A couple weeks ago I visited Lush for the first time! The store I visited didn’t have the selection that is offered online and unfortunately none of the scents really took me, but I did love the idea of their massage bars. So I took to the internet to find a good indie alternative. I decided on Sucreabeille for their extensive scent list and a couple old posts on IMAM.



Beurre Bombe - Solid Lotion/Massage Bar ($9 for 3.2-3.5-oz.) is described as “a delightful, fuss-free, mess-free, portable, luxurious, and fun way to stay moisturized.” These bombes are choose your own scent or unscented, no additional fee. They claim to “feed your skin for hours.” You can either apply directly to the skin or “cut a chunk off, and toss into a hot bath as a bath melt!” The bar comes wrapped in a protective film. I have been using it directly on the skin, both warming it up in my hands and applying the bombe from my hands and massaging the bombe directly onto my skin. It feels more like a balm and less like a lotion. It doesn’t sink in for awhile, maybe 20-30 minutes, which is perfect for its massage purpose. Rather than an oily feel or film on the body after use, I find my skin to be very silky. It is highly moisturizing. I chose the house blend Jareth: King of the Goblins, described as “a dark, seductive, resinous mix of woods, Bourbon vanilla, incense, & myrrh with hints of papyrus.” My skin boosts the bourbon, resins, and myrrh. The bombe can definitely double as a scent/perfume, as I find it clings to my skin with good throw for a good five hours.



Ingredients:



Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Almond Oil, Pumpkin Seed Oil., Fragrance and/or Essential Oils.

Sucreabeille also sent a sample of their soap Tutti Fuckin Frutti, which is available exclusively via Little Shop of Horror Durham. It very much smells like Tutti Frutti, artificial to my nose. I get cherries and something clean and soapy about it. There it little bubbling. It does not leave a film on the hands and it is not drying. I couldn’t find it listed on either site, but it looks like many Sucreabeille soaps have the following ingredients:

Distilled Water, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Shea Butter, Mango Seed Butter, Cocoa Butter, Sodium Hydroxide, Castor Seed Oil, Fragrance, Tussah Silk, Mica.



Overall I’m very happy to have found Sucreabeille and their Beurre Bombes. I placed my order on 5/25 and it arrived 6/9 in a small padded bubble mailer, stuffed with tissue paper and a handwritten thank you on the invoice. Their stated TAT is 2-3 weeks, which my order was in. As an alternative to Lush’s massage bars, I find Sucreabeille’s bombes to be more hydrating, a better value, and having a larger selection of scents to choose from.

