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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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Barbie Dream Sugar Scrub from Lush

At the time of writing this review Lush’s most recently released collaboration is with BARBIE. You read that right, the collab of all collabs is here, Barbie X Lush. With the new Barbie film recently coming out in cinemas, it’s hard to get through a day without seeing or hearing something Barbie related. I am so happy that Lush decided to join in and celebrate the joy of Barbie!

The first product I tried from the Barbie X Lush collaboration was the Barbie Dream Sugar Scrub. Its ingredients include caster sugar, fair trade organic cocoa butter, organic almond oil, extra virgin coconut oil, lemon myrtle oil, Persian lime oil, ylang ylang oil and a little shimmer.

As you can see in the photo below, the sugar scrub is a swirl of pink and white. It was almost too pretty to dip my fingers in!

Scent wise the Barbie Dream sugar scrub smells just like a home-made lemon and limeade, it’s a very gentle scent and not at all overpowering. Consistency wise the Barbie Dream sugar scrub is really thick, the closest past product that I can think of that is similar to it is the Cookie Dough body scrub. It’s not quite as doughy though, this formula is much smoother.

After scooping out a small amount, I lathered it up and got straight to work with it. On the pot it tells you to rub the sugar scrub in, in small, circular motions followed by rinsing it off. A small amount of the scrub goes a long way, and I was surprised at how quickly it lathered up. I have never been this impressed with a Lush exfoliator before. After my first use, I knew it was special and I am so disappointed that it’s a limited-edition product that won’t be with us forever.

Lush really need to think about making more sugar scrubs like this, I want Lush to make them in all of Lush’s best-selling scents. WE NEED THEM!

The reason I speak so highly of the Barbie Dream sugar scrub is because of how it makes my skin feel after using it. It’s gentle but so incredibly scrubby at the same time. Lush have balanced the ratio of caster sugar and skin-moisturising ingredients in the formula of the Barbie Dream sugar scrub perfectly. After using it my skin feels soft and smooth and is so incredibly hydrated. There’s certainly no need for body lotion afterwards.

There is a slight shimmer in the Barbie Dream sugar scrub but it’s barely noticeable on the skin, if anything, with it being a Barbie product I was expecting it to bedazzle me somewhat, but it again was just right shimmer wise too, so discreet I could barely see it.

I couldn’t end this review without mentioning the beautiful pink pot it comes in. Even though it isn’t the traditional black pot that Lush normally go for IT IS still a part of the Lush bring it back scheme so keep a hold of it! Overall, I can’t get enough of the Barbie Dream sugar scrub, Lush NEED to make more sugar scrubs like it. I am so sad that the Barbie Dream sugar scrub will only be around for a very short time. Grab it while you can, it’s worth every penny!

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Asteroid Bath Bomb from Lush

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

Unfortunately, my local cinema closed so I still haven’t seen the new Asteroid City movie but that hasn’t stopped me from appreciating this mini collab.

The Asteroid bath bomb is shaped just as its name suggests, it’s a mix of dark shimmery blue and purple and even has crater holes.

The Asteroid bath bomb shares its scent with the Asteroid City shower gel from the same line as well as the Space Girl bath bomb and Very Very Frightening shower gel.

Asteroid contains grapefruit, bergamot, and almond oils as well as a generous helping of popping candy.

The ‘Space Girl scent’ is a much-loved scent family within the Lush community and I’m always happy to try it, in whatever format Lush chooses to release it in.

The Asteroid bath bombs scent isn’t an easy one to describe but I’ll give it my best shot, the first thing that I think of when sniffing the Asteroid bath bomb is raspberries. It’s a very gentle, berry scent.

It is not at all overpowering like some Lush scents are. It would be a good choice if you prefer the softer Lush scents.

The Asteroid bath bomb is the same size as the standard Lush bath bomb such as, Avobath or Twilight and fits snuggly in my hand.

As soon as the Asteroid bath bomb encounters your bath water a burst of blue, purple, and red foam bursts out of it. Slowly it starts to fizz away, charging around your bath like a mini speed boat.

As it spins around, blue, purple, and red bath art continues to spill out of it. The bath art colours are not dissimilar to the likes created by the Intergalactic bath bomb.

It doesn’t take long for the popping candy within the Asteroid bath bomb to make an appearance either. As the bath bomb spills out the array of colours and raspberry-like scent, the popping candy snap, crackles, and pops away putting on quite the show.

The photos in this review do the Asteroid bath bomb no justice at all. The bath art was insanely pretty!

It takes a good 10 minutes for the Asteroid bath bomb to fully dissolve, the water it leaves behind is a beautiful shade of purply blue. It’s incredibly shimmery, making me think of the nights sky. It’s like laying back in your own galaxy.

The water is a little tingly on my skin which I often find is the case when a bath bomb contains popping candy.

My skin laps up all the bath bombs goodness, leaving it feeling silky smooth. Once you’re out of the bath the light raspberry scent can still be smelt on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day too.

Overall, I really enjoyed having a new bath bomb to try in the ‘Space Girl’ scent, I do love the Space Girl bath bomb, but the bath art is what really sets the Asteroid bath bomb apart from the Space Girl bath bomb.

I am looking forward to reviewing further products from this collab over the next few days!

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