Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel

It’s that time of year.... the shops are awash with red gold and green glittery decorations, the Christmas hits long since past are being dusted off and Lush has begun to stock Snow Fairy again. Hooray!

Yes, that’s how I finally know Christmas is coming again... Around about October, I begin to check out Lush stores for the arrival of bottles of pink shimmery goo. Two weeks ago, I finally found my treasured Christmas treat in Lush Covent Garden.

I’m not really sure why they only stock Snow Fairy around Christmas time aside from the name. It doesn’t particularly smell Christmassy – in fact it reminds me more of summer with it’s ultimately candy floss scented notes. I don’t tend to associate Barbie pink with Christmas either... Perhaps it’s the glitter. In any case, the exclusivity of it certainly works on me. Not only do I frantically wait for it’s arrival, but I then stock pile the stuff, in the hopes it’ll last me until next Christmas.

I never really used to buy anything in Lush aside from bath bombs. But in recent years, I’ve dabbled in the haircare, face masks and most of all the shower gels. Snow Fairy is by far my favourite scent. Despite being labelled a shower gel, I use it regularly as bubble bath, and it’s just awesome to be laying back in candy floss scented bubbles. As I’m laying there, I often lament that the glitter just isn’t made enough of. It should be bigger and more obvious! You barely notice it in the bottle, let alone when you’re using it in shower or bath.

Lush also label Snow Fairy as being “for body and hair”. I’ve tried it on my hair and for me it’s a BIG no no. Sure it smells nice for the first few hours, but inevitably around 8 hours later, my hair is looking greasy and reminiscent of Medusa but with rat-tails instead of snakes.

So ultimately, use it liberally in bath or shower, avoid your hair and be enthralled by candy floss bubbles and a shower gel that doesn’t dry out your skin and leave you scratching your legs like a flea-ridden dog.

Rating out of 10: 8

The Good:
The scent will take you back to your fun fair days
Doesn’t dry out your skin
Pink and glittery

The Bad:
Poor performance on oily type hair

The Ugly: £9.95 for 500g, £5.95 for 250g and £3.25 for 100g. Hrm... expensive, especially if you stockpile it like I do.

Where to buy: This product can only be purchased at Lush stores or online at www.lush.co.uk