Lush Review : Scrubee

Alright guys, I haven’t been this excited for a LUSH review since my Bûche de Noël review earlier this year!
I saw Scrubee online and really wanted to try it, but I put myself on a no-LUSH buying ban until I go to Tokyo this July.
But then, I went in just to look and after much fighting with myself, I caved and bought it because, look how cute he is!

On LUSH’s website, they describe Scrubee as

Meet Scrubee – the newest buffer on the block.
With all that hydrating honey and cocoa butter he may seem like a real softy, but don’t underestimate his polishing power – he’s packed full of ground coconut shells and ground almonds to give you a gentle, effective exfoliation.

So, what got me was how cute Scrubee is. It fits perfectly in the palm of your hand and is actually not that heavy. It’s not as yellow as the product photos make it seem, more of a creamy colour but it’s still adorable.

It was particularly hot the day I bought it, so by the time I got home, there was some oil residue on the bag and when I held him, he started to melt quite quickly. So I’d suggest getting it in a box, rather than a bag and keeping him out of the heat.

 

Actually, as soon as I got home, I cut it into three sections, put two in the fridge and one in an old LUSH pot in the bathroom. Just because I felt that if I left him all together, it would get used up too quickly and I could stretch the life of it, especially since it costs 15,000 KRW!

This smells SO GOOD. The cocoa butter scent is pretty strong, but not overpowering and I found myself just sitting there smelling it because it was so nice, especially with the coconut oil to give it a little something extra. However, the Bergamont and Brazilian Orange oil scents aren’t too strong, but they’re definitely there.

Something I was worried about was the ground coconut shell, thinking it would be way too harsh, but actually the scrubby side is quite gentle, but strong enough to give a light exfoliation. However, if you scrub hard enough with it, I can definitely see it doing some damage to your skin, so be careful!

When I used it, I showered as usual and used an exfoliating mitt to gently exfoliate and at the end of the shower, I stepped out of the water, scrubbed lightly with Scrubbee, to get the product on my skin and then just used my hands to scrub even more. That way, a lot of the Scrubee doesn’t go to waste in the water, since it melts quite quickly.
After, I just rinsed it off quickly and pat dry.

Warning, your bathroom floor can get a little bit greasy due to the amount of butters and oils in this, so wash down your bathroom floor after using this.

When you get out of the shower, the scent lingers on your skin for quite a long time. Actually, I used it last night and even now in the morning there’s a light scent remaining from it on my skin. My skin still feels really moisturized and soft, almost as if i applied body lotion, so depending on your skin and the weather, you should adjust your skin moisturizers to suit.

I wouldn’t recommend Scrubee for every day use though, because of the exfoliating factor as well as the high amount of moisturizers in it. Maybe twice a week?

But really, I love this little guy so much! I never really saw the point of in shower lotions since I thought they would just wash away really quickly but Scrubee really changed my mind on this. It actually really upsets me that it’s still a limited edition product in Korea, since I would love to buy this all year round. Not just a similar product, but this exact one, but I can’t get myself to drop the money to stock up on him at a 15,000KRW each price tag.

Overall, I love this little guy so much!
If you’re looking for a beyond amazing, exceeds all expectations body butter, go out to your nearest LUSH now and get a Scrubee or two!

 

Pros : Super Moisturizing, Great scent, exfoliating, effects are long lasting, cute
Cons : Melts quickly, product itself melts quickly, depending on storage, price is high depending on location

List of ingredients : Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Shea Butter, Ground Coconut Shell, Perfume, Honey, Ground Almonds, Coconut Oil, Bergamot Oil, Brazilian Orange Oil, Amyl Cinnamal, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, *Limonene, *Linalool

 

O-Lens

Hi everyone!
I’m SO sorry this post is a couple days late. I was trying to post regularly on a schedule but things got pretty hectic this week.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with coloured contact lenses. My mum has brown eyes and I’ve always been jealous because, well, my eyes are just basically dark brown almost back. So they’re not that interesting at all!
When I was 17 I believe, I got my first pair of (non prescription) lenses, in this super light brown which freaked my dad out a lot actually, since they looked SO unnatural. I couldn’t order them online so I was left with a really bare collection of lenses.

Fast forward to 2013 when I moved to Korea and had a much wider selection of lenses to choose from, most of which look a lot better than the ones I had back then.

My favourite place to go is definitely O-Lens, and they have shops all across Korea.
(Photos of the store are from the O-Lens official website)

On the walls, they have the more high quality, longer lasting lenses, which are mostly prescription (but you can definitely get them non prescription, it just depends on if they have them in stock)  as well as in the glass cases near the cashier.

Usually, I go for the cheaper soft lenses, since I don’t use them every day and I don’t want to spring the money for the expensive ones, since I don’t actually need them to see haha.

Since my eyes are so dark, I’ve had a problem for quite some time trying to find ones that would show up on my eyes. The store actually has these fake eyeballs that they test the individual lenses on so you can see what it would look like when you wear them.

Right now, I have Blue, Grey, Brown and a Greenish-Grey.

From top they are
Fresh Brown,
Bella Green
Fresh Grey

The blue lens doesn’t seem to be on their website but the closest I found to it is, Aquamarine
Now, since these are the cheaper lenses, it’s not really recommended to keep these for a long time, but you can extend the life of them a bit by making sure you clean them properly every time you use them. I also don’t leave them in for very long, maybe a few hours of half a day. Take care of your lenses! Even though they’re the cheaper ones (ranging from 7,000won to 15,000won, they’re really comfortable and don’t irritate your eyes.)
You also get really cute cases and a free bottle of saline solution (not always though)

When you shop there, you can create a membership account where you collect points and eventually can get a discount, or even free lenses when you get your card stamped.
4th pair of lenses get you a 10% discount
8th pair gets you 20% discount
12th pair gets you a free pair of lens, within a certain price range.

My favourite locations are the Sinchon and Hongdae stores. The employees are always so friendly and helpful and definitely know their stuff. They also don’t try to force you into buying more than you want or buying the expensive lenses.

Contact Info:
Sinchon (서울특별시 서대문구 연세로 19 )
Get out of Sinchon at the Hyundai Department store at the big red tube and walk straight towards the Missha. It’s right there near the Yankee Candle store. (as of Jan 2017)

Tel: 02-338-3121

Opening Hours: 10:00~23:00

Hongdae (서울특별시 마포구 잔다리로2길 24 1층)

Out of Hongdae exit 9 and walk straight to the big intersection by McDonalds. Cross the street near Forever 21 and Tony Moly and walk up the big street (usually super crowded with lots of clothes stores) and keep going until you see another intersection with Etude House and Aritaum. Keep going straight until the road splits into a “Y” and take the right street and it’ll be just down the road from there. (as of Jan 2017)

Tel: 02-324-8862

Opening Hours: 11:00~23:00
KakaoTalk : olens015
Instagram: @olens015

*These directions may change as time goes on since so many stores in Korea open and close so frequently. If it changes, I’ll update them to the new locations and directions.

That’s all for today!
Feel free to leave a comment or message if you have any questions.

Till next time

-Kari

LUSH Top 3

 

Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a good New Years Celebration. I celebrated by watching some street performances and then coming home to the cats. Perfect way to celebrate to be honest 😀

Anyway, for quite some time I’ve been a fan of LUSH and have been trying a bit of their products after I moved to Korea since there’s no LUSH in Trinidad.
I’ve tried their lotions, masks, face washes, lip / body scrubs, hair products and soaps.
Out of those, I have three favourites that I can see myself using for a really long time!

Dream Cream

I think this was the first product I ever bought and I’ve been using it ever since.
From their website:

What makes Dream Cream so effective? It contains every ingredient nature makes for soothing sore skin! One of our proudest product achievements ever, we love this body lotion because it makes people happy. The calming blend of oat milk, lavender and chamomile goes to work soothing sensitive skin. Olive oil and cocoa butter are perfectly suited and incredibly effective for dry or chapped skin, and are especially gentle for even the most sensitive types. Do your skin a favor, treat it right with Dream Cream.

I love lavender scented things so this was perfect for me. The scent isn’t too strong but it definitely stays with you for a long time. Super moisturizing but not greasy. I actually even use this a little during the summer. But I recommend using it some time in advance so it soaks into your skin before you go out.

Rub Rub Rub

I ran out of Rub Rub Rub and have to re-purchase, so I apologize for not having my own photo. The ones above are from LUSH’s website.

Rub Rub Rub is a sea salt body scrub and it smells amazing! It has a really nice jasmine and citrus scent to it and it makes your skin super smooth.

Halfway between a scrub and a shower gel, this delicately scented wash gives you the best of both worlds. Fine sea salt gently exfoliates and leaves you smooth as can be, while fresh lemon juice and lemon oil brighten skin. The soft floral scent of mimosa, jasmine and orange flower will keep you coming back for more, but it’s subtle enough that it won’t compete with whatever perfume you choose to wear. Scrub a dub dub!

It’s not too harsh but works amazingly and gentle enough for maybe every other day, if you’d like. Sometimes, if I just wanted a mild scrub with the scent, I’d mix a bit in with my regular body wash, because I’m seriously addicted to this scent. The only problem I had with this was storage since it turned liquid-y really quickly, but at that time I had no window in my bathroom so it was really humid all the time, which I’m guessing was the problem. I have to re-purchase Rub Rub Rub, so I’ll try different storing methods for this one next time.

Bûche de Noël

 I should have taken this photo when I first got it, but I promise, it’s usually in a pretty roll shape, wrapped in seaweed.

By far. Hands down my favourite cleanser ever. But once again, it’s limited and can only get it during Christmas! I’m so upset!?!?!

Made for your face or body, the mighty Bûche de Noël is loaded with festive ingredients including satsumas, cranberries and a drop of brandy. This fresh cleanser helps bring back radiance to dry, wintry skin with finely ground almonds, kaolin and fruits that gently buff and clean, while cocoa butter softens the skin and balance is restored thanks to fragrant essential oils.

First off, it doesn’t really smell much like anything in particular, just a slight almond scent. There’s brandy, but not enough to make it smell strongly of that.
All you do is take a piece off, wet it slightly, rub it between your fingertips and rub onto your face. Or what I usually do is instead of rubbing it into a paste on your fingertips I just rub it directly onto my face. It definitely takes some getting used to since it’s a dry cleanser but within a short amount of time my skin improved so much. It got so much smoother and clearer.
Since it is seasonal, during the rest of the year Angels on Bare Skin is very similar!

Other products I like:
Grease Lightning : I tried Grease Lightning back when my skin condition was pretty bad. It’s a tea tree and aloe gel and it helps a LOT with acne. I would dab a bit on before going to sleep and in the morning my acne was noticeably reduced and less red. The reason why I never bought this again was simply because I didn’t need it, but if you have acne prone skin I definitely recommend trying it!

Christingle is the newest product I’ve bought from LUSH and I’m pretty happy with it so far.Sadly this is a seasonal product so you won’t be able to buy it all year round. (So I got the biggest jar of it) I admit, it takes some getting used to but it’s the perfect thing for winter. After showering, rub Christingle into your skin, rinse off and pat dry. It feels a bit greasy at first, but after a few minutes the oils soak in and your skin feels so soft and smooth! It has a strong menthol smell to it but there’s also grapefruit so it’s a really great mix. I haven’t used it for long, but I really like it so far and a little goes a long way!

Salt and Peppermint Bark : Another seasonal product, but one definitely worth mentioning. I bought this one on a whim, purely because it looked pretty but was really surprised at how well this worked. It smells really candy cane-y but not overpowering. Since it’s a solid shower scrub it works really well when you’re using it and stays together but maybe by the 4th or 5th time you use it, it starts falling apart. So I just crushed it up and stored it in an old LUSH pot and used it as a regular shower scrub and it still worked just as well!

I haven’t used many bath bombs, since I don’t have a bathtub but hopefully I can use them in the future.
There are some other products I have tried, but they didn’t have a huge impact on me. As for face masks, there are definitely some I have my eye on but haven’t been able to purchase them yet.
(LUSH is so expensive in Korea!!!! So I’ll wait until I go to Japan or my friends come to visit from Japan, since it’s a lot cheaper if you buy it there.)

That’s it for today! I’m going to try to post more regularly from this year, at least once a week! So stay tuned!

-Kari