4.5 Stars, but by far my favorite LUSH shop. I've been to 3 location so far.
About 90% of the people at the store are nice and not too nosy..I've only met one who was a bit pushy, but that's alright because the other girls were very helpful. They are 1,000,000 times better than some at the other locations I've been to, even the worst girl at Short Hills is an angel compared to certain LUSH staff at the KP and Herald Square Locations.
This is the closest Lush store to me; the next closest ones are all in NYC since I live close to there. All of the other NJ stores are on the other side! I'm personally not a big fan of the Short Hills Mall, only because I don't buy super designer items, but this mall is really quiet and nice compared to other ones...plus it's so much cleaner than Jersey Gardens (which I hate :) ). But enough about Short Hills Mall...
This Lush is pretty tiny though, and can be a bit cramped once it gets crowded. I've been there 3 times, and only once it was super crowded...nearly 30 people in the store! It is around the same size as the Herald Square Location in Manhattan though, so I'm not going to complain.
The special thing about this location is in the details. The wrapping paper for the soap. Instead of boring white paper with the words LUSH on it, at the Short Hills location, we get pretty, colorful paper with comic style images of Gorilla Perfume, different herbs, and more. The samples are way more generous as well. At the NYC location I also reviewed, the sample they gave me was half the size of Short Hills, which gave me a 0.5 oz container of cleanser filled to the top (like the little containers of Lemony Flutter or Gorgeous in gift sets) with only two measly little pieces of cleanser.
The Stock is mediocre, but of the times I've been there, once was the Boxing Day Sale which was super disappointing. I'm not sure if it was Short Hills that had nothing at 9am on the 26th, or if many other shops were experiencing similar issues.
none of the less, visiting other LUSH shops have caused me to appreciate my darling Short Hills shop. I just visited a LUSH today, but I'll be back by Easter :) read more