Lush Life's a Beach Shower Scrub Review

I was gifted this from a beauty on here who didn't like this as it irritated her sensitive skin. I was surprised to see the tub was practically full - I was elated. I love scrubs so I was very pleased to try this, and used it the next day!

I was super surprised to smell it, it was so bloody potent! It's not unpleasant but I can't really put my finger on WHAT the smell actually is. I grab a small handful and begin rubbing, and I love the feeling! I am all about rough scrubs and this one ticks that box.

Because it is sand though, it gets everywhere sand does. Everywhere. And I really mean that. It gets places you haven't even put it, and suddenly you're 7 years old again trying to change in the backseat of a moving car, yet there is sand everywhere and your towel is full of sand too and all that does is move the sand around. You get exfoliated sure but at 7 years old it just hurts.

The scrub leaves my skin slightly slimy and a bit weird feeling to be honest, but then the feeling goes away if you use a body wash over top, which I do often. And if you have cuts, forget about using this. It stings like a mother shut yo mouth! I wouldn't purchase this myself, I don't think, but I feel lucky to have such a friend who would give me a full sized tub of it, as I know how expensive Lush can be.

Life's a beach sounded like it needed to be bought for the name itself. It made me giggle quitely to myself so it went in to my cart. I love a good body scrub at the best of times and the fact that Lush make it made me want it even more. 400g is quite big for a scrub so it was worth the money hands down.

It comes in a generic black tub with a screw top lid to keep it fresh and ready to go. The scrub is yellowish and smells salty and citrusy. It is vry fresh and is an instant wake up call if you get a little too sniffy in the tub like I did.

I grab a small handful and spread it over my skin using circular motions trying to get the best out of the scrub. It lathers up perfectly but it actually feels like i am sandpapering my body with sand. It is far too abrasive and makes my skin raw and red, I don't know if I scrubbed too hard or if it was a combination of both the scrubbing and the graininess of the formula. The smell gets too much too fast and often burns my skin where I have scrubbed with it.

The one bonus is that my skin is uber soft and smooth but at the cost of losing a couple layers of skin then pouring lemon juice on the raw areas.....no thank you! I think I will stick to my coffee scrub.

When I purchased this I was quite excited as I am a massive lover of scrubs, so when I opened the pot I honestly thought that the Lush lovelies had literally gone down to the beach and scooped a whole load of it up and put a couple of dashes of watermelon fragrance in. I was quite disappointed to be honest with you.

But in saying that, its not all as bad as it sounds. Yes it is loose grains however once you add a little water to the scrub it then starts to come together like a normal scrub would.

I have sensitive skin so have to be careful how many times I used this due to it making my skin feel red but it did leave it feeling smooth and smelling amazing. To me it smelt like Watermelon?

It is a massive pot too which I think is great value for money however I don't quite feel it is the right scrub for my skin.

I bought this tub off another br member. She didn't quite like it enough to keep and I decided it sounded like something I wanted to try out. I think the life's a beach name is really cute and of course I love trying out new lush items.

This comes in a black pot with a screw lid. It is pretty recognisable as a lush black pot. The cool thing about these pots is that when you have 5 empty ones, you can take them back into the store for a free face masque. This also has a sticker which has the name of the person who made it, the day it was made and a best before date. Mine is actually very close to the best before date but I'm almost done and it would probably last a bit longer anyway!

This scrub only has a few ingredients, the main ones being salt and sand. When you look at this, it pretty much just looks like sand you get off the beach! It's slightly fluffier to me though and a bit coarser feeling as this has a lot more salt (I think), then beach sand. It smells incredible too. Very fruity sweet and a bit tropical almost too. I can't pinpoint the exact fragrance, but to me it smells really good.

I like to use this in the shower to stop so much mess. I wash myself, then turn off the shower. I then get small scoops and rub it all over my wet skin. I feel like this gives me a really good scrub and when I wash it off after, my skin feels really smooth. I am a coffee scrub lover but I think this one comes pretty close for me.

I think this is pretty decent value too. I bought this just over half full. I've had about 6 scrubs from it and have enough left for about 2 more. I'd recommend this to anyone who loves a good body scrub and also enjoys sweeter scents.

I have the original version of this in the black tub. It was sold as a fundraiser for only $10 and smells like melons. So when I saw it sat on the counter and the lovely Lush assistant asked me if I wanted to buy it, of course I said yes!

It also looks like glorious golden sand! On closer inspection when I got it home, that was its primary ingredient, along with sea salt. Did Lush just sell me fancy flavoured sand?!?! The effect of this on my skin is the same as going in the sea when you have any small cuts. Boy does it sting! I relegated this to the back of the cupboard until I realised it would make a great foot scrub! It does leave my feet lovely and soft but I wouldn't buy it again. As a loose 'sand' it's not that easy to use without dropping lots of product so I'll be giving this a miss.