LUSH

I spent the first half of my day surrounding myself in good smells … probably subconsciously to escape my smelly apartment. One of my roommates makes stinky food and doesn't do her dishes. Yuck. Anyway, it initially started out as a trip to the Te Papa museum for coffee with Alexis before starting in on our homework, (the café in Te Papa has been the only place I’ve found that makes coffee the way I like it) but of course we ended up making several stops along the way at different stores.

LUSH is my new favorite place. It’s a handmade cosmetic shop that has piles and piles of different soaps and scrubs and bars, and they’re all freshly made! The set up is so cool. I want to buy everything in there! I asked if I could come back and take some pictures for my blog but the girl working said no. They like to keep it a secret. I might just go back another day when someone else is working and act oblivious and snap some shots. I really can’t explain how cool the place is without some pictures. The face masks are displayed in metal bowls over ice (since they’re made fresh and need to be kept cool) with slices of papaya and almonds and other things on the side. There are just heaps of brightly colored bars, each unique and not quite perfectly the same since they’re hand made, piled up on top of each other on cool white square dishes.

They have BARS of shampoo. A new concept to me. They smell so good though and they’re supposed to be really good for your scalp! I wanted to buy one today, but I bought “Handy Gurugu” instead, and I thought I’d come back another day for the shampoo. I have to ration my Lush enjoyment so I can spread it out over my whole trip.
The Gurugu is “helpful, heavenly, herbal hand cream with natural shea butter from our friends in Ghana.” Yum yum yum yum yum it smells so good and makes my hands so soft!

I also got this "Q10 Toner Tab" which I am displaying beautifully in a shell I picked up at the beach yesterday :) The tab is "gentle and skin soothing with Lavender, Chamomile, and Vitamin Q10." You pop it in a bowl of boiling water and hold your face over the steam before washing your face. That'll be interesting and fun.


I actually heard about Lush a few years ago when I recieved a secret santa present from the store, but I was told it was only in Australia and New Zealand. That is false information! There are Lush stores in the states! Go to them!!
There is a store locator on the website: www.lush.com

Obviously by this point you can tell that my train adventure didn’t go down today. I realized I had too much homework to do in preparation for Emily’s arrival on Tuesday night at midnight. Rental car and Jetboat are booked! Can’t wait!