It's A Haul Y'all! - Lush-o-ween

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I went to Lush for Lush-o-ween! I was excited because I love indulging in the bath products that they have. I'm a bath girl so I really enjoy bath bombs and bubble bars and bubblers. The new Halloween Lushes came out on October 3 (in some places before that date). I try to high tail it into Lush when new collections come out. Halloween was no exception.

I made it out of the store $42 poorer. Or, 5 Lush-ious products richer. You decide. Whichever descriptor you decide on, I ain't mad at it!

The first thing I picked up isn't a Halloween item. It's their Bubble Gum Lip Scrub ($9.95). The kiddo and I split one of these between us. I love using this scrub. It smells good and tastes good and exfoliates your lips gently. I only use the scrub about once every two weeks. I find that more than that is too harsh. I exfoliate and then slather with aquaphor. Ta-da! Smooth, sexy lips.

The Sparkly Pumpkin ($7.95) is the prettiest, sparkliest, orange pumpkin I've ever owned. And it's a bubble bar. And it's supposed to turn your bath water into a gold, glittering pool of energized joy. I wonder how I'm gonna clean that outta the tub.

The Lord of Misrule Bath Bomb ($6.95) is a green ball of herbal fizz. One word - Patchouli. I wasn't sure what Patchouli was until I started spending time (and money) in Lush. Now every time I walk in, I leave with something with Patchouli as an ingredient. It smells fantastic and because this is a bath bomb, it's a green, fizzy foam and it's fun and refreshing.

Yuzu and Cocoa ($7.95) smelled like orange chocolate. It's sweet and is supposed to make frothy bubbles. It's a bath melt (similar to the bubble bar). I am excited to use this because it reminds me of Terry's Milk Chocolate. I love Terry's Milk Chocolate.

Avobath ($6.45) is a lemongrass bubble bar. I love the smell of lemongrass. It's such a fresh scent. It reminds me of clean and fresh mornings. Now the shimmery water, again, how am I going to clean the tub?

No one thinks about cleaning the tub when they use Lush products. The only thing they think about is how wonderful a soak in the tub is going to feel and how fragrant the bathroom is going to smell.

Did you pick up the Lush-o-ween products? Have you used them yet? What did you think about them?

Empties!

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Let's change it up a bit this month. I normally start with the bath stuff. Let's go with something else first!

I finished a pack of face wipes. I used the Trader Joe's Micellar Cleanser & Makeup Remover ($3.99). I've been trying new face wipes because I want to use products that are better for me on my skin. I don't think this is it though. It removed the makeup that I wore but I felt like it left a residue that I had to get off of my face. I also finished another tube of Clobetasol Propionate. I have seborrheic dermatitis and this helps. I tossed these Goody Skinny Bobby Pins (actually, I took them to work). They didn't work and I was disappointed. I also finished a Lush sample of Vanishing Cream. Nothing vanished.

I washed my hair. You can congratulate me later. I finished a Hydrating Macadamia Oil Shampoo & Conditioner (BOGO - 2/$7.99) and a Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo from OGX. I love the OGX products. I am out of shampoo so I took the opportunity to buy a huge container of Nioxin Shampoo  (and a small container of conditioner). My hairdresser recommended #4 for the kiddo and myself. I'll let you know how it works.

I moisturized my feet and hands this month. I used up a small Aveda Foot Relief. I used to have this as my holy grail foot lotion but I'm not rich. I can't spend the money on it. I've been branching out. I also finished a Dial 7 Day Moisturizing Lotion. It was a sample from one of my Walmart Boxes. I liked it a lot. It was very moisturizing.

You know what you don't see in my bath products? Avon products. I used up all the ones I had and I'm not sure that I want to purchase more of them. There are so many more products to try out and I have a lot of bath products that I need to finish. For instance, I used up an Equate Body Wash in Tranquil Dusk ($2.88). It smelled nice and lathered well. I finished 2 Bath & Body Works minis. I finished a Twilight Woods and a Japanese Blossom. Both of them were very nice, lathered well and worth another purchase.

I got a Caress Fine Fragrances shower gel in Love Forever. It was ok, nothing to write home about. It has a lot of color added and I was scared that it would stain my towels. It didn't but there wasn't a lot of lather and was heavily perfumed. Not worth the purchase in my book. I also finished a Lush Space Girl bath bomb ($5.25). It made the bath water purple and it smelled good. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down what it smelled like! But it was good. Worth buying it again.

That's what has been sitting in the green tub this month. Nothing too crazy. What did you use up this month? Do you plan on buying it again?

It's A Haul Y'all! - Lush

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I am going to have to start shopping Lush on line because when you walk into the store you forget that you have to eat, pay car notes, pay rent/mortgage, whatever. I honestly spent twice what I had planned but I don't regret one damned dime!

I didn't take the best pictures of them individually because 1) that's really messy folks and 2) my allergies have been kicking my butt and just having this bag in the room was torture. But I needed this stuff. Yes I did!

I like bath bombs but I love bubble bars. They are so fun and because I am totally a bath girl, these are perfect to bubble up my bath water. The great thing about bubble bars is depending on how big the bar is, you can get 3 or sometimes even 4 uses.

 

I keep going back for the Blue Skies & Fluffy White Clouds ($10.99) bubble bar. It's very spicy with frankincense oil and patchouli. I don't know what patchouli is but I might need to marry it.

The Brightside Bubble Bar ($10.95) is a new one for me. It's bright orange and pretty and smells deep citrusy. You know the difference between bright, sunshine citrus and spicy deep citrus, right? Well, this is the spicy deep citrus.

The Rose Jam Bubbleroon ($6.25) is an oil bubble bar. It's supposed to make your skin even softer than bubble bars. I only got one to test it out. It smells good and it's cute to boot!

This Dreamtime Solid Luxury Bath Melt ($6.25) intrigued me. I don't think I had any knowledge that this even existed. It's a creamier bath melt that is perfect for bed time (that's what the Lush lady said). I can cut it in half (I bet I can do thirds) and I'm excited to try this one out.

I thought I needed the Space Girl Bath Bomb ($5.25). I've seen several people haul this and it made me want it. There are supposed to be pop rock type candies inside. It smells berry-ish mixed with rose. While I like the swirly, lovely colors of bath bombs but they don't make the bath water silky smooth so I prefer the bubble bars.

The great thing about going inside the store is that you can request samples. Yes! Did you not know that? Well, you can and this time I asked for a bit of the Aromaco solid deodorant. I wanted to try it under my arm after I shave. It supposed to help sooth after shaving. I'm also very interested to see if it does well as a deodorant. I'm not 100% on board the natural deodorant train but I want to try it out.

So after a long day at work (or at the mall) I can relax with a super Lush-ious bath (ha!). I am so tempted to get up and take a bath right now.

But first, I'm gonna take a nap.