Five Things about Lush King of Skin

Hey Sweeties,

As it is for so many, Lush is one of my favourite shops on the high street, but unlike say River Island whereby you can visit a few times for nothing to really take your fancy, you’ll always come out with a bag full of things from Lush, always. This is why quite sensibly, I (try to) only go in when I need to stock up.

In my most recent Lush haul which took place a couple of months ago now, amongst some other routine favourites such as The Comforter, I picked up the King of Skin body butter bar for the first time, mostly out of intrigue because I had heard so much about it. Now having used it a few times, I thought I would keep to my word and let you know some thoughts.

So I’ll be honest, when I first decided I was going to write a post about this product, it was going to be because I couldn’t quite understand the hype and I really wasn’t a fan the first time I used it. But then I found myself reaching for it again in the shower, and again, and while there are still a couple of elements I don’t like (which to be honest are going to be very personal to me), there are things that I do. Let’s start with the positives –

1. I love how creamy the bar gets when in use. As the bar loses its crown shape, it moulds into a smooth bar which to butter up in your hands is just gorgeous.
2. It smells amazing (a blend of avocados, bananas, oatmilk and butters)
3. It leaves your skin beautifully soft and lightly scented once out of the shower.

And for the not so positive –

4. I don’t like how it doesn’t feel you wash it all off, let me explain. Once you have buttered up the bar and rubbed it over your body, it leaves what I can only describe to be like a film on your skin. It doesn’t of course and to be fair it works in the same way any soap would, but I like the feeling of clean when I leave the shower and after I have used King of Skin, I always then use a shower gel to feel like I have properly washed which in my mind, defeats the objective somewhat. But as I said in point 3, once out of the shower and you’ve dried off, your skin does smell gorgeous.
5. Overall, it just doesn’t drive me wild. This is actually a very weak point to end on and it’s not even really that negative because it’s just my personal opinion, and not everything I buy (from anywhere) needs to drive me wild with love for it. But five points rounds up better than four, and to be fair, I do only really dislike one thing. Fundamentally, I am a shower gel kinda’ gal and I think this is what King of Skin has proved.

I don’t know, maybe it will grow on me in time, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it did end up in my basket again in the future. I liken this a bit to when I tried Lush’s Happy Hippy shower gel for the first time. I got it in one of the gift boxes I think originally and because I completely wasn’t anticipating the smell, the first time it hit my nostrils I thought it smelt a bit like cigarettes on clothes. I know that sounds ridiculous but for me, that is what seemed to resonate. But then after a couple of uses I become completely addicted to it and still reach for it when I am after something that isn’t too sweet or floral but has a nice kick of scent.

What do you think guys, have any of you tired Lush’s King of Skin? What are some of your other favourite Lush products?

Until next time x