Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel Review

Lush's environmentally friendly ingredients and packaging start this shower gel ahead of the rest. I also love the combination of handmade yet professional that is offered in all of Lush's products. The Snow Fairy shower gel is only offered during the Christmas period, sells out quickly and has a cult following among the Youtube and Blogger community. Everything about the Snow Fairy shower gel had to me sold in store - from the glitter to the sweet scent of icing on a cake. I thought that this was exactly what I wanted in a shower gel. Upon actually using it in my morning shower routine, I realised that waking up to the sickly sweet scent of bubblegum, vanilla and cotton candy isn't as appealing as it seemed in the store. During my second week of using the Snow Fairy shower gel, I felt like a kid who has overdosed on pink icing at a birthday party. Alas, I had the massive (for Lush sizes) 16.9 ounce bottle to get through.

If you do love the scent (and even if you think you do, I recommend the smaller size), the formula is nice. A little goes a long way, particularly if you use it with a loofah. The formula is a little jelly like, and clumps together a lot more than The Body Shop shower gel formula. The scent lingers on the skin, and chances are it will mix well with your vanilla based perfume. The glitter is a nice touch, although it isn't visible on the skin. And again, no store can beat the ethical qualities of Lush. Snow Fairy either entered my bathroom as my preferences were beginning to shift away from sweet vanilla, or it pushed me forward towards fruity and woody preferences.

Remember when you were 5 and you had a big bottle of cheap bubble bath?

Well... this product is the opposite of cheap bubble bath! This is a product from Lush filled with organic ingredients, so don't let the pink colouring put you off too much.

I wouldn't spend this amount of money on a body gel but was lucky enough to try it at my sister's house. To be honest it didn't do anything for me. It was like a normal shower gel that smelled sweet. The thing I liked most about this product was that it gave me a flash back memory and had the word fairy in it.

I was gifted this body wash before Christmas last year... and I really was not a fan!

First off as pretty much everyone knows this is a Limited Edition product sold by the company Lush, when I received it I was totally stoked as I know how much hype this product has everyone I know loves it, and repurchases it once its on sale near Christmas time. I just really don't get it? 1. It doesn't smell anything like Christmas holiday time to me, 2. It has chunks of glitter spread throughout the gel 3. It totally dried my skin out.

The packaging is easy to use, and simple and looks nice in the shower. Price point is more than I would like to spend on a body wash so I'm relieved I was gifted this rather than bought it and been disappointed.

It washes you well and leaves a slight scent behind, but when you pop it on the scrub ball/flannel the entire shower entraps the scent and its so sickly sweet, it put me off! I ended up using the rest of it as a shaving lotion.

I didn't find it moisturised my skin, in fact I feel that it actually made it drier maybe that was due to the glitter in the actual body wash, which also I was not a fan of, maybe if I was 12 or 13.

Sadly I won't be repurchasing this, but it has definitely not put me off Lush at all.

I got a small bottle of Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel in a gift pack for Christmas and after reading so many good things about it, I really wanted to like this product.

Unfortunately, I found the smell of Snow Fairy Shower Gel to be sickly sweet and overpowering, especially in our enclosed shower (we have a shower dome, so the scent gets trapped in there with the steam and there's no airflow until you get out). The first time I'd used it, by the time I'd finished showering and climbed out, I felt like I'd showered with candyfloss and had seriously overdosed on sugar; the scent of this product left the same strange feeling in back of my mouth that I get when I eat too much of something sickly sweet and I couldn't wait to get out into some fresh air. Not a good first impression of a product!

It did leave the bathroom smelling nice, it lathers really well and the little bottle lasts a long time, as only a small amount is needed to get a rich lather.

I really wanted to like this Shower Gel, as I love the smell of Fairy Dust, but I just found Snow Fairy to be too overpoweringly strong. I don't know if the strength of the scent differs from batch to batch, but unfortunately, I won't be buying any more Snow Fairy Shower Gel.

I know a lot of people who gave this a great review, I am a hard core lushie an use everything lush wise an have tried may products by them. Unforcently for me I did not like this one an I purchused the 500g biggest bottle they have, I'm not into extreme sweet scents so this was a miss for me as it was also so overpowering. It's only available mid year Christmas I believe and Christmas time. The smell does linger after a shower with this.

This product was just OK for me. It had a nice lather to it, however I just could not stand the scent! It is a very sickly sweet smell that not only smells while you are using it, but also stinks out the bathroom and clings to your body for a while. I just could not get away from this scent. I guess if you liked this scent it would be a good thing that the scent payoff was so good, however, I did not like this.

This is another of Lush's limited editions! This one comes out twice a year for Christmas and also the mid year Christmas that Lush celebrates in this part of the world. Everyone always raves about this one. I always give it a sniff in the shop and think "nope, not for me" There has been much excitement about this on the forum as it has come back into the shops again so I decided to give it a go. As I was still finding it's sweet smell a little overwhelming for me, I picked up a generous sample from my local Lush. The full sizes come in the usual Lush shower gel packaging: a clear round bottle, with a black and white label that has a use by sticker telling you who made it, and a black flip top lid. It is available in three different sizes.

This is bright, girly pink - I didn't notice any lustre or shimmer in the sample I received although apparently it's in there. Lush describe it as smelling of bubble gum, vanilla and cotton candy and I think this is very accurate. It is very heavy on the candy smell to me, which lingers after you have showered. I used it in conjunction with Ro's Argan body conditioner, which toned the sweetness down.

I won't be purchasing this as I just find the smell too sweet. It does the job as far as being a shower gel goes and leaves my skin feeling nice but I think I would get sick of it after a few uses. Funnily enough, I love the Lush Candy Mountain bubble bar which is essentially the same smell but you only get a couple of uses out of it. If you love sweet candy smells though, you will definitely love this. I will stick to Rose Jam and leave this one in the shop for all the people who want to stockpile it for the year (sort it out, Lush!)

Hearing so much about this shower gel I just had to see what the fuss was about. Not a big fan of anything pink and girly!

My first though upon opening the bottle was that it smelled just like Jelly Tip icecream, which prompted a trip into town to purchase one.

It's quite pretty with a lot of glitter in it although I didn't really notice it on my skin after using it (thankfully). Using it I wasn't that keen on the scent when it was warm. Nice, but nothing that really appealed to me, I felt it was more like a kids product. Don't feel like it was moisturising. It didn't dry my skin out anyway so that's a bonus.

Not something I would buy again, sadly I got sick of it quickly.