| Skin whitening is a hype in Asia that personally I think | | | | its products. Prior to their official launch, the company |
| won't be gone for the next few decades. For years, | | | | has been doing direct selling in select areas in Metro |
| companies have been battling to get a majority of | | | | Manila where they offer handmade whitening soaps |
| the market's whitening product share. Big companies | | | | and perfume duplicates. |
| such as L'oreal and Nivea had launched multiple skin | | | | I thought I'd give it a shot and test personally what |
| whitening lines that do not only promise to deliver | | | | others have been raving about as the Philippine's |
| whiter skin but also a younger looking skin. While | | | | Next Lush. I immediately grabbed a bar of their soap |
| others yield amazing results, others just went down | | | | from one of their direct resellers and immediately |
| the drain my standards. | | | | was I amazed by the very fragrant and creamy |
| Having a relatively sensitive skin, I have been quite | | | | lather. None of the Philippine-made soaps have |
| discriminating in terms of the products I put on my | | | | smelled this good. My olfactory senses have been |
| skin. After having a major allergy breakout after | | | | used to the commercial if not the orangey scent that |
| using a locally made whitening soap, I promised that | | | | soaps have. And more than just the scent, their |
| never should I go with commercial bars again. Lush | | | | soaps promise to deliver the added benefit of a |
| had just set up a store in the Philippines back then. | | | | fairer and whiter skin with the use of natural plant |
| Immediately, I went to their store and purchased a | | | | and fruit extracts. This is far beyond what Lush can |
| bar of soap which I thought was quite pricey. Right | | | | offer yet you get them at half the price. It sounds |
| after the first wash, I felt the difference and thought | | | | like a bargain to me. |
| that it was really worth the price. Though their soaps | | | | Some of their best sellers are their Bamboo Sea |
| do not really offer any whitening benefit, I liked how | | | | Glass Soap and Creamy Bavarian Doughnut Soap. I |
| creamy the lather of their products were and how | | | | can personally attest to the quality of their soaps and |
| amazingly fragrant they are! | | | | how competitive they would be if they would be in |
| However, as time goes by, the scent simply does | | | | the same level playing field against established beauty |
| not hold up to the expensive price anymore. | | | | brands. |
| Purchasing a bar of soap that's five times more | | | | So far, the soaps have managed to keep my skin |
| expensive than commercially produced ones won't | | | | and shower room smelling so deliciously fragrant. I am |
| simply work for me anymore, and I guess for | | | | yet to know if the soap would hold up to its promise |
| anyone in this time of recession. This is where I have | | | | of a whiter skin. My skin tone has remained fair after |
| started to embark on a search for an alternative. | | | | weeks of continued use which is probably one of the |
| Little that I know, a local bath and body shop has | | | | most important things and I did not have any sort of |
| already been making amazingly fragrant whitening | | | | allergic reaction. I am impressed by the quality of |
| soaps that are comparable to what Lush's offer. | | | | Cassleen's Handmade Soaps and will definitely |
| Cassleen's Handmade Soaps has finally entered the | | | | repurchase in the future. |
| market last October of 2009. Though crippled by less | | | | Cassleen's Handmade Soaps is the new Lush of the |
| exposure due to high advertising cost, the company | | | | Philippines. |
| has not been able to dominate the cyber world with | | | | |