To bring down the serious tone of my previous posts, I am sharing with you a hilarious tragedy which quite often happens with me. So, I hate The Body Shop (TBS) and Lush both. Well, I know there are ardent lovers of them among you all. But, seriously, have you ever been in their shop repeatedly and got so confused that every time you returned empty-handed???? I have been to TBS like may be 7-8 times since it opened here and always came out with out buying because there are so many amazing products which I wanna try but then I always end up getting confused and miser. Obviously, TBS is very heavy on the pockets.
So, this December, I went with my dad to make it easy on my pockets 🙂 And, again, the tragedy !! I came out empty handed 🙁 I wish now that I should have bought at least one product. I applied all the testers there and I ended up getting a greasy skin 🙂 You know I am so embarrassed now that I am always sitting and thinking what would I buy when I enter TBS next so that I end up buying something and not make a complete fool of myself. I guess I wanna start with Moroccan Rose or something range. It seemed most fascinating to me. So, hopefully, next time, I would be a proud owner of TBS products. I really wanna check out their body and facial oils. I read a review of some facial oil a few days back but the cost was whopping. Guess, how much??? Some 945 bucks for 15 ml. I mean come on???? They should at least give 50 ml in that money even if they are using the most exotic ingredients of the world !! One other thing I hate about TBS is their lack of sale offers. Most of the time I check that the sales are for members only and it seems that there is an extra 500 bucks for becoming a member though I really donno if you can redeem those 500 in your next visit or what. Would love it if you could explain about this thing. And, then, even on the New Year, they had just 2 day sale and I missed it and even the sale was bad – you had to buy 4 products to get a 20% discount !! I do not even consider it to be a sale frankly but yes, something is better than nothing. I have heard people saying they got products at 50% so would be keeping an eagle eye for that one but please it should be for everyone not only members.
Oh, so now its the turn of Lush. Frankly, I did not know about it. So, where it started? I went to Hypercity in Hyderabad for the first time soon after it opened and found a really amazing store with all kinds of colorful bath products and soaps and body butters. I did not check out the shop name at that time but loved the shop coz it smells so heavenly. You gotta go to experience it, seriously (if you have already not been there !!). I was very sure that I’ll buy something from there like shea butter or stuff. But, then it became a forgotten story coz I went to Hypercity some time later and could not find the store. May be it was closed or I did not check out on the right floor. I thought that it might not be selling enough so it closed down. I took to reading reviews of products very recently like 6 months back. So, I found Lush mentioned at very few places and the prices were even pricier than TBS. Consequently, I did not pay much attention to them. But, when I went to Hypercity, I checked out the name of the heavenly store I mentioned and then I knew that Lush was in Hyderabad too !! So, since then, I have been aching to lay my hands on Lush products. Please can any one inform me about the sales in Lush coz I never paid attention to it prior.
I wish I had an unlimited supply of money and I could spend it where ever I wanted. Anyway, my first love would be Marie Veronique in that case. Do not forget to inform me about the sales, please!! Guess what, even I became a sales freak now 🙂Also Read:
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Lakme Vital Indulgence: Review
LashMantra Natural EyeLash Growth Serum: Review
24 Letter Mantra Products by Sresta Natural Bio Product Limited
Parachute Head Massager Review
Always have a bottle of calamine lotion
Get a bottle of Rogan Badam Shirin
Winter Skin Care Lotions
My tryst with Himalaya
Ponds Face Washes
shoppingaholic says
January 10, 2011 at 9:55 PMSo tru about these being heave on our pockets. I love Lush poducts for appearing so down to eart and organic etc. I placed an order on Lush website and still waiting for my poducts…:(
Anonymous says
January 11, 2011 at 3:26 AMBody Shop products makes you feel greasy?? Even the shower gel or lip balm? I think you need to do some research before writing a post on the brand.
bhumika says
January 11, 2011 at 4:48 AMhehe..ya lush is toh super expensive..n gets over soon too since all natural..I havnt tried lush yet..bt wud like to..tell me too if u cum to know of any sales :p
swati says
January 11, 2011 at 7:32 PM@Jiya hope you get all the products as soon as possible….
@Anonymous I am sorry if you misunderstood my tone but I wrote that I applied all the product testers one after another that is why I ended up with a greasy hand…and I am sure that even though body shop is a really good brand but there might be people whom it might not suit coz everyone’s skin is different….
@Bhumika yeah…sure I will definitely tell you if I come to know about any sales 🙂
Anamika K says
January 12, 2011 at 10:12 AMHi Swathy,
Yeah both brands (Lush and TBS) have a huge range. Just a suggestion. Instead of personally going down to the store, check out their websites, as to what you really need or feel like trying (both body shop and lush have detailed descriptions on products) You can then look for reviews for the short-listed products. there are so many good reviews on a whole lot of beauty blogs. Will help you save time and effort and you can buy a product knowing something about it beforehand. hope this helps 🙂
Anamika K says
January 12, 2011 at 10:56 AM🙂 Welcome you are…and 5K…wow!…enjoy!!!
swati says
January 12, 2011 at 10:21 AMThanks Anamika 🙂 it is a very good advice…will surely act on it…I can buy 5k worth products on my birthday which is coming soon….being sponsored by a fren (yayyyyy!!!) so this will definitely help me 🙂
Shea Butter says
January 12, 2011 at 11:10 AMLUSH shop: It is a unique beauty shop, selling a wide range of soaps, body scrubs, ballistic balls and balms; all of good quality and hand made, using only natural ingredients, but unfortunately at a rather high price, but occasionally it is nice to buy as a gift or just to treat yourself at bath time. Whenever you enter a Lush shop, you become overpowered by the lovely smells from the products on offer. There are many huge soap cakes on display, each containing unusual combinations of ingredients. My favourite soaps are the ‘Honey I Washed The Kids’ (a soap which contains honey & beeswax, and it smells very yummy), ‘Extra Virgin Olive Oil’ (also contains some olives and leaves), and the ‘Seaweed'(contains seaweeds and sea salts). But for 100g, it costs between £2 to £3, which is a little expensive, but nice as a treat.
I also love the ‘Ballistic balls’, which make bath time fun. They cost around £2 to £4 per ball. They’re fizzy bath salt balls, which come in all different colours and scents; plus some contain glitter or dried flower petals, and they make excellent gifts.
Whenever I am in a Lush shop, I cannot help myself by picking up every tester product and smelling it, and by the time I leave the shop, I have glitter on my face.
I have always found the staff to be very cheerful and helpful when making a choice, and I would recommend Lush to anyone who wants either a gift idea or a bath time treat.
swati says
January 12, 2011 at 1:02 PM@Anamika hehe 🙂 sure will njoy!!
swati says
January 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM@Shea butter…thanks for the lovely description…it would help me make a better choice ven I go to their shop next time 🙂
Poohkie says
January 14, 2011 at 12:17 PMThis post made me smile 🙂 I too haven’t purchased anything from TBS or lush. Initially I was intimidated but since then I’ve been researching a lot for a product that would be worth the money. I’m thinking of TBS makeup brushes. All other brushes in Chennai are Vega (cheap) or MAC (expensive) so TBS seems like a good mid priced one.
swati says
January 14, 2011 at 7:07 PMthanks Poohkie 🙂 yeah even I have started researching on their sites specially body shop and have found out some preliminary items to begin with….