well as exfoliate your skin. Grabbed those, chopped about seven to a fine dust, and added them to my mixture. Not wanting my mask to go bad before the Super Bowl game started, and thinking the lime juice would prevent it from freezing, I popped it in the freezer. Well, it froze and it was like an avocado ice cream. I melted it in my hands (which is why it is not caked on in that one picture) and left it on for about ten minutes. I kid you not, my skin is GLOWING, TIGHT, BRIGHTER, AND SOFTER. I AM A LUSHINARY GENIUS!!!! You must now down to my power. 

Not really. But seriously, try this! It worked so great for me that I actually plan to submit it to Lush. Eep!! <3 

Stay lushable! (AND GO SEAHAWKS!!!) 

Love,

Lushable lyss <3

Review of Sandy Santa

What is Sandy Santa? Well apparently it was inspired by a trip down under near Christmas and seeing Santa faces in the sand. Which I like the idea of but it's kind of weird associating the face Of Santa Claus with a warm and tropical place if you're not from one. Being from a desert, our winters are freezing and snowy and frozen. Most of the time. As for having a sand and sugar, orange blossom scented solid scrub shaped like Santa, red sand hat included? I adore it. He even wears sunglasses <3 it's pretty cute if I do say so myself. Which I won't. Because that's be really contradictory to my prior statement about Santa and the tropics. Anyway, apparently Sandy Santa used to be just sugar and sand like all of lush's other body scrubs. This Christmas, they added butters and lotions to the sugar and shaped it, like Buffy body scrub and body butter. It works great! In my opinion, better than Buffy. Which is pretty great. It leaves your skin perfumed with orange blossoms and citrus and I think I smell a little jasmine in there. It works really well, the sand does not present a mess, and it smells divine. The only down falls to this product is that if you're in a humid area it can melt or if it gets to hot it'll melt so I've taken to storing it in two ziplock bags in the fridge... So we'll see how long 'till mom kicks it out. As for the second downfall, that's because it's a limited edition product. What if, lush created the same exact product shaped like their original sugar scrub, with the same ingredients as a new body butter scrub? I'd love that! Especially for spring and summer, which is what the scent reminds me of. Yeah, they should definitely do that. Taking all of this into consideration, I would definitely recommend this to my friends and repurchase. And repurchase. And repurchase again. 

Love y'all! You LUSHables, you!

Lyss