Shower and Body Care
We all know one of the best ways to unwind after a long day is a long, hot shower. Picking what soaps, scrubs, and moisturizers to scrub off the stresses of the day is a serious business; LUSH makes it fun and colorful! From jiggling jellies that cleanse, to self-preserving shower creams, to solid exfoliating bars, LUSH’s shower and body care has flipped the script on your run-of-the-mill shower gel!
Shower jellies are as hilarious to use as they are innovative in their design. Originally launched in 2005, shower jellies are just what they sound like: wobbly blobs of jelly-like soap that form an impossibly creamy lather when foamed up. The jiggle of this soap is derived from a polysaccharide known as carrageenan, which comes from seaweed. There are two ways to use the jellies in the shower: 1) wet the jelly and lather it up, like you would with a normal bar of soap, 2) pinch off a small piece of the jelly and lather it up using a loofah or washcloth. LUSH recommends the first approach officially on its website, but personal experience has proved the jelly to be extremely slippery when used in this manner. I prefer breaking off a few small pieces and agitating it in a loofah; it results in a luxuriously thick foam that leaves skin hydrated and soft to the touch. One of the longest-running scents in the Jelly Line at LUSH is an excellent way to introduce yourself to the joys of jiggly shower soap: Whoosh is a zesty citrus scent formulated to wake you up, all wrapped up in a delightfully fluorescent shade of blue. While the lemon, lime, grapefruit, and rosemary are refreshing enough on their own, a great tip for the summer months is to store your jelly in the freezer when you’re not using it!
Moisturizing your skin is important, but LUSH believes that it should not be limited to post-shower ritual. Enter Body Conditioner, a lotion you can use in the shower to seal in hydration. Body Conditioner is self-preserving, meaning it is low on the naturally-derived chemical additives scene in other LUSH products. Not only do they leave your skin feeling soft, Body Conditioners at LUSH smell fantastic and leave your body fragrantly scented. Ro’s Argan is a classic, bestselling Body Conditioner; invented by LUSH co-founder Rowena Bird, its name is a double entendre as it is full of Argan oil and scented with a floral vanilla rose. There are no less than 6 moisturizing agents in this formula: cocoa butter, shea butter, cupuacu butter, brazil nut oil, almond oil and, of course, almond oil. After washing and rinsing your body, dip into the recycled plastic pot of Ro’s Argan and smooth it all over your skin. Rinse clean and prepared to be amazed at how incredibly hydrated you are; you definitely don’t need to moisturize after the shower when using a Body Conditioner.
If you’re looking to combine moisture with a good scrub, LUSH has a solution for that! A Naked solution, no less! Body Butters operate under a similar heading as the above described Body Conditioners in that they, too, are in-shower moisturizers. But there are some key differences between the two. First, Body Conditioners are self-preserving, but the Body Butters have the added distinction of being packaging-free, or Naked. This means they are slightly better for the environment and are a good option for people looking to reduce their waste output. Let’s take a look at the Buffy Body Butter, one of the earliest LUSH products. Buffy is excellent for cellulite reduction as it’s full of exfoliating but hydrating ingredients such as ground rice, ground almonds, cocoa butter and shea butter that smooth out ‘rough bits.’ Buffy also has lavender oil for balancing your skin’s oil production and lemon oil to brighten and tone. After you’ve rinsed all the soap off your body, rub the Body Butter all over your body and massage the exfoliants into your skin before thoroughly rinsing off. You’ll find your skin brightened, smoothed, and so hydrated the water will bead off of your skin.
