Price: Rs 700 for 100 gms (approx.)
Rhassoul Mud, Cold Pressed Avocado Oil (Persea gratissima), Glycerine, Powdered Charcoal, Black Sugar (sucrose), Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Perfume, *Linalool, Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Rosewood oil (Aniba rosaeodora)
Pros
natural ingredients
makes the skin really soft
exfoliates amazingly!!
Cons
doesn’t control oil production
doesn’t remove oil or cleanse really well
very expensive!!
My Experience
I got this in June and have been using it on and off since then. I had been wanting to try the product since a very very long time so was very excited to try it out. So, how to use it a very big problem and trust me when I say its damn messy!!! It will blacken your washbasins and everywhere else it touches.
How to use? Take a pea size amount and pour a drop or two of water on it and make a paste which will be a little watery and cleanse with it thoroughly. Though, I would like to say that it doesn’t really cleanse well. I use oil to remove the traces of sunscreen from my skin and this product doesn’t cleanse that oil as thoroughly as I would like.
But, its a damn good exfoliator. It leaves the skin soft and smooth and removes the whiteheads but it didn’t really have any noticeable effect on my blackheads. I use it on alternate days to scrub my face properly. Its not at all harsh. Oh btw, avoid looking in the mirror or you might frighten yourself 😀 Yes, it looks like black paint on the face!!
Its definitely expensive and would last two months at max if used regularly which I think is way too less. The expiry period of the product is probably four months from the date of manufacture but I do have issues with this date things in Lush. They provide date of packaging and expiry but the date of packaging is date when you buy the product. So, how do they calculate the date of expiry? Honestly, Lush is not really working out well for me!!
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tifffany_keep_going says
August 30, 2012 at 10:06 AMjust discovered you blog and i think your blog is definitely amazing 😉
Swati Murti says
September 2, 2012 at 5:52 PMthanks a lot, Tiffany 🙂
krishna patel says
August 30, 2012 at 6:56 PMdoes the black coal in this make your skin any darker??
Swati Murti says
September 2, 2012 at 5:52 PMnope, it didn’t change the color of my skin 🙂
Padmaja says
September 3, 2012 at 9:43 AMlookswise, not at all tempting…
me yet to try Lush…do they print the manufacturing date in front of you ?
Swati Murti says
September 3, 2012 at 1:15 PMhaha…nah, lookwise, its in fact scary especially on the face 😀 😀 no, they don’t print manufacturing date. they print date of packaging but nothing about manufacturing date so I am skeptical about their products sometimes!!!
Padmaja says
September 4, 2012 at 11:55 AMLush is famous on the point…freshly made products…so the manufacturing date should be the same day…even if manufacturing/packaging date is the same and it’s not printed before the customer then nothing surprising the expiry date is given…did you get my point…I mean they calculate and print the expiry date when they print the packaging date…
Swati Murti says
September 5, 2012 at 5:38 AMhmmm…not sure if I got your point entirely 😀 what I mean is if I buy the product today, the packaging date is of today and the expiry date is given four months from today but I don’t know since when the product has been present in their shop. you got my point?? I got a doubt only coz their face cleansers are at max fresh for like 4 months!!!
but, may be, its possible that the whole thing is pre-printed and they just paste it on the dabba. will notice this procedure closely next time and in fact, I would rather ask them 😀