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Thermal Waves Bath Bomb from Lush

In celebration of World Bath Bomb Day 2024, Lush Cosmetics have released 29 bath bombs that consist of some much-loved golden oldies (some as they were and some even super-sized) as well as a shedload of brand-new bath bombs too!

Today I am reviewing the brand-new Thermal Waves Bath Bomb.

I don’t think I have ever included so many photos of a product in one single review, how could I resist going completely overboard with photos when a product looks as good as the Thermal Waves bath bomb does?

The Thermal Waves bath bomb looks incredible.

Lush have released several overly colourful bath bombs over the last few years but none of them have looked quite like the Thermal Waves bath bomb.

Thermal Waves is the standard sized Lush bath bomb, each of them are approximately 180g each which is the same size as the Avobath bath bomb.

I’m not entirely sure on how many colours Lush have officially used in the Thermal Waves bath bomb but just holding it in my hand I can see red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue and purple.

With the Thermal Waves bath bomb having so many colours in it, I was very interested to see what the end water from the Thermal Waves bath bomb would look like.

If you ever had the opportunity to use the, The Experimenter bath bomb you’d know it was the go-to rainbow bath bomb in its day BUT all of the colours in it turned your bath water an icky grey/brown at the end.

The Thermal Waves bath bomb contains organic sweet orange oil, buchu oil, litsea cubeba oil, olibanum resinoid and champaca absolute.

It shares its scent with the Princess Peach body spray and Princess Peach shower jelly from 2023’s Lush X Super Mario Bros. collaboration. This was very exciting for me as I loved the Princess Peach fragrance and felt it was wasted as a limited-edition scent that we’d likely not get again.

The scent is best described as a fruity mix, reminiscent of a peach and pineapple cocktail so perfect for the Spring and Summer seasons.

As soon as the Thermal Waves bath bomb encounters your bath water there’s an explosion of foamy colour.

At first you get patches of red, orange, and yellow and then larger patches of purple and blue foam spills out of it too.

As the foam thins out, bursts of different colours began to break away from the bath bomb leaving small patches of colour with lots of little bubbles in.

As always, the photos I have included in this review do the bath bomb no justice at all. I could not stop taking photos, it really is a bath bomb you have to experience for yourself to truly see how beautiful it is.

What really surprised me about the Thermal Waves bath bomb was how it was layered colour wise.

It is such a clever design, once it has stopped foaming, it begins to dissolve away in its different colours. The red and orange disappears, and you then get dark blue, purple, yellow, and green bath art.

Then the red and orange comes back, it’s almost like you’re using several different bath bombs, I’d never have thought so many different colour combinations could come out of just one bath bomb.

It takes about six or seven minutes for the Thermal Waves bath bomb to fully dissolve, and the water left behind is a very dark and sparkly purple, it is actually a very similar colour to my nails in the fourth photo of this review.

I really wasn’t expecting the end bath water to be anything other than a murky mess, but it was a deep, dark, super-inviting shade of purple.

The Thermal Waves bath bombs scent hangs around your bathroom for a few hours after pulling the plug. It lasts on your skin for a good four to six hours too.

My skin adored soaking up all of its ingredients and its light fruity scent left me craving more, I really hope Lush make more products in this scent soon as it’s delicious.

Overall, I love the Thermal Waves bath bomb, Lush would be silly to not introduce this as a mainline product in the near future!

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Somewhere Bath Bomb from Lush

In celebration of World Bath Bomb Day 2024, Lush Cosmetics have released 29 bath bombs that consist of some much-loved golden oldies, some as they were and some now super-sized, as well as a shedload of brand-new bath bombs too!

The first one I will be reviewing is the brand-new Somewhere Bath Bomb. It is designed in the shape of (what first appears to be) a pink coloured rainbow with 2 white clouds on either of its ends.

This bath bombs name is a play on the Somewhere Over The Rainbow song and to look at, it’s the closest we’ve ever got to a remake of the Somewhere Over The Rainbow bath bomb; Although, the rainbow theme is the only thing these two bath bombs seem to have in common.

As I said earlier, the Somewhere bath bomb appears to be just a pink rainbow. I thought this was a little strange at first but if you look at the sides of the Somewhere bath bomb you can see clues of a much more colourful inside.


The Somewhere bath bomb contains coconut milk powder, bergamot oil, Sicilian lemon oil, orange flower absolute, Sicilian red Mandarin oil and a sprinkling of popping candy.

It shares its scent with the much loved The Olive Branch shower gel. Its scent is a delicate yet stunning citrus, it is perfect for anyone who is wary of the stronger Lush scents that Lush are often associated with. Other products that share its scent include: The Christmas Penguin bubble bar and The Olive Branch bath bomb.

Each of the Somewhere bath bombs are approximately 95g each fitting easily in my hand.

As soon as the Somewhere bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water it begins to foam up. At first white foam spills out of it but after about 30 seconds, several pastel shades of colour begin to trickle out of it too.

There’s obviously a lot of pink because that’s the main colour of the bath bomb but a mix of pale purple, green, orange, and yellow slowly fizz out of it too. As it charges around your bath it leaves pastel coloured bath art behind.

The photos in this review do the bath bomb no justice at all.

As the water begins to consume the Somewhere bath bomb, the first part of it to go completely under the water’s surface is the inside of the rainbow arch. A minute or so later, the pink part of the bath bomb goes under as well, leaving just the clouds. Shortly after that, it all goes under gently bubbling up.

The Somewhere bath bombs scent hangs around your bathroom for an hour or two after pulling the plug. It lasts on your skin for a good six or so hours too.

It takes about four minutes for the Somewhere bath bomb to fully dissolve, thanks to the coconut milk powder in it, laying back in its waters feels amazing on your skin. I also forgot to mention the popping candy! That crackles away long after the bath bomb has dissolved, adding a little something extra to your bathing experience.

Overall, I’m so in love with the Somewhere bath bomb, it was the first bath bomb from the big, World Bath Bomb Day launch to catch my eye and it did not disappoint.

My skin adored soaking up all of its ingredients and its light citrus scent left me craving more. I loved how its colours weren’t really bright, sometimes less is more and its lighter colours complimented its subtle scent perfectly.

The Somewhere bath bomb has left me so excited to try all of the other new bath bombs, I really hope that it sells well as it’s made a lasting impression on me!

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Blooming Beautiful Bath Bomb from Lush

The Blooming Beautiful Bath Bomb was released in the UK alongside the Sakura shower gel as a part of a very limited-edition line that was originally only going to be available at Lush Japan.

Although it was released alongside the Sakura shower gel, the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb is not a part of the Sakura Lush-scent-family.

The Blooming Beautiful bath bomb is also not to be confused with the Mother’s Day 2024 bath bombs with a similar name. If you’re looking for reviews on them, they can be found here:

– Blooming Beautiful Chamomile bath bomb (blue)
– Blooming Beautiful Marigold bath bomb (yellow)
– Blooming Beautiful Orange Blossom bath bomb (pink)

This giant-sized bath bomb is similar to the Snow Fairy Lights and Love Locket Amazeball bath bombs.

Like them, the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb is hollow inside and has a small, bath-bomb-lid. The lid of the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb is the smaller pink flower part, while the main part of the bath bomb is the big white flower shaped bit.

Inside of the hollow, white flower part is blue coarse sea salt and salted Sakura flowers (as shown in the photo above)

There’s no right or wrong way to use the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb, some sprinkle the sea salt in as the bath runs followed by putting the rest of it in once you’re in the bath. Others just put the whole thing in, and some even use each bit of it in 3 different baths!

I decided to tip the sea salt and flowers in followed by adding the bath bomb into the water whole.

The Blooming Beautiful bath bomb contains coarse sea salt, ho wood oil, petitgrain oil, dark sumatran patchouli oil, ylang ylang oil and salted Sakura flowers.

The Blooming Beautiful bath bombs scent is incredibly strong both in use and before. It’s best described as a woody, fresh, and green fragrance with splashes of floral notes too, I want to say it’s a little musky too but I’m leaning closer to saying it’s slightly smoky.

As I said earlier, when I used the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb I sprinkled the insides of it into the bath first, followed by putting it back together and adding the rest of it, in to the water (as shown in the photo above)

If you’re not a fan of bits like petals floating around in your water, this bath bomb may not be for you; Although, there wasn’t a huge amount of flowers in it. Mostly, the hollow bath bomb was filled with blue sea salt.

When the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb first encounters your bath water there is an explosion of white foam, I really wasn’t expecting as much as there was.

The sea salt quickly dissolves into the hot water making this bath bomb good for relieving any muscle stiffness or joint pain. I always feel like the Lush bath bombs with the most sea salt in help me relax a lot quicker too.

It took a good three to four minutes for the pink part of the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb to come into contact with the water. What I wasn’t expecting once this had happened was pink and white bath art!

With the pink part of the bath bomb being so small I thought it wouldn’t have much effect on the bath at all, but the water left behind was a very inviting light shade of pink.

Overall, I enjoyed the Blooming Beautiful bath bomb a lot more than I thought I would. The next day after using it, my skin is still just as soft as it was when I first got out of the bath.

I’d love to see this scent used again in future Lush products and promise to dig out some older products that share its scent to review soon too.

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