• LUSH King of Skin // review & LUSH blogger event •

A solid, beautifully scented, in-shower moisturiser - I can't stop raving about this product.

Everybody needs this product in their lives. It smells incredible, is packed full of bananas and all that good stuff and works wonders for the skin. LUSH really pulled out all the stops when they made this product - King of Skin has fast become one of my favourite products and it's hard to imagine life before it. Moisturising AFTER my shower? Pfft. Spending ages drying, then piling on body butter? Forget it. This product really is a time-saver but works efficiently and effectively, too.

Let me start with how it's used. You shower like normal, a little body brushing here and a shave there, and you rinse your body as you would. You then run this product over your skin and let it sink in for a few seconds, then you rinse off. And that's it - simples. After, your skin will feel so moisturised, so beautifully buttery that you'll wonder why on Earth it's taken you so long to pick this product up. I store mine in an empty LUSH tin (one of the square ones) and I store it in my bedroom, away from any damp or hot areas in case the product melts. King of Skin lasts a pretty long time - I've used it before, years ago, and can remember enjoying it for ages before I got to the last scraps of it. And when you do get to the last scraps of it, it is a sad moment. Luckily, I moved onto the infamous Ro's Argan Body Conditioner - which is a whole other blogpost.

As always, the ingredients in the product are natural - cocoa butter, shea butter, oat milk, fresh avocado, extra virgin coconut oil, organic jojoba oil, almond oil, tangerine oil, lavender oil, sandalwood oil, rose absolute, fresh organic bananas...I'd be tempted to eat this. It smells like fresh bananas with a hint (a teeny weeny hint) of peppermint - but I'm not sure where this comes from as it's not in the ingredients list, so it may just be my nose playing tricks on me.

Basically, go get you some. It's £5.50, a time-saver, an amazing moisturiser and something you really need in your life. I can't rave about this product enough and I plan on buying a few just so I always have spares, that's how passionate I feel about it.

I bought King of Skin, amongst a few other bits, when I was at the LUSH bloggers event in Cambridge. I'd never been to one before and was met with the lovely Chloe, who was so sweet and made me feel really welcome. She talked me through the haircare and treatments, whilst I was wondering the whole time 'how on Earth does she remember everything?!' and then we moved onto skincare. Now, I thought I knew a lot about LUSH (as a self-confessed addict - not normal) but there is literally so much I don't know. It made me realise that when I go into a LUSH store, I need to actually ask the sales assistants about the products I'm interested in instead of just jumping in and buying any old thing - there are so many amazing products that I haven't even tried yet that could improve my hair/skin. 

After a hair consultation and a skincare chat, Chloe packed up some samples for me to try to see if I liked them. For hair, we went for Big Solid Conditioner, Shine so Bright Hair Treatment, Roots Scalp Treatment, Happy Happy Joy Joy Conditioner, Big Shampoo, Fairly Traded Honey Shampoo and Daddy-O Shampoo. For skin, I got samples of Imperialis moisturiser, Enzymion moisturiser and Cosmetic Lad moisturiser (which I found out isn't just for boys, as I'd previously assumed).

I can't wait to try these goodies out and I'm planning on doing a round-up of my favourites when I've given them all a good go. Thanks again to LUSH Cambridge for inviting me to the event - I had a great time with your lovely, knowledgeable staff. I'm looking forward to the next one already!

Have you been to LUSH recently? Let me know if you've tried King of Skin before!

Daniela