I’m recently a convert to Lush. I hadn’t spent much time in one before, and then I spent hours in one the other day, getting acquainted with everything. After my more-than-wonderful time with the bath bombs, it was time to try something else. When I was at Lush the other day, I picked up a tub of Love Lettuce Fresh Face Mask. It’s a 2.1 oz. (60g) jar, so it’s definitely got enough product for a few facials. You can’t buy this online; you must purchase it in-store. This is because, as the name implies, it is made fresh and only has a three week lifespan before it expires. I’ve never had a Lush face mask before, but I’m pretty sure that you don’t want to use it after that. To keep them nice and fresh, you are supposed to keep the refrigerated, and right now, it’s the best feeling in the world to come home after a hot summer day and put on the cool mask.

After work today, I was in one of those moods. Hot, flustered, and exhausted from my day. In short, the perfect day for a facial. I got home and nearly literally scraped off today’s accumulation of makeup. The tub says to apply to clean skin, avoiding the eyes. Leave it on 5-10 minutes, and then massage off with warm water. So I slapped it on. It goes on nice and tidy, and really does feel like it’s sinking into the skin, as opposed to just hanging around on top. It also starts to get tighter after about a minute. It doesn’t tingle or burn, but it sets up like cement. Beth kept making me laugh, and it was really uncomfortable with all the restrictions placed on my face. Not really pleasant at all.

This expression really sums up my displeasure.

However, the momentary displeasure was replaced with gratification as soon as it was rinsed off. The mask comes off very cleanly, without residues. I was a little worried about it tinting my skin green, but it didn’t. I took it off with a clean cloth in warm water, rubbing gently in circles, massaging it off. The skin left behind was brighter, flake-free, and noticeably more radiant. As kind of an interesting side effect, it brought all of my soon-to-be blemishes to the surface, which made them much easier to spot-treat, so I’m really looking forward to a week (or more!) of clear skin.

I’m just so pleased with this product. Couldn’t be happier, really. I was initially a little worried when I read online that it is better suited to oily/combination skin types, whereas I am definitely in the desert-dry category. It’s done a great job though. It cleared up any flakes that I had wonderfully. I’m thinking this might be a regular use product for me! It has a nice lavender scent, but it’s a lot earthier too. It reminds me of that humid smell you get off of a freshly mown lawn. I think that it might be the fuller’s earth in the mask, but I’m not sure. It has a lot of great ingredients like that in it though: honey, as an antiseptic, almonds, as an abrasive agent, and kaolin, to remove impurities, among others. It does not, surprising contain lettuce.

I’m definitely going to use this mask up, to the last little bit, and then probably get some more. I have yet to find another product that does the brightening and exfoliating of my face that this mask does. Do you guys have a favorite Lush product? Have you tried their face masks? Is there one I should use next? Let me know!