Lush Porridge Bar Review

I got this loving what it promised. I have very dry sensitive skin so the fact that it promised to gently exfoliate and cleanse while making my skin appear brighter and keep it clear. Gimme, gimme, gimme please! I have made a face mask with oats in it so thought wow it's got to be good with that in it surely. I bought a small $8 lump of it and immediately took it home to try it out. First impressions was mmmm yum this smells amazing, just like caramel like it says.

Upon wetting it, and rubbing it all over my skin a milky substance spreads with it. It's like a milk bath. I find the oats actually clog up our plug hole in the shower and that the soap itself melts away if it's under hot water for too long. Once I rinsed off the excess my skin did feel like it had been polished smooth with out the rough scratchy feeling of a scrub.

This is all in the most part good stuff, however, a day later my skin felt drier than it had before I started using it. It started peeling and flaking. I didn't think much of it but after using this soap for two weeks my skin was in worse condition than it was starting on this journey. I found the polished look was just the feeling after using it but then it starts the process of drying and peeling after every wash. My skin needed urgent attention after this. I was prescribed fatty cream to apply daily to get the moisture back in to dry, cracking and bleeding skin! It's supposed to be for sensitive skin! I would think it would be better for those with oily sensitive skin rather than dry.

I go into Lush frequently and picked up and put down this product so many times. I love the smell of it, like freshly cooked baking its sweet and yummy. The scent is right up my ally! I was eager to try it out since it promised exfoliation as well as being a yummy body wash.

Initially I loved it! It had a good ratio of oats to soap and lathered well and left my shower smelling amazing. However, after the first couple of washes the oat to soap ratio was about 90:10. The oats scratched my skin and there was so much of the oats that there ended up being no lather - it was better repurposed as an exfoliation bar than a bar of soap. The oats were whole and also be prepared for the mess they leave in the shower! I thought I may have gotten a bad batch it was that bad but the staff at Lush a shored me it was mean't to be this way.

It ended up in the bin as I felt it was to harsh for my skin and wasn't working how it should. Its a shame as the product did sound amazing! Unfortunately I have found the first Lush product I do not like nor would I repurchase.

I was gifted this by a lovely member of this site. I have to say that as soon as I opened the package I was greeted by the lovely scent of caramel and a sort of cinnamon type of scent. It smells really nice. I use this with a shower puff and my only complaint is that the bits of oat get stuck in my shower puff and that there's a bit of SLS in it which I prefer if it didn't. But other than that I haven't had any allergic reactions to it and it smells really nice. I have it in the shower and my family likes to use it. Unfortunately it doesn't scent my skin but it is pleasant to use. I probably wouldn't repurchase because of the SLS and because I would prefer to try out more Lush's other soaps but in the meantime I'm enjoying using this in the shower.

I adore the smell of this lush soap, if they made it in to a perfume I would cry with happiness.

Upsides to this soap: Smelling like heavenly caramel/warm baking, lightly exfoliating (as mentioned by previous reviewers) and I did find this non irritating on the spots of my skin that are usually quite sensitive.

Downsides: So much mess! My family hated it when I bought this soap on the regular as it is fairly studded with oats and they come out as the bar is used up and they end up all throughout the shower and clogging the drain.

Another downside related to the packed full of actual oats pieces-ness of this soap is that towards the end of the bar it gets less 'gentle exfoliating' and more 'sandpaper-esque' which is not ideal.

I personally would by this again as I looooove the smell so much, but my boyfriend might prefer it if I kept it in a clothes drawer rather than in the shower..

This was my first Lush ever, and it started an addiction. Before i even opened the Lush parcel, i could smell this beautiful sweet scent, and i had no idea what it was until i opened this wee package of goodness.

So because it from Lush, you can chose what size chunk you get. i only got 100g, because this stuff is pricey! It came in a sweet little square slab, wrapped in the basic lush package. Nothing special.. but its from Lush so you know packaging is not an issue for me.

The soap is a beige colour, which sounds gross so lets call it a milky caramel colour is is grainy to touch because it is filled up with bits of oats.

The smell.. ah its smells sweet and amazing. It has caramel sweetness, and a warming oaty scent which just makes it smell so good!

So this soap is half soap, half exfoliating bar. I find the soap does an okay job of cleansing. It creates a slight lather, but not much foam which i actually quite like. It slightly exfoliates. but not really effectively, and it leaves chunks of oats everywhere!

Overall, this is an okay soap and an okay exfoliatior. It smells amazing, but isn't really wow'ing. Would i purchase it again? Honestly, even though i loved the smell and the idea behind the soap, it didn't really do a lot for my skin so i wouldn't buy it again.

First of all, this soap smells AMAZING!! Just like oats mixed with honey and I imagine this would be goldilocks signature scent! Upon using it doesn't lather too much, but more forms a milky sort of film which you can use to rinse your skin. Its incredibly gentle and soothing and leaves my skin soft and lightly scented. The only downside is that it is MESSY! The oats fall out everywhere and I find that the soap doesn't last very long, so I haven't repurchased in a while as I find I get more use out of some of the other soaps in the lush range. The oats if worked into the skin before they fall on the floor do give a very light exfoliation. Overall I love the scent of this and how gentle and soothing it is on the skin. The downsides are that is messy and doesn't last very long. But if you have super sensitive skin I would give this a go- you can buy pieces as little as 100g to see if you like it!

This wee gem came as freebie in one of my Lush orders so I hadn't intentionally purchased it or at the time knew much about it. Instantly I could smell a caramelly honeyish aroma that got my taste buds watering! I loved how this soap contains real oats and I did feel that it gently exfoliated my skin (not harshly as the oats go soft). I was super stoked to find out that this soap is also Vegan! The soap doesn't really foam up when used and it does't feel like a conventional soap i.e one that leaves the feeling of being squeaky clean. I doubt i'll be running to the store to buy another one straight away, but I would repurchase at some point in the future. I would definitely recommend it to anyone asking!

This bar is DELICIOUS! It smells so amazing I can never bring myself to buy anything else. Lucky for me then that the oats in this are soothing for my sensitive skin.

This bar lasted me a long time and made my showers wonderfully luxurious, as I nourished my body with caramel scented goodness. Because it's Lush, you can choose your size of bar, so you can get a wee piece to try or a bigger piece to treat yourself.

I swear by this. Its such a great gentle exfoilator and smells beautiful. Just writing this review makes me want to buy some more. It made a huge difference when I was using it, as it was gentle enough to use each time I showered. It did leave my shower a bit messy, but its nothing a quick rinse can't fix.

During lushes pre boxing sale I went into the Lush Botany store for my first experience. I walked around, the staff there were friendly and gave a demonstation of Yuzu shower gel. During that time I decided to get Its Christmas box that had this and Rose jam both of which I really wanted to try after all the reviews. I unwrapped this box and instantly this soap scent hits you.

This soap bar comes in a creamy white solid bar form with flecks of oats in it. To me it smells like creamy porride with a nutty undertone. When I applied this to my skin it was creamy and lathered really well. I felt my skin being slightly exfoliated from the oats in it. The oats do fall out of the bar and can be quite messy. It didn't bother me though as I have many other messy products in my shower.

My skin felt soft and smooth after using this bar. I like that it's not sickly sweet. This smell lingers on me. I like to moisturise after having used this. I think its best to try and get this during sale season as they sell them cheap at an affordable price. I wouldn't hesitate to buy more of it. I really enjoyed this mellow scent.