Official Lush Thread!

[nectarbean]

You basically just leave them out in a cool dark place +/- 2 weeks. Helps with lather also. Been doing it for 10 years with my lush soaps. Seems to help.

How do you "cure" them?

 

[kawaiisquawks]

I noticed under my account that my boxing day order only lists Sikkim Girls and then a ??? product not found, but I'm hoping that it's just because they're now OOS of Bûche de Noël and have removed the product page and not because it's not going to be sent to me. It's in my order confirmation so hopefully it's the first reason. I would NOT be happy if I only got one full priced item in my order lol.

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Originally Posted by FormosaHoney /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Tub's yours!!  Expect a huge delivery within the week!  I think who ever put the tub in was some huge Nord or Dutch man.

Thanks for the tip!  I've wrapped a few of them in plastic wrap and it's been 2 days and I can see that ths soap's moisture traped inside is wilting the paper and some of the oils are seeping through.  I didn't want to take all of them out of the wrapping so that I can keep some for gifting. 

Oh!  I'll plastic wrap them then put it back in the butcher paper.  

lol this made my morning! I have some Dutch and Finnish friends and I swear they're all part giant! One of my Dutch friends is 5'10 and she always tells me how she was one of the shortest people in her class back in Holland.

 

[FormosaHoney]

Thanks for the information.  I did a bunch of reading on soap curing and this is a brief synopsis.

-The water used in cold soap making is simply there to allow for the lye to mix; once the soap is made, the soap should cure for at least 6 to 8 weeks.  A cured soap is also more mild, gentler to the skin, the PH becomes more skin loving, lathers better and melts slower.

So something else happens during the process when water leaves the soap, the PH is changed affecting lather, hay?

I talked to Lush CS and their curing time varies, but they do wrap their soaps in that clear film that one sees, it's vegetable based and I believe its cellulose.  Also she agreed that the soaps do shrink pulling away.  But she said that the soaps should be good for 14 months.

I'm not sure that my definition of 'good' is the same as hers though...

Then researching celluose

Cellulose is permeable film made of vegetable material.   It has been used in cigar packaging forever precisely because of this, as cigars need to breath.  So in the case of the soaps wrapped in cellulose, this allows the soap to continue 'curing' but curing means shrinkage  so the downside of it means that a properly cured soap will pull away from the cellulose and look not so attractive.  Okay for self but not so great for gift giving.  

 

[FormosaHoney]

Quote: Originally Posted by norther /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
lol this made my morning! I have some Dutch and Finnish friends and I swear they're all part giant! One of my Dutch friends is 5'10 and she always tells me how she was one of the shortest people in her class back in Holland.
I passed through Holland for NEC as a courier, delivering a motherboard from Taiwan to Barcelona. 

The juxtaposition of each country's people and culture couldn't have been stronger!!  Going from small people in Thailand, to the robust Germans then the statuesque blond people in Amsterdam and normalizing to to the smaller brown curley haired men in Barcelona.  This is just the people that worked in the airport of course...  

It was both amazing and nuts.  Every 4 to 6 hours I was in a different country, Thai breakfast, German lunch, Dutch Dinner and hotel in Barcelona.

Would have been heaven to have a nice slice of Ice Blue or Dirty Soap before collapsing into the hotel bed!

 

[kawaiisquawks]

Quote: Originally Posted by FormosaHoney /img/forum/go_quote.gif
So despite the exhuastion the juxtaposition of each country's people and culture couldn't have been stronger!!  Going from small people in Thailand, to the robust Germans then the statuesque blond people in Amsterdam and normalizing to to the smaller brown curley haired men in Barcelona.  This is just the people that worked in the airport of course... 

Would have been heaven to have a nice slice of Ice Blue or Dirty Soap in the hotel!!!

That's crazy!! It must have been one hell of an experience though! I miss Germany, I was there for a study abroad program back in 2008 and had such an amazing time. Amsterdam is a gorgeous city in both scenery and people. I may or may not have a thing for tall, skinny blondes, so I was in eye candy heaven when I was in Holland lol.

I can imagine how great it would have been to have a nice long shower with minty soap after such a long trip!

 

[gemstone]

All of this snowcake talk makes me soo glad that I have a seperate shower than my roommates! It sits in my shower but the only time it gets steamy is when I am using it.

 

[tweakabell]

So I went to an actual store today and they probably hate me now cuz I swear I touched/smelled everything, at least I wasn't the only one. I went for the BOGO soap but ended up not getting any. I did get a Comforter bubble bar (whoever said this was their fave was spot on), and an MMM bath melt so it was not a wasted trip.

 

[FormosaHoney]

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I was so tempted to go to the Galleria when I got my SS gift and saw there was one close by but I didn't think I'd want to leave. The Galleria FB page says they only have soaps left B1G1.

This list is from 2 days ago

Angel's Delight
Mr. Punch
Snowcake
Noriko
Orange Jelly
Honey I Washed the Kids
Karma
Miranda
Bohemian
Porridge
Alkmaar
Rock Star

And just a little bit left of the following:

Snowglobe
Figs and Leaves
Godmother
Ice Blue
Demon in the Dark

I really wanted to get those 2 and Sultana but they were full priced.  Am glad that you got them!

So.... I have to confess, I called-off the 32 bar lush order...  just think it was a good idea to have THAT much excess with it's tricky storage challenges.  

I've got my 4 bars un-opened that I'm keeping, 2 bars on rotation and a much smaller first shipment of 2 small shower gels plus 2 sets (snow cake & body cream) and that should take me 2/3 way through 2014 so when the boxing sale rolls around 4 months later I'll really appreciate it!

 

[tweakabell]

I didn't end up buying any, but it was nice to be able to go in and smell some in person. When I went today they only seemed to have the top list. I must be missing something on snowcake though it didn't tempt me in the least.

 

[kaitlin1209]

Quote: Originally Posted by tweakabell /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So I went to an actual store today and they probably hate me now cuz I swear I touched/smelled everything, at least I wasn't the only one. I went for the BOGO soap but ended up not getting any. I did get a Comforter bubble bar (whoever said this was their fave was spot on), and an MMM bath melt so it was not a wasted trip.

The Comforter is amazing! I don't know if your SA told you this, but the way to get the most use out of it is to use a grater, and grate it into the running water.  I can easily get 4-5 uses out of the bar this way with no sacrifice on bubbles or luxury!

 

[tweakabell]

Quote: Originally Posted by kaitlin1209 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
The Comforter is amazing! I don't know if your SA told you this, but the way to get the most use out of it is to use a grater, and grate it into the running water.  I can easily get 4-5 uses out of the bar this way with no sacrifice on bubbles or luxury!
I cut it into 6ths. I knew I got 3? uses out of my dorothy bar so with as big as that thing was I knew I'd get a lot of use. 1/6 was still enough to smell lovely and have fun bubbles. I didn't even think about grating it, thanks for the tip!

 

[cougar207]

Yay! Lush CS emailed me back. My order should be on its way to me now. Can't wait to try out my new goodies.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

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Yay! Lush CS emailed me back. My order should be on its way to me now. Can't wait to try out my new goodies.
I'm still waiting on a response. Was there an issue with yours? 

 

[cougar207]

I ordered before I created my account, so it was a guest order. Guest orders do not receive order or shipping confirmations. Oddly, I received two responses - one stating that the email did not provide enough information to locate my order and one saying that my order was being shipped today. I chose to listen to the latter. I hope you receive a response soon!! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Quote: Originally Posted by cougar207 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I ordered before I created my account, so it was a guest order. Guest orders do not receive order or shipping confirmations. Oddly, I received two responses - one stating that the email did not provide enough information to locate my order and one saying that my order was being shipped today. I chose to listen to the latter. I hope you receive a response soon!!

Ah, ok. Mine was a guest order too, because I forgot to log into my account. Sooo that's probably it. 

I'm just so antsy to get my stuff! First ever Lush products 

 

[cougar207]

Me too!! I am really excited! It is like Christmas all over again! Nice to see another Lush newbie on the board. All the product recommendations on here have been very helpful!!

 

[Tiffany27la]

I'm trying to time my first Lush UK order juuuust right so that it will arrive in the states around the same time I do (Feb.1st!) Any suggestions on bath bombs that smell like cake???? I've read all the descriptions, but none of them are really saying "This smells like cake!" to me 

 

[OiiO]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiffany27la /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I'm trying to time my first Lush UK order juuuust right so that it will arrive in the states around the same time I do (Feb.1st!) Any suggestions on bath bombs that smell like cake???? I've read all the descriptions, but none of them are really saying "This smells like cake!" to me 

I always thought Honeybee smells like honey/caramel cake  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[gemstone]

I didn't end up buying any, but it was nice to be able to go in and smell some in person. When I went today they only seemed to have the top list. I must be missing something on snowcake though it didn't tempt me in the least.

I love snowcake but I am a sucker for anything almomd scented.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

After many, many emails this morning, they were able to locate my order & confirmed it shipped 12/28 /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> yayyyy I'm so excited! Anyone tried the Big shampoo & conditioner? Thinking about placing another order...