The power of peer pressure and how I LOVE true honesty!

I know that some of you are strictly blog readers but there are also some of you, like myself, who are YT addicts viewers as well as blog readers. Regardless of what you read or watch if you are reading this blog then you have some interest in beauty which means you are possibly product obsessed like to hear about and try new products and look to other beauty aficionados for their insight and opinions. Now maybe its just me but having been part of this whole "beauty community" for a little over a year has taught me a lot, good and bad. One thing that I have learned is that the power of suggestion or peer pressure really does get a lot of people, myself included on occasion. Having been a beauty/product junkie since my early years I have tried many things long before they became the "latest trend." In the same respect I'm very set in my ways and brands that I didn't always venture very far into a lot of the brands that I have discovered over this past year. Either way it has been fun but another thing I learned early on is DON'T FALL FOR PEER PRESSURE or a "Keep up with the Jones' mentality! Meaning just because your friend has it or "everyone else" doesn't mean you have to get it too.
One thing I noticed when my whole YT experience started was how I would see these sudden waves of saturation of one product or brand. Its like the "right person" would either haul or review something and then suddenly EVERYONE had to have it.

Lush is a perfect example. Let me start by saying that I do like Lush products and in fact have been using them since 2003 which is probably why I have not jumped on the crazy Lush bandwagon that has taken over the YT beauty community. Funny thing is that in all the hauls and reviews I see/hear about Lush it is 80% of the same products that everyone is buying which I always find amusing, especially because Lush has such a large variety of different things.
My personal favorites include the massage bars, the deodorants - both solid and powder and the Karma fragrance. I also love the honey line which seems to come and go, I also love Coalface and these little shower thingies that I can't seem to find anymore but you kept them in the freezer and then broke off a bubble before jumping into the shower and it was perfect for summertime. So you see I am no stranger to Lush but I just can't get into all the hype especially when its over the same products over and over. Every review seems to be the same too, everyone loves the same products, the same scents the same...which makes me think is there something in the porridge koolaide or does everyone just wanna be a rockstar? I mean how many kids can you really shrink ya know? How can everyone LOVE the same products? I don't get it. Sometimes it feels like invasion of the beauty snatchers or maybe its more like Stepford Wives. Well whatever it is I have no desire to go to Lush anytime soon mainly because it feels tainted now, its no longer a little gem amongst all the tourists downtown, its become mainstream which makes it less appealing to me.

Plus I must say out of all the reviews I've watched and read this one seems to be the most honest. Not saying that others are not being honest but Vane always tells it like it is and anyone who describes smells the way I would gets my instant attention. And in case you're wondering, no I have not smelled or tried the porridge soap, and frankly even if I were to go into Lush tonight I don't think I would be drawn to it simply because of its name. It may sound dumb but I have a thing for scents and names. Washing my face with Coalface is far more appealing than rubbing porridge on my body. Maybe its just me...

Either way if you are still on the fence about this particular product definitely do your research and please read Vanes take on it as well, if for no other reason than it doesn't sound like all the rest.
RANT & REVIEW- Lush Porridge Soap