JUNE 2008 - Cushy Reviewed on ‘M.I.S.S. CREW’ Website.
I recently discovered Cushy, a brand that makes luxury soap and greeting cards. Cushy has several sub-brands including The Honey Bunch, a cast of cute animated critters and House of Cushy, a more grown and sexy line. All of the soap is triple milled with moisturizing almond oil and shea butter and handmade. You can feel this quality and attention to detail when you use the soap. As I was washing my hands I could feel my skin getting moisturized and my hands felt softer hours later. The Cushy Brand bars of soap are huge as far as soap goes and they seem like they will last a lifetime - no disappearing acts here. And the smell! The scents that Cushy has come up smell so good, I almost wanted to take a bite out of the soap (not recommended)! From flavors like Lime Colada, Citrus Bliss, Cinnamon Muffin, Pink Fig and Lime Cologne, there’s a scent for every personality. Each scent is invigorating - who knew washing your hands could be an energizing pick-me-up? If that were not enough, the packaging is the icing on the cake. Each soap come in it’s own drawer-like box complete with “wood grain” paper lining. Happy lathering!
MAY 2008 - Cushy Reviewed on ‘Guerilla Shopper’ Website.
ps could really only be from some non-U.S. entity, probably Japan, but in this case, London, England. Maybe you've heard of this place? Anyway I got four 175 g soaps (does anyone know how big this is in our ridiculous non-metric system? Well anyway they are BIG soaps) in Lime Cologne, Pink Fig, Lime Colada and Citrus Bliss. The smell makes me want to eat them. Or at least put them somewhere that doesn't smell that nice. I haven't washed myself with them yet, partially because I don't want to disrupt the over-the-top packaging. The little boxes are like mini-"drawers" in which you find your special bar of soap engraved with an "HB" or a "C" (not sure why...but let's just go with it). The Lime Colada and Citrus Bliss packages are adorned with tweaked animal creatures on one side and letters from "Honey Bunny" on the other (AH-HA! The "HB" mystery is solved!) with lines like this, "Kitty Colada has always been known as the most Fashionable and Stylish Cat in town. Being seen constantly sipping Cocktails in the most happening joints has become a ridiculous obsession!" (Has someone been reading my diary?) The soap flavo(u)r is described as "AWESOME WILD COCONUT AND EXOTIC LIME COCKTAIL" and the "drawer"-part looks like that fake wood paneling from a station wagon circa 1980. I think someone over there is on happy drugs. But better for the rest of us to enjoy the results!
MARCH 2008 - Cushy has had a top review in the March 2008 edition of the Giftware Review one of the UK's leading gift industry paper editions.
" Following on from the huge success of the Spring Fairs for Cushy whose quirky and distinctive artwork typifies their brands, the company have now launched a collection of handmade luxury triple milled soap including the Honey Bunch collection and the Maiden Paradise collection. All soaps are handmade and triple-milled to the highest quality and are made with moisturising Shea Butter and Essential Almond Oil. Fragrances are to die for and include ' A Wicked Blend of Pink Grapefruit and Mandarin, Awesome Wild Coconut and Exotic Lime Cocktail, Pink Fig, Scrumptuous Wild Coconut and Cinnamon Honey, Lime Cologne and Cinnamon Apple '.
