Introducing a selection of new Lush products to get you in the mood for summer … not only will they leave you smelling as sweetly as a summer’s day, but they will also help prepare your bikini body and keep you looking fabulous all season long! So even if this year is another damp squib, these new products should be enough to give you that summer feeling in the comfort of your own home …
THE SCENT OF SUMMER …
Have you ever wanted to smell like you’ve just rolled around in a freshly mown lawn? If so then Lush’s new Grass shower gel (Php395 for 100g / Php725 for 250g / Php1,295 for 500g) is for you. This will leave you smelling like summer itself, as well as being nutritious and soothing on your skin as it’s full of mineral rich wheatgrass juice. Wheatgrass is packed with active enzymes, proteins, minerals, anti-oxidants and chlorophyll – all of which nourish, soothe and calm sore, sunburnt or irritated skin. There’s also an uplifting blend of bergamot oil and neroli oil to put you in a good mood, as well as a touch of sandalwood oil to have a balancing effect on the skin.
Bathing in a tepid bath before bed can help you cool down enough for a good night sleep. It’s most beneficial to have the water at body temperature and to bathe for exactly 20 minutes, allowing your body to release its heat into the water. Try this trick with Lush’s new Keep it Fluffy bath ballistic (Php175) that’s based on the best-selling fragrance from our dear departed B Never too Busy to be Beautiful. The base note is vanilla, which has a fantastically calming and comforting effect, as well as being a bit of an aphrodisiac so perfect for sharing! Also containing the beautiful floral essential oils of rose, jasmine absolute and tonka … the perfect summer scent. Choose from either pastel mauve or pale orange – they contain the same fluffy fragrance, but just change the water a different color.
DARE TO BARE …
Now, if the thought of daring to bare on the beach, or even in your back garden, fills you with dread … then this new product could help. Lovely Jubblies (Php1,225 for 100g) is Lush’s new breast cream – to help tone and tighten the sensitive skin around the bust and décolletage area. Packed with meadowsweet infusion and tiger lily petals to tighten and firm the tissue, this cream also contains beeswax, cocoa butter and organic oils like evening primrose, almond and avocado to deeply soften. Almond oil is especially beautiful on the skin as it’s high in nutrients, rich in vitamin A and E and works to soothe, protect, condition and nourish the skin. The fragrance is a blend of florals, most notably sensual jasmine and ylang ylang – both of which are also well known aphrodisiacs, so be careful how much you rub on! There’s also beautiful rose infusion to add a delicate, feminine note to the mix. Apply is upward, circular motions.
If you have any dry skin you are ashamed of then this is ideal … Lush’s new Ultrabalm (Php595) is our eco-friendly version of Vaseline, without the petroleum jelly but with a super softening, emollient base of rose wax, candelilla wax and jojoba oil instead. Perfect for any skin type, this multi-purpose balm can be used as lip balm; to alleviate any dry skin; as a cuticle softener; to shape brows into place; to banish hard skin on heels and elbows; to soothe sore, chapped hands; or to calm sunburn. Be sure to have one with you at all times for any necessity.
HAIRCARE …
Summer can play havoc with your hair … all that sunshine can cause dryness, split ends and frizziness. So Lush has designed a new hair moisturising finisher to deal with such issues … R&B (Php925) stands for Revive & Balance and that’s exactly what this product does. Created by three girls from our shops who all suffered similar problems with black hair and found nothing currently on the market to deal with them. They wanted something to stop their hair drying out, becoming brittle and splitting … so this is what they came up with! R&B is packed full of softening and conditioning ingredients such as oat milk, olive oil, coconut oil, avocado butter, jojoba oil and candelilla wax. Once you’ve smoothed it through the ends of dry hair with your fingertips, it will be left soft and shiny. Designed for black hair, it works just as effectively on all hair types to finish off a style or to smooth/scrunch the ends with.
AND DON’T FORGET YOUR SUNSCREEN …
One cardinal rule for beautiful summer skin, always use a sunscreen. Sunlight is one of the major causes of ageing, so it’s important to protect your skin from this, especially during the summer months. So why not create your own tinted moisturiser with SPF, to give you a perfect summer glow, by using Lush’s new Color Supplements (Php525 each) blended with either Paradise Regained (Php2,595) or Skin Nanny (Php2,595). Both use two sunscreens to give effective everyday protection against harmful UVA and UVB damage. Paradise Regained is SPF 15 and Skin Nanny is SPF 30, so wear one of these creams every day to help protect skin from the effects of external damage and to leave it looking and feeling it’s very best.
And the Colour Supplement will even out your skin tone leaving you looking fresher, younger and healthier. There are four tones to choose from, to ensure you get the right match, and they don’t contain mineral oils – only soya oil and bran oil, which are light and fine vegetable oils to carry the pigment into the skin without congesting it in any way. The rose petal base also soothes and softens the skin, so they are extremely comfortable to wear, give great coverage and contain no harmful ingredients.
To pick up these and many more ethical, cruelty free cosmetics visit Lush shops nationwide. In the Philippines, Lush is exclusive distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc.
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