LUSH Review: Fresh Farmacy Facial Soap

For the last nine or ten months I've been walking past a LUSH shop most weekends and some days during the week and every time I walked past I told myself to go in and check out some products. Two weeks ago I finally did it. I went in knowing absolutely nothing about the company except that they sell bath bombs and their products were all homemade. So in I went. The lady behind the counter asked if I needed any help and I told her I was just browsing around. I picked up a moisturiser called Cosmetic Lad when the lady came over to me again and asked how I'd describe my skin, to which I replied something like "it gets oily and I suffer from a few blemishes here and there" We spoke for a good fifteen minutes and she let me try out quite a lot of products. I tried out a facial soap called Fresh Farmacy. I've been using it ever since and I am absolutely loving it.

Fresh Farmacy has been described as a "cleansing chamomile bar for troublesome skin". I consider my skin to be a small bit troublesome and very oily. I ended up buying a block of it for €8.50 and have been using it every morning and night and my skin has improved so much since I first bought it. Most of my blemishes have cleared up and I get a lot less spots now. 

The product itself is a solid soap that tends to last longer than other wet alternatives. Soap can sometimes leave your skin feeling very tight and dry but thankfully Fresh Farmacy does the exact opposite! This bar of soap lightly foams to gently cleanse easily irritated faces without drying out all the oils. 

Fresh Farmacy contains chamomile extract to calm the problem areas that you may have going on around your face, rose and lavender to sooth dry patches and tea tree which contains antibacterial and antiseptic to get rid of blemishes. 

The way I use it is after the shower every morning when all of my pores have been opened up by the steam. I simply step out of the shower, wet my face again and then rub in your hands to form a lather and then apply to my face in circular motions focusing on the problem areas more. I then wash it off after it's all on my face and then pat my face dry using a flannel. As you use this product more and more the bar of soap will become smaller so I recommend rubbing it directly to your face. I store it by cutting it into smaller pieces and storing them in a container and using them as I need them. 

Overall, I am very impressed with the purchase, it's made my skin improve a lot and I plan on using it for a long time. 

Ingredients: Calamine Powder, Propylene Glycol, Chamomile Decoction (Anthemis nobilis), Elderflower Decoction (Sambucus nigra), Rapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil (Brassica napus; Cocos nucifera), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Hydroxide, Water (Aqua), Lavender Oil (Lavandula hybrida), Chamomile Blue Oil (Matricaria Chamomilla), Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia), Rose Absolute (Rosa centifolia), Glycerine, Sodium Chloride, EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Limonene, Linalool, Fragrance