A man learns to love Lush. Or at least like it. I don't mind using toiletries if they aren't too girly.
I generally use the freebies left in the hotel when I travel - the cheap soaps, bottled shampoo/conditioner. Actually I am usually so lazy I just use the soap on my head. My wife Jill thinks this is nuts but I have short hair and it all looks the same to me.
I also don't use deodorant. I shower a LOT and I don't think I smell. Even Jill agrees I don't smell. Or, at least, "Not much," she says. :-)
She thinks I need a few new and better things for my business travel kit. I do have a lotion I like for my hands - Curell - and I always bring Q-Tips, lip Carmex, toothpaste, floss and my toothbrush.
I am now told I need a face moisturizer with SPF, an after sun lotion, and some kind of mild deodorant that I don't hate. Something environmentally-friendly would be best for all the above. Shopping is not fun for me, but I am really picky about what I allow on my face.
So this week Jill dragged my butt into uber-urban bathroom "stuff" store Lush. I swear Jill may as well move in there since I can't get her out, once in. But I like the Lush concept. It's set as an upscale deli, where they cut you blocks of cheese-like things (soaps) and baked goods (bubble bath bars), etc. The women who work there love talking to men and gave me free things to try. Like the slice of deodorant, which is like rubbing parmesan cheese on my pits. So far I like it. I also got free Lush samples of moisturizer and a salty face scrub.
But if I was single, I would hang around there just to pick up chicks! Ha ha. Women seem drawn to men who wander into that store. Single blokes, make a note of this.
This all started due to Jen Miner's Luxury Travel discussion thread on Lush spa products.
Anyway, I am NOT a foofy spa guy but I do like natural products that aren't stinky and greasy (and who don't do animal testing), so Lush has my consumer dollar.
I am not too sure how well the Lush lotions will travel in those cool-but-wiggy black containers. The soaps also seem very melty. So the jury is still out whether Lush products can handle the rigors of business travel.
Related Blog: Children Learn to like Lush, too, by Luxury Travel writer Jen Miner.
