Get The Perfect Tan: Lush The Sunblock

Today I wanted to share with you a slightly bizarre product, which I discovered last Summer from Lush. The Sunblock is a solid wash-on massage bar with an SPF of 30 and, at the risk of sounding dramatic, the results are incredible:

When I discovered this product in a goody bag from a blog event, I was skeptical. How could a massage bar, which you actually wash off in the shower, work as a sunscreen? I wasn’t buying it and I didn’t want to risk my skin, especially after suffering from some awful sunburn on holiday the year before. However, when my Summer holiday came around, I chucked it in my suitcase to trial anyway. For the first few days, I massaged the bar onto my skin in the shower, then topped up with normal suncream. I quickly developed the best tan I’ve had in years and for the rest of the week, I just used The Sunblock. Remember when as a child you seemed to get an incredible tan with almost no effort? It was just the same. I’m not sure whether it was using a higher SPF than I usually do, the massaging style of the bar or that Lush are simply genius, but my skin was left bronzed, nourished and without any redness in sight. Lush recommend that you use a third of the bar at a time, but I found that the bar lasted me an entire week away in Greece.

As a result, when I booked my holidays to Croatia and Kefalonia for this month (for me, Summer is starting early), The Sunblock was the first product I headed out to buy. I’m hoping to recreate that long-lost tan from last Summer and I’m sure that this product is the way to do it. Another huge bonus is that it is solid; therefore it’s perfect for any holidays, like my trip to Croatia, which are hand-baggage only. Now I don’t need to bring a liquid sunscreen with me, there is so much more room for make-up in my liquid allowance – hurrah! Whilst I was in store I spotted Powdered Sunshine, the dusting powder equivalent of The Sunblock, which I was also tempted by. If you have tried it, please send me any reviews in the comments. I only just resisted, as I had already packed my bottle of Vanilla Puff, but I’m intrigued by the idea of a powdered sunscreen. Who needs liquid sunscreen anymore?

Have you tried anything from the Lush suncare range? Do you have any top tips for a great tan?