6 October 2012

The Time is Upon Us!

So, the sun has dawned on an exciting day. Lush Christmas has landed! Today marks the launch of the much awaited (and totally amazing by the way) Lush Christmas goodies, and you know what? I am totally going to show you them!
 Can you imagine the glee I felt last night clutching this box? Digging inside was like christmas in itself!
Inside, nestled among many MANY packing peanuts was one of almost all the products being released today (6th October 2012) just waiting to be tried out and shown to all of my fellow Lush fans. So what do we have?

First up, bombs!
This year, there are lots of bath bombs being released. There is So White, a classic which returns every year, Cinders, another that is making its comeback, and Father Christmas which is a new product for this year. If you enjoyed Satsumo Santa from last years range then you'll love Father Christmas this year :)
Next we have bubbles!
Everyone's favourite, Candy Mountain is back once again, this time with green and pink swirls and it is joined by a revamped Christmas Eve. This year, Christmas Eve is designed to look like the moon sitting against the night sky and my late night photography really doesn't do it justice. However, this years newbie is Santa's Sack (yep, we all made lots of jokes during the training) which is bright red, bulging with bubbles and also contains two re-usable bubble stone presents meaning that it will actually be good for up to 5 baths!
On to bubble stones!
This year, alongside the much loved, Snow Fairy scented Magic Wand, we also have two brand new bubble stones; Bubblebeard and Rocket. I love the design of the bubble stones, all you do is swish it around in the bath as you run the water and watch the bubbles appear. They are also amazingly reusable so you get around 8 baths worth from each. Rocket is a great addition as it is the present for boys that is equivalent to the Magic Wand so it fills a gap that was very clearly there last year. And on top of that, we also have Bubblebeard, my personal favourite, which is just a fab novelty gift for EVERYONE. Who doesn't like mustaches right?
Lets not forget bath melts!
How cute is this little guy?! This bath melt is called The Melting Snowman and he is packed with amazing ingredients including cocoa butter and shea butter which are great for soothing dry, winter beaten skin, water softening bicarb of soda and a fragrance made up of cinnamon, cloves, benzoin, almond and orange.
On to the shower!
She's back. How could she not be? Snow Fairy has, of course, returned, this year with pretty new packaging. With her, she has brought Twilight which is designed to look like the night sky full of twinkling stars and shares the lavender rich fragrance of the popular Twilight bath bomb. The third shower gel in the collection is my total favourite from the whole christmas range, and that is Ponche, a gel that is full of citrusy, Mexican Christmassy, tequila enriched amazingness! Each bottle actually contains tequila and boy, you can smell the kick but what makes it smell really yummy is the spicy warmth of cinnamon, plum and orange.
Now, a scrub!
For anyone who loves Sugar Scrub, or Rub Rub Rub, we have Sandy Santa which is another Mexican inspired product. The scrub is made using a combination of sand and sugar which gives a lovely, abrasive scrub. The smell is a nice zesty orange with a slight floral tone to really uplift.
Smoothing off!
This years massage bar is truly beautiful isn't it? Inspired by Dali's melting clocks, Midnight Massage is a sensual, slightly sexy bar designed to help you melt time away and unwind at the end of a frantic day. The scent is full of dark, deep fruitiness from figs, carob and quince and is lifted by a touch of jasmine to give it a lighter edge. And to get the soft golden sheen, it has been covered with a light dusting of Lustre powder.
And now, cleansers!
Buche De Noel has got to be one of the best selling christmas products at Lush year after year, and its back again! Full of cocoa butter and almond oil as well as using ground almond shells to provide a light scrub, this cleanser is designed to help restore winter damaged skin. Let the Good Times Roll is a new product for this year and boy is it a good one, I got it last night and I've used it three times already! It is designed to brighten the skin, leave it super soft and feel nice and revitalised. The roll of cleanser actually arrives to the shop topped with popcorn and one of the key ingredients is popped corn oil along with maize and cinnamon which helps stimulate blood flow.
Finally, lets see the soaps!
If you're a soap lover, this is your year! We have 6 soaps being released for christmas, including returning favourites Snowcake, Northern Lights, Angels Delight and Snow Globe which need no introduction, as well as two new comers, including my favourite, Mr Punch which is packed with warm, fruity scents all set together to look like a bowl of punch that has been left to freeze in the snow. The other is North Pole which comes in two colours; pink and white and arrives to the store as a long pole, ready to be sliced in to rounds freshly for customers. North Pole is a fresh, minty soap that reminds me of Candy Cane from last winter.

Whoa, theres your lot. This isn't actually the whole collection either! There is also a Popcorn Lip Scrub, Cracker Snap re-usable bath bomb, Party Popper bath bomb and of course, the amazing Golden Wonder bath bomb as well as around 15 gift sets that are made up using combinations of all these goodies and some from the regular Lush range.
I am so excited about this years Christmas range, I love all the bright colours, warming smells and wacky designs; they are all so definitely Lush products and just looking at them is fun.
What will you be trying out first? Is there anything that jumps out at you? Which are you happiest to see returning this year? I cant wait to have a bath using Ponche, Sandy Santa, Mr Punch and Cinders. Mmmm.
Annie x

*I received these products as a member of staff for training and so that I can talk confidently and knowledgeably about them to customers, I was not asked to post this, I just thought it would be exciting for all my Lush loving readers to see all the products on offer this christmas*

18 comments:

  1. The rocket bubble stone looks amazing! Will deffinately have to try! Thankyou for sharing with us all, I don't live near by a Lush so this was very helpful! Would love it if you could take a look at my blog -
    http://lucy-abigail.blogspot.co.uk/
    Lucy x

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    1. It really is great, it makes the water really pretty and blue with little gold stars as well, definitely a good one to try xx

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  2. I adore snow fairy! I get so excited for it each year :) It smells amazing! x

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    1. Everyone loves Snow Fairy :D We've had a lady come in at least twice a week looking for it for the last month even though we told her the launch date :P xx

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  3. THERES A GOD DAMN MOUSTACHE!!! HOLY CRAP!! i want snow fairy, and the rocket, and the melting clock. AGHHH. iwant :P <3

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    1. I'm sure that can be arranged :) They're all so pretty, you should go in store and look, its so cool! xx

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  4. The Christmas collection looks amazing!! I really want to try out the Popcorn lip scrub and Buche de Noel cleanser- Lush makes the best products haha

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    1. Buche De Noel is amazing, really great for the skin, Let the Good Times Roll is my new favourite though, I'll defo be stocking up! xx

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  5. This all sounds amazing, I love the sound of the cleansers!
    I'm so jealous of you working at Lush, I think that's my dream job haha

    Jesss xo

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    1. the cleansers are so great, definitely try them out xx

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  6. Te melting snowman is simply adorable. I do love Christmas Lush...

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    1. Isnt he just so cute?! His nose is candied ginger I think and I love his chocolate chip details :) xx

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  7. Wow! The range is amazing this year, can't wait to stock up!

    Jo
    x

    http://jo-beautyandthebooks.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. I know! I'll be stocking up on some bits to last me a nice long time xx

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  8. Damn I miss being Lush staff! Thanks for the post - going to splurge on some Christmas bits very soon x

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    1. Glad you liked the post :) There is literally so much to splurge on this year! xx

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  9. YAY! so excited! I'm looking forward to trying the cleansers :) Loved this post!

    www.christiescupboard.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Really glad you enjoyed it :) The cleansers really are beautiful. And I've found out that Let the Good Times Roll is actually staying on after christmas too! xx

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