Haul: Boxing Day

The long-awaited Boxing Day sale is here!  There are always huge rumors about if there will be a sale, what will be on sale, etc.

I received my email last night: buy one get one free on all holiday gift sets, regular gift sets, holiday products and soaps.  I quickly looked through my Lush times to make a plan.

Well, unfortunately for me, I don't like a lot of the holiday items or the gifts.  But I was excited about the soaps.  My top three favorites are Honey I Washed the Kids, Alkmaar, and Vanilla in the Mist.

Sadly, I can no longer get Vanilla in the Mist, because it was on the Discon 2011 list and my Lush store has completely sold out.  I think I did pretty well, regardless.

I purchased:

• 2 Christmas Delights tins, which include: Heavanilli massage bar, Angel's Delight soap, Candy Cane soap, Vanilla Dee-lite lotion, Sugar Babe sugar scrub, and Snow Fairy shower gel.
• 2 large Snow Fairy shower gels
• 2 Superstar bubble bars
• Appox 3 pounds of Honey I Washed the Kids soap (cut in two pieces)
• Approx 5 pounds of Alkmaar soap (cut into two pieces)

I think we're set on soap for the entire year!!

Cocktail: Vanillary Lust

Yesterday, Lush NA released 13 new fragrances -- currently only available online:

1. Love
2. The Smell of Weather Turning
3. Ladyboy
4. 1000 Kisses
5. Dear John
6. B Scent
7. Superworld Unknown
8. Cocktail
9. Smell of Freedom Part 1: Fire Tree
10. Smell of Freedom Part 2: Old Delhi Station
11. Smell of Freedom Part 3: Qudh Heart
12. Inhale
13. Exhale

 I ordered sample sizes of the ones in bold. :D
Yesterday, Lush NA also had a Twitter chat party to exclusively talk about Lush perfumes.  Although I did not win any prizes (I never do -- too slow!) I did learn something terrific.

I am head over heels in love with my Vanillary solid perfume.  I rub a little on my  neck and my wrists, and it will last about half the day.  I've discovered that the point of perfume (for me, at least) isn't for smelling good to other people -- it's about smelling good for yourself!  I love turning my head and catching a whiff of the warm, vanilla fragrance on my neck.  It really makes me feel beautiful.

I purchased a Lust solid perfume, hoping I would like it because I love jasmine.  Turns out, it's too potent for me.  So what I do is "mix it" with my Vanillary solid perfume, and it works!  The vanilla really tones down the jasmine and I love the scent, so I started wearing both and layering them on my skin.  I had wondered if I could just melt a little of the two -- maybe 1/3 Lust and 2/3 Vanillary -- and re-solidify it in a perfume tube.  It would work, right?  Well thanks, Lush, for validating my assumption!  Now I'm eager to make my own concoction. :D

Another thing I like to do with Lush perfumes is add them to lotion.  For example, you could take a small amount of Vanilla Dee-Lite and add 2-3 spritzes of Lust perfume in it to make a scented lotion.  Warning: the alcohol in the perfume will dry out the lotion a little.  I also wouldn't mix too much at a time -- you never know how the contents in the perfume will react to the natural ingredients in Lush lotions.  I like to mix a handful plus one spritz of perfume -- it's enough lotion to cover my arms and chest and leaves me with a fragrance that lingers all day.  If you really really want to mix a small batch, I wouldn't keep it around for more than a few weeks.