






(Discontinued in 2001) – Not your typical Lush Dusting Powder, Allelujah is meant to provide you with a dry massage -- always a
sound option for combating sore muscles and rheumatic conditions. This powder is particularly useful for performing friction and
muscle stripping—namely deep tissue massage techniques (this review coming from a licensed medical massage therapist) where
typical massage oil provides far too much glide over the skin, rendering the effects too superficial and mild. Due to the purpose of this
powder being different from the others, its texture and consistency are also different. Allelujah's already dense china clay base
contains copious quantities of olive oil, naturally giving it a thick, moist, clumpy texture. So don’t be alarmed by this! Without olive oil, it
would no longer contain an effective, nourishing massage emollient -- not to mention that this thickness helps Allelujah to overcome
the single biggest problem facing Lush's powder pots: it’s too thick to leak out! Huzzah! To apply this citrus and olive scented
massage powder (think The Olive Branch Shower Gel, which makes an excellent pre-massage shower in Allelujah’s case), simply
sprinkle a bit into your hand and vigourously massage your entire body (or perhaps just the ouchy bits). Note that a little goes a really
long way: to minimize Allelujah's downside of leaving a grainy finish on your skin, try not to overdo application (this requiring a bit of
effort on your part as generously sized nuggets of powder can rush forth from the pot in the blink of an eye), or else it will turn pasty and
unruly as opposed to going on smooth and being easily absorbed. So try to have a dry towel handy to wipe away any excess residue
from your body. Additionally, you might also wish to place a towel beneath your massagee, as an Allelujah massage can get a bit
messy -- unless, of course, you’re working on a dressed massage table, in which case, you can sprinkle this powder directly onto the
person’s body with the minimal task of rolling up a sheet and placing it into your laundry basket, involving no more or less post-
massage tidying than usual!



Bare Naked Lady is a fine textured powder containing equally fine, subtle glints of golden dust, all of which offer a sateen finish to the
skin while enveloping you in the romantic scent of roses—not too overpowering, not too subtle, just right. HOWEVER, even though I’m
all for an elegant, subtle sheen and not so much for looking like a disco ball, the paltry amount of glitter in Bare Naked Lady is simply
disappointing even from a minimalist’s point of view. Additionally, you MUST apply this powder with a large brush. If you don’t, and you
simply dump the powder from the ridiculously oversized holes on the lid into your hand and smooth it on, you’ll have glitter and powder
caked to both hands and floor in a heaping, chalky white and gold mess. And you’ll need to work at blending this powder into the skin
to avoid lasting, caked-on white streaks, especially on areas of the body where the skin is a bit drier. The Catch-22, though, is that
blending this powder in as much as is necessary usually takes away what little glitter you had working in your favour. To make matters
worse, you really can’t take this powder with you for touch-ups. The poor design of the pot leads to constant leakage, and though you
could tape it shut after every use or repot it into a container of your own, but think about it: should you really have to? Try this: hold your
closed Bare Naked Lady pot over a bin, and move it very gently in an up and down motion. A light sprinkle of powder consistently
escapes in a snowfalling fashion. You could do this for an hour, and it wouldn’t stop. Now imagine carrying that pot in a bag, where it
will inevitably get tossed around in all directions, sans any amount of gentleness. Never mind when the entire ill-fitted yellow lid
occasionally pops out of the cardboard container in your luggage, which is always a treat, let me tell you.)


There are two groups of people who will love the scent of Candy Fluff Dusting Powder: those who love Lush's sweeter scents
(especially Melting Marshmallow Moments Bath Melt, Snow Fairy Shower Gel, and Candy Fluff Ballistic -- all of which share the same
basic musk and Jolly Rancher candied fragrance) and those who don't mind sweeter scents, but find the above products to be a bit too
overbearingly sweet. Candy Fluff generally smells much sweeter in the pot than it does on the skin; it evens itself out to become quite
delicate and fresh, with its synthetic musk note supplying you with a more sophisticated air -- one that is hardly overpowering or sickly.
And the texture of this powder is far better than most of Lush's Dusting Powders: even when applied to damp skin, its cornstarch and
talc base (as opposed to Silky Underwear's cornstarch and thick kaolin china clay base, for example) is easily blended into the skin,
leaving no white streaks or marks. When poured from the pot and directly applied with your hands, it doesn't have a tendency to "cake",
either. There are two downsides, however. One of course, is indeed the pot: it's notoriously leaky, and the lid doesn't allow for a
sparing application in the least. Hence, I strongly advise that you store this powder in your own tightly sealed pot until Lush changes
their current packaging to something a bit more practical not only for application, but also for travel purposes. (Lush will be launching
new pots shortly, so stay tuned!) The other downside only applies if you're hoping for a lasting coverage of glitter. Containing gold and
iridescent twinkles, Candy Fluff's minimally sparkly nature initially provides skin with an elegantly understated shimmer, but even those
of us who can only handle glitter in small doses can't help but feel saddened by how quickly this ultra-fine glitter disappears, with
much of it being lost in any rubbed on application, and the rest managing to make an early exit of its own volition.




(Discontinued in 2001) – Dust To Dust, created in tribute to Mark Constantine’s Auntie Joy and her dramatically elegant dressing table,
is a pastel pink dusting powder that owes the bulk of its fragrance to fresh rose petals. This rose scent isn’t overpowering or stodgy or
granny-ish, though. It’s very light, subtle, elegant, and ylang ylang and orange blossom tend to give it a fresh, modern flair. Thanks to
precisely those latter ingredients, under the roses you can detect a slightly more complex fragrance quite similar to Figs & Leaves
soap. Unlike some of Lush’s denser dusting powders, Dust To Dust’s cornstarch base goes on with a super fine, satin-smooth finish,
especially if you sweep it over the skin using a fluffy powder brush. Of course, the downside is the packaging. The pot is leaky, and no
matter how you apply this powder (whether by brush, puff, or hand), it winds up everywhere because the holes on the pot’s top are
highly unaccommodating. My advice is to store this powder in a seal-tight container of your own. Otherwise, tip this pot while holding it
over the toilet, firmly placing your brush over the pot’s holes. There will still be quite a bit of waste as the powder comes rushing out,
but at least it won’t wind up all over your floor. Well, not quite as much in the end, anyway.



From Lush's Ginger Fragrance line is this, one of their finest Dusting Powders both for its fragrance and overall consistency. Unlike
many other Lush powders, with an ultra-fine cornstarch and talc base, Ginger is easily blended to avoid a white streaked finish even
on freshly towel dried skin. This is especially true if you use a powder puff to apply Ginger, but also applies when simply pouring this
powder into your hands for a quick direct application. Even when faced with areas that are still noticeably damp from your shower or
bath, should whiteness appear once dried, you can quickly use your fingers to rub it in the rest of the way, sans looking as though
you've been playing with sticky floured dough. In addition to its rich baby soft base powders, Ginger also contains a touch of golden
glitter, leaving a delicate shimmer here and there on the skin. Yet while Ginger contains more golden sparkles than Lush's fairly
impotent Bare Naked Lady Dusting Powder, glitter haters don't have a great deal to fear: the subtly glimmering result won't be long
lasting. On the other hand, Ginger Dusting Powder's fragrance is potently enduring, with a little going quite a long way aromatically:
the exotic spice of rejuvenating ginger combines with spry juniperberry, "floral-green-violet" mimosa, traditional rose, sweet geranium,
and sensual jasmine to create a flirtatiously passionate perfume that knowingly bats its lashes even as it simultaneously tries to play
shy and hard to get. Meanwhile, not only do you smell lovely, but this blend of essential oils is aromatherapeutically designed to
simultaneously calm, stimulate, and inspire confidence. And good thing this mood-altering scent lasts all day and night on the skin:
not only does a spritz of perfume become optional with this powder, but Lush's cheap powder pots do not travel very well whether for
short distance touch ups or long distance journeys, leaking constantly, sans reprieve. And if you don't believe me, try this: turn your
closed pot upside down and shake it over your sink. You'll find that you could probably apply just as much to your skin while the pot is
closed as you could when it's open. What a shame that anyone would take this luxuriously rich product and force it to run about in
cheap, shoddy packaging. The way I see it, that takes almost as much nerve as carting The Queen of England around town in a
rusted, three tired Yugo!



(Discontinued in 2003) – It is possible that I’m THE biggest fan of Lush’s unique honey & ylang ylang fragranced products (particularly
their Honey Waffle soap and Flying Saucers bubble bar). And I’d like to say that I’m just as big a fan of the similarly scented Honey Bee
Have, what with its relaxing, sensual, soothing fragrance that has the ability to make even the crappiest days of our lives suddenly feel
like they’re our happiest, with every detail having gone absolutely swimmingly and without a hitch. Stress? What stress? La vita è bella!
(Ou “la vie est belle!” en français. Take your pick, whichever suits your linguistic taste!) However, Honey Bee Have creates its own form
of stress: try sprinkling this fairly dense, China clay-based powder directly onto your body as Lush suggests, and you will look like
Casper the Fairly Unfriendly Ghost. Try blending it in with a puff, and just when you THINK you’re free of white streaks, as the day goes
on, you’ll still find clusters of caked-on whiteness where you have drier skin (ie: feet, elbows, etc.) The best way to overcome this is to
apply it with a powder brush (and many thanks to the Lushie who advised me to do precisely that.) Only problem is, your big brush won’
t fit into the pot, so you still have to shake some powder out for this to work. The pot’s holes are too big to shake directly onto the skin
without over-applying this powder, yet they’re too small to accommodate a brush. And no matter what you do, powder will still escape
all over the floor, creating a right ol’ mess. And so, the hassle mercilessly continues. Plus, one would assume that the best time to
apply a lovely absorptive powder would be when you’re squeaky clean and smelling lovely, but no. You absolutely cannot apply this
powder soon after a shower: even if you’re towel dried, the slightest bit of dampness to your skin will result on an unspreadable,
unblendable mess. Rub salt into your powder caked wounds: this powder leaks EVERYWHERE even when the lid is closed. It leaks
out of the covered holes, it leaks around the edges of the twistable top, it leaks where the yellow top attaches to the cardboard base.
And sometimes, the whole freakin’ lid will pop off if you’re lucky. The only solution is to store this powder in a container of your own and
to only apply it to areas that will otherwise go unseen so as to avoid those embarrassing white splotches. Should you have to be
limited in such a way? No. But with this powder, you are. And like it or not, you really won’t have any choice in the matter!



Silky Underwear has a simple but ultra-elegant fragrance, possibly one of the most sensual in the world: pure jasmine. Jasmine is
one of those sweet florals that can strike many as overpowering when standing on its own, but not so in Silky Underwear’s case,
especially considering it’s rounded out with just a touch of smoky vetivert, meant to bring out this aphrodisiac’s headier aspects. But
aside from the enticing fragrance, I have quite a few complaints about Silky Underwear. With a cornstarch base, Silky Underwear goes
on quite smooth, though considering it also contains kaolin (china clay), if you apply it while still damp after a shower, it can get a bit
cakey and leave white streaks in its wake (especially if you apply it with your hands, where it literally adopts a clay-like consistency
when met with any amount of moisture). This isn’t helped by the tiny “pebbles” of cocoa butter: though the intention was to offer the
additional benefit of moisturization, because these shreds of cocoa butter wind up with tons of powder attached to their oily surface,
they often only serve to disrupt this powder’s otherwise soft consistency (and often fall to the floor during application as opposed to
melting down and being absorbed into the skin.) Lastly, as with most of Lush’s Dusting Powders, there’s also the issue of packaging.
The pot is leaky, and no matter how you apply this powder (whether by brush, puff, or hand), it winds up everywhere because the holes
on the pot’s top are highly unaccommodating. My advice is to store this powder in a seal-tight container of your own. Otherwise, tip this
pot while holding it over the toilet, firmly placing your brush over the pot’s holes. There will still be quite a bit of waste as the powder
comes rushing out, but at least it won’t wind up all over your floor. Well, not quite as much in the end, anyway.


This is Lush’s tea tree dusting powder for keeping feet and shoes dry and odour-free. And it does indeed keep new shoes safe from
becoming weapons of mass destruction. But if you have shoes, boots, or trainers that are already quite stinky, well…at first you might
think “all’s well that smells well”! Yet contrary to Lush’s claim, the bacteria that cause odours are never altogether successfully
eliminated, leaving T For Toes to ultimately serve more as a temporary cover up on fabric, requiring that you reapply religiously. On the
other hand, dusting this powder directly on your feet (as is also recommended by Lush) certainly keeps whiffs permanently under
control; in fact, for as long as you use this powder, your tootsies will remain dry and won’t smell anything but fresh as a summer’s
breeze. Yet owed to this powder’s dense, chalky, china clay (kaolin) base, if you don’t blend it into the skin with the sweeping strokes of
a powder brush, you’ll also wind up with white odourless feet (particularly around the ins and outs of your toes), especially if you don’t
apply this powder super sparingly. This takes me to my final point: as soon as you bring it home from the shop, repot this powder into
a seal-tight container of your own. The packaging for this powder doesn’t exactly permit sparing applications, even if used in tandem
with a powder puff/brush. There are two sets of dispenser holes on the lid: a large demi-lune hole that provides you with a constant,
in-bulk pour, or 3 large square holes providing you with a constant, in-bulk pour. And traveling with this ill-sealed, leaky pot, even if it’s
only to the gym? Do yourself (and everything in your bag) a favour: don’t even think about it.
