Category: Charity

Crackle Bath Bomb from Lush

Today I am reviewing the recently released Crackle Bath Bomb from Lush’s 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection.

Out of the 29 bath bombs, Crackle is the only charity one. 100% of the sales price (minus government tax) will go to Dexter’s Arc, a children’s cancer charity funding non-animal testing research into Rhabdomyosarcoma. You can find out more about Dexter’s Arc (here).

Just like me, Dexter loved dragons. Crackle was the name of his dragon teddy; and that toy dragon is the inspiration behind the Crackle bath bomb.

This bath bomb honours not only Dexter but all of the children who have lost their lives and futures because of a lack of Rhabdomyosarcoma research and available treatments.

The Crackle bath bomb is one of Lush’s most shimmery to date. It is in the shape of a golden dragon’s egg and includes a blue baby-dragon with bright red wings.

Each of the Crackle bath bombs are approximately 170g each fitting snuggly in my hand. Crackle’s ingredients include clove bud oil, labdanum resinoid, lime oil and Brazilian orange oil.

Crackle has a brand-new scent that is meant to emulate gummy type candy. I can see (or should I say smell) exactly what Lush have tried to do with the bath bomb scent wise, it really does smell just like a packet of Haribo sweets!

I couldn’t help but notice that elements of it also reminded me a little of the Cinders bath bomb too.

Much like the majority of the other bath bombs from the World Bath Bomb Day collection Crackle is colourful, bright and immediately demands your attention with its baby dragon just sat there in its shimmery golden egg.

As soon as the Crackle bath bomb encounters your bath water there is an explosion of thick shimmering, golden-yellow foam. I admit I was surprised at just how much foam the Crackle bath bomb created as there hasn’t been one this foamy for a very long time.

After a couple of minutes the bath bomb starts to spin and that’s when the dragon magic truly begins…

As the Crackle bath bomb dances around the water’s surface, the red, blue and yellow colours start to spin out of it; Where the three different colours start to blend, you also get shades of green, pink and orange. I was not expecting this bath bomb to be so colourful!

Its scent although gentle, quickly takes over your bathroom. There’s the warmth of the clove bud oil and then the sweetness of the lime and Brazilian orange oil too; All of these blended together make the Crackle bath bomb really smell just like a packet of sweets.

When I read the description of this bath bomb on Lush’s website it stated that it had popping candy inside, I didn’t notice any during use, so decided to check the ingredients list once I’d used it.

No popping candy is listed in the ingredients list either so I think Lush must have changed their mind. Popping candy would have been a nice touch but I enjoyed my experience of the Crackle bath bomb just as well without it.

The Crackle bath bomb takes just over 10 minutes to fully dissolve, the golden egg part being the last part of it.

After 10 minutes, coloured water swimming with shimmer is all that is left behind. I couldn’t help but swish the pretty water around just to see all of the shimmer dancing around like the storm inside of a snow globe.

It left my skin soft and although the scent was subtle there was a sweetness that lingered. Overall, I can’t get enough of the Crackle bath bomb. There are so many best parts about it; its scent, the bath art it creates, its cute design but what’s most important is its link to Dexter. I hope that the sales of this charity bath bomb continue to sky-rocket.

For me though, I always have a soft spot for the Lush products that are made into little creatures and Crackle the mini dragon might just be my favourite Lush-creature creation yet!

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Human Rights Showder from Lush

The Human Rights Showder is Lush’s latest charity product. All of the money (minus VAT) from the sales of this product goes to support the vital work of EachOther, a small UK-focused charity that uses independent journalism, storytelling and film making to tell the stories that would otherwise go unheard.

The Human Rights showder is raising awareness that in the UK, the essential human rights that we all rely on to protect us are under threat. Our rights exist to protect us all from persecution and safeguard the most marginalised members of our society.

Here’s a direct link to the EachOther Instagram page (EachOtherUK) so you can get a better idea on what Lush and Eachother are trying to achieve together. The UK are currently up against potentially being pulled out of the European Court of Human Rights, something that I believe shouldn’t even be up for discussion.

Thank you to Lush for sending me out a box of this so that I could be a part of the campaign. As a disabled woman the idea behind losing any more than I already have, terrifies me.

For anyone who hasn’t experienced a Lush showder before, I suspect you’re wondering what a showder even is… A showder is quite simply a shower-powder. To use a showder all you have to do is take a handful of the powder from its box, then add water.

The Showder then foams up and creates a lovely thick lather. The reaction is not dissimilar to how a bath bomb reacts when it first gets wet. Once you have it all mixed up, you use it just as you would a shower gel.

Human Rights is a sky blue colour, just like its box. It shares its scent with Salt Water Soother bath bomb and contains a mixture of extra virgin coconut, peppermint, eucalyptus and spearmint oil. Its scent is super uplifting, using it in the morning gives me a real boost.

Scent wise, the most dominant of the oils in the Human Rights showder that I can smell are the spearmint and eucalyptus. Before now, I have reviewed showders and mentioned how impractical a carboard boxed product is for the shower.

However, the Human Rights showder seems to be in a much easier to handle box than previous showders. While you still can’t keep the box in the shower with you, getting a small amount of the showder out is a lot easier to do now, I now just grab a small handful before I jump in the shower. All you need to do is tip a little out into your hand.

As showders go, I was surprised at how far the showder powder goes, normally I’d have to use quite a lot of showder to get a decent lather but the Human Rights showder foams up quickly and creates a soft yet scrubby foam that not only cleans your skin but leaves your skin feeling cool too.

I am going to be taking full advantage of this showders cooling properties and energy boosting fragrance when Summer finally arrives!

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Welcome Bath Bomb from Lush

Lush believe that all people should enjoy freedom of movement across the world, wherever refugees come from and however they got here, Lush believe that all are WELCOME. Enter the creation of the Welcome Bath Bomb!

Lush have partnered with Refugee Action, a long-established independent charity who have supported refugees and people seeking asylum since 1981.

All proceeds for the sales of the Welcome bath bomb minus the VAT will go directly to Refugee Action allowing for them to continue their work supporting people and providing expert advice and guidance to those struggling to navigate the asylum system in the UK. You can learn more about Refugee Action by clicking here.

The Welcome bath bomb is half blue and half green, its green top has the word ‘Welcome’ etched into it.

The Welcome bath bomb scent is from Lush’s Love scent-family, the most recently released products that share the same scent are the Love shower gel and Love body spray.

If you’ve been a Lushie for quite some time you may also remember the same scent featuring in the legendary Fizzbanger bath bomb too.

The Welcome bath bomb contains the following essential oils, bergamot, lavender, and lemongrass.

My nose mostly picks up on the lemongrass and bergamot oil in it. It smells sweet with a pinch of spice and a mix of very sharp yet musky citrus.

On Lush’s website the Welcome bath bombs scent is described as being a soft scent, I have to disagree; I feel as if any products from the Love scent-family always seem to take over any room that it is in. The scent does soften with time but in my opinion, it is very powerful.

As soon as the Welcome bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water the blue and green halves begin to gently fizz away.

The Welcome bath bomb isn’t a foamy bath bomb so you do not get much bath art from it. Welcome doesn’t take long to dissolve either.

After about 4 minutes of it fizzing away it’s gone. Leaving you plenty of time to sit back and relax in its waters.

The water left behind by the Welcome bath bomb is a beautiful shade of turquoise blue, it is soft and warming on the skin.

Its scent is still incredibly powerful right up until the last drop goes down your plug hole.

Hydration wise my skin loves the Welcome bath bomb. I can still smell it on my skin for several hours after getting out of the bath too.

Inside the Welcome bath bomb is a hidden paper insert. On it is the message ‘Welcome, come on a journey’ with a QR code, if you use your phones camera to scan the QR code it will take you to follow a refugee’s journey from their home countries as they try to find safety and asylum in the UK.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Welcome bath bomb, I love the charity work that Lush do and how they give a voice and platform to those that need to be heard and helped.

If you can, please go buy yourself a Welcome bath bomb, it’s for a great cause!

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