Let The Good Times Roll Cleanser

When someone asks me my favourite range of products by Lush, cleansers are the first to spring to mind. Why? Because every pot or bottle is filled with fresh, natural, skin goodness. And after trying most of them, there's not a single one that's on my worst products list.

You might have noticed that Lush products are non-prescriptive, meaning they won't label a product as "for oily/dry/combination/normal skin" like other market brands would. They know that everyone's skin is different and their cleansers will therefore effect everyone differently, despite their skin type. But that doesn't mean they're good for all skin types, a lot of them have targeted ingredients for certain conditions. Because of this, they do recommend that you get a skin consult in store to see which cleanser is best fit depending on their ingredients.

Let The Good Times Roll is a cleanser I define as made for drier skin types. When winter is coming I grab this one off the shelf and breathe in all it's glory. It offers maize flour, polenta, and actual popcorn pieces, to give a light exfoliation, just enough to unclog my pores without stripping the skin. It also features cinnamon, which stimulates the skin, and corn oil to provide vitamin E. Combined all together, these ingredients soften and brighten the skin. Leaving it lightly moisturised and smelling of yummy popcorn. I must admit this is definitely the best smelling cleanser Lush has to offer. I can't leave the same room without having a sniff of its deliciousness.

With similar designs to Angels on Bare Skin, Herbalism, and Dark Angels, these fresh cleansers are unusual to use at first. Demanding to take a pinch and add a drop of water until formed into a paste, this will be a new experience for all new Lushies and will take some time to get used to. Once formed into a paste, massage into skin and wash off with water or a face cloth. I find Let The Good Times Roll is more moist than the others, and therefore just wetting my face and applying straight on is enough, creating a paste by massaging it in. This way you gain more exfoliation, whereas if you want something softer, you add more water.

You will find that they have a short expiration date. With an average of 3 months. From all the pots I've had, they've definitely made it past that but don't worry, as long as little to no water gets in the pot and you keep it in a dry place, it shouldn't go off. Most Lush products last a lot longer than their use-by date but some aren't as effective as they would be when fresh.

The cleansers feature a more expensive price tag than the usual £1 drug store ones. But considering quality, performance, longevity, ingredients and fair pay to the farmers of those ingredients, it certainly makes it worth it.


Rating: 8/10 

Price:
100g £7.25
250g £18.10

9 to 5 Cleansing Lotion

If you haven't spent all teenage-hood searching for the right beauty products for your skin and even trying to understand your skin, then you were blessed by the Gods.
I suffered a hit from the teenage gene. Oily, spotty skin and the expanded package that involved eczema. Cleansers would either dry me out, break me out, or make my skin so oily it looks like I'm sweating 24/7. 

So Lush was the holy grail for my skin, hair, body and overall confidence. Switching to a Lush routine of cleanser, scrub, mask, toner, spot treatment, facial serum, and moisturiser was the best thing I ever did for my skin.
As one of my favourite cleansers I can't say enough.

For me, this is the perfect nightly cleanser. To wipe away the dirt of the day. I use it to remove makeup by applying it on a dry face and massaging into the skin, even over the eyes. Then wipe away with a damp face cloth (or cotton wool). It removes all traces of makeup. Of course this is depending on the amount of makeup you use. I only have a thin layer of foundation, focusing more on the eyes. So this cleanser suits me just right.

The texture of this cleanser isn't runny or thick, it's the bridge between the two. It also heavily depends on the batch. I found my first bottle was runny compared to my second which was surprisingly thicker. It won't 'lather' but it will spread over the skin with ease and keep a cream-like consistency.

Because this cleanser features almond oil and dove orchid extract, it won't be stripping on the skin. I actually find it leaves my skin supple, brightened, and lightly moisturised. Moisturised enough that if after a night out I used all my energy to even bother removing makeup, I can skip the moisturising step and head straight to bed. 

This is also great to use when correcting makeup. By applying a small amount on a cotton bud and running it along any mistakes (usually eyeliner for me) and it clears it right up without smudging! 

A typical 95g bottle lasts me a couple of months, all depending on how much I use and how frequent. Since I've been using makeup more, the second bottle has been depleting at a faster rate than my last but I still find you don't need much of the actual product to get the job done. 

Overall, I can't go without having this in my bathroom. A staple product and probably one of my most recommended.

Rating: 8/10 

Price:
95g   £5.25
240g £9.95