I was in lush speaking about my sensitive skin and how I'm suffering from exma at the moment. She instantly recommended this along with another product that was a "skin conditioner" I smelt the tub and I was pretty much sold, especially after her amazing talk of the product. She offered me the other item also but the price tag was heavy enough but I took a sample.
Once in the shower the next day I move the shower head away and took a generous scoop and started lathering my body. I found it didn't seem to spread very far and I needed another scoop. I found the consistency kind of weird.... My skin felt taught and not very smooth after it washed off. It felt a lot better after using the sample of "Ro's argon body conditioner" I have found my exma has settled a little bit and doesn't flare up as much after using the smoothie for a week but without the argon conditioner I don't like the way my skin feel after using it, and I cant see myself purchasing the other product any time soon as it was more expensive then the shower smoothie. I have encouraged my family to help me use the shower smoothie so it doesn't go to waste :/ If the products together weren't to pricey I would buy them again !!
I was lucky enough to receive this for a birthday a few years back and it lasted forever, largely because I only used it at night and usually shower in the morning.
Lush Dreamwash is a shower soap, which comes in one of their 'big black pottles' - great if you go to Lush a bit, because if you return 5 of those, you get a free mask! It did make me very curious as to how a shower product in that format was going to work - I'm used to them being in squeezy bottle, or bar form!
This has a consistency sort of like a clay mask - it's very thick and scoopable, and leaves obvious traces of residue on the skin. It's a very pretty pale purply colour, and smells gorgeously relaxing with the herbal and floral elements, and it rinses away cleanly, so that isn't an issue - but was a little disconcerting at first!
I adore Lush Shower gels, and find they leave my skin silky and nice - this was a little more drying, which perplexed me as it is marketed as a soothing, calming product. My skin soon recovered if I used a lotion after, but the at-the-time feeling wasn't ideal.
The scent is lovely, and it hangs around for a while, which made it a good product to use to wind down before bed in an aromatherapy sense. It's not cheap, and you need a decent handful of product to cover you as it doesn't really spread or lather, and also doesn't thin out easily, so it's a more expensive option best left for the at-night shower when you need to relax a bit more before bed. Even then, there are better products on the market for cheaper.
I do really like the concept, ingredients, and scent, but I would not repurchase this as it didn't work well for my skin and at this price, from a quality company, I feel like I should be able to rave about it.
Tips: Lush are amazing at samples - definitely ask for a sample pottle and try before you buy. If you've skin issues I suggest trying it just on your hands to begin with (or feet if your hands are where the skin issue is maybe) to get a feel for if it will work with your skin.