The story so far...

You know I hate when people use the word normal. I don't know why that offends me. I think it's something to do with the way everyone expects you to conform. I also hate when people try to sell you insurance at 10 o'clock at night. Another thing I hate is when Lush discontinues my favourite things! It is good to know those things are being replaced with new goodies but still...

With all the things I've bought and used from Lush you would think it would be easy to select a couple of favourites. It's actually quite hard. But here is my top 3:

1. American Cream hair conditioner. When I first smelled this I wasn't keen, I thought it smelt like ash (!) but after a few uses I simply adore the smell. It's like a 'dirty' vanilla smell. By that I mean vanilla in a leather jacket rather than dancing in a pink fairy suit. Not that it smells unclean. My hair is coloured and regularly straightened and this is enough conditioning for my hair. That's quite a feat. Prior to this I was using intensive hair masks and I find it equally as good as those but it's the scent that makes it. It lingers on your hair till the next wash, you don't need much so it works out as fair value and it is a smell that compliments so many other Lush products.

2. Comforter bubble bar. If you use Lush you will be more than familiar with this. It's a blackcurrant bubble explosion for your tub. Rich and deeply scented, this bubble bar is also softening and colours the bath a lovely rich pinky purple. The bar itself is enough for 4 generous baths if you like lots of gorgeously fragranced bubbles. It's fab all alone or to mix with other fruity or sweet scents.

3. Finally it's my beloved Candy Fluff dusting powder. This is a balls out, 10 foot, glittery pink fairy. In all seriousness I think the dusting powders aren't given enough credit. You can use them after a massage bar to soak up some of the excess oils, after a bath or in sticky weather to dry you off, as a substitute deodorant, in your shoes to keep your tootsies dry and smelling fresh, shake on the carpet and vacuum a little later a la shake 'n' vac or even a little sprinkle on your mattress and pillows before you put on your bed linen. The possibilities are endless! The smell of this particular powder is likened to Snow Fairy but I can tell the difference. I find it less cloying and far fresher than that. It has sparkly bits in too so looks amazing on the skin. Great value as it lasts an age- my 1st pot lasted almost 3 months!

Oh! And another thing I hate: when my laptop runs out of battery (without telling me) while I'm halfway through a post!

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I like talking. A lot. I used to like keeping diaries as a kid and did it right up until a few years ago. Don't know why I stopped but I suppose the habit just died. So being the digital age and all that malarkey...

At the moment I have a healthy (and expensive!) obsession with Lush cosmetics. I love to buy and use their products, their (sometimes controversial) moral/ethical perspectives, the fragrances they use... so Lush will feature heavily in my ramblings. Besides that I am a lover of literature, passionate about music & dabbling in cookery. The most important things in my life are the members of my family. I like nice things too-besides Lush I like yankee candles, american candy, ANYTHING with cherries or cupcakes on (I even have a tattoo of each. You can probably see that I like brackets quite a lot too. Why yes, my mind often does go off on a tangent)

My original plan was just to make lists of all the gorgeous goodies I've had from Lush (it's become a teeny weeny bit of an obsession - but what else makes you feel & smell SO good?!) but that list has become so long that I thought it would be a little tedious for reading. I kinda fancied writing a blog anyhoo so maybe think of this as reading someone's diary. With permission of course!

My first Lush experience went a little like this: I actually visited Lush twice before buying anything, it just seemed so overpriced. I actually came away thinking you are paying for the handmade-iness of it rather than the products themselves. How wrong I was! 4 of us booked to go to a Pamper party at our local Lush store. The evening consisted of a facial where they used cleanser, fresh face mask, massage & moisturiser. This was followed by either a foot or hand treatment (in our party 2 opted for hand & 2 for foot), I chose a hand treatment which was an exfoliation of the hand & arm, a massage bar rub & dusting powder finish. The environment was lovely- music playing in the background, attentive & friendly staff, bubbly with chocolates & strawberries too. Then at the end of the evening you are allowed to spend £20 on products in store (which I chose to spend on the products that'd been used on me- was divine to come home & do the same treatments for myself that I'd been treated to in store. Really makes a difference to have the things demonstrated!) And there starts the slippery slope to Lush Addictiondom!