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Barbie Bath Bath Bomb from Lush

2023 has been a very busy year for Lush, not only are they churning out products for their normal seasonal lines but also taking part in collaboration after collaboration too. Today I am reviewing the Barbie Bath Bath Bomb from the Barbie X Lush collab!

I don’t ever visit the Lush Reddit pages but see a couple of screenshots shared on Instagram of people from it saying how disappointed they were with the Barbie X Lush line up, several days before it had even been released.

It’s crazy how seeing something like that sits with you, I hadn’t thought I’d taken much notice until my order with my Barbie X Lush bits arrived.

I’m honest as always in my reviews and once I’d had a good sniff of it all my first thought was HOW CAN YOU BE DISAPPOINTED WITH ALL OF THIS?

It’s safe to say I will continue to stay away from Lush Reddit. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I just feel like so much unnecessary negativity lives on there, I’m glad I gave the line a chance to come out before I voiced my own opinion on it. Spoiler alert, it’s all incredible!

The Barbie Bath bath bomb shares its scent with the Strawberry Crumble bubbleroon and You Shall Go To The Ball bath bomb from Lush’s Christmas 2021 line.

Barbie Bath contains fair trade organic cocoa butter, Sicilian lemon oil, tonka absolute, coconut milk powder, fair trade shea butter, extra virgin coconut oil, organic jojoba oil, coconut cream and ruby cocoa liquor.

I wasn’t aware until after I had first used the Barbie Bath bath bomb, that inside of it there is also a hidden heart shaped cocoa butter bath melt!

The Barbie Bath bath bombs scent is a very subtle strawberry like fragrance. It is not at all overpowering like a lot of Lush’s famous fragrances. It would be a good choice to go for if you prefer the softer Lush scents.

The Barbie Bath bath bombs weigh approximately 120g each so the fact they appear to be so big is deceiving. For example, the Intergalactic bath bomb is 200g but looking at Barbie Bath, you wouldn’t think it was 80g lighter than the average Lush bath bomb. Not that size matters, especially when it comes down to Lush…

The Barbie Bath bath bomb fits snuggly in my hand and is in the shape of the letter B, it’s been created in the official Barbie font, in the traditional colours, Barbie pink with bright white font!

As soon as the Barbie Bath bath bomb encounters your bath water a burst of pink foam bursts out of it. Normally with the flatter bath bombs like Barbie Bath, they dissolve a lot quicker, but Barbie Bath fizzed away for a good 10 minutes.

My photos in this review do the bath bomb no justice at all. I highly recommend looking under the hashtag #BarbieBathBathBomb on Instagram and TikTok just to see how amazing this bath bomb can be in action.

As I mentioned earlier, there is a hidden heart shaped cocoa butter bath melt inside of the Barbie Bath bath bomb, I never got to see it and wasn’t aware of it until after the bath bomb had fully dissolved. Not knowing about it left me really surprised at the amount of cocoa butter left floating on the surface of the water. 

As you can see in the photo below, the water left behind by the Barbie Bath bath bomb and its hidden cocoa butter bath melt is a gorgeous shade of pink with lots of little specks of cocoa butter. The waters level of silkiness and cocoa butter are on par with the likes of the Lava Lamp and Shoot for the Star bath bombs. But a lot less messy!

My skin lapped up all of the yummy cocoa butter, leaving it feeling silky smooth and perfectly hydrated.

Once you’re out of the bath the delicate strawberry scent can still be smelt on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day and my skin wasn’t at all oily, the cocoa butter seemed to melt right into my skin, leaving my skin noticeably hydrated for several days.

Overall, I really enjoyed this bath bomb and I’m so glad that I didn’t listen to the few people on Reddit that were underwhelmed by the Barbie X Lush line before it had even come out. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. The Barbie X Lush collab may just be Lush’s best collab yet!

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Gary the Snail Bath Bomb from Lush

For plastic-free-July Lush collaborated with the American animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants to help keep our oceans and waterways clean. One part of the collaboration was the Lush X SpongeBob line and the other was a SpongeBob, Lush Kitchen themed box. Today I’ll be reviewing the Gary the Snail Bath Bomb from the Lush Kitchen box.

What I loved the most about the SpongeBob Lush Kitchen box is that you could enjoy all of the products even if you aren’t a fan/are not familiar with the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. I happen to be a huge fan of SpongeBob so was ecstatic to see so many amazing SpongeBob themed products.

In the tv series Gary is SpongeBob’s pet snail and strangely communicates with him via meows.

The Mermaid and Gary the Snail bath bombs were probably the products I was most excited about from July 2023’s Lush Kitchen box. Gary the Snail is, as its name suggests, a snail shaped bath bomb. It has a pink shell, green eyes, and a blue body.

The Gary the Snail bath bomb scent is from the American Cream scent family. Most recently, products that have shared the same scent include the American Cream shower gel and Marshmallow World bath bombs. Being honest as always, the American Cream scent isn’t one of my favourites from Lush. I’d even go as far as to say that I feel it is one of Lush’s most overrated scent families… (I’m sorry, we can’t love all of the same stuff!)

The Gary the Snail bath bomb contains benzoin resinoid, vanilla absolute and the following essential oils; Clary sage and lavender.

Despite my feelings, the American Cream scent IS one of Lush’s best-sellers and is insanely popular. It reminds me of the standard smelling car fresheners that you can buy in garages. It’s a very light vanilla and creamy strawberry blend.

Although I’m not a huge fan of the scent I was still keen to try the Gary the Snail bath bomb.

I’m not sure of the actual weight of the Gary the Snail bath bomb but in my hand, it feels similar in size to the likes of the Sleepy Bear or Mr Loba Loba bath bombs.

As soon as the Gary the Snail bath bomb encounters your bath water a burst of blue, pink and green foam erupts out of it. Slowly but surely, Gary the Snail bubbles away, floating just under the water’s surface.

As it floats around it sends blues, pinks, and greens out of it, the bath art is incredible for such a small bath bomb. My photos in this post do this bath bombs level of bath art no justice at all. I highly recommend looking under the hashtag #GaryTheSnailBathBomb on Instagram just to see how amazing this bath bomb performed!

The Gary the Snail bath bombs scent is gentle and not too in your face, it’s a good choice if you aren’t a fan of the heavier, more overpowering Lush scents.

It takes about 5 minutes for the Gary the Snail bath bomb to fully dissolve, the water it leaves behind is a shimmery, greyish blue. I didn’t find the bath bomb drying on my skin, but I wouldn’t say it left me particularly hydrated either. Its light scent was detectable on my skin for a few hours after getting out of the bath too.

Overall, I did enjoy using the Gary the Snail bath bomb. For me personally it was more of a novelty product than anything else, but the bath art it created was spectacular!

I’d have loved to have seen this released in the Lush X SpongeBob collaboration rather than just the Lush Kitchen box as I know of several people who aren’t subscribers of the Lush Kitchen box who would have loved to have given Gary the Snail a try.

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Surprised Patrick Bath Bomb from Lush

For plastic-free-July Lush collaborated with the American animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants to help keep our oceans and waterways clean. One part of the collaboration was the Lush X SpongeBob collection and the other was a SpongeBob, Lush Kitchen exclusive themed box.

Today I’ll be reviewing the Surprised Patrick Bath Bomb from the main Lush X SpongeBob collection.

What I loved the most about the Lush X SpongeBob collaboration is that you could enjoy all of the products even if you aren’t a fan/are not familiar with the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. I happen to be a lifelong fan of SpongeBob so was generally so excited to see so many amazing SpongeBob themed products become available!

The Surprised Patrick bath bomb is a bath bomb shaped as one of the main characters in the SpongeBob SquarePants television series. Patrick Star is the best friend of the lead character, SpongeBob.

Patrick is a loveable and very goofy coral pink starfish who is known for not having much common sense, he like SpongeBob is easily influenced so getting himself into some type of trouble is an almost daily occurrence, hence this bath bomb being the Surprised version of Patrick.

The Surprised Patrick bath bombs scent is fairly new to Lush only having featured in one lip scrub prior to the release of the Lush X SpongeBob line. Its scent is a blend of sweet vanilla and coconut and oozes beach vibes.

The Surprised Patrick bath bomb contains, fir balsam resinoid, vanilla absolute, coconut milk powder and plenty of popping candy.

The bath bombs coconut rich fragrance really fits in with the tropical theme of the SpongeBob television series. The end credit song played in my head on a loop while using all of the SpongeBob products but especially for the Surprised Patrick and SpongeBob bath bombs.

Its scent is incredibly moreish and makes me want to book a sunny holiday where I can sit on a beach, sand between my toes, drinking fruity cocktails. Unfortunately, this bath bomb is the closet I’ll be getting to a holiday for a while but it will do!

As soon as you place the Surprised Patrick bath bomb into your bath water a burst of coral pink foam spills out of it. Slowly but surely the Surprised Patrick bath bomb bubbles away, filling your bathroom with its sweet vanilla and coconut scent.

I ignorantly assumed that both the SpongeBob and Surprised Patrick bath bombs would just be the standard, one-colour-only type of bath bombs like Avobath or Sakura. I was however very wrong…

After approximately 2 minutes, the popping candy hidden within the Surprised Patrick bath bomb begins to snap, crackle and pop away and orange and yellow colours also begin to make a show in amongst the coral pink coloured foam.

The photos I took and have included in this review (as always) do the bath bomb no justice at all, the bath art it created was incredible. It reminded me of the bath art that the, The Enchanter bath bomb creates. The 3 colours swirl and blend together so perfectly.

It takes just under 5 minutes for the Surprised Patrick bath bomb to fully dissolve, the water it leaves behind is a warm, Summery shade of orange.

I didn’t find the bath bomb drying on my skin, but I wouldn’t say it left my skin feeling particularly hydrated either. Its scent however, (although very subtle) stayed on my skin long after I had left the bathtub.

As seen in the photo above, hidden inside of the Surprised Patrick bath bomb are Patrick’s pink and yellow pants!

Overall, I really enjoyed the Surprised Patrick bath bomb. It just like the SpongeBob bath bomb, ticked so many boxes in what I love in a bath bomb, it smelt great, put me in holiday mode, and created the most unexpectedly gorgeous bath art too. The hidden paper pants also put a huge smile on my face.

The Lush collaboration products just keep getting better and better, I can’t wait to see what Lush come up with and with who, next!

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