The Green Machine Bubble Bar is yet another product from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collaboration, TMNT x LUSH.
I was lucky enough to receive one in a surprise box sent to me by Lush. With bubble bars being one of my favourite Lush inventions, this made me very happy indeed!
All of the products in this line are inspired by no other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
Design wise, the Green Machine bubble bar looks similar to the likes of the big, all-year-round Lush bubble bars, Brightside, The Comforter and Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds.
The Green Machine is green and purple and made in the same way as the three bubbles bars I mentioned above. Two separate colours of bubble bar are rolled together then flattened, to get the pretty swirl design that it has.
At 200g per bubble bar, Green Machine is one of Lush’s biggest currently available. The Green Machine bubble bar contains some of the following ingredients: bergamot oil, clove bud oil, jasmine absolute, rose absolute, violet leaf absolute and ylang ylang oil.
On paper the Green Machine’s scent is floral through and through HOWEVER, the inclusion of ylang ylang and bergamot oil adds an extra but very subtle fruity layer to the fragrance.
I personally find violet leaf really good at combating tension headaches, so I am always happy to have a product or two with violet leaf in, in my possession.
To use the non-reusable bubble bars like the Green Machine bubble bar, I break it up then stick the bubble bar pieces into a sieve and let the running-tap trickle over it.
This method is the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted and through trial and error, I have worked out that it is the best way to get the most out of your bubble bar, bubble wise.
The best thing about the Green Machine bubble bar is how far such a small amount of it goes.
You can get (at the very least) three baths out of just one bar without compromising on its scent quality and bubble amount. If you did however feel like you wanted to use more of it per bath, you can always add more, you are in charge after all!
The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of the Green Machine Bubble Bar under the running tap.
Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles it looks like the water is turning a khaki green but after a while I realised it was more of a golden brown. (Not the shade of red wine that I had predicted it to be!)
Once in the bath, I couldn’t help but notice how soft the water was, the scent was just as powerful (if not more) when combined with the hot bath water and steam.
Once out of the bath, its scent although a lot more subtle, did last on my skin for a good-few-hours. Overall, I did like the Green Machine bubble bar, I was a little disappointed that the end water was brown but everything else about it was TURTLEy awesome!
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