Yuzu & Cocoa Shower Cream

    Like your favorite sweet treat, but ten times better! Yuzu & Cocoa shower cream takes everything you love about Yuzu & Cocoa bubbleroon and amplifies it. The perfect mix of earthy and sweet, with cocoa, bergamot, grapefruit, and yuzu...
   After reading reactions of Lushies, and my own personal liking, LUSH Oxford Street has a winner with this product.

"Yes it smells like chocolate oranges. No, you can't eat it. Cocoa and tonka absolutes meld with grapefruit and bergamot oils to effectively brighten your mood."

   Yuzu & Cocoa's scent comes from an array of ingredients that shine bright on their own, and when combined, create a complex loveliness that is nothing short of unique... To start off, the fresh yuzu juice that makes this shower cream linger on the skin. Yuzu is a citrus fruit/plant that originated in east Asia, and is believed to be a hybrid of sour mandarin and lchang papeda (another type of citrus fruit native to parts of China). This wonderful ingredient, along with the bergamot and grapefruit oil, leave Yuzu & Cocoa with a bouquet of beautifully sharp citrus notes.
   From there, we have cocoa absolute and fair trade organic cocoa butter, giving this shower cream it's forefront notes of chocolate... Literally, everyone that gets a wiff of this product says that they want to eat it, just like the label says. The chocolate scent is better than any frosting covered treat you'll ever have... Throw in some tonka absolute to the mix and all these ingredients combined give this shower cream a nice earthy undertone.
   When it comes to the working ability of Yuzu & Cocoa, it surpassed my expectations... The lather was rich, creamy, and yellow and I was left with silky, non-stained skin! Now, I don't advise people to use "regular soaps" for daily shaving, but I still test them out for those of us who get busy and need to be as speedy as we can in the shower. When I tested Yuzu & Cocoa out on my legs, it didn't leave any redness and my skin did feel nice after... I will say, if you don't like soaps that leave you smelling like their fragrance, then you might want to stay clear of this one! The scent lingered on my skin for several hours after my shower, although the longevity will vary due to body chemistry.
   As my final review for my Oxford Street soap week, I wanted to save Yuzu & Cocoa shower cream for last... Rating it a 5/5, and yet again wishing I purchased a larger bottle. This gorgeously complex product is one I highly recommend, look forward to purchasing more of, and am excited to see more reviews on.

Handmade With Fresh Ingrediants: Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Yuzu Infusion (Citrus junos), Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Fresh Yuzu Juice (Citrus junos), Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Lactic Acid, Cocoa Absolute (Theobroma cacao), Tonka Absolute (Dipteryx odorata), Grapefruit Oil (Citrus paradisi), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), Titanium Dioxide, *Citral, *Coumarin, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 19140, Methylparaben, Propylparaben

*All body products I review are ones I have used for a week+.*

xoxo Elle

Lord of Misrule Shower Cream

   If mischief is your middle name, make sure you listen up! Spicy and sweet, with silver lustre... Lord of Misrule shower cream is sure to bring out the very best baddest in you.
   Lord of Misrule was an LUSH Oxford Street exclusive that I literally jumped out of my seat for when reading through the list of over 200 products that would only be sold (for now) at Oxford Street location... I got several of the LoM bath bombs last autumn, and its scent and lovely design in the water captured my heart within one use! When I realized I missed the LoM shower cream while it was in the Kitchen, I was completely bummed out... But when I read it would be a regular item at Oxford Street, I just had to get my hands on the shower cream version of my favorite bath bomb.

"Get down and earthy with this mischievous herbal blend. Add a little spice to your shower with black pepper and patchouli oils, and a dash of Fair Trade vanilla absolute to keep it sweet."

   My first impression of the Lord of Misrule shower cream was that is had far more silver lustre than I anticipated, which excited me, and that it was a pretty thin consistency... Inside the bottle and on the skin, LoM's scent is a beautiful arrangement of vanilla and patchouli, with dashes of black pepper here and there. The sweetness of the vanilla absolute is much stronger than that of the bath bomb, and on that same note, the bath bomb is more peppery than the shower cream... And as far as the sexy spiciness from the patchouli, in my experience, it is even within the soap and the bomb.
   There is Snowflake Lustre within this product, and it leaves a wonderfully light shimmer all over your body once you've finished your shower or bath... Looking at the bottle, Lord of Misrule reminds me of spells being cast into the air, glimmering all the while!
   As I stated above, the consistency of LoM is much thinner than I expected, and I don't recommend it for any sort of regular shaving... But that didn't sway me either way. I love how smoothly it applies to the skin, and the rich color makes me feel like its the witching hour all over again... But, I will say this; Pale people be cautious! I have bleached parts of my skin, technically its scarring, from some bad flare ups of my autoimmune condition. My regular skin pigment is more golden tan... I noticed that the bleached out scarring did stay a bit green after rinsing off. It only lasted for about half an hour or so before disappearing, but that is still something to keep an eye on.
   I rate Lord of Misrule shower cream with a 5/5, even with the minor tinting of my skin... I cannot wait to get my hands on a larger bottle of this gorgeous shower cream, and I recommend you give it a try as well... Now, go out and get into a little mischief.

Handmade With Fresh Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Patchouli and Peppercorn Infusion (Pogostemon cablin; Piper nigrum), Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Lactic Acid, Organic Wheatgerm Oil (Triticurn vulgare), Black Pepper Oil (Piper nigrum), Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Titanium Dioxide, *Limonene, *Linalool, Snowflake Lustre (Potassium Aluminium Silicate, Titanium Dioxide), Colour 42090, Colour 47005, Methylparaben, Propylparab

*All body products I review are ones that I have used a week+.*

xoxo Elle