Hocus Pocus Soakus Bubble Bar from Lush

The Hocus Pocus Soakus Bubble Bar is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Halloween line. I was lucky enough to be gifted a bar by Lush.

Design wise, the Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bar looks and is made in the exact same way as the year round best-selling bubble bars, BrightsideThe Comforter and Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds.

Lush get two different coloured bits of bubble-bar-dough then roll them together. The miniature sized ones are then squished from the top, a bit like you would do when laying cookies out on their baking tray. The larger sized bubbles are made a little differently, they are rolled into a big sausage shape and then chopped into slices (See above photo)

Each of these methods is how Lush get the beautiful bubble bar to look so perfectly swirled!

You can only buy the full sized Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bars individually, but the smaller sized ones are available in some of the Halloween giftsets.

The Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bar has two colours, a bright yellowish-green and white. It is also no ordinary bubble bar as it glows in the dark.

At approximately 200g each the full sized Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bars are one of Lush’s biggest bubble bars currently available (if you don’t include the supersized ones anyway!).

The Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bar contains some of the following ingredients: lemongrass oil, bergamot oil and luminescent zinc sulfide – (the magical ingredient that makes the bubble bar glow in the dark!)

It shares its scent with the Avobath bath bomb and Glow In The Dark shower gel that is also a part of this year’s Halloween line.

The Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bars scent is best described as a bright and uplifting, citrusy scent. Products that share its fragrance are often described as clean, energising, sharp and zesty, it’s the perfect scent to get you relaxed and revitalised all at the same time.

To use the non-reusable bubble bars like Hocus Pocus Soakus, I break them up then stick the bubble bar pieces into a sieve and let the running-tap spill over it.

This method is the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted and through trial and error, I have worked out that it is the best way to get the most out of your bubble bar, bubble wise.

The best thing about the Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bar (apart from it glowing in the dark) is just how far such a small amount of it goes.

You can get (at the very least) three baths out of just the one bubble bar without compromising on its scent quality and bubble amount. If you did however feel like you wanted to use more of it per bath, you can always add more, you are in charge after all!

The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of the Hocus Pocus Soakus Bubble Bar under the running tap.

Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles the water is turning a neon yellow colour, I didn’t get to test out this theory but apparently if you charge the bubble bar in light before running the bath, the bubbles glow faintly if you turn off the light.

The water underneath the bubbles is incredibly soft, I don’t think there’s been a bubble bar this hydrating on the skin for a long time. I felt almost like I had to rinse myself off! The scent lasted throughout the bath and lingered in the bathroom’s air and on my skin long after pulling the plug.

Overall, I really enjoyed the Hocus Pocus Soakus bubble bar, it really helped blast away any tiredness I had been feeling as well as lifting my mood.


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I Want My Mummy Bath Bomb from Lush (2024)

The original I Want My Mummy bath bomb was a part of Lush’s Halloween line back in 2022; Fast forward to 2024 and the I Want My Mummy Bath Bomb has come back but with some strikingly new features.

The most obvious difference in this year’s version is the addition of the colour pink. 2022’s was all white and this years is a mixture of white and pink.

Lush have also decided to give this version of the bath bomb a completely different scent, altering the scent of a product that was already well-loved is always a gamble. Lush took the same chance with the Magic Potion Bath Bomb (2024) this year and unfortunately, I wasn’t a fan, I however kept an open mind for the new version of I Want My Mummy…

Playing up to the theme of Halloween, the I Want My Mummy bath bomb is designed to look like a mummy (and not the motherly-figure type) this mummy is the zombie wrapped in bandages type. Considering it’s replicating a resurrected dead body covered in bandages, it’s actually quite cute!

Another thing that’s very different about the 2024 version of the I Want My Mummy bath bomb is that it glows in the dark. Just like the Glow In The Dark shower gel, simply charge the bath bomb under some light before switching the light off to see it glow.

I am guessing this is why Lush decided to add the colour pink to this bath bomb, this way the white bits of the bath bomb really pop when made to glow in the dark!

This years I Want My Mummy bath bomb shares its scent with the Never Mind the Ballistics bath bomb, its scent is sharp and zesty with a subtle woody undertone. It’s a lively and refreshing fragrance, which fits right into the whole theme of being brought back from the dead… 

Some of the ingredients included in this bath bomb are lime oil, sweet wild orange oil, olibanum resinoid and the magical ingredient that makes it glow in the dark once charged, luminescent zinc-sulfide!

As soon as the I Want My Mummy bath bomb touches the water there is an explosion of pink spreading outwards from the bath bomb in foamy waves. The pink foam slowly thins out as the bath bomb slowly dissolves.

The I Want My Mummy bath bomb takes about 10 minutes to completely dissolve. The water left behind is a cloudy pink; To look at, it reminds me of the pink, fruit-and-barley, summer fruits squash that I used to drink when I was a kid.

The scent of the I Want My Mummy bath bomb lasts throughout your entire bath and remains on your skin for a good few hours after you get out too. My skin felt hydrated and appeared brighter after a long soak in its waters as well.

Overall, I did really enjoy the new-style, I Want My Mummy bath bomb. Like I said earlier, changing a previously released product (even a little bit) is always a gamble but I feel the I Want My Mummy bath bomb was different enough to its older version that I could see past all of the changes and appreciate it as if it’s a whole new bath bomb.


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Glow In The Dark Shower Gel from Lush

The Glow In The Dark Shower Gel is yet another brand new Lush shower gel and comes from Lush’s Halloween 2024 collection.

I am now going to answer the very first question that everyone asks when they hear about/see this shower gel. The answer is yes, it really does glow in the dark.

The Glow In The Dark shower gel is an extension of and inspired by Lush’s Halloween soap favourite (that also glows in the dark) – the Ghost In The Dark soap.


I was lucky enough to be gifted a bottle of Glow In The Dark shower gel by Lush but have bought another bottle since. A very clear indication that I do really like it…

Lush have released so many amazing new shower gels this year and Glow In The Dark is up near the very top of my list of favourites for 2024.

We’ve actually had shower gels that share the same scent as Glow In The Dark before; The Glitch shower gel being the most recent.

Other readily available products that share this shower gels scent are the Avobath bath bomb and at the time of writing this review the Ghostie bath bomb too.

The Glow In The Dark shower gel is bright white, to get it to glow in the dark all you need to do is charge it under some light then turn the light off!

Consistency wise the Glow In The Dark shower gel is quite thick but still very easy to get out of the bottle.

Some of the ingredients included in Glow In The Dark shower gel are lemongrass infusion, fine sea salt, a phosphorescent powder (the magic that makes it glow in the dark), fresh lemon juice, lemongrass oil and bergamot oil.

Glow In The Dark’s scent is a bright and uplifting, citrusy scent. The scent is not quite as sharp in the shower gel form as it is in the Avobath bath bomb; There’s an almost muskiness to it but all in all, it’s definitely a member of the Avobath scent family.

The Glow In The Dark shower gel lathers up easily and because it’s quite thick I imagined you’d have to use more to get the most out of it but a small amount of it seems to go a very long way.

Mixed in with the steam and hot-shower-water the scent really takes over your bathroom although again, it’s not as strongly scented as the bath bomb equivalent.

Once out of the shower the Glow In The Dark scent remains on your skin for a good few hours, although it is subtle, it is still detectable. Overall, I have enjoyed using the Glow In The Dark shower gel, the glow in the dark aspect of it, makes it fun to use too!


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