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, by iyastevie

♥ My Dream LUSH Kitchen Menu!

I was reminiscing back on the good old days of the LUSH Kitchen the other day and I ended up scrolling back through their Instagram page, taking a look at all the retro creations they used to bring back to life and into our homes. It made me feel really sad that the Kitchen closed and we were all right, it just isn't the same anymore. I actually miss those frantic 8am fights to checkout, I miss getting parcels every week, full of goodies that were new to try or that I loved and had sadly ran out of. But I think of it all, the thing that I miss the most is waiting for that menu to pop up on a Friday afternoon to see what products were going to be available for the next coming week. It then got me thinking about if I had the opportunity to have my own Kitchen menu, what would I put on it? It actually took me a long time to whittle down the options and select a small handful, I thought I would share my choices with you all!

MONDAY

Ma Bar bubble bar and Snowshowers shower jelly

These two were total no brainers for my Kitchen menu! Ma Bar bubble bar is one of my top three bubble bars of all time. I have two left, one that I got in my last large Kitchen haul and one that I bought from a destash a couple of weeks ago, and I just can't bring myself to use either. If you've never used a Ma Bar before, you're missing out! This gorgeous bubble bar may be small in size, but it is mighty in the water. Carrying the Honey I Washed the Kids scent, with a little bit more of a chocolate twist, this bubble bar gives you super silky waters that smell like heaven. Of course, your waters aren't the prettiest due to the brown side, but paired with a Shoot for the Stars bath bomb and the deep blue makes the waters gorgeous again. Ma Bar for sure needs to hit the shelves of the store again! My second option for Monday is Snowshowers shower jelly, as I have never had the pleasure to try it before. Snowshowers is a scent family that has had a few name changes over the years, Champagne Snowshowers was the original name I believe, which was then shortened to Snowshowers, changed to Celebrate and is now more commonly known as Bubbly. I adore this scent and every product I have had that carries it, so I'd love to grab the shower jelly too.

TUESDAY

Chameleon bath bomb and Dr Peppermint shampoo bar

Chameleon bath bomb is another product that I sadly never had to chance to try out. It was so super popular, I remember attempting to pick a couple up on week and it sold out within minutes of being online. This was also one of them items that always came out the week I couldn't afford to order, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Chameleon bath bomb sounds like it would smell incredible, with grapefruit oil, mandarin oil and ylang ylang oil to create the scent and the bath art that I have seen looks stunning. Chameleon bath bomb reminds me of the gorgeous little Pascal from Tangled too, so any Disney reference and I'm on board! The next item I would choose for Tuesday, has to be Dr Peppermint shampoo bar. This shampoo bar is my most favourite hair care product that I have ever used, it even trumps American Cream! I bought Dr Peppermint a few years back on a whim as it was left over from the previous week and I like minty items. I didn't think much of it at first, other than it smelt gorgeous. I started using it and quickly realised how amazing it was for my hair! It gave me that salon washed look, my ends weren't as dry and my hair was growing at a rapid speed. Since using Dr Peppermint that first time, I have used two full bars and I am savouring my last one for a super special occasion.

WEDNESDAY

Ponche and Slammer shower gels
This was a really tough choice for me as I have bought and loved so many different Kitchen shower gels. The choices of Ponche and Slammer may surprise many people, as these two gels aren't usually peoples first Kitchen options. Everyone squeals over Avowash or Yummy Mummy, but these two shower gels pair so well with absolutely anything. I also think it's really funny how I ended up with bottles of these gels, both as a RAOK. I've definitely told these stories before, but my local LUSH store gifted me a 500g bottle of Ponche when I told them I was unable to grab a bottle online back in 2016 when the gel was released as an Oxford Street store exclusive. I was gifted a bottle of Slammer by the LUSH Kitchen when I messaged them about a bath bomb being a complete dud. Both of these scents fell into my collection by fate and I fell in love with both of the scents. I also feel like these two scents are dying off, we haven't had any new products that belong in these scent families for years, if ever! I would ask that the LUSH Kitchen try and make Slammer a little thicker though as this gel is one of them ones that's quite watery.

THURSDAY

LUSH Kitchen mug and Abominaball bath bomb

How brilliant would it be if the LUSH Kitchen made them bloody mugs that everybody yearned for but were so super exclusive and rare? I think every Lushie would love to add a Kitchen mug to their collection. I have scoured every selling website for years for this mug and they're either ridiculously expensive or definitely fake. I remember way back when you used to be able to show your stash of Kitchen Polaroids off and the LUSH Kitchen would reward you with a mug. This stopped quite a while ago and as far as I am aware, these mugs have never been available to purchase and have always been RAOK'd to people. I'd love to get my hands on one! The next item for Thursday would be Abombinaball, another extremely popular product that sounds amazing, that I never managed to get my hands on. Another mint scented product that is right up my street! I've also seen photos of the bath art of this gorgeous ballistic, and it just makes me want it more! Abombinaball hasn't been available for a while now and as it seemed to be one of the bombs that made a regular appearance in the Kitchen, I thought it would have made it to one of the seasonal releases, but no luck yet.

FRIDAY

Frozen, Creamy Candy and Silky Underwear liquid perfumes

The ultimate date of the menu just had to be perfumes didn't it! I found it quite hard to narrow down the perfumes that I would really love the LUSH Kitchen to release. There's a lot of fragrances that don't exist yet that I would love them to make into either a perfume of a body spray, Harajuku, Intergalactic and The Big Banana to name a few! However, if i got started talking about all the scents they need to make a fragrance from, I'd be here all day and we'd have a full menu of perfumes and body sprays. So I whittled it down to three, three gorgeous scents that I have loved for years or that I am just finding and falling in love with now, Frozen, Creamy Candy and Silky Underwear. I feel like the Frozen scent was made to be a perfume, I have the solid and it smells so incredible, I can only imagine how perfect the liquid version would be. This would be a scent that I would wear every single day! I chose Creamy Candy as I feel this scent gets pushed to the back of the queue as Snow Fairy is the 'ultimate' sweet and candy scent, and a lot of the time Creamy Candy products just get lumbered under the Snow Fairy scent family, when they absolutely are not the same. I feel like Creamy Candy is Snow Fairys sophisticated older aunt, the one who's really rich and doesn't visit very often, but she she doesn't she's always in heels with a designer handbag. Yes, the scent has the sweet elements that Snow Fairy has, but it's just a more grown up version. I also chose Silky Underwear as I have recently grown to adore this scent and again, we don't have many items that carry this scent. Now, I feel like Silky Underwear in perfume form, may be classed as a 'granny' scent and I honestly think my Mum would love it, but I'm thinking it would be a classy and tasteful scent, it would be like LUSH's version of Chanel No5, just not tested on animals!

So that's my many many choices whittled down to a few! I'd love these items to make a comeback someday. I'd love LUSH to start up the Kitchen again, I think we all really miss it. Let me know down in the comments if any of these products would make your menu and if not, what would you choose? **
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, by iyastevie

In american cream, avocado wash

♥ LUSH Kitchen Exclusive Shower Gels - Review

What a couple of weeks it has been in the LUSH community! I haven't felt such a buzz for a long time, it's been so nice to see people excited about LUSH again and the groups being busy and everybody chatting again! If you've been living under a rock, LUSH released 7 limited editions liquid shower gels on Friday. Not only is this a very long awaited release due to the lack of liquid products we have been given since Christmas, but it's also really exciting as three of these shower gels have never been released before.

In the old LUSH Kitchen days, products were available until they sold out. This meant that they would either sell out in minutes or could take days, sometimes even over a week if the product wasn't super popular. This caused a lot of strife for both us, the customers and LUSH themselves. On days where super popular products were being released, the website would crash and there would be so many people left disappointed as they never got to purchase the products they wanted. This caused LUSH to change the game a little. They promised us we would have bigger batches of products that would be available for a longer time. I really believe that LUSH have stuck to this, as all the shower gels are were still available for a short while after release and I can guarantee if these had been released back in the old days, they would have gone in seconds.

LUSH also released another batch a week later to give everybody a fair chance at being able to purchase what they would like. This was another thing that never happened with the LUSH Kitchen, once something was gone, it was gone. I placed an order on the first release day and I also managed to place another order on pay day too, so I'm very pleased that LUSH gave us the opportunity to stock up!

Anyway, onto the gels themselves!

Just a side note, I didn't purchase Flying Fox as I absolutely despise the Lust scent family which this shower gel shares the same fragrance with and I also didn't purchase a Karma, as I already have over half a bottle and I don't see myself running out of it any time soon.

Pictured - American Cream shower gel

Oh my gosh. If you have read a previous blog post of mine, 'My Favourite LUSH Scent Families', you would know how bloody ecstatic I was when this shower gel was confirmed! I feel like all my LUSH prayers have been answered and we are finally getting through to the people at the top to give us what we need! I used to request Flosty Gritter bubble bar every single week back in the Kitchen days. Without fail, I would look at the Friday menu, be slightly disappointed that it wasn't listed and then comment requesting it, again and again and again, for months straight! I was so dedicated to getting more products in my collection with the American Cream scent and as bubble bars are one of the products I know I can stock up on and they will perform perfectly even after a year or so, I really wanted Flosty Gritter to come back. I never thought that LUSH would actually make this beautiful scent into a shower gel, but I am so pleased that they have! I think this is my favourite from the bunch. The scent is gorgeous, a little lighter than I would have liked, but you can still smell it on your skin after using it, which is perfect! It lathers up beautifully and easily with the tiniest little drop! American Cream shower gel is a massive success for me and I am so pleased that I picked up three bottles!

Pictured - Calacas shower gel

Calacas holds a special place in my heart as it was one of the very first LUSH Kitchen shower gels I ever bought and was also one of my very first 250g size bottles, which started the collection I have now. I have loved this scent ever since first sniff and was so pleased when Monsters Ball came for Halloween in 2016 and when Man in the Moon was released last year. Calacas is one of my go to scents, I love it when I'm feeling a little down, something nice to cheer me up! I would use this in every single bath and shower if I could! I'm really pleased that LUSH brought Calacas back as I was down to about a third of my bottle left and even though I wanted to use it so often, with the loss of the Kitchen, who knew when it was going to come back! I am so super pleased that I picked up three bottles! If Calacas ever makes it to stores, I would still buy more. This is one of them shower gels that I know I will get through quickly if I have enough of it, so I wouldn't mind having a few back up and a 1kg bottle would be amazing! I'd also like to try the jelly as I've never had the chance to, so LUSH if your reading this, Halloween? Please?

Pictured - Sultana shower gel

Unpopular opinion here, but Sultana has never been a scent that I've been particularly fond of. I never reached for Blackberry bath bomb often as I wasn't keen on the scent on cold sniff so I never bought it until it was being discontinued and even then, I masked the scent in the bath with other stronger scents. I had no wishes to purchase a bottle of the shower gel, but the addict inside of me was screaming 'What if you love it!' and 'What if you decide you want a bottle when it's too late and then you have to pay Depop or eBay prices!' So I caved and bought a bottle. While I'm still not that fond of the scent, I do like it more than I thought I would! I thought I would sniff it and gag and put it up for sale straight away, but surprisingly, I was intrigued! I have heard a few people say that Sultana smells better in use than it does in the bottle, and I absolutely agree! On cold sniff, it smells like Blackberry bath bomb, very strong and very rich, but in use it smells more like Bewitched, the same scent but sweeter. I actually like this a lot more than I thought I would and will be keeping hold of my bottle.

Pictured - Avocado Wash shower gel

This shower gel is not to be confused with Avobath, Avoshower or Avowash as it is very much different! Avocado Wash shares the same scent as the Avocado Co Wash shampoo, which if you go into a LUSH store and sniff, then pick up an Avobath, you will see that these are very different scents. I was so silly to even consider buying only one, maybe no bottles of this beautiful shower gel! I told myself that I would pick up two American Cream and two Calacas and maybe an Avocado Wash if I had any spare money. I did purchase one bottle with my initial order, but as soon as all the shower gels were restocked and I had been paid, two more of these went right into my basket and I have no regrets at all! I have seen quite a few people compare the scent of this gel to a Twister ice lolly, which if you're not from the UK, you probably have never heard of (google it, they're my favourite ice lollies ever!) but I disagree. I think this smells like a Refresher chew bar, super sweet and beautiful! I love it! I'm so pleased I have three bottles of this, hopefully it'll last me a while! Avocado Wash lathers up so well, just like the others, a tiny smidge really does go a long way!

Pictured - Grass shower gel

I feel quite ashamed to say that in all my years of being a LUSH fanatic, I had never owned a bottle of Grass shower gel! I know, how can I call myself a LUSH fan! Earthy scents aren't my favourite, I much prefer a sweet, fruity or citrus scent, so I never picked a bottle up when it was in the Kitchen. Just like with Sultana, I had no intentions of picking up a bottle until it was getting closer to the restock date and I wondered if I would like it. I am pleased that I bought a bottle so I don't have the regret of never trying it, but straight off the bat I knew this wasn't a scent for me. I actually like Grass bubble bar and I have purchased a couple before now and used them up, but to me, Grass shower gel smells more like my Supertramp bubble bar, which I'm not a fan of. I do detect the grassy element in the scent, but there is another ingredient in there that overpowers it and I think it's that that I'm not keen on. The scent of Grass doesn't change much when you're using it, you still get that very earthy and muddy scent, which still overpowers that fresh mowed lawn fragrance. I think I may keep hold of this bottle purely for cocktailing, but I can't imagine it will be one I will reach for very often, if at all.

Overall, I am very impressed with these gels! I love the new formulation that LUSH are using to make their liquid gels self preserving, it makes them lather up beautifully and means you only need use a tiny amount to cover your entire body. Although them being a little runnier in consistency, this doesn't make any difference to how the gels work at all and I'm putting it down to the really hot weather we are experiencing in the UK at the moment. There is also quite a lot of separation, but I am not concerned about this in the slightest, this is what you get with handmade cosmetics and is easily solved by a good shake! Being so impressed with these gels makes me excited to pick up some more mainline gels once I run out, so I can try the self preserving version of those too.

I'm really happy that LUSH have finally taken the time to listen to their customers and give them what they want. It's about time that they made the products their consumers want, in the scents requested. I feel like we are finally getting somewhere after the devastating close of the Kitchen and it has been so lovely to see such a buzz in the community again. Dare I ask for perfumes or body sprays (especially American Cream!) next?!

Did you pick up any of the shower gels? If so, what do you think of them? I'd love to hear your thoughts so let me know down in the comments section!

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, by iyastevie

In lush, lush cosmetics

♥ Am I Falling Out of Love With LUSH?

I have always been a massive fan of reading, I still have every single book I have ever owned, they are something I just can't part with. I think that due to my love for reading, I have always been interested in writing. If you have read my blog posts for a while, you will have noticed a change in the content that I am writing about. I used to write blog post after blog post, all dedicated to LUSH releases and LUSH products that I enjoyed and lately, I haven't been writing any LUSH related. In fact, this is the first post that I have written in two months that is solely dedicated to LUSH. I have started to ask myself lately, am I falling out of love with LUSH?

I have been a fan of LUSH for as long as I can remember. I've most definitely told this story before, that I was around 6 or 7 the first time I purchased a LUSH item. It was a Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds bubble bar and I purchased it for my Mum for Mothers Day. I would save my pocket money as a kid and spend it on bubble bars and bath bombs, and then in 2013, when I started working and earning a good wage, I started buying a lot more than I had ever before. Ever since then, my collection has just kept growing, until as of late. I used to be in my local LUSH shop all the time, so much so to the point of where they all know me by name now. I would be in there every Friday, when I was paid weekly, spending tonnes of money on bath bombs and all the products I used frequently, and forever trying new things. I would be that person that they could hand anything to and I would purchase it, just because it was LUSH. But since the Easter launch, I've been in my local store twice. That's really odd for me, for a place that I used to visit at least once, sometimes three times a week, to then only shop there twice in the space of two months.

I don't feel like I am the only one who is feeling this way towards LUSH lately. I feel like there is a massive part of the LUSH community at the moment, that feel the same way as I do. Underwhelmed, bored, disappointed, just to name a few. I also think that there are many reasons why the community is feeling this way.

I think the first major thing to annoy most Lushies is the failure to even attempt to provide products that are in demand. I have never in my life, known a company to not provide to their customers what they ask for. Not even slightly! I understand that ingredient sourcing can be hard, so sometimes a specific product that may be requested can't be made easily, but some of the products we ask for, they'd be able to create right there and then as the ingredients are used in mainline products. There are so many highly sought after LUSH products, take perfumes for example, that LUSH would be able to make, but just don't. I remember an image being shared on Instagram a few months ago by someone pretty high up in the hierarchy. of some perfume samples. Near every single comment was asking for a perfume version of all the scents us Lushies love so much. There were requests for Big, American Cream, The Comforter, Snowcake - so many requests for so many loved scents. The response was 'Making new ones, not rehashing all that old stuff from the past!!' Like what?! Old stuff from the past? Last time I checked, these scents were all still available to purchase in one format or another. You can't expect people to fall in love with a scent that you have created and not ask for more products in the same scent! I don't think that LUSH make very business savvy decisions, do they understand how much money they would make by released mainline scents in perfume form? An absolute killing! LUSH not listening to our requests has made me spend my money elsewhere, on other companies who listen to their customers, make products they want, bring back products they love and restock their limited edition items! I am spending so much more money on smaller businesses and I'm a little happier that way too, knowing that my love for the products is appreciated, and so is my money.

Another topic that has irritated most of the LUSH community has to be the naked ranges. I don't even think it's the naked range itself that has rubbed people up the wrong way, it's the fact that Lushies were bare face lied to at Christmas. We were promised that we would have the option, we would always be able to choose between liquid and solid shower gel. Then Valentines Day comes around and Tender is the Night is only available in solid format. Then Mothers Day comes and Antiope is only available in solid. And then Easter comes and Here Comes the Sun is only available in solid. Three shower gels that most people would have loved and there is no liquid version, as we were promised, in sight. I also think that LUSH's take on the naked shower gels is ridiculous too, trying to press on the fact that it is a shower gel and not a soap. No, it's a bloody god damn piece of soap, okay. I totally understand and agree with the less packaging option, but there are so many other ways that us as customers can still have our much loved liquid gels back and it be more eco-friendly.

One of the main things for me, has to be the fact that so many really good products have been discontinued and have been replaced with crappy products. We lost the likes of Frozen and Yoga Bomb and we got the infamous rank jelly bombs in their place. We lost Refresher, Needles and Pines and 93,000 Miles, and we got Deep Sleep, a retro product that I barely heard anybody request in the Kitchen days. We had so many products discontinued last year and I don't see them being replaced. We have had products that have barely been put on the shelves, take Cherryish for example, and they've been made permanent, yet we had to work so god damn hard to keep Scrubee last year and there were so many people asking for April Showers to be made main line and for Mother of Pearl to stay. It's as if they see what we want and do the complete opposite!

Another thing that has majorly pissed me off, is the LUSH reaction to the Sleepy hype. For how long have Lushies been in love with the Twilight scent? Literally years. Lushies have been asking for a body lotion, a body spray, the perfume, a bubble bar, more bath bombs for years. Literally every single request was pushed aside until the general public stumbled upon Sleepy and before we knew it the body spray was available in stores, the solid perfume was available twice within the space of months, Sleepy was mainline and some seasonal products were reinvented with the lavender and tonka scent. Don't get me wrong, I have grown to love the scent and it's one of my go to baths, but to ignore all your loyal fans requests for years and then give in to the general public, your occasional shoppers, is just a bit of a kick in the teeth.

Besides the lack of requests being fulfilled and besides the naked range, the ultimate annoyance has to be the closing of the Kitchen and the opening of Lush Labs. The Kitchen was amazing, getting to use your most loved discontinued and retro products again was brilliant. I don't see why the Kitchen had to close. I get that the standards of the product weren't up to scratch, but that could have been resolved by reducing the number of products created a week or by moving more staff into the Kitchen! When the Kitchen was closing, we were promised that what was coming next would be better. We were promised that there would be monthly products available, in much bigger batches and we would have combined shipping. What a load of rubbish! Looking back, I've never heard anything so comical. The live stream that was held to inform us that the Kitchen was closing was a complete and utter shambles and told us nothing apart from the fact that the Kitchen was no more and everything else that was said was either a lie or a mess. Since the Kitchen closed, we have had maybe a handful of releases. The Christmas products, which made me have a little bit of faith in the new style Kitchen, then we had the Christmas body sprays and then the second bout of body sprays, Honey I Washed the Kids and The Olive Branch. So that's four releases since before Christmas 2017? And then Lush Labs is born and destroys any of our hopes for retro products coming back, 3D printed soap is all we have had so far!

So with all that being said, plus a few other things that have ticked me off that I won't majorly go into (like free Showcase tickets being dished out to 5 minute fans who managed to rack up 10k followers on social media within months, because they're 'working' the event, even though their doing the exact same that I am, posting on Instagram and writing blog posts and don't even get me started on their window displays for their recent campaigns) I was falling a little out of love with LUSH. I feel like as a loyal fan who has spent a small fortune in on their products over the a span of years, I am totally worthless to them. I felt like mine and many others opinions weren't recognised, because I don't have a massive following on social media, because I don't like the naked shower gels and because for once, I don't like the route they seem to be taking. I have been very disappointed in their seasonal releases so far this year, so much that I haven't stocked up on anything. My money has been going elsewhere, where I used to feel like I needed to own 10 of every bath bomb ever, I now have a taste for other things, like travelling, that mean more to me than a bath bomb ever could.

In saying all of this, my favourite time of the LUSH year will soon be upon us, Halloween and Christmas. I just hope to dear God they don't screw these releases up. LUSH, please don't release everything in naked format, give us the option to choose liquid or tubbed if we want. If for some bizarre reason you discontinue any good products, (don't you dare even think about not bringing back Christmas Sweater and Monsters Ball!) at least bring them out online and allow us to pick them up one last time. Just be straight up and honest with your customers and stop telling me to 'keep my eyes peeled,' they've been peeled for too bloody long and I don't see shit.

Despite the disappointment of last year, I will be attending the Showcase this year in Manchester and I am excited to see all the new products and hopefully some old favourites making a comeback. I really hope that this year is a lot better than last year, I literally want to throw my money at you, give me something good in return! And before then, some liquid shower gels would be very much appreciated!

Being honest, I'm not falling out of love with LUSH, I'm just overall, disappointed.

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, by iyastevie

In lord of misrule, lord of misrule body spray

♥ LUSH Kitchen Exclusive Body Sprays - Review!

When the LUSH employees teased a Lord of Misrule body spray all them months ago in an Instagram picture, I have waited for them to create even more stunning sprays than they did after the initial release. I wear my Plum Rain body spray every single day, it is my go to scent to wear and lasts a lot longer than any perfume I have, so I knew I would get great use out of more body sprays if they were ever to be released. It was like all my dreams came true when LUSH Kitchen released the information that there was going to be three exclusive body sprays available for purchase and then the scents were released. When they released the scents, Snow Fairy, Lord of Misrule and So White, I knew I would love each and every bottle as these three are some of my favourite scent families. I tried damn hard to get these sprays and it took my whole lunch break and a sneaky order at my desk to ensure I would get one of every spray. I have left it a while to talk about these sprays as I really wanted to give each scent a fair test before I gave a 'final verdict' on the products.

Snow Fairy body spray (RRP: £15)

Let's start with the most popular, Snow Fairy! This is a cult classic scent, therefore I am not surprised that LUSH decided to make this scent into a body spray format. Whenever the perfume is released it sells like hot cakes and you can guarantee at this time of the year, the Kitchen is swarming in requests for this perfume, so this was a very clever move for LUSH! Being totally honest, Snow Fairy was the bottle I was least excited about. As much as I love the scent, I really wasn't as excited to get it and smell it and wear it as much as I was the other two, so I was pleasantly surprised to adore it as much as I do. The Snow Fairy body spray is very true to scent, if anything a little sweeter. You definitely get that very sweet bubblegum scent from the very first spray and it lasts all day when sprayed on my clothes. I have been complimented on this scent quite a few times when I have been wearing it. I really wished I was able to grab myself a back up bottle as I have been reaching for this one the most I have found. I like to spray myself 4 - 5 times with the spray and add a touch of the solid perfume to the tips of my hair (if I'm wearing my hair down) for a long lasting scent that carries right throughout the day.

Lord of Misrule body spray (RRP: £20)

Lord of Misrule is definitely up there in my top 5 favourite scents. I was so excited when a photo was posted on Instagram months ago, before the release of the initial body sprays, teasing that this would be a thing. I think many Lushies have been waiting for this to be created as it is such a gorgeous scent. I knew this spray would be a little more expensive than the others, but I really don't think this has a bad price tag! Lord of Misrule body spray is also very true to scent, once it has been on the skin a while and is left to sink in. I found when I first sprayed this bottle, it did have a little bit of an alcohol tone to it, which is expected as most perfumes and body scents do contain alcohol. I found that for the first 5 - 10 minutes of spraying, this smelt much more like Metamorphosis than it did Lord of Misrule, which I was kind of mad at. After leaving it to sink in for a little while, the vanilla notes started to come through and were much stronger, sweetening the scent a lot and removing the sharp essence that had initially settled. After a little time, the layers that make Lord of Misrule what it is, definitely come through and you can smell the patchouli and black pepper. I bought a second bottle before I had even smelt this and I am so happy that I did. I need an unlimited supply of this beautiful scent!

So White body spray (RRP: $15)

And the final body spray that the LUSH Kitchen have released is So White. I was quite surprised to see that this was one of the scent choices, as they had decided to discontinue the very much loved bath bomb from the Christmas collection this year. That really tugged on my heart strings as So White is such a beautiful scent and I really enjoyed the bath bomb. I think it may have had something to do with the redesign and changing the colour inside of the bomb from a vibrant red, which made gorgeous bath art to a very light neon green, which in whole honesty, I wasn't that much of a fan of. I was really sad to see that it never came back as I think So White is one of the freshest scents that LUSH have created and it reminds me so much of a cold crisp morning. I know they released Once Upon a Time body lotion which is So White scented this year, but it's not a perfect scent comparison to the bomb and the shower jelly, so I really felt like I was missing something this year. As much as I was surprised, I was super happy as this body spray means I can smell like the bath bomb all day long! So White body spray has a very true to bath bomb and shower jelly scent, it definitely carries that crisp and ripe green apple scent that smells so fresh and sharp! While this spray doesn't last on the skin as much as I would like it to and I am not able to add a little solid to my hair for extra scent as it was pulled from production at last minute, I do still really love this spray! I also grabbed a back up bottle of this one and I am really glad I did!

Overall I am very impressed with all of the body sprays that the LUSH Kitchen have created in this batch. They all smell exactly like their scent families and are so strong you only need a few squirts, so your bottle is going to last a lot longer than you would think. I did also manage to pick up a Lord of Misrule solid perfume and Twilight solid perfume which was released in replacement of So White not being available. I would have grabbed a Snow Fairy but I already have one. If I could ask LUSH to create any other body sprays, I would definitely ask for Calacas, American Cream, The Comforter, Celebrate and Honey I Washed the Kids, that's not too much to ask for, right?

Did you pick up any of the body sprays? If so, what is your favourite? And if you're not a fan of any of these scents, what body spray do you want LUSH to create next?

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♥ My Dream LUSH Products!

I think one of the greatest things about LUSH and the Kitchen, is that they can take products that so many people know and love and create something brand new, something that they know will excite all the Lushies out there and make them go a little bit crazy to get their hands on it. The Kitchen have been releasing a lot of new products lately, they had the lotion and solid perfume week where they took scents we all know and love and made new products, they brought out some amazing body conditioners not too long ago and they still like to throw the odd bath bomb out on a Friday with no notice for everybody to enjoy!

There are so many scents that LUSH have created that a lot of people have fell in love with and would like to see more products made in that scent. I have a list as long as my arm, but I thought I would share with you all the products that I would most like to see the LUSH Kitchen bring to life! If you're a common Kitchen user, you may know that they do take requests, do if you like what I describe, be sure to let them know!

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This would be the most refreshing lotion to wear during the summer months, I don't understand why this hasn't been made yet. So White is a very crisp and fresh green apple scent. This bath bomb make look really boring, plain white and no glitter. I thought this as well at first before I actually tried it. The core of this bath bomb used to be a vibrant blood red, but in 2016 they changed it up a little and made the core green and blue. To be honest, this bath bomb could be purely white and I would still use it as I love the scent so much. I would love to see many products in this scent, but mainly a lotion as it would sink into your skin, making you feel refreshed and clean. It would be a beautiful product for the hot months. I would love to have a tub or two in my collection!

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American Cream is my all time favourite LUSH scent, I think. I adore this conditioner and every other product that I have used that has this scent, be that not many! American Cream is a pretty small scent family compared to some, and I want it to get bigger! I think this gorgeous strawberry milkshake scent would be gorgeous in so many different formats! We already have a lotion and shower jelly that crops up in the Kitchen often, the conditioner and a shimmer bar that are part of the main line, we have the very rare liquid and solid perfume and then the almost never seen because they've not been released lately, bubble bars and one lonely bath bomb. I think this scent has the fan base to create tonnes of products and sell out quickly. I think the product I would like to see the most would be a body spray. I would love to douse myself in this scent every day and walk around stinking of a strawberry milkshake, who wouldn't!

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I have fallen deeply in love with the Plum Rain scent. I love love love the shower gel and everything about it, and I have also fallen for the body spray which I use nearly daily! In order to layer up that scent and make sure I smell like fresh tart plums right throughout the day, I'd love to see a lotion in this scent. I'd actually like to see a lot more in this scent as it is new and hasn't been around that long, and I have seen a bit of leaked information that told me we may possibly be getting a bubble bar in the Plum Rain scent for this years Christmas.. So keep your eyes peeled if you're a fan of this scent!

Another one of my favourite scents is the Frozen scent family! I am obsessed with this bath bomb as it makes such beautiful bath art and smells so good! I think it smells that good that I managed to get my hands on a solid perfume with the Frozen scent. The beautiful scent of neroli really stands in the foreground with this scent, and I feel it would make a great shower jelly! Just imagine, this scent in a neon baby blue shower jelly that's packed with lustre.. Sounds amazing right!

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Oh my gosh, the Let the Good Times Roll scent. I want LUSH to create everything in this scent, a body lotion, a shampoo, a hair conditioner, a shower jelly, a perfume.. But more than anything I want them to create a shower gel! I adore the scent of LTGTR as it smells good enough to eat! With popcorn and cinnamon powder, this smells like a freshly baked product that you want to sniff all day! Unfortunately, there are no other products in this scent! I have seen other Lushies show their dismay at this as they really enjoy the scent too but the Kitchen haven't made any new products.

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I would love everything and anything in this scent, but considering how loved this scent family is, LUSH don't really have that many products with it. I have been scouting out eBay and Depop for way longer than I can even think now for a Lord of Misrule perfume, but they sell for way over the recommended retail price and I just can't justify paying it! Therefore, the next best product would have to be a body spray! This wish list product is a product that has been teased before hand, which makes me think that this actually may be in the works and may be coming to either the Kitchen or stores soon. I would love to be able to spritz myself every day with this beautiful blend of patchouli, vanilla and black pepper and be reminded of the build up to Christmas on a daily basis.

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If you also agree and would like some of these products to be created or you have an idea of your own, the LUSH Kitchen note requests that are left of their social media, so contact them on Instagram @lushkitchen or via their Facebook page which can be found here.
Alternatively, you could pop your request in by emailing the WeCare team at: wecare@lush.co.uk
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