So, I was shopping in the Lush store on Regent Street late last year,
browsing their laden baskets and laughing at the staff who were
enthusiastically singing along to Cher's greatest hits. Sometimes I find the
staff a little too pushy, on one occasion an assistant on the Kings Road store
was soooo over chatty I realised I had used up most of my 15 minute 'time to
kill' window listening to her tell me about what she had bought her mother for
Mother's Day. Needless to say I left the store not having the opportunity to
look at any of the stock.
The Regent Street times were much better, I was allowed to actually shop and
my basket filled up nicely. I picked up a sample of British Nanny and was won
over by the consistency (I love love love thick moisturisers) and the SPF
30.
When it came to ringing up this little gem with my other items I
learned that this retails at around £26... I thought "are you kidding me?
For a 45g pot? I was expecting something around the £10 mark for something like
this, if I'd known I probably wouldn't have taken the punt however I wasn't
really up for the ordeal of explaining this to the lady on the till and took
the hit, frowning at my receipt as I left putting down to yet another expensive
beauty mistake.
Time passed and I applied it occasionally, not giving it very much love but
slowly over time I started to notice the radiance in my face in photographs
when I had it on; my cheekbones shone out without any need of a highlighter and
the rest of my face had a very healthy glow in all the right places, so I
started to take a closer look at this ‘mistake’ of a cream. For the past week I
have been applying it every morning; this is an instant moisture hit without
the need of a serum or primer, it is thick but sinks into the skin very quickly
and sets my makeup into place fantastically well. As the day progresses I find
very little need to reapply concealer and the laughter lines are nowhere to be
seen as it has a great plumping effect. One word of warning is to keep it well
away from your eyes; otherwise they will be streaming all the way to the office.
British Nanny is currently tagged as ‘unavailable’ on Lush’s website which
makes me wonder this product may be sold
out and I have a cult wonder cream on my hands and they totally deserve this
status. As the summer months approach it will be a key player in my morning routine
and when I finally get to the end of the pot (you only need a pea sized blob to
do the job) I’ll be back to Lush for my replacement.
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