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Lush New ‘Alina’ perfume

5 out of 5

I’ll just jump right in…..

This new Alina perfume is good.

I havent loved a Lush perfume this much in awhile. Since Tender is the Night and Shade. All i want to do is wear this Alina fragrance constantly and sniff my arm constantly.

The perfumer, who’s name is Alina, talks about how she created this perfume. Ill give a link below. Its honestly fascinating. Wgen i smelled it I got exactly what she was describing. I like the concept. And she brilliantly made this perfume fit the concept.

Alina is a wizard.

There is floral, there is frankincense. I love everything that has frankincense in it. And i love jasmine.

My nose focuses on the jasmine, frankincense, orris and vanilla. With just a hint of pink peppercorn.

So nice.

I’ve mentioned this before in other Lush reviews that if Lush puts orris in a product chances are i will love it.

There is patchouli in here as well. Normally whenever patchouli is around its pretty noticeable. Not so with Alina. It’s very light.

The patchouli, pink peppercorn and clove bud oil combine nicely.

And one of my favorite notes, sandalwood, is in here as well. This perfume has some of my favorite perfumery notes in it.

I bought the solid version of Alina. It seems to have sone decent staying power on my skin. I can still smell it on me a couple of hours after i put a small amount on my wrists and neck. This is a perfume that doesnt change on me as it dries down, and that’s a good thing.

I’m not sure im going to spend some money on a bottle of the Alina spray perfume. Only because i already have a ridiculous amount of lush perfumes.

If i do buy a bottle of Alina I’ll add that to this page. The U.S. gets the perfume for Mother’s Day which is in May.

Alina was created by Lush perfumer of the same name, who was inspired by the generations of women that came before her. Alina created three distinct fragrances, each one representing a different generation born in the last 100 years, before blending them together to create a multi-layered and timeless scent. She named the fragrance Alina – a name given to her by her grandmother.

You’ll be greeted with a sweet and fresh first impression, thanks to Alina’s bergamot, pink pepper and clove bud oil, along with warm amber and vanilla. Then comes a more floral, sweet, and powdery centre with jasmine and orris butter, before finally an undercurrent of frankincense, patchouli, and sandalwood leave a deep and woody lasting impact. 

How to use:
Spritz this spicy, juicy fragrance all over, and bask in its sweet aroma. A clean and complex scent.

There are only around 500 perfumers in the world, and three of them work at Lush. In this YouTube video, Alina herself talks us through the inspiration for her new fragrance that shares her name.

Ingredients

Organic Alcohol Denat., Perfume, Water (Aqua), Glycerine, *Limonene, Bergamot Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Patchouli Oil, Clove Bud Oil, Olibanum Resinoid, Jasmine Absolute, Pink Pepper Oil, Vetivert Oil, Orris Oil , Vanilla Absolute, *Anise Alcohol, *Benzyl Alcohol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Benzyl Cinnamate, *Cinnamal, *Cinnamyl Alcohol, *Citral, *Citronellol, Coumarin, *Eugenol, Oakmoss Extract, *Farnesol, *Geraniol, *Isoeugenol, *Linalool

Golden Egg shower gel

4 out of 5 rating

Lather up in liquid gold with our vegan shower gel that’s filled to the brim with plastic-free glitter and the mouthwatering toffee scent of Honey I Washed The Kids. The cheerful blend of Brazilian orange and bergamot oils make this shimmering wash the sweetest Easter treat there is.

This is good. I still dont like the consistency that Lush changed a few years ago. But i still use it because i live the smell and the gold sparkle.

Made in Canada.

Benefits:

– Brazilian orange oil is uplifting

– Fine sea salt gently exfoliates

– Plastic-free glitter won’t harm waterways

– We’ve made our recyclable bottles thinner to further reduce unnecessary plastic

How to use: 

Get naked, hop in the shower and lather up

Ingredients

Glycerine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Calcium Lactate Gluconate, Fine Sea Salt, Lauryl Betaine, Fragrance, Lactic Acid, Bergamot Oil, Brazilian Orange Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Gardenia Extract, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Silica, *Citronellol, *Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Iron Oxides, Yellow 5

the gold sparkle is mesmerizing 😍

In my photo below i gathered alk the Honey I Washed the Kids scented Lush products. Since i took this photo there have been about 4-5 more prodycts made in this scent.

Easter Turtle

4 out of 5 rating

Lush made this shower jelly for Easter 2024.

Its a beautiful color of green., two or three shades of green.

Lush How to use: 
“Sweep this seaweed surfer over your body and hair to create rich hydrating suds. Use at room temperature, cool in the fridge, or even in the freezer for the ultimate oceanic shower!”

Its so cute. I love turtles.

Some people use the shower jellies whole in the shower like soap. Some cut them in large pieces and use one of the pieces in the shower like a soap. And some cut a larger piece and chop that up into tiny pieces, then put so the pieces in a plastic seive, then hold the seive under the tub faucet and when the water stream hits it it will make foam in the tub. And the foam will smell good and it wont color the water.

Some have even come up with a way to put the whole thing in a blender with othrr liquids and blend it until it becomes somewhat like the consistency of shower gel.

Lush description:

“Snap up this turtle-shaped jiggly jelly, and lather up in citrusy suds of orange flower absolute while riding waves of skin-softening seaweed that’ll refresh you like a dip in the sea.

Our dried kelp and bladderwrack seaweed is hand-harvested from the coast of Ireland, and helps to draw moisture into the skin, keeping you fresh and hydrated.”

Ingredients

Glycerine, Bladderwrack Seaweed Infusion, Sugar Kelp Infusion, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Propylene Glycol, Carrageenan Extract, Myrrh Resinoid, Orange Flower Absolute, Cinnamon Leaf Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Water (Aqua), Gardenia Extract, *Eugenol, Perfume, Colour 45350, Colour 42090

Easter Turtle is a..fresh, clean scent with a touch of floral, earthiness, andvspice. Seaweed, Myrrh, Orange Flower, and Cinnamon leaf oil. I dont smell any of these as notes, it just blends together to form the scent.

Its the same scent as Apple Crumble bubble bar, and I can resist everything but Temptation shower gel.

Video

Bunny Moon

4 out of 5 rating

I changed this from a 5 to a 4. Only because its not one i would stock up on.

This is for Easter 2024

Its fragrance is made with lime, benzoin and coconut milk.

No glitter.

Its colors are blue and pink, which combine to make a great color.

The coconut in this makes the water milky and its softening.

I’d give it a 4 out of 5 rating. Mostly because i love the end result in the water, and the comforting scent.

Lush description: “Relax under a blanket of slow-frothing foam that bubbles in streams of pink and blue, settling into a lavender sunset. Bath water turns silky soft as coconut milk powder and corn starch dissolve, while the creamy, comforting aroma of sweet benzoin resinoid and lime oil fill the air for a truly luxurious bedtime bath.”

Ingredients

Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Coconut Milk Powder (Cocos nucifera), Rice Bran Absolute, Lime Oil, Benzoin Resinoid, Carob Resinoid, Cream of Tartar, Titanium Dioxide, Water, Corn Starch, Sodium Coco Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Dipropylene Glycol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Propylene Glycol, Tin Oxide, *Limonene, Fragrance, Red 28 Lake, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Red 33, Red 33 Lake, Red 27, Red 28

Demon in the Shower gel

Demon in the Dark scent is a mint apple clove scented shower gel. Spicy apples. What a wonderful thing.

The shower gel was made years after the soap was made. The soap was a regular year round store product for many years, thenlush discontinued it to make room for new soaps. The shower gel was an exclusive Lush product only available for one day in the UK on line retail site. And the UK LushKitchen once included the shower gel in our subscription box.

Demon in the Dark soap

LushDemonIDD

Ingredients: Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerine, Mint Infusion, Apple Juice, Mint, Spearmint Oil, Clove Bud Oil, Peppermint, Sodium Chloride, EDTA, Tetrasodium Editronate, *Eugenol, *Limonene, Perfume, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), Colour 42045.* Occurs naturally in essential oils  

Yes, i once bought six bottles.

LT 2006 Description: Demon in the Dark is made with fresh, organic apple juice and an infusion of mint. This makes it stimulating for the skin and for your nose; just wait until you smell this one! Give it a big sniff and the dark green Demon gets straight up your nose and gives your head a blast of fresh, minty scent. It’s a devil of a good cleanser, with warming clove bud oil, revitalising peppermint and astringent apple. Wash your hair with Washday Greens, put on a Mask of Magnaminty and scrub up with Demon in the Dark for the Full Minty.

I took a picture of both.

Review: This is a minty and spicy shower gel with apple juice added. It smells more minty than anything, but with a spicy, clove note that goes well with the mint.  It’s both cold and hot if that makes sense.  It’s minty but not sweet minty and it’s refreshing. I think everyone should try this at least once.

There is a black covering or “rind” that can be peeled off, or you can leave it on. Lushies suggest that you put the bar in the freezer and it will be easier to peel if off.

It’s a nice spearmint soap with a lovely apple note as well.

LushDemonintheDarkduck

Here’s a video of my Lush Demon in the Shower haul video .

Lush Kitchen April 2024 subscription box

Go to the links below for each April subcription box product reviews and more photos😊

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A French Kiss bubble bar

Birth of Venus face mask

Phoenix Rising bath bomb

Sonic Death Monkey

Popcorn lip scrub – havent tried it

The sonic death monkey from the April 2024 sub box wasn’t as thin as i’ve had sometimes. it wasn’t thick, it was on the thing side but not very watery like in past batches. It smells nice. sweet orange and coffee.

As you can see above i’ve never had popcorn lipscrub. The scent not what i expected. it’s good, but there is nothing in here that remotely smells like popcorn. 😊

It smells like sweet pineapple and coconut. Thats what my husband and daughter said when i asked them to tell me what they smell. They told me it smells tropical fruit and then i asked ‘does it smell like popcorn?’ and they both said ‘no, not at all.’

So its a bleepin mystery. 😄 Its good. Its just not popcorn-y.

The French Kiss is the same nice fragrance as i remember it, though not as strong. I wish it were stronger. As far as the looks….

Ive had maybe 10 French Kiss bubble bars in the last twenty years and lush has had 3 different designs of this bubble bar. 3 different looks. All of them prettier or more cool looking than the original. If you go to my French Kiss page from the link above you can see the different looks. Well the French Kiss in the April sub box is not the prettiest one ive had lol. Theres hardly any purple. Its 90% white. And the shape is… interesting. 😄 And the sprig of lavender fell out becaude the only thing left there was the hole where it used to be.

Birth of Venus. Its pretty good. The smell is not weak which is great. The consistency is right. The scent is just an ever so tiny bit different. One or two of the notes of chamomile, myrrh, rose, lavender was less thsn i remember it being. This one in the sub box had a stronger rose note. I mean y’all know i like rose. But it was never this strong in the birth of venus. That said. I enjoy using this one from tbe sub box. Its not so different thst it smells bad. Its ctually pretty darn good. Just more rosebthan the original.

GlitterboX Lush ‘Classy Diva’ shower gel

2 out of 5

This was introduced in a 2023 Collab.

Well, i havent used a Lush shower gel that i absolutely hate in a long time.

I had initially rated this a 1 out of 5, but i decided to give it a break because of the bright yellow color, which we dont see that often in a Lush shower gel. Thus i raised it to a 2 out if 5. Just a reminder that anything below a 3 means i wouldnt recommend.

So yeah, im sorry to anyone who loved this shower gel. I do not like this scent. yuk yuk yuk. Its so incredibly Bitter that i can barely sniff it. BITTER. Theres nothing renotely fruity, nor floral in this shower gel.

I didnt even have to read the ingredients to know that there was Petitgrain in this. As far as i’m concerned if lush puts petitgrain as one of the main ingredients, they better be putting something else thats stronger smelling with it. Which brings me to a question; as some of you know i fell in love with Plum Rain the moment i first opened the lid and smelled it. I really really like Plum Rain. So WHY do i tolerate the Petitgrain thats in Plum Rain but i dont tolerate Classy Diva GlitterX shower gel?

I’m guessing its because plum rain is paired with orange and plum, instead of only grapefruit with classy diva.

I can’t even smell it even one more time much less shower with it again.

And Lush made a body spray to go with this GliiterX shower gel…No comment.

Milky Bar soap

4 out of 5 rating

Lush introduced in 2015 their Milky Bar soap with a new lovely design!
I took a pic of the new one along side the original style Lush bubble bar of the same name.
It has a light, floral fragrance with hints of orange oil.


This soap was made and sold way back in 1993 when Lush was called ‘Cosmetics To Go’. It was one of their best sellers.

It doesnt smell like milk to me, its more of a light floral to my nose, comforting.

soap on the left, original style bubble bar on the right

Lush has had two different designs of the Milky Bar soap throughout the years.

Theyve also made a bubble bar originally called ‘Hot Milk’, then the name change to ‘Milky Bath’, lush changed the design and renamed once again to ‘Milky Bar Bubble Bottle’.

More recently in 2022 lush made a bath bomb sold in stores and online called ‘Toby the Cow’ also with the milky bar fragrance, then a limited edition ‘Salt’ bath bomb from a collab with the show called ‘Salt’.

Lush also made a Christmas bath bomb one year called ‘Jingle BELLS’, not to be mistaken with Jingle SPELLS.

Jingle Bells
Salt

Posh White Chocolate and Rose body wash/shower gel/body scrub

4.5 out of 5 rating

New for Valentine’s 2024, this is a more upscale version of the Lush Posh Chocolate body wash. See my 1 minute, close up sink demo video below.

Who doesnt like Roses & Chocolates for Valentine’s?

I adore the dark/ milk chocolate one so this one with white chocolate and rose had alot to live up to.

First of all it looks elegant: it is softer, and a bit more creamy than its dark brown counterpart.

rose water, sandalwood, and vanilla

Its pretty with its three gold covered, red rosebuds and gold leaf flecks on the top.

Its silky smooth to wash with without being too greasy.

It’s easy to use. It doesnt drip because its more solid than that, but at the same time just soft enough.

Its nice to wash with and makes nice, silky lather.

It rinses off easily and leaves skin soft and moisturized, but not too moisturized.

The rose note is present, in a light to medium strong way, nothing too strong or in your face.

Im glad i bought it.

the rose buds, i tried to show the flecks of gold on them.

My 1 minute close up sink demo

Below are other products in this family of products

body lotion

The body scrub

The three products together

Lush Valentines 2024 products (haul unboxing video added)

My unboxing video with reviews

Links for my product reviews are below

💕💘💞💗Lush has some yummy looking products coming out for Valentines 2024.

I decided to buy one of each item. It was so expensive! I dont think i can do that every holiday anymore. I cant believe how much more the lush products are here in the U.S. 😱

That posh white chocolate and rose body wash, Yummy looking. if its anything like their posh chocolate body scrub theyve been selling in stores for the past year i will love it!

The Love Burger is the cutest bath gift. I can’t wait to open it, take a bath with it, video it in the tub, and write a review of it for you here.

What Lush Valentines product are you looking forward to.? 😊

I love the old and new scents. Quite a variety for those of us who like florals, and those of us who like like foody/yummy fragrances. Lush has many Whimsical products this Valentines, which i love.

Valentine’s 2024 Bath Bombs

My favorite scent is in the purple potion bottle bath bomb. And my second favorite is the yumny yummy yummy shower gel scent in the love letter bath bomb, and the strawberry heart soap.

Below is a list of links for each Valentine’s 2024 product that ive reviewed so far.

Posh White Chocolate and Rose body wash

Flower Bombshell

Jasmine Cream bath melt

Queen of Hearts

Strawberry Crumble

Love Bug

Love Burger

Passion shower gel

Perfumes for Valentines 2024

Here is my video reviewing both of these in detail https://youtu.be/aMnbolvaPe0?si=ULap8IcunZn1332G

Lush Barbie collab products!

I just recorded a video of my Barbie collab unboxing.

Barbie Bath bomb

Barbie x Lush body spray

Barbie jelly face mask

Barbie body balm/massage bar

Barbie bubble bar

Barbie Dream sugar scrub

Barbie Boombox soap

Barbie Handbag soap

Barbie Pink liquid shanpoo

Lush Kitchen Halloween October 2023 finally got my Subscription Box!

here is my unboxing video finally

To read the product pages with details click on the product links below.

Black Pearl solid perfume

Damp Squid bath bomb

Devils Nightcap soap

Pirates of the Carageenan bath bomb

Scrub Scrub Scrub

Smugglers Soul multipurpose cream

heres i video i made for you describing these products scents and the way the products look in the Tub, how they work, etc to Help with your Voting decisions.


https://youtu.be/egXV-E5HXRM

Spongebob bath bomb

5 outbof 5 rating

Lush is doing another collab, this time with Spongebob Squarepants. Lush has made six products for this collab on a limited time basis on their US and UK websites.

The Lush monthly Subscription box for July also made two additional Spongebob products exclusive to the sub box, for a total of 9 products.

Spongebob bath bomb is made with pineapple, Buchu oil, orange oil and litsea cubeba. It smells like tropical fruit.

There is also a spongebob soap as well, which has the same scent as the bath bomb.

soap on the right

Spongebob bath bomb is a slow melty type of fizzer, having a blue foam coming out into the water, which mixes with the yellow foam and makes a highlighter yellow-green bath water.

No glitter.

i would rate it a 5 out of 5 for looks, scent and its performance in the tub, and the end color.

Here is my 3 minute Tub Demo

Lush August Subscription Box Minty!

Melomint bubble bar

Ice Blue soap Spearmint, Peppermint oil

Brrr slime

World Piece bath bomb

Freeze shower gel

Ice Hotel bubble bar

Ive recorded a youtube video above on my lushalot youtube channel describing these products scent, how to use, etc for you because ive used them many times and i also have video demos of a couple .

Lush Kitchen Sub box June 2023

Here is my unboxing

June 2023 box

Bubbling Under bubble bar https://lushalot.com/2023/05/25/bubbling-under/

Flamingo bubble bar

Floating Island melt (original style) lemon and sandalwood https://lushalot.com/2015/06/09/floating-island/

Mermaid bomb https://lushalot.com/2018/02/14/mermaid/

Trichomania coconut shampoo

Which ones are you looking forward to?

Lush Valentines 2023 Products Video

Hi y’all. Heres my unboxing video where i go through each product describe it and rate it.

As i do every year ill also start listing each product in alohabetical order down below over the next few days and will have pics and reviews of the products along with close up Demo Videos of each.

There are a combination of returning Valentines Lush products and New Valentines products. All of them are limited time.

Love Bug

Love Island

Black Rose

Lush Kitchen Subscription Box for February 2023

Mama Mia body scrub

B Electro shower gel

Cereology soap

Jungle jelly

Luverly bath bomb

Amandopondo (Ring of Roses) body butter cream

Cyclops

4 out of 5 rating

see my 1 minute tub demo video below

Cyclops is a new bubble bar for Lush Halloween.

It has a nice bright pink color. This bar has no glitter.

It was harder than its supposed to be for not being a reusable bar. But it makes nice bubbles nonetheless.

While its not a 5 star bath product to me i think it’s a cute bar.

Screamo bath bomb (2022)

5 out of 5 rating

Screamo bath bomb

Screamo was made with the Happy Blooming scent. It snells cherryish. Its actually made with ylang ylang flower oil and almond essential oil, and the combination of those makes it smell cherryish.

There is also a Screamo bubble bar with the same name as this bath bomb only in bubble bar form. I liked the bubble bar, but i like this bath bomb even more.

Its one of those slow melting bath bombs with great bath art in the tub.

I like the smell and i like the look and i would by one or two more.

It doesnt stain the sides of my tub or anything. I was surprised it didnt because its such a dark blue but it was a breeze to rinse out.

Tub Demo Video

Screamo was made with the Happy Blooming scent.

Lush Christmas 2022

😊Ill start adding product info today and will add info as i get it. First i’ll add links to the returning Christmas products in this list that ive already reviewed in this blog and taken photos of so you can see how they look in use.

Then when these products are available to buy on Lush North America site ill buy them and do a video of the unboxing when they come in, and then ill take photos of each product and create short videos demoing each product.

Got my order! Heres my unboxing video. 😊

Limited Edition Lush Advent calendar. 2 products exclusive to this advent calendar only. 2 Retro limited edition Christmas products only in this advent calendar gift set. I’ll put an asterisk next to the products in the long list below below if its included in the Advent Calendar.

Winter Holiday (Halloween and Christmas) bath bombs

If you use this list info please credit me, I really appreciate it.

Advent Calendar Contains:

Turmeric Latte perfume 15ml (a previous exclusive)

Gingerbread House bubble bar (Retro product, exclusive to gift)

Christmas Party bath bomb (Retro product, exclusive to gift)

Ice Rainbow bubble bar (New, exclusive to gift)

2022 Christmas products (I created a ‘by product type’ list which is also alphabetized for you).

BATH BOMBS

Butterbear

crystal snow bath bomb (new)

gift horse bomb (new) *

golden pudding bomb (new) *

magical santa bomb (new) *

moon bath bomb (new)

partridge in a pear tree bomb (new)

Rangoli Dreams

Shoot for the Stars bomb

Sleepy Bear bomb

snow dragon bomb (new)

snow drift bomb (new)

snow fairy blowing bubble wand (returning, new look)

snow fairy bath bomb

snow man finger puppet bomb (new)

snow fairy lights bomb

sweet pudding bomb (new) *

SHOWER GELS

Elf shake shower gel (new) *

hot toddy shower gel (retro returning)

Snow fairy shower gel (returning)

Sticky dates shower gel (returning)

BUBBLE BARS

Jolly holly shower bomb (new)

Candy cane bubble bar (returning)

golden angel bubble bar (new)

party popper bubble bar (exclusive to Japan Harajuku store)

snow fairy roll bubble bar (returning)

the big snow fairy roll bubble bar (returning)

cinnamon roll bubble bar (returning)

SOAPS

baked alaska soap (returning)

Cranberry soap

Christmas Eve soap (New, exclusive to gift)

Christmas party soap (new)

golden pear soap (returning)

golden wonder soap (new)

snow bear soap (returning)

Snow fairy soap (returning)

LIPS

cinnamon stick lip oil (new)

coconut ice lip scrub (new)

salted caramel lip scrub (new)

FRAGRANCE

Fun Times body spray (new, limited)

snow fairy body spray (returning)

Tumeric Latte perfume (returning)

SHOWER JELLY

Bouncing Santa jelly

SNOW FAIRY products

snow fairy fun bar (returning, new look)

snow fairy bath melt (new)

snow fairy dust powder (returning)

snow fairy candle (returning) see similar Twilight candle

snow fairy body spray (returning)

snow fairy lip jelly (new)

snow fairy body conditioner (returning)

snow fairy shower gel (returning)

snow fairy lotion (returning, formerly exclusive)