Lush Once Upon a Time Solid Body Lotion Review

In one case Upon A Time there was a Lush fan who didn't similar the And then White Bath Flop at all. She had no idea why the wearisome brawl of bicarbonate of soda continued to make an advent every Christmas; why Santa'due south Belly Shower Jelly was such a large seller during the seasonal period; and why So White Shower Gel caused such excitement when it was released in the Kitchen. But in 2016, the visitor revamped the bath bomb slightly: a small change that ignited a new-found beloved of the ballistic for her, and opened up an interest in the scent family a little more than she had previously felt.

For 2017, Lush have released two brand new express editions that are guaranteed to exit your skin feeling truly magical: In one case Upon A Time Torso Lotion and Once Upon A Fourth dimension Naked Trunk Balm. Both sharing the same fragrance, these seasonal releases are a big step away from the usual warm, spicy scents that dictate the Christmas range. And while they're similar in many ways, in that location are also differences that will divide So White fans when it comes to which they adopt.

Once Upon A Time Body Lotion is made using an infusion of apple tree, grapefruit, lemon and lime oils. While on paper it sounds like a zesty and rather citrusy affair, the aroma yous get from this production is very unlike than some people would wait. It is the apple infusion, along with its ability to brighten and detoxify the skin, that dominates the overall smell, and Lush have washed well to capture the very essence of the fruit, in its natural form.

Much like the shower gel and jelly variations, this body lotion offers a crisp, fruity apple aroma. Equally I said in my other reviews, the smell reminds me of freshly-picked and washed Granny Smith apples - a brilliant, well-baked and very naturally sweet olfactory property that offers an almost cooling outcome on the peel because of how low-cal and fresh information technology smells.

As with all of the products in this family, this is one of Lush'due south most natural fruit scents, although there does appear to be a very subtle 'perfumed' chemical element to the trunk balm that gives the overall smell a lilliputian more depth and a touch on of what I would describe every bit a floral component. However, it is the apple fragrance that dominates overall and offers something far superior to any apple-scented products that I accept ever experienced in my life.

Pastel-green in color, In one case Upon A Time is a Lotion of medium thickness, pregnant that while information technology doesn't absorb into the skin immediately, it doesn't accept more than about five-ten minutes to permeate the surface and get out you feeling dry out enough to use article of clothing over the summit. What is groovy about this Lotion is that you don't need a lot to cover your whole trunk, and so my 100g tub is withal well-nigh completely full, despite using it multiple times this calendar month.

As with all torso lotions, you lot only demand a small corporeality on your fingers before massaging information technology in a circular motion across your skin. From the tub and on the torso, Once Upon A Fourth dimension offers a very strong aroma - much like Santa's Belly, if I'g going to compare it to anything. It's virtually slightly sharp in scent when y'all initially employ it, and I find it about smells acidic and rather plastic- like in the tub, although this settles down very quickly once it begins to get to work.

In fact, for who strong information technology was to brainstorm with, I was rather disappointed to find that the scent didn't stay on the skin for more than nigh 30 minutes in my case. Whether the subtlety of the balm meant that my nose wasn't able to notice it, whereas other people effectually me could, I'thou unsure. However, it would have been much more enjoyable if the sweet apple fragrance had worked meliorate with the heat of my peel and lingered around for longer.

What I did observe with this lotion was that it left my pare feeling a piffling more than moisturised than the solid edition, although non overly so. While I wouldn't use the discussion 'sticky' to describe the feeling, I felt equally if my skin was a piffling more plump and slightly damper later using the liquid edition. Furthermore, the fragrance stayed around for longer, albeit briefly, than that of the naked edition.

On the other hand, I found that this version wasn't as easy to glide across the skin as the solid version demonstrated, and I needed to use more of this to ensure that I had moisturised myself equally efficiently as I had washed with its naked sibling. Having said this, the affects of both editions were fairly curt term, and I establish that I needed to reapply the balm a few times a day to aid keep my skin looking radiant and feeling nourished. I noticed my hands in detail felt rather dry out merely a couple of hours afterward using One time Upon A Time, so I don't know how well this would work for my peel type in the colder months.

Overall, this is a lovely edition to the So White range, and definitely ane that volition win over the hearts of those who are missing the bath bomb this twelvemonth. While I love the smell in this format - in fact, I call up the fragrance suits this production more that any other in the range, I just wish that the fragrance of this lasted a lot longer than it does. While I won't exist stocking up on this before the Christmas flavor ends, I will continue to enjoy my tub of Once Upon A Fourth dimension while it lasts me.

Quantitative Ingredients: Apple infusion, Almond Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Glycerine, Murumuru Butter, Stearic Acrid, Perfume, *Limonene, Organic Illipe Butter, Triethanolamine, Grapefruit Oil, Sicilian Lemon Oil, Lime Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, *Citronellol, *Eugenol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, *Linalool, *Citral, Coumarin, Colour 42090:2, Colour 19140:ane.

Vegan?: Yes.

2017 Price: £7.95 for 100g, £thirteen.95 for 225g.

Yr Of Original Release: 2017.

Scent Family:
Once Upon A Time Body Lotion
In one case Upon A Time Naked Body Balm
Santa'due south Belly Jelly
So White Bath Bomb
So White Torso Spray
So White New 2016 Edition Bath Bomb
And then White Liquid Perfume
And then White Shower Gel