Product category: Massage Bar (retro)
Description: ‘Blend of natural, moisturising oils and stimulating herbs’ (LUSH). This is a large tablet shaped massage bar with Ego imprinted on the face. It is creamy white in colour. Ego is much larger than LUSH’s other massage bars so in my opinion is worth the extra pennies. Nothing is mentioned on the website about how relaxing and sleep inducing this scent is, which is rather surprising to me.
It’s a herby, lavender and hint of sweet lemon unisex scent, so is ideal to have as a massage bar you can both enjoy. It contains lavender, tarragon and rosemary oils which bring a herby/woody scent to the massage bar and the cocoa and shea butter which bring comforting notes. Rosemary is known for its antiseptic and antimicrobial properties for the skin and is great for joint/muscle pain and for relieving stress and fatigue; lavender is also great for skin complaints and is well known for its relaxing and sleep inducing properties; tarragon is good for joint and muscle pain, digestive complaints and menstrual pain.
Looking at the ingredients it’s clear to see how carefully LUSH have chosen the ingredients to create a massage bar that brings both aromatherapy and skin conditioning properties.
How to use: You can use this in two ways. If you have a partner (unlike me *sobs*) get them to give you a lovely relaxing massage and return the favour. Heat the product up in your hands then use the whole product over the body and work the oils into the skin with your hands as you would a normal massage. You can also use this as an intensive moisturiser. Warm the massage bar as previous and either apply the product using the bar directly on the skin, or apply product to the hands and work the product into your skin that way.
The verdict: This massage bar is seriously relaxing. The blend of oils really do feel therapeutic for both the mind and the body. I find it really helps with aches and pains and it certainly aids a restful night’s sleep. I tend to use this as a intensive night time moisturiser, as 1 I don’t have a partner to give me a massage :( and 2 I have to be very careful with my back still. I would recommend that if your using it in this way, you do it before you get into bed. The product leaves an oily residue on your skin due to the beautiful essential oils, and it takes a while to sink into the skin. The cocoa and shea butters really moisturise and tone your skin too. When you wake up in the morning you’ll have beautifully scented skin that feels silky and supple. Your bed sheets will also smell great (bonus!).
If you’re using it as a massage bar, the positive is that you’ll find it a lot less messy and faffy than using oils. This massage bar is too big to store in the massage bar tins that LUSH sell so I store mine in a tupperweare tub away from direct heat (otherwise it will melt).
The bar itself seems to last for ages, as a little goes a long way, so you definitely get value for money. Great for winding down at the end of a busy day, relieving stress, soothing aches and pains, and helping you drift into a restful sleep.
Use with; Dreamtime temple balm/ bath melt, Twilight, Waving not Drowning, Playdoze or French Kiss for the ultimate bedtime relaxation.
Top Tip: When you get towards the end of the bar and are finding it difficult to use. Chop it up and use as a softening bath melt.
Ooooooh, this sounds lovely. Just my sort of product. Thanks for this Sarah I will get me some of this xxxx
ReplyDeleteHiya Kerry,
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely really relaxing, can't belive LUSH don't mention how relaxing and sleep inducing the scent is??? It's huge too so lasts ages x
I have an Ego bar now and I used it this evening as I was feeling very stressed. Uni is getting intense now and I needed calming down. I used it alongside some really invigorating products so I didnt get too sleepy, but it really did help me to calm down, so I can second the fact that this is great for relieving stress - also as a moisturiser it is gorgeous. Thanks for the great recommendation xx
ReplyDeleteOooh thats great Kerry, always good hearing back about product reccomendations :) Yeh its awsome at helping you to unwind and lasts ages (ive still got just under 1/2 bar left).
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, I absolutely loved Dreamtime Temple Balm. It especially helped with headaches when I was pregnant and couldn't take much medicine. I can't find any of the temple balms on their website now! As a Lush expert, do you know if they have something similar? I'm wondering if this Ego bar is similar or not? Thanks for your help.
ReplyDeleteHi Christy,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the temple balms have all been discontinued :( I was a massive fan of them all but especially dream time. Ego is a massage bar, so i wouldn't advise you to use it on your face, (though you could give it try). However no need to panic, Badger do a temple balm VERY similar to Drem Time called Sleep Balm. It's not LUSH but its the next best thing
http://badgerbalm.bathandunwind.com/categories/badger-balm/Badger-Balm-Sleep-Balm.htm
It contains balancing bergamot, warming tension relieving ginger, stress relieving rosemary, and relaxing lavender.
For the ultimate relaxing bed time treat, you could use Ego or better stil Schnuggle (really compliments the temple balm) all over your body, slip on your pjs and finish up with some sleep balm :) Hope this helps and let me know how you get on!
S
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Here's my review of Schnuggle for you to have a look :)
ReplyDeletehttp://pixie-loves-lush.blogspot.com/2010/09/lush-review-schnuggle.html