Creme Anglais was one of Lush's more expensive body lotions, back when the UK stores still stocked it. Unfortunately, it was discontinued a while back, and I wonder whether or not the price had something to do with it.
Lush claim that it's one of their most luxurious lotions ever, blending together sweet orange oil, almond oil, cocoa butter and saffron to produce a homely, sensuous vanilla body cream. It is this latter ingredient, saffron, that hikes the price up as it is the world's most expensive spice. So why include it in here then, you're surely wondering? Well, saffron is known for it's healing properties, possessing anticarcinogenic, and antioxidant benefits that strengthen and detoxify the skin.
Aside from the herb, this product also contains sweet almond and orange oil, both of which help to add to Creme Anglais' warmly fragrance, and more importantly, creating a deep moisturising lotion that eradicates dry and flaky skin. Vanilla oil intensifies the creamy scent of this lotion, and is known to calm and soothe irritated and sensitive skin.
The lotion is a gorgeous golden colour and the smell hits you immediately upon opening the tub, smelling of a mixture of vanilla and cocoa butter with just a hint of orange. Creme Anglais is a product that stays with you, permeating your skin and leaving it soft, supple and strongly scented. Anyone who's looking for a subtle-scented body lotion should not attempt to use this one as it does tend to stay with you for a couple of days!
Furthermore, it's quite a thick lotion, very similar in consistency to Coco Lotion, but one that sinks into the skin very quickly and doesn't leave you feeling greasy.
This body lotion is definitely worth it's price tag in the fact that it's super hydrating and very luxurious on the skin; you don't have to use a lot here as it's very moisturising, so it lasts longer than your average 225g tub of Lush lotion normally would. However, I wasn't overly keen on the smell; it is a little overbearing with it's cocoa butter scent, and I found that, once applied to the skin, the scent that lingered was a little acidic-smelling and not very nice at all. I much prefer the sensual fragrance of both Charity Pot and Vanilla Dee-Lite, and will be relying of these guys in the future.
Quantitative Ingredients: Sweet Almond Infusion (Prunus dulcis), Saffron Infusion (Crocus sativus), Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (Cocos nucifera), Fair Trade Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Fair Trade Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii), Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Myrrh Resinoid (Commiphora myrrha), Sweet Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Triethanolamine, Perfume, Cetearyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, *Eugenol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Methylparaben.
Vegan?: Yes.
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