Lush

love this shop. loads of items for all different pockets and skin types. can be expensive. friendly helpful staff that help you find the right item for you

I am the most unimaginative gift buyer in the world. Straight to Lush it was then for my (now ex!) girlfriend. I had been in there with her before but somehow because I was now alone the smell seemed so much more overpowering. I felt like I had been gassed and my eyes began to water. As soon as I came to my senses I was accosted by a sales person. She could see exactly how vulnerable and useless at gift-​buyng I was and sold me one of the pricier boxes. I just wanted to get out of there so handed over the cash and made the dash for fresh air. I felt like Lush was a whole different world where your senses don’t work properly, you’re overly susceptible to basic sales techniques and nothing is the way it seems. I have also recently read that Lush products are among the most unwanted gifts to give to a loved one. I didn’t need to be told twice and I’ll never go back!

I have never heard of this place until my partner asked if I could surprise her with a present from here for Christmas.
So I googgled where it was in Cardiff but I needn’t have bothered the smell gave it away 300 yards off.
I know its a girly thing, nice smelly pretty thing, s but I spent a little longer in the shop than I like to admit.
its a complete sensory assault, the colours, the smells, the displays had me walking around wide eyed trancelike as if I just walk into lala land.
The thing is — I reckon they present their wares so well the actual product can’t possibly live up to the world it was born in.
Never the less my girlfriend enjoyed what I bought her — which was a box of brightly coloured smelly things.

Shopping at Lush is a real treat. The smells ooozing from the latest pot of lotions and potions are incredible!
My favourite of all favourites products is Lush’s Buffy soap. This used to be called Buffy the backside slayer but it had to be re-​named recently due to copyright issues. Buffy is designed to scrub away cellulite on your bottom! You use it daily gently doing small circular motions on each cheek.
It is really good but it does not work miricals.
So if your bum resembles a shriveled up old orange please do not expect to be left with a babies bottom… for that you would probably need a bit more than a bar of soap!
Another great thing about Lush is that they provide free samples of all of their products. So if you cant decided which ones to go for it is always worth to try before you buy!

Who wouldn’t want to shop here? OK, the smell might be a little off putting for men but once you get inside, your nose smells will adjust!
This shop has everything for ladies and even men if they don mind setting aside their masculinity for a moment to enjoy a nice relaxing bath using once of their delightful bath bombs. The have an amazing range of products including moisturisers, hair care and face packs. These products all look wonderful and smell enchanting. Some of them even look edible! But I would advise never to eat them unless you fancy a night out getting your stomach pumped!
One thing I must compliment about this place is the amazing and polite staff. They will say hello to you whenever you enter the shop and they are always there to offer a hand if you have that ‘confused boyfriend look’ on your face. I had an excellent experience when picking out a Christmas present for my girlfriend; the shop assistant was lovely and helped me pick out some products that really suited my girlfriend’s needs. She gift-​wrapped it for me whilst talking to me about my day and my job. She didn’t have to but she went that extra mile which to me is always important.
It is not the cheapest place in relation to prices but you definitely get your money’s worth for the quality of products you buy!
Overall this is an excellent place to shop for women and men who haven’t got a sausage what to get their girlfriends/​wives.
My only concern is for the staff. It occurred to me that if it rains when they go outside, do they fizz?

Never, ever, ever bring a child into this shop. Also, on behalf of all men everywhere, never, ever bring a boyfriend into this shop.
The children should be left outside simply because this shop resembles Willy Wonka’s secret storeroom. Everything looks edible. I’m twenty-​three years old and I still wanted to take a bite out of some of the soaps simply because they looked that good. A child won’t stand a chance. The second your back is turned, they’re going to be chowing down and you’ll only realise once you hear shouts of «Mad child! Mad child! Foaming at the mouth! Go get Atticus!»
And please, never bring your boyfriend to this shop if you can help it. I mean, if the aforementioned child is choking on soap and your boyfriend knows the heimlich maneuver, sure, bring him in. Otherwise, leave him outside. Nothing unmans a man as quickly as one of his mates pointing out that he’s got glitter all over his face and he looks like a pretty, pretty princess. Trust me on this.

This really is a lush shop. If you love your cosmetics and particularly if they are freshly handmade, then you will be in ultimate cosmetic and make-​up heaven when you attend this shop!
It smells divine as soon as you walk in you get a whoosh of scent from all sorts of bath bubbles, soap and facial rubbings, to rub into your face and to wash out again after so many minutes. The decorations of the shop window and it’s huge attractive smell draw you into the shop all by themselves and the cheap prices.
The employees who work there are extremely welcoming and they are really pleasant people full of loads of useful and valuable information. They even wonderfully gift wrap your presents for you; presuming they are presents if you ask them to do so or quiet often they ask you if you want it gift wrap. Some of the boxes of cosmetic gifts are all ready exceptionally gift wrapped with a tag/​label explaining and showing an example of what is inside the items that you are buying.
Often you can sample these products and others within the shop with the help of the staff who work there, who will show how to use it. You can even get vouchers for facials which a friend of mine had and we had it done in the shop and it didn’t take long, it was absolutely free otherwise.
I recommend to all females and for men to buy something for them for any occasion.

I literally want to eat all of the products here and thank god for (mild) self restraint. The bars of vegan soap look good enough to eat and the bath bombs are amazing (though cleaning the glitter and rose petals out the bath afterwards isn’t as fun).
Definitely good for a generic gift buying session though. The gift sets at Christmas are so beautifully wrapped it takes all the hard work out of doing it yourself.

I take issue with any shop that spills its contents out onto the street. Perhaps Lush isn’t as bad as, say, a chippy with rubbish all over the pavement, but I would argue that smell-​rubbish is just as bad. I actually have to hold my breath when I walk past. As though it’s a stinky cheese shop, or something like that.
I also am not as overwhelmed by their products as much as some people seem to be. I like their bath bombs with glitter and butterflies and such, but I don’t like their face creams or hair products, and I just never really feel very clean afterwards.
In short, I would use this shop to buy gifts or myself a fun item; a face mask or jelly shower gel, but would not use it for more ‘serious’ products. I just feel a bit like they’re potting up ethics and selling them to me for extortionate prices.

This is one of those places that I always seem to get dragged in by the lovely, who always comes out empty handed but smelling like something I’d like to eat!
For those of you not familiar with Lush, it sells environmentally friendly cosmetics like bath bombs, face packs and strange jelly like substances that I’m not quite sure of their purpose.
Staff are always helpful, if not a little bit too helpful. On the latest visit my lovely ended up having her hands massaged by a very keen female assistant. This made me happy, very happy!
‘Stuff’ makes your purse a little then it would if you visited the likes of boots, but its all fresh ingredients that are apparently according to the lady much better for your skin and the environment. I should also mention they sell lovely gifts which defiantly get you in the good books!

I love this shop — it smells really nice and everything that you buy from there also smells nice (even the bags, wrapping and the lush times free newspaper they give away) the store in Cardiff is spread over a couple of floors, Ive yet to visit it when its busy but the staff always take time to speak with you and recommend products — I think they make extra special effort to recruit friendly people! the range itself covers anything you would want from bathstuff to face creams — I am a particular fan of their lip balms as they do such unusual flavours (my latest is let them eat cake which smells of christmas cake!) and their bathbombs (although these are too expensive for me to use everytime I have a bath!

Only two Lush shops in Wales, Cardiff the first and Swansea the second. although I do prefer the Swansea one to Cardiff, I dont mind popping into the cardiff one when I am there, the main reason why I dislike this one more is because even though it is a bigger shop as they have opened the upstairs i dont have a great selection compared to swansea, it seems alot of the same stuff, and i have seen things in Swansea that I havent in cardiff, which is odd considering it is in the capital. im a Lush fanatic that has most of their products so i will always reccommed to all my friends and family and everyone gets something from lush come their birthday and christmas from Lush’s gift selection.

In this day and age where we worry about everything we put into our bodies and onto our skin, it’s nice to find this little haven where natural goods are the norm.
Once you’re over the intial attack on the senses as you’re entering the store –you’ll find Lush to be an aladdin’s cave of everything you need to leave your skin and hair looking its best.
The staff are second-​to-​none and their cheerful disposition will warm even the most weary of shoppers.
So for yummy lipbalms to night creams to perfumes to gift boxes, Lush is guaranteed to have something tasty to tempt you.

Lush is one of the most original shop for buying products to put on your skin. The shop is well laid out, and sells the most amazing products. Go just after Christmas for the best bargains. You will not be disappointed. Lovely shop, lovely products, and great staff. Be sure to get your free samples when you make a purchase.

Lush is located in cardiff city centre & produces fresh handmade soaps and cosmetics. There face masks are really good, they leave sking feeling really smooth & tingly & they really do work, and the prices are good as well for the quantity you get. They also some loveley gift sets in store & on their website.

Love this shop, you smell the shop before you see it, the smell is amazing. The products are very reasonably priced and the staff are great.
Perfect place to buy girlie gifts.

the lush store in cardiff is great. They sell all sorts of hand made cosmetics, soads cleansers, shampoo’s etc. Everything is handmade, and is nicly wrapped. They do greast gift boxes, with various different items to choose from. again these are wrapped, so no need to wrapp your pressent for the mother. The prices are higher than your usual bar of dove soap, bu remember these are all handmade. the shop smells amazing, and realy draws you in from off the street. If an item isn’t on the shelf they in the past for myself, have made up some new stuff there on site. The staff are realy helpful, and come over and ask if your ok, but not in an annoying trying to sell you type of way!
a great shop

Lush — wer gerne badet oder ein schönes Geschenk sucht, ist hier richtig. Ich mag die Shampoo-​Seifen. Haarshampoo als Seife. Cool, oder?
Schön, dass man überall schnüffeln kann. Ich mag zur Partyzeit oder jetzt, wo hier in GB die ganzen Weihnachtsfeiern kommen, die Seifen, die glitzern sehr, sehr gerne. Man bezahlt nach Gewicht. Die Produkte werden nicht an Tieren getestet! It’s lush — you gotta try it.

Great shop. When your wlking past it you won’t be able to miss it because it smells so nice. Used to be a small shop now big though because they’ve got an upstairs. They let you test stuff for free and give you a free lush newspaper to tell you whats coming up inthe lush shop.