Divine Bathing...Lush Style

So Lush opened a brand new store in Oxford Street, London, a few months ago now; it's huge, has lots of exclusive products and a spa. (insert some kind of awe inducing sound effect here if you like, I am.)

Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to go and see it yet (sadness,) but some of the exclusive products are beginning to come in to other Lush stores now (harumble! - you're only going to get that if you listen to 'Bleak Expectations' on Radio 4 - but never mind, I like it.)

Lots of stuff is still Oxford Street only for the moment so I was very grateful when one of my friends offered to pick me up some bits as she was making a pilgrimage of her own.

It was hard to know what to ask for as there were so many new things; more than I was even aware of to ask for; so I just picked a few of the cool sounding bath bombs and these are they...

 

Yoga Bomb, this is a beautifully warming and relaxing bath bomb that slowly fizzes away, revealing layer upon layer of bright colour and sparkling golden glitter. I used this in my hotel room in Glastonbury after an enjoyable but brisk climb up the Tor and back. I was more than ready for it, it was heaven. It's apparently good after exercise, like yoga, but also allegedly good for hangovers too.(You can get this one in other stores now - thankfully for those of us who don't live in London.)

 

The Sacred Lotus - This is a pretty but fragile bath bomb, designed to float in your bath like a lotus flower on an idyllic and clean pool, the sort you might see in a Bollywood song and dance scene, but rarely in real life. It has a heady floral scent, with a strong jasmine note, reminiscent of the Jasmin and Henna Fluff Eaze Hair Mask. This bath bomb hides a secret - silver glitter -  a lot of silver glitter. It looks very pretty, suspended in the lilac coloured water. The purple petals breaks off and slowly foam on the water while the yellow centre fizzes away, unveiling the sparkles. The overall effect is very calming and relaxing, creating quite a meditative bath.

Divination Reusable Bubble Bar - I haven't used this one yet, because, alas, I no longer have a bath, although I hope to rectify this in the future. I love the concept behind this one though, it's shaped like a pendulum and comes on a string so you can play with it like the real thing. The string is also very handy for holding the bar under running water so that you can get your bubbles. Reusable bubbles usually do at least three baths, often more, depending on how long you keep it under the water and whether you dry it out in between baths. It has a rose, amber and patchouli scent, invoking, appropriately, thoughts of incense and other mysterious magical things. Also, it looks really cool.

 

Red or Dead or My Undying Love for Henna

I love Copperhead, one of the new shampoo bars from Lush Cosmetics; created to add shine for darker hair tones with red Persian henna for shine and condition and cocoa butter to soften the hair as well.

Coffee and roasted cocoa extract blend with Fairtrade vanilla absolute and vetiver oil to create a rich intoxicating fragrance, that is equal parts exotic spice market meets decadent chocolate temple.

I've used shampoo bars before, they are great for travelling as they are so light, make no mess and last for ages. However, as my hair is long, fairly thick and quite curly, I've found them a little too drying for regular use in the past. They can make my hair a bit fluffy.
I usually use Lush's 'Cynthia Sylvia Stout,' a liquid shampoo that adds weight and is good for shine but I wanted to try the henna shampoo.

I was initially a little sceptical about Copperhead, the henna aspect intrigued me; I'm a redhead and I use Lush's Rouge Henna to enhance my natural colour, creating a darker but brighter end result; but I wondered how much difference the shampoo bar could make with so little henna going on to my hair for such a short time.

I was wrong and was really impressed from my first use at how shiny my hair was afterwards and the cocoa butter really seems to have helped counteract the tendency to make my hair fluffy. In fact, after a few uses, I was asked by several friends at work if I had recently dyed my hair as it was so shiny. 

It's definitely become one of my favourite Lush products already and I think it will be one of my staple products from now on. 

I just hope they bring out a few more products in that delicious aroma.

More henna love below with the gorgeous mehndi I had done in Pushkar in India...