Beauty Review | Lush Shampoo Bar and Massage Bar Review

My latest test drive with shampoo products has been Lush’s Shampoo Bar Soak and Float. My hair and scalp has be so dry due to this Minnesota winter weather. The description for Soak and Float is "Sort out dry, itchy scalps. Sad, irritated scalps rejoice! We've got just the thing to soothe your troubles. We pack cade oil into this one to treat dry or angry scalps, leaving them feeling calm and relaxed. Rose oil works to soothe the scalp too, and also lends its heady aroma to this bar's sweet and smoky perfume." 

Their tag line did gave me high hopes that it was going to be a dry-scalp miracle shampoo, but it wasn't. Don't get me wrong though, I still loved the product! I've never used a shampoo bar before, but rubbing the soap-looking block onto my head gives such a nice head massage and the perfect lather. 

Also, I'm not sure if it was just that many people used it in my family or if I didn't keep it packaged correctly but the shampoo bar only last me around a month and a half. It is said to last up to 80 washes, which I would've expected to last longer than a month unless many people used it in my family. But oh well, it's packed full with essential oils and fresh ingredients, which is good enough for me while it lasted. If you have any tips though, I would be interested in knowing. 

Lush’s shampoo bars are sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) based and don’t contain any conventional preservatives. They also come unpackaged, which is good for the environment! Using this bar really makes me want to try to DIY one, though I'm not sure how that would turn out.... I would definitely purchase a shampoo bar again if I wasn't able to get a good DIY product out of trial-and-error!

Soak and Float's Fresh Ingredient list: 

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate , Water (Aqua), Fragrance , Cedarwood Absolute (Cupressus Funebris) , Rose Oil (Rosa damascena) , Tonka Absolute (Dipteryx odorata) , Cade Oil (Juniperus oxycedrus) , Marigold Petals (Calendula officinalis) , Rose Petals (Rosa centifolia) , Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone , Citronellol ,*Coumarin , *Farnesol , *Geraniol ,*Limonene , *Linalool . *Occurs naturally in essential oils 

The second product I test drove this month was Lush's Hottie Massage Bar. I had to do a lot of reading before learning how to use the product. There were many incidents I read where people brought the bar into the shower and it melted real fast. On Lush's page they give directions on how to use it, "Melt the bar directly onto dry skin and massage the oils and butters in". So in my mind, I think of it as basically a shaped oil/lotion to stimulate flow before giving a massage. 


I got it for its' main purpose of giving my boyfriend back massages and he absolutely loves it! You massage the bar on the back and the bumps pressing into your back feels so nice. It really preps the skin for the massager to give a good massage, and also for the massagee to get a really nice, warm massage. I would especially recommend a massage bar to any couple who loves giving and getting massages (which I expect is almost everyone). 

Hottie Massage Bar Fresh Ingredient list: 
Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao) , Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii) , Cold Pressed Organic Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia chinensis) , Fragrance ,Ginger Oil (Zingiber officinale) ,Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia) ,Black Pepper Oil (Piper nigrum) ,*Benzyl Salicylate , *Citral , *Coumarin, *Geraniol , *Benzyl Benzoate ,*Benzyl Cinnamate , *Farnesol ,*Limonene , *Linalool . *Occurs naturally in essential oils

Let me know if you have any tips for using Lush products or if you have any must-try favorites! I'd love to try more of their products. ♡