I have an admission to make.
For all of the organic, good-for-you ingredients, I just can't get hyper-obsessed about Lush. Everything smells great, feels good, smells terrific, and I do have my favorites, but I just don't feel the I-gotta-have-it obsession.
You know what it is? It's the price point. When Lush used to be only in Canada, I bought stuff online and happily clicked through the sites UI, thinking that the prices were going to be converted to U.S. dollars before getting charged to my credit card. Maybe I always bought more than I remembered, but I have some doubts as to whether or not the currency conversion took place.
However, there is a Lush shop in the D_C area, so I've been able to stop by whenever I can find a parking spot in Ge0rget0wn. And I still think stuff is too pricey. I have reservations about paying $4.00 for a single purpose bath bomb. I feel a pang in my stomach when I fork over $22.50 for 17 ounces of my favorite shampoo from there. I know the ingredients are first rate and either safe synthetic or natural/organic, but in comparison to all of the other things I could by with the money (ink pads in gorgeous colors for $5, sterling silver wire, gemstone beads), I can never purchase without feeling bad because a part of me thinks it's too much money. Maybe I'm stingy, but that feeling ruins the purchase experience for me-and consequently it ends up not being so much fun.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at May 5, 2006 07:56 PM