When Lush announced their collaboration with the highly anticipated film Wicked, I found myself just as excited for the limited edition Oz-inspired Lush line as I was for the release of the movie.
One of the standout products from the Wicked X Lush line is the Elphaba’s Hat Bath Bomb. I was lucky enough to be gifted one by Lush and couldn’t wait to get it into the water!
The Elphaba’s Hat Bath Bomb is a black bath bomb crafted in the classic shape of a witch’s hat.
While it’s not quite as intricate a design as the, The Wizard bath bomb from the same line it is very detailed; it has a wide brim, is very pointed and is a little bent in places. It almost looks like a well-worn patchwork hat.
Each of the Elphaba’s Hat bath bombs are approximately 170g which surprised me as in my hand it feels a lot heavier. This could however be an illusion caused by its unique, clunky shape.
Some of the ingredients included in the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb are dark Sumatran patchouli oil, black pepper oil and vanilla absolute.
If you have been a Lush customer for quite some time, you’ll more than likely recognise the scent of the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb as it is the same as the Lord of Misrule bath bomb.
Elphaba’s Hat bath bombs scent is as mystical as it is bewitching, it’s rich, peppery yet sweet with subtle spicey notes. I’m always honest in my reviews and its scent isn’t my favourite Lush-scent-family, I’ve never been a huge fan of patchouli as an ingredient BUT I can’t help but mention that I couldn’t think of a more appropriate scent-family for this particular bath bomb!
As soon as the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb touches the water there is an explosion of black. Shortly after the bath bomb comes in to contact with the water you see a small amount of thin green and purple foam begin to spill out of it too.
I didn’t realise until the colours started to show a little more that the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb was also laced with a generous helping of golden shimmer.
With the bath bomb being practically jet-black I wasn’t expecting very much bath art to come out of it, but golden shimmery infused greens and purples kept spinning out of it.
I can only apologise for not getting better photos of the patterns that fizzed out of the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb, although the green and purple bath art was there it was subtle/very pale so hard to capture on camera.
The Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb took just over twelve minutes to fully dissolve. It left behind soft, jet-black water with a huge amount of sparkly gold shimmer in.
This isn’t the first only black bath product Lush have released. The first black bath bomb in my memory was the Secret Arts jelly bomb. I will admit, before using that for the first time I was terrified at the prospect of a very dirty bath after use, but it was a very easy clean.
I’d love to say that clean-up for the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb was the same, but it wasn’t. It was nothing a sponge, squirt of hot water and dish washing soap couldn’t solve though!
The scent of this bath bomb remained in my bathroom right through to the next day, if I hadn’t had a shower, I am sure the scent would have lingered for even longer.
Overall, I really enjoyed using the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb, clean up wasn’t as easy as I’d have liked but sometimes making a mess is a huge part of the fun!
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