Tokyo in the Tub

Oh hai! I haven't posted in a while because I've been doing more stuff on Tumblr these days. Look for me on Tumblr under LuceileLush, where I do the majority of my posting.

To the point! Last night I concocted what is now one of my favorite cocktails of all time. It smells pretty nice, like a sweet vanilla candy, but it looks EPIC. The color is such an amazing neon pink with a tinge of bright orange, it's beautiful.
So follow me as I show you how to bring the lights of Tokyo to your bubble bath with a LUSH cocktail that would make Hello Kitty green (or pink) with envy.

First, crumble 1/2 of a Flosty Gritter into the tub and start the water. If anybody has been a LUSHie for a year or so, they know about Flosty Gritter. It's glittery like SunnySide, with a slightly finer luster, but it's pink and smells of Vanilla. It got discontinued last year, much to the chagrin of, well, everyone.
I don't know why LUSH got rid of one of the prettiest bubble bars with one of the most versatile scents (vanilla matches well with pretty much any other scent), whilst leaving something as horribly scented and horribly ugly as Creamy Candy on the shelves.
Hopefully Flosty will return in the form of Retro, or maybe one day they'll catch wise and take the Miranda route by bringing it back to stores. One can only dream. In the meantime, if you've depleted your Flosty Gritter rations or didn't discover LUSH in time to nab one, then The Comforter bubble bar should do fine and dandy without changing the cocktail too much.

Secondly, I climbed in the tub and dropped in the Vanilla Fountain bath bomb. The water turned a faint orange color, so I decided to add a little pizazz by adding my Pink! (formerly known as Think Pink) bath bomb.
After that dissolved...WOW is all I can say. This bath cocktail is not complete without Pink! It brings the water to a bright neon pink with just a hint of neon orange and, thanks to Pink!, there was little pink heart confetti floating around. Plus, Pink! Has a vanilla candy scent so it fits right in with the rest of the gang in this cocktail.

I washed up with my little decant of Snow Showers forum special shower gel that my boss, Miss Cherry Chola, so generously gave to me. This shower gel is awesome, because it smells exactly like realbubblegum.
Tangent Time: I normally hate bubblegum-ish scents, but this one actually didn't aim for that fragrance, it just happens to smell like real bubblegum, like from the 25¢ gum machine, not Snow Fdairy's or Bubblegum lip scrub's or Rock Star soap's versions of Bubblegum. If there's one scent family that I think LUSH [and every other company in the world] should stop doing, it's bubblegum.
It's never ever good when anyone attempts to make a bubblegum scent, it's always too heavy and overly sweet or childish, there are no exceptions. However LUSH, in their amazingness, stumbled upon a way to accidentally create a true and beautiful bubblegum scent, but I don't know if they're aware of what they have on their hands with this one.

Anyway, I smelled like sweet and awesome epicness long after my bath was over and I must say that Snow Showers is one of the most exquisite shower gels that LUSH has ever offered. I would buy this shower gel year round for the rest of my life and die happy as a clam.
However, if you didn't manage to get your hands on some of this orgasmic-smelling shower gel, the Vanilla In The Mist hand and body soap or It's Raining Men shower gel would be good matches as well.

One could add Happy Blooming to this bath if they needed a little extra boost of moisture or some soothing calamine for their skin, and I bet it would only enhance the lovely experience that is the Tokyo in the Tub bath cocktail.

Two Baths Worth Writing Home About!

I've taken a bath two consecutive nights in a row and they're both too darn fabulous not to blog about, so come join me in this very special two-bath edition of LUSH LIFE.

Le Premier Bain (The First Bath):
For this bath, I used a few products I hadn't used before; thusly, I was extremely excited.
The first product was the French Kiss Bubble Bar, I've used this one before so I knew it would go perfectly with this bath cocktail. It's full of lavender absolute, rosemary oil, and thyme oil. It's makes for really nice herbal lavender bubbles. Delightful!
Then I used a Twilight Bath Bomb, now I've demoed this bath bomb and even bought this bath bomb goodness knows how many times, but my 9-year-old cousin loves this bath bomb and I just can't say no to her, so my Twilights have always ended up in her baths. It is delightful to see a child enjoy something more than an adult ever could; ah, blissful childhood joy, how I miss thee. But I digress; I finally got my Twilight bombs from store to tub without a hitch. And, oh, what joy! The relaxing lavender oil! The gorgeous Tonka scent! It starts out pink but turns the water into a lovely purple color. This bomb turned my bathtub into the night sky; white clouds of froth, dark purple water makes the sky, and silver glitter completes the illusion as twinkly little stars. This bomb smells like cotton candy and feels absolutely silky smooth and delightful. Another wonderful LUSH invention!
Then I dropped in a chunk of the Happy Blooming Bath Melt. Even though it's 50% calamine powder, it still has a lovely cherry/berry scent. The calamine powder and cocoa butter softens my skin and soothes those summer bug bites on my ankles. Then passion flower seed oil makes up part of that signature sweet scent, as well as promoting that feeling of happiness and calm.
In this bath I used Alkmaar soap....AMAZING! If you like sultry, creamy soaps then this is the soap for you! It's got a marvelous blend of jasmine absolute and honeysuckle infusion with smoky vetivert notes throughout and a decadent creamy lather. The luxurious bubbly lather is possibly the best part of this soap, due to the fact that it's so surprisingly creamy; usually soaps are either give a great lather or they're creamy, but LUSH has managed to conquer both ends of the spectrum! If you like the Snowcake soap from Christmas, then this is it's year-round buddy; it's not the same scent, but it's that same moisturizing, creamy feeling.
Then, after the bath, I topped it off with the Fever Massage Bar. This delightful massage bar is, unfortunately, discontinued, but I got the last one at my shop and I am savoring it. It's composed of sensual jasmine, seductive rose, and mind-clearing sandalwood essential oils. It's seductive and smoky, just like the Alkmaar soap.
I locked in the moisture from my massage bar using Silky Underwear Dusting Powder. It has the same wonderful scent as the Alkmaar soap, so this helped layer my scent even more. Plus, it's got some cocoa butter bits mixed in to keep your skin super soft. I actually sprinkled some on my sheets before I got in bed, it made my sheets super soft and wonderfully scented!

Le Deuxième Bain (The Second Bath):
I had an awesome day at work so I decided to take an "I'm On Top Of The World Bath". This must be tried by anyone who has had a day to remember.
It started with the Dorothy Bubble Bar, a fresh, clean-scented bubble bar with the same lovely fragrance as the Figs & Leaves soap. It's full of orange blossom absolute, which is floral and citrusy, and ylang ylang oil, which is intensely relaxing. It's blue, it has a rainbow, and it smells like spring time...what's not to love?
Then I dropped in a Fizzbanger Bath Bomb; it has the classic Love scent from LUSH, a delightful scent that changes from crisp apples to warm toffee while it turns your bathwater green and crackles with the pop rocks inside. It contains cinnamon leaf oil for it's spicy, warming scent and petitgrain oil for a fresh, green scent. Super fun, super lovely!
Lastly a combo of Sugar Babe Sugar Scrub, a fair trade sugar scrub with a bit of mimosa absolute to soften skin while exfoliating, and limited edition Uluru shower gel finished the bath off perfectly. Allow me to inform you guys of something: when a shop has an anniversary party, which is once every year, there's a special product made for this occasion and it's usually a shower gel. One of the stores in my area had an anniversary a couple of months ago and their shower gel was Uluru; it has the same scent as the Uluru Bath Bomb, which was a recently discontinued retro item. It has rosewood, sandalwood, and lemon  myrtle oils and is inspired by Australian sunsets. This shower gel is a beautiful orange color and its gorgeous scent, fairly reminiscent of orange juice, lingers on your skin well after you're done bathing.
So here's a tip: Go to your local LUSH shops and ask them when their anniversaries are. It's worth knowing, because you can get some sweet exclusive stuff!

Try these cocktails (you can substitute Uluru with Happy Hippy) and let me know what you think!
-LuceileLUSH

LUSH LIFE Banishes Sore Muscles!

Hey there, hi there LUSHies!

I recently went to my best friend's birthday party, where we played a game of 'serial killer' in the heavily wooded golf course near her home. While this game was uproarious fun, it involved me sprinting at full-speed wearing a pair of Dr. Marten combat boots which, by the way, weigh a few pounds each thanks to that trusty rubber sole. So, as you can imagine, my legs have been in crazy pain for the past couple of days. So tonight, after having spent the whole day walking around and swimming at a waterpark while celebrating my dad's birthday I'm popping in a LUSH bath full of lovely goodies designed to relieve my soreness, lest my legs just give up and burst into flames.

I started off with a generous crumble of the Ice Hotel bubble bar, an uplifting minty bubble bar from the fabulous retro line at LUSH. This thing is packing some serious heat (or chill) in the mint department; it's choc full of peppermint oil, which helps cool you off after spending a summer day in the triple-digit heat. It's also got a sprinkling of lavender as well, which helps calm a hectic mindset and promote an ethereal feeling that settles you into a sleep. But don't let that lavender fool you; this zippy foamer is a blast of cool ice peppermint fragrance. After all, the bar is inspired by the uber-chic ice hotel in Sweden.

Then I plopped in a Geo Phyzz bath bomb, available in LUSH stores everywhere, as well as online. This fizzy little green bomb is packed to the brim with cypress oil, which is a miracle-worker on sore, tired muscles, and Hawaiian volcanic clay salt, whose antioxidant properties draws all the impurities out of your skin.

Then I washed up with a healthy dose of an extremely special shower gel. I believe I may not be at liberty to reveal how I attained this shower gel, so I daren't mention more about it. It's in the picture below and trust me, you cannot get your hands on it; I know this for absolute fact, so don't even bother.
However, if you're looking for a shower gel that you can get your hands on to go with this muscle-relieving bath cocktail, give a shout to Dirty shower gel, the newest addition to the LUSH shower gel collection; originally designed for men, but loved by all, this minty shower gel has spearmint oil, menthol crystals, and a bit of super fine sea salt to keep you fresh and soft.

If you've got sore, aching, overworked muscles, then this recipe is your one-way ticket to ultimate relief.

Happy Bathing!
-LuceileLUSH

LUSH LIFE Celebrates Christmas in July!

Hey LUSHies! Are you guys ready for Christmas 2011? I sure am! Today, I found myself thinking about the upcoming holidays at LUSH and how they're getting closer with every month! I just can't wait 'til the holidays so, to quench my thirst for LUSH Christmas products, I decided to revisit some of the lovely items I had stashed away from last winter.

Firstly, I started with a crumbling of the Christmas Eve bubble bar. This adorable purple bubble bar has a yellow crescent moon on top and a smattering of shimmery blue glitter. It's scented with a gorgeous jasmine and ylang ylang fragrance that helps calm your mind and take you to a relaxing state of bliss.

Then I dropped in a So White Bath Bomb (or two!) and watched as the fizzy little ballistic filled my tub with a crisp green apple scent. This bomb is my favorite from last winter. It's absolutely delightful!

I finished up by lathering a bit of the Iced Wine shower jelly all over myself. It's a deliciously fruity jelly soap that smells like absolute heaven! It's scented with fresh grape infusion, real iced wine, grapefruit oil, and bergamot oil. I seriously can't get enough of this jelly, thank goodness I bought 4 (count 'em, 4) big pots of it!

This bath cocktail was amazing!

LUSH LIFE Loves Equality!

So, I haven't posted in a few days but I took a wonderful bath last night that I just have to share.
I used a couple of different LUSH products. The first, was the Freedom Foamer bubble bar. It's a limited edition bubble bar that LUSH sold a couple of weeks ago. It's green, it's glittery, and it's SUPER citrusy. 100% of the proceeds, yes I said 100% of the proceeds, from the sale of this bubble bar went to the Freedom To Marry organization which fights for the rights of gay couples to legally marry.
Anyways, back to the bubble bar. It looks like this:

Isn't it adorable?

It's packed full of lime, lemon, and grapefruit oils to relax and revive your spirit. I crumbled a bit in the tub and as the water filled up, it turned bright green, which was awesome.

Secondly, I used the Fizzbanger bath ballistic. It's a LUSH staple; it's carried year-round in LUSH stores and online. It smell starts out with a hint of a green, citrusy, sweet apple scent, then transforms into a lovely cinnamon toffee scent. It has the signature scent from the B Never Too Busy to Be Beautiful Cosmetics perfume of the same name (B Never was a sister company to LUSH that has recently been closed), that was made by the LUSH founder, Mark Constantine. He says the scent reminds him of young French school girls, and I agree!

This is what the lovely bomb looks like:

Also adorable!

As you can see, the shell of the Fizzbanger is yellow, but it has a blue core inside which means that once the bomb starts fizzing away (and adding a bit of froth, thanks to ground up bits of bubble bar) it turns the water green! Which means that, with my already green Freedom Foamer water, this bath was a gorgeous shade of super green!

Not to mention, the smell was absolutely delectable. I went to the grocery store after my bath and a lady who walked by me told me I was the best smelling person she'd ever encountered. Being 100% honest, this is not the first time this has happened to me after I've started using LUSH products. I have very similar occurences at least twice a month. No joke.

Here's a picture from my awesome Freedom Fizzbanger bath:

I finished off the bath using the Happy Hippy shower gel, which turned out to be a wonderful edition to this symphony of scent. If you managed to nab a Freedom Foamer bubble bar, give this bath cocktail a try. If you weren't lucky enough to get your hands on one of those limited edition bubble bars, the Dorothy bubble bar also makes a nice companion to Fizzbanger.

Happy Bathing!

-Luceile

LUSH LIFE In The Tub!

As you lovely readers will come to find, I spend a great deal of my time in the bathtub. Sure, I'm a busy-bee just as much as the next person, but I always make time for a relaxing bubble bath if I need it. After all, if we don't all allow ourselves a little zen time, we'd all lose our darn minds.
Anywho, I recently took a bubble bath that was so amazing that I just have to post about it. I used a few bath items from my favorite cosmetics company, LUSH Cosmetics. Everything is fresh, handmade, & organic and makes you feel & smell so good!

The products I used in my bath were what are considered 'Retro' items, which are products you can only purchase on the online store, http://www.lushusa.com/

I crumbled a little sliver of the Happy Bubble Bar in the tub before I turned the water on. It's adorably blue and it's scented with tangerine, neroli, and orange blossom oils, as well as a little sandalwood to balance. Once the tub was full, I turned on the jets and a thick, foamy layer of bubbles grew to epic proportions.

Secondly, I plopped the Sicilian Bath ballistic into the water. The Sicilian is a wonderfully fizzy little bath buddy who fills the tub up with a bit of baking soda to clean and a whole bunch of orange oil and actual orange. Once the bomb fizzes away, there's a slice of an actual orange left. It's a delightful reminder that LUSH uses real fruit and really does put the whole darn fruit in! This is, by far, my favorite LUSH ballistic in the whole wide world.

Lastly, the piece de resistance was a bit of Happy 4 SAD shower gel, which is a wonderful little purple shower gel filled with neroli oil to lift my spirits and aloe vera gel to soften & soothe my skin.

This bath was a relaxing & reviving citrus heaven; a welcome end to a very long & hot day in the Texas summer heat.

That's all for now, just thought I'd share this tidbit with you readers because I am so in love with this bath concoction.

Ok bai!