We reviewed the new Lush make-up range, and it’s completely naked

This was the product that perplexed us the most, as it looks almost nothing like a regular mascara. Coming in a solid cylinder with a clever hole in the middle, it takes a little while to get used to but, once you crack it, it’s quite impressive. With ingredients such as candelilla wax, cocoa butter, castor oil and acacia gum working to nourish lashes and help retain moisture, it also does some good from the inside too.

Three wands are included with the bar – depending on how full you want your lashes to look – made from non-toxic polypropylene stems and non-plastic, bio-based eco-flex heads, there’s a lot of science behind the making of this product. Not entirely plastic-free, they do need to be recycled, which can be done at home or you can take them to your local Lush store.

It is fairly straightforward to use – simply wet the brush, pop it into the hole in the centre of the bar to load it up with product, and sweep it over lashes, as you would any regular mascara. The key is it has to be wet, or you’ll just be tugging dry flakes through your lashes.

The result was darker, longer and more fanned-out lashes, but in quite a subtle way – nothing like the false-lash effect of the Too Faced better than sex mascara (£25, Cultbeauty.com), for example. And the cardboard box turns into a handy display tool too, with holes to hold one wand and the bar, which also aids application.

Looking like an egg, this foundation is another product that left us scratching our heads as to just how exactly it would work, but it’s actually incredibly simple (and comes in an impressive 40 shades). With coconut oil, candelilla wax, sunflower oil and a whole host of other skin-nourishing ingredients, it melts on contact, leaving a sheer layer of coverage ready to be buffed in.

Using a brush, we found it easily covered the face, but in an incredibly sheer formula that won’t quite cover dark spots, blemishes or under-eye bags, so you may want to opt for the concealer to tackle these. A clever wax seal at the bottom works as a holder, so you don’t get your fingers messy when holding it.

Once on, it was immediately hydrating, with a slight sheen that left us with a healthy glow. But, being so soft, if you do drop it or leave it out in the heat, you’ll certainly know about it, as ours already has a good dent in the side as pictured from a collision with the couch. We’ll be storing it in its cardboard box, to avoid it messing up our bathroom cabinets and make-up bags too.

Similar to the foundation but in a smaller, somewhat easier-to-handle size, this concealer lightens, brightens and slightly masks dark patches and blemishes. Again, not the most full coverage, it leaves a light and natural finish that can be built upon to get the level you’re after.

In a wax-based formula, it effortlessly glides onto the skin, although we would advise setting it with powder to reduce it settling in wrinkles and fine lines. Jojoba oil, shea butter and orange-peel wax are just a small handful of ingredients that work to nourish the skin, and the wax seal at the bottom made it incredibly easy to use.

The only real issue comes with storing it – if you’re happy to keep it in the cardboard box, that’s fine, but this can get a bit bulky when adding multiple boxes to your make-up bag.

Much more shimmery than it appears in this picture, the pipit glow stick is a great alternative to a regular highlighter. A little goes a long way, instantly adding a glow to any area it is swiped over.

In a chunky crayon design, this was one of the easiest products to use, purely because it only needs to be added to small areas of the face, rather than completely covering the whole face. It seemed to be a bit firmer too, meaning less transfer with any other objects it came into contact with.

Coconut oil and argan oil work as the key ingredients helping to nourish the skin, and 10 per cent of the coconut oil supplier’s profits go towards funding amenities on the island of Nias in Indonesia, where the supplier is based.

Technically another glow stick but in a much pinkier hue, we used this product as we would a blush, giving our cheeks a rosy hue that looked lightly flushed. While blush sticks are nothing new, this one followed a similar format to the other products in the range – it’s in a bar-like crayon design with the wax seal at the base.

With the same ingredients as the pipit glow stick, it boasts the same skin-healing ingredients as the rest of the range too.

Now, this one had us feeling a little bit silly, because only after multiple uses of us wondering why the pigment was so weak did we realise the whole lipstick comes in a wax seal. But, in our defence, it is the same colour as the lipstick itself – so an easy mistake to make!

Once we peeled away the outer wax, we were left with a much smaller, much more pigmented stick that easily slotted into the refillable lipstick case (£8, Lush.com). But, although it’s built on a refillable concept, you probably wouldn’t want to be chopping and changing the lipstick shades in this one case too often, as it’s a little bit messy and not the easiest to take out whole. So keep to refilling it once your favourite is worn down.

Castor oil, jojoba oil and meadowfoam oil are core ingredients, intensely nourishing and hydrating the lips, giving the product more of a lip-balm feel. But, this does make it incredibly soft, so keep out of warm temperatures and don’t press too hard when applying it to your mouth, or you’ll risk squashing it.