I love a seasonal Lush collection. In fact it’s mostly what I buy – every year I go a bit crazy for Halloween and Christmas, then inevitably I’m still in the bath mood when the Valentine and Easter collections come along, then my obsession tails off until the following Halloween. So today I have some pieces from the Valentine’s Day collection and my opinion on then.
For a start, how cute does the collection look? Very Valentine’s Day appropriate. I bought most of the items apart from the Love Locket bath bomb (couldn’t bring myself to spend £6.95 on one bath bomb), the Cupid’s Love soap because I never use it and the two lip products.
First up is the Floating Flower bath bomb (£3.50). It is pretty fancy as it’s fizzing as it lasts a long time and has a few different colours hidden away, until it ultimately leaves your bath a soft pink colour. However, the scent is pure jasmine and it is so strong! I actually found it really overwhelming and not enjoyable at all and had to get out of the bath pretty quick! If you love jasmine, you’ll like this, but I’d recommend smelling it before you buy it as it’s not an “on-the-fence” scent.
The Heart Throb bubble bar (£3.65) is based on their bubbleron range where it’s meant to look like a macaron and you twist it in half to use in two baths. The Valentine one is shaped like a heart (or actually a bit like a bum!) and has gold glitter in the middle. Again, the scent is floral but it’s softened slightly by the inclusion of vanilla. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it like I did the Floating Flower. It turns the bath a romantic red colour and actually adds moisturising properties to the water with shea butter so does some good.
The Lonely Heart (£3.50) is another bubble bar which features gold glitter in red water, but this one smells great. It stands out from the rest of the collection as it has a predominately citrus smell with lemongrass and bergamot.
Next is probably Lush’s most successful recent launch – the Unicorn Horn bubble bar (£3.25). Firstly, yes, it looks amazing – a pastel swirl studded with stars and dusted with an iridescent shimmer, and y’know unicorn’s are all the rage at the moment, so well done Lush. I am a bit surprised though because I thought that lavender was a bit of a marmite fragrance? The Unicorn Horn smells simply of strong, fresh lavender. Personally, I like lavender (we have it growing in our garden at home) but I know a lot of my friends can’t abide it. I stand corrected though! In the water, the pastel colours don’t really last but you get a good amount of bubbles to pretend you have floated away on a cloud to a magical unicorn land. If you want.
Lastly, I picked up a small bottle of the Prince Charming shower gel (£4.75). Lush shower gel is expensive but I like it as a treat as the scent really lasts on the skin. This one smells of pomegranate juice so is very fresh and fruity.
Did you pick up any of the Valentine’s Day collection? What do you like the look of?
I recently received this mammoth sized Cranberry and Lime Shower Scrub free with an order from the ever-awesome Bomb Cosmetics. As it’s part of the permanent range and available on their website I thought I’d review it for you. I always have a pot of two of Flake Away or The Breakfast Scrub from Soap & Glory stashed in my bathroom, both of which I love, so the standard for a new scrub is pretty high.
As you can see from the photo, this is a salt-based scrub with fine grains and cranberry seed to mix things up. The oils tend to settle so you need to give it a quick stir (with your finger is fine) before use. Unfortunately the bottom of my pot was cracked to the oils is slowly leaking out. It’s not a huge problem as I have the pot sitting in a small round tupperware dish and I just pour it back in before use. I didn’t bother to contact Bomb to ask for a swap which I’m sure they would honour so this doesn’t put me off ordering in future, but worth mentioning. The leaking oil is scenting my bathroom rather nicely at the moment!
I am apparently easily tempted by the words “Mystery Box”. This big pink box of joy was £30 from Bomb Cosmetics. It offered around £50 of value and contains 24 products. The products would be bath bombs, bath creamers and bars of soap so I was really excited to see what I would receive. Turned out to be better than I expected with bath brulees, bath mallows and even a candle.
I got three soap slices: Sunny Side Up; Violet Crush; Sud Seduction.
Bath bombs from top, left to right: Sun Junky; Pina Colada; Beach Bomb; Snowflake’s Chance; Deck the Halls, Candy Love; Bluebell Bellini; Magnolia Blossom.
Bath Creamers from top, left to right: Promised Land; Petal to the Metal; Wild Garden; Musk at Dusk; Love is the Drug; Purple Passion; Big in Japan.
Bath Mallows left to right: Bergamot and Sunflower; Pearly King; Martian Skies.
Bath Brulees left to right: Robins Nest; Power to the Parma.
Paint Tin Candle: Berry Burst
I also bought myself a new candle (Marshmallow Root) and as my order was over £35, I got a free, full size Cranberry and Lime Shower Scrub which smells amazing.
It’s that time of year again where you just can’t beat a good bath. Now we all love Lush, but I have something a little different for you – the G Spa Bath Gel. As you may guess, this luxury bath soak turns an ordinary bath into a gel filled spa experience. To use, you simply run your bath (don’t add any oils or bubbles) and once full, add the blue ‘Step 1′ sachet.
The water instantly turns a bright blue colour and the gel begins to form.
After a few minutes the gel thickens. It takes around 5 minutes to completely gellify the bath. The bath itself is a really nice experience. The gel is very strongly scented with lavender, bergamot and jasmine resulting in a lovely relaxing fragrance that I really enjoyed. The thick gel feels really warm for ages, supports your body in the bath and softens your skin. The whole thing feels like a very indulgent bath treat.
Unfortunately, it is slightly let down when it’s time to get out of the bath. ‘Step 2′ is salts which dissolve the gels. They do, but not completely. I waited for 5 minutes before getting out of the bath and there were still bits of gel evident. Especially on me. I had to rinse myself off with the shower to get rid of them before dressing – not so relaxing. An hour later and they were still in the tub. I rinsed them away and just have to hope that it’s not going to block up my plug hole!
