Category: LUSH NEW

Fresh As Shower Gel from Lush

2023 seems to be the year of shower gel remakes at Lush. We’ve had Santa’s Christmas shower cream reimagined into the Mario shower gel and the So White shower gel reimagined into the Luigi shower gel, today I will be reviewing the Fresh As Shower Gel.

The Fresh As shower gel was released by Lush as a part of their 2023’s Father’s Day line. If you’re a frequent Lush customer, You’ll likely recognise this shower gel because before now it was originally released for Father’s Day under the name Rad Dad.

Unlike the other reimagined shower gels that I mentioned above, Fresh As and Rad Dad only have one difference and that’s their name. Fresh As is described by Lush as a ‘Siberian pine and orris oil bathroom treat’.

It is a beautiful dark shade of blue and shares its scent with all of the products from the Fresh As/Needles and Pines scent-family. I knew before I had even tried it that it would be a firm favourite for my husband in particular, he already uses the Fresh As perfume that I got him for Christmas 2020 all of the time so a shower gel equivalent has gone down a treat.

Fresh As contains a long list of refreshing and stimulating ingredients, there’s Siberian fir needle, orris and tagetes oils as well as benzoin resinoid and also infusion of fresh cucumber.

Its scent is very outdoorsy, rich and herbaceous. It’s refreshing but also creates a warming sensation on your skin, it’s an excellent shower gel to use after a workout or physically demanding day.

As someone who deals with chronic pain in all of my joints and muscles, the Fresh As shower gels stimulating effects really does help soothe my tired, aching muscles.

Consistency-wise the Fresh As shower gel is lovely and thick, much like the Hot Toddy and Bubbly shower gels. After several quite recent watery shower gel releases from Lush, I was pleasantly surprised when I first squirted some Fresh As shower gel in my hands.

Fresh As lathers up quickly and the tiniest amount goes an incredibly long way. A blob the size of a one-pound coin is more than enough to wash your whole body with.

Its scent really does come alive when combined with the hot water and steam from your shower. If you’re looking for a product that isn’t as spicy as Cinders shower gel, yet is still warming on the skin, Fresh As is well worth a try.

The shower gels scent remains on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day. I wouldn’t say it was a particularly hydrating shower gel, but it doesn’t dry out my skin at all.

Overall, I am very impressed with the Fresh As shower gel, it’s good value for money and is loved by everyone in my house. I have my fingers crossed that Lush bring out more products that share the Fresh As scent!

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Out Of This World Bath Bomb from Lush

Up until 2023, Lush’s Father’s Day lines have always been small and (dare I say) the least exciting of all of the seasonal lines released throughout the year. This year Lush have however broken the cycle, the 2023 Father’s Day line is incredible!

The line is still small but with its quirky outer-space theme it has gone down a storm with customers, I don’t think I have ever liked the Father’s Day line so much before.

Today, I’m going to be reviewing the astronaut shaped Out Of This World Bath Bomb.

The Out of This World bath bomb contains green tea powder, olibanum resinoid, popping candy and lime and sweet wild orange oils and shares its scent with the Never Mind the Ballistics bath bomb.

The scent is bold and sweet, the lime oil is the first ingredient my nose recognises, then second is the sharp and juicy orange, it’s a tropical medley that leaves you wanting more.

The Out of This World bath bomb is super-sparkly! It is mainly white with hints of blue and pinky-purple edges. As I said earlier, it’s designed to look like an astronaut, it reminds me a little of Disney’s Buzz Light Year’s ‘to infinity and beyond!’ pose.

Size-wise the Out of This World bath bomb is about the same size as the Rocket Science bath bomb, I’m a little sad that I can’t try them both together as the bath art of both together would be amazing.

As soon as the Out of This World bath bomb touches the water, blue and purple foam begins to spill out of the bath bombs edges. Soon the water takes over the bath bomb, as it bobs around just under the water’s surface, white foam slowly begins to spill out of it too.

If you look carefully you can also see little stars decorate the water surface, although they disappear very quickly.

The bath art photos in this review do the Out of This World bath bomb no justice at all. The bath art was on par with some of the best Lush bath bombs such as Roller, IRL and the Ghostie. I wish I could have got a photo of the mini stars I mentioned above.

The Out of This World bath bomb is quite the slow fizzer taking approximately 10 minutes to fully dissolve, leaving you with plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the bath-art-show that it puts on.

I found the light purple waters left behind by Out of This World incredibly soothing on the skin.

The scent of the Out of This World bath bomb is quite powerful when compared to other bath bombs currently available, the scent of it can still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath. My skin still feels incredibly soft throughout the next day too.

I really loved this bath bomb, it has to be one of my most favourite products from all of the Father’s Day releases combined.

It smells great, performs beautifully, and leaves me feeling refreshed and upbeat. I hope Lush bring it back again for next year’s Father’s Day line!

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Pirates of the Carrageenan Bath Bomb from Lush

Very recently I found an old USB full of photos of Lush products that I thought I’d lost in a house move. I thought I’d explain that, as I am sure that a lot of my readers will be wondering where the sudden influx of old-Lush-product reviews have come from.

I have had notes on certain products written up for years sat without any photos to use, hence me not ever officially reviewing them on here BUT with my old USB of photos, it’s now possible to finally finish my reviews on all of them!

Today I am reviewing the Pirates of the Carrageenan Bath Bomb. The Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb started its Lush life as a Harajuku, Japan-store-exclusive and then went on to be a worldwide, readily available bath bomb as it was a part of Lush’s 30 years of the bath bomb celebration.

Sadly, the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb has long been discontinued but you never know when a Lush product will make a return, so here is my review; Better late than never…

…The Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb came out in the UK in a sea of new and old bath bombs due to the 30 years of the bath bomb celebration back in 2019, out of all of the bath bombs released at that time, the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb had my attention straight away because of its unique shape.

It’s a bright green treasure chest with skull and crossbones embossed on its lid. The little details of the treasure chest are decorated with a sprinkling of golden shimmer so really stand out. There’s never been a bath bomb quite like it.

The Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb contains carrageenan extract, kombu powder, patchouli oil, petitgrain oil, pimento berry oil, sandalwood oil and ginger oil. With it being so packed with seaweed it’s super softening for the skin, very much on par with the Big Blue bath bomb.

The Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb shares its scent with the 4:20pm bath bomb and Botanomancy bubble bar.

Its scent is herbaceous, earthy, and refreshing. It’s not to everyone’s taste, my husband doesn’t like it much, but I love it, it makes me think of a hot but rainy Summers day.

As soon as you place the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb into your bath water, green foam begins to pour out of it. It’s rich earthy scent really comes to life in the water, and it doesn’t take long for the seaweed within the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb to start to soften the water either.

The hotter your bath water the better, it really does make a huge difference when you’re using a bath bomb with seaweed in.

I wasn’t expecting the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb to create any bath art but after a short while a lighter green foam appears out of it too. You can see how both greens swirl together in the photo below.

Once the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb has fully dissolved the water is perfect to soak your skin in, my skin laps up all of its goodness. The scent isn’t as strong on your skin once you’re out of the bath, but it left my skin so incredibly soft.

Overall, I loved using the Pirates of the Carrageenan bath bomb but can see why it got over-shadowed by other brighter and zingier bath bombs. I wish my husband liked the scent more because it would be perfect for him to use after a long day at work. I can’t recommend enough that you use it in the hottest you can stand bath water as it just makes the experience of it that much better.

You’ll also be left wanting to binge watch all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films after using it too. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 😉

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