Sonic Death Monkey Retro Shower Gel

On the seventh week of Christmas LUSH limited gave to me......

7 Sonic Death Monkeys

6 Bearded Ladies

5 CHRISTMAAAAS EEEEEEEEEVES

4 Ghost shower gels

3 Hottie bars

2 Halloween specials

and a Snow Fairy lip and cheek tint

Sonic Death Monkey

Requested by and dedicated to Francesca Nguyen

Price: £4.95/100g; £17.50/500g

Product category: Shower gel

Contains: Ground coffee is deeply aromatic and is soothing on the skin; Cocoa and hibiscus infusion for its soothing, softening and moisturising properties; Water; Fresh organic lime juice for its cleansing action on the skin and refreshing invigorating fragrance; Organic hemp oil is calming on the skin and is said to balance the emotions; Tangerine oil improves the condition of the skin and has an uplifting aroma; Sweet orange oil for its antiseptic and toning qualities and mood lifting aroma; Vanilla absolute creates a barrier on the skin which prevents moisture loss and of course for its sweet, comforting and reassuring scent.

Other interesting facts:

·    The name of this product was inspired by the film High Fidelity, in which Jack Black’s character was the lead singer in a band called Sonic Death Monkey.  

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·  Arabica coffee is considered to be the best quality coffee and is mostly grown in South America.

·  Sonic Death Monkey contains water, not that interesting right??? Wrong! LUSH use water in some of their products, as it is absorbed by the skin and travels to the deeper layers. By blending water with emollient ingredients, such as cocoa, softens the upper layers of the skin and stops water from escaping out again. This creates a softening cleansing action   on the skin, clever hey!

·  Hundreds of years ago sailors who had contracted scurvy (caused by severe vitamin c deficiency), discovered that drinking lime juice could cure this disease.

·  Hemp is well known to be illegally cultivated for marijuana. However it has many properties for the skin and hair and has been used since ancient times in India, China and Egypt for:

-          Balancing hormones

-          Digestive problems

-          Rheumatism

-          Promoting hair growth

-          And healing (in Chinese and Indian medicines)

Verdict: Was anyone else hoping Sexy Boy massage bar (Christmas range 2009) would make a return this year??? Not to worry you can enjoy a chocolate, lime scented experience all year round with LUSH’s retro shower gel Sonic Death Monkey :)

I have to say this is my favourite shower product that LUSH do, so I was very happy to review this product requested by the lovely Francesca (genius idea hun).

LUSH describe Sonic Death Monkey as their ‘choco-mocha and lime flavoured shower gel to get your day off to a lip smacking start’. I doubt I could describe this any better than that to be honest but I’ll have a go. In the bottle the deep earthy scent of hemp plays quite a large role, but you can still detects the citrus juice/oils, chocolate and subtle coffee aromas. However when you use this product in the bath/shower the scent really comes alive. It reminds me of a combination of those chocolate lime sweets, orange chocolate and mocha coffees. It’s seriously delicious. You won’t detect any artificial chocolate scents like in some ‘chocolate scented’ products on the market, it’s a real, deep, high quality coco scent. The zingy citrus scents also really come alive and seriously uplift and refresh you and you get a perky shot of coffee to start the day off well. If you can bear to share this (personally mine gets hidden), Sonic Death Monkey if most definitely a unisex scent. So great for dads, brothers, boyfriends, husbands etc too.

Onto the consistency, I seem to remember this being much thicker when it was in LUSH’s regular range and sold in the shops. However now it has gone Retro, it is one of LUSH’s runnier shower gels, so little word of warning DON’T SQUEEZE THE BOTTLE TOO HARD! Otherwise you’ll end up waving goodbye to half of it down the plug hole. Despite its thinner consistency a little definitely goes a long way. Also while we’re talking about consistency, make sure you give the bottle a good shake before use as it can separate slightly in the bottle. Sonic Death Monkey is creamy deep brown (sort of like gravy or melted chocolate) in colour. OK so not the nicest of colours but in keeping with the coco-mocha theme.

Sonic Death Monkey lathers really well on the skin and even better if you use with a shower poof or sponge.  It’s a lovely rich lather that combined with the scent makes using this product a luxurious experience. The combination of wonderful ingredients leaves the skin beautifully soft, moisturised and supple. The scent isn’t particularly strong on the skin once you’ve dried off, but rather a subtly sweet comforting scent remains. I have to mention, that as well as being a gorgeous shower gel, Sonic Death Monkey is also fabulous for the hair. It contains hemp which is known to help promote healthy hair growth and soothes the scalp and lime juice to refresh the scalp, cleanse the hair and add shine. I’ve used this a few times as a shampoo and it leaves the hair seriously soft and smooth not to mention smelling great all day!

There’s only one slight negative regarding this product. It’s only available in 100g and 500g bottles which makes the price range a huge leap. It’s also LUSH’s most expensive shower gel since going to Retro setting you back nearly £5 for 100g and £17.50 for 500g. Personally I can’t justify spending nearly £20 on a bottle of shower gel, so I go for the 100g bottle and use as a treat. I wish LUSH would release this little lovely in 250g bottles so I could afford to get more, but I think I appreciate its loveliness even more because I only use it now and then.

I have to say that Sonic Death Monkey is my ultimate favourite in shower experience. It’s both invigorating and comforting and a great way to start the day. Yes LUSH I dig you’re crazy gravy!!!

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