Category: Body Balm

Bee Body Balm from Lush

The Bee Body Balm is yet another exciting product from the Lush X Bridgerton line, Lush kindly gifted me most of the in-store and online Bridgerton stock and I have to say, the Bee body balm is a standout favourite.

I have really enjoyed exploring each of the new Bridgerton products, it is making the wait for part two of season three that little bit easier to get through!

The Bee body balm is the same shape as one of Lush’s standard massage bars; It actually fits into the oval Lush tin perfectly, even with the lid on.

The products design is incredibly detailed, on its front there is a honeycomb-like design and then a giant bee, with the letter ‘B’ on its bottom.

The Bee body balm contains fair trade cocoa butter, cornstarch, organic illipe butter, fairtrade organic mango butter, almond oil, organic rose hip oil, Brazilian orange oil and bergamot oil.

It’s a light-yellow colour and is a member of the Honey I Washed The Kids scent-family. Some other products that share its scent and that I have reviewed are the Golden Egg shower gel, Shoot for the Stars bath bomb and Scrubee body butter.

Some have actually described the Bee body balm as a Scrubee body butter without the scrubby bits.

The Bee body balm smells just like a pot of honey but with a slight citrus twist. I’d also like to point out that it is completely Vegan which is a big deal as back in the day, products with this scent were originally only vegetarian.

Even though Bee looks like a massage bar it is a body balm. It’s hard for me to say for definite what differentiates between a body balm and massage bar as you do use both in similar ways.

My understanding of Bee is that it’s not quite as oily as a massage bar and during application almost takes on a powder like consistency, that powdery part then quickly sinks in because of the heat of your skin.

I thought that with the Bee body balm not being as oily as a massage bar, it would mean I need to use more to get my desired level of hydration but a little goes a long way.

I’ve used the Bee body balm five or six times now, focusing only on my elbows and other dry patches of skin. I’ve even used it as a cuticle oil with good results.

The scent lasts on your skin for a good few hours, as does its moisturisation level.Overall, I am very impressed with the Bee body balm and I’m excited to see what body balms Lush come up with in the future!

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Home Sweet Pineapple Body Balm 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 Home Sweet Pineapple Body Balm from the main Lush X SpongeBob collection.

The Home Sweet Pineapple body balm is the first of its kind. We’ve had solid body butters and massage bars but never a body balm.

I’m not entirely sure of the difference between a body butter and body balm (Lush, we need you back on Instagram so we can ask you these types of very important questions) BUT after using Home Sweet Pineapple I think body balms melt a lot more slowly and just seem to be a slightly thinner formula that soaks into the skin more easily.

If you’re familiar with SpongeBob, you’d know that the Home Sweet Pineapple body balm has been made in the shape of SpongeBob’s house, as he ‘lives in a pineapple under the sea’. The Home Sweet Pineapple body balm is bright yellow and incredibly detailed, it even includes SpongeBob’s windows and his front door.

The Home Sweet Pineapple body balm is quite small, fitting snuggly in my hand. It has however lasted me quite some time, I think I’ve used it 3 times now and there’s still plenty more of it to go round.

Home Sweet Pineapple body balm contains fair trade organic cocoa and shea butter, apricot kernel oil, mango butter, fresh pineapple juice, davana oil, tonka absolute and fir balsam resinoid.

The scent of the Home Sweet Pineapple body balm is a brand-new Lush fragrance that was inspired by pineapple cake. The sweet, Summery fruit scent really fits in with the tropical theme of the SpongeBob television series and also leaves your skin smelling good enough to eat!

As soon as the Home Sweet Pineapple body balm touches your skin it slowly starts to melt, it’s best to use on clean, dry skin when it needs a bit of extra moisture. It simply glides over your skin and soaks in like a dream. I love this in a product that is made for moisturising purposes as there’s nothing worse than being stuck with oily skin that never soaks in.

A very small amount of the Home Sweet Pineapple body balm goes a very long way making it excellent value for money. It may be small in size, but you really don’t need a lot per use.

I love its sweet pineapple scent, elements of it actually remind me of the world-famous cocktail, piña colada! I hope that Lush use this scent again in future products as it really is fabulous.

Overall, I loved the Home Sweet Pineapple body balm and am looking forward to future body balm releases from Lush.

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