Lush’s new facial wants to rewild your skin, self and the earth
Fresh handmade cosmetics company Lush is launching a new, lifting facial spa treatment, with ingredients that help rewild habitats across the globe and fresh formulas that provide nourishment to the skin.
This 50-minute lifting facial utilises hot and cold therapy, facial massage and lymphatic techniques to make skin look sculpted and rejuvenated, all to the tune of a bespoke soundtrack of historic nature folk songs.
Much like the forests and seas of planet earth, the microbiome is the skin’s own ecosystem and an essential part of the skin barrier. This new facial has been created by Lush’s in-house spa development team to achieve maximum results with minimal interference.
The treatment begins with a double cleanse, where Lush’s gentle signature cleanser Ultrabland or vegan alternative Ultraplant is massaged into the skin and removed with warming mitts. Drop of Hope soap is then applied for a foaming cleanse using facial brushes, containing moisturising rapeseed oil from Fukushima, which provides a vital source of income for people who lost their livelihoods in the nuclear disaster.
The plant has the unique ability to soak up irradiated caesium from the soil. However, when you extract oil from the seeds, the caesium stays in the plant, so is completely safe to use while also cleaning the soil and regenerating the land.
Lush’s firming and brightening Ayesha face mask, featuring asparagus and dark patchouli oil, is then applied. Lush purchases this beautiful oil in collaboration with the Orangutan Information Center in a way that doesn’t further damage the forests of Sumatra, Indonesia – and in fact aids its regeneration through the use of permaculture practices.
While the face mask is replenishing the skin, tension is worked out of the neck and head using firm-pressure massage, knuckling and long strokes into the shoulders.
Full Of Grace facial serum is then applied and worked into the face. This light serum is made with illipe butter and portobello mushroom, rich in vitamins B and C, and believed to have antioxidant properties. The therapist works the serum into the face and neck, focusing on sculpting work around the cheekbones, jaw and up to the forehead, stretches and light pinching, flicking, tapping and stroking to stimulate a healthy glow.
Uplifting cold therapy using a witchhazel and peppermint jelly face mask soothes the skin and brings the client back out of their deep state of relaxation. Gorgeous moisturiser (or a tailored alternative) is applied in the final stages for a healthy glow, imbued with the finest cold-pressed and organic oils (originally formulated for Princess Diana!) and fresh fruit juices to deeply rejuvenate the skin.
Soundtracked by Lush’s in-house band, Fresh Handmade Sound, the Rewilding facial’s soundtrack covers the changing of the seasons using renditions of folk songs that are centuries-old odes to nature.
One of the best things you can do for your skin and overall wellbeing is to go outside and be in nature, so in this treatment we want the client to feel as though they are outside.
Lots of our Lush Spa guests were asking for a lifting facial using our lovely products, so this is our answer to that. You can come for this as a maintenance treatment or a luxurious treatment, and it’s going to help maintain muscle integrity, tension relief and lymph drainage. Inspired by the concept of rewilding the skin, the client and the earth – we leave everything Lusher than we found it.
This new treatment is also fully adaptable for clients with facial hair, featuring a different range of products and techniques that get to the skin below the beard, finishing off with beard brushing to leave it looking its best.
Rewilding Facial (50 minutes, £125) launches in Lush Spas nationwide on 20th March 2025.
Book via the Lush app, or by contacting your local Lush Spa by phone or email.
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About Lush Spa
The Lush Spa is an oasis of calm on the high street, with immersive spa experiences designed to transform, rejuvenate and revive. Lush Spa treatments are all powered by Lush’s fresh, handmade products, combined with soothing touch, exclusive music, and a hint of surprise, to treat the mind and body and leave people feeling their best selves.
UK Lush Spa locations include Bath, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow City, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Covent Garden), London (Oxford Street) and Poole.
Lush Spa treatments include The Good Hour, Synaesthesia, Tailor Made, The Spell, The Comforter, Tangled Hair, Validation Facial, Fresh Facial and Karma.
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