Category: Lush Scents

Penguin Bath Bomb from Lush

The Penguin Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2023 Christmas line.

With the Penguin bath bomb, Lush have designed one of their cutest, bath-bomb-characters to date. It’s a mostly violet coloured penguin, with a snow-white face, belly, and strikingly orange beak. The Penguin bath bombs look is all finished off with its adorable hot pink bow tie.

Weighing in at approximately 175g each the Penguin bath bomb is quite big, it’s one of Lush’s bigger more flatter bath bombs and is almost as big as my (little bit smaller than average) hand.

The Penguin bath bomb contains bergamot oil, Sicilian lemon oil, orange flower absolute and Sicilian red mandarin oil.

It shares its scent with Lush’s incredibly popular, The Olive Branch shower gel. If you’ve been a Lush customer for quite some time, you’ll most likely recognise its scent from the, The Christmas Penguin bubble bar from past Christmas lines too.

The ‘Olive Branch’ scent family is a much-loved Lush fragrance that I’m always happy to see make an appearance in any product format.

The Olive Branch scent is best described as a delicate citrus fragrance. It is perfect for anyone who is wary of the stronger fragrances Lush are often associated with.

As soon as the Penguin bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a gentle stream of violet bubbles.

The Penguin bath bomb is not fantastic bath-art-wise BUT does create a few colourful groups of bubbles as it dissolves. Once the water takes over, the penguin’s beak and pink bow fizzle away too.

The Penguin bath bomb takes approximately 5 minutes to fully dissolve and turns your bath water a milky violet colour.

I found the waters left behind by the Penguin bath bomb silky smooth and incredibly refreshing. It’s gentle ‘Olive Branch’ scent can also still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath.

My skin still felt soft and hydrated for the whole of the next day after using it too, it’s an incredibly hydrating bath bomb.

I really enjoyed using the Penguin bath bomb, I’d have maybe liked a bit more bath art out of it but other than that I think it’s a fantastic addition to not only the Christmas line but also the Olive Branch Lush-scent-family.

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Intergalactic Body Scrub from Lush

The Intergalactic Body Scrub is a brand-new Lush product that (at the time of writing this review) has only ever been available as an exclusive product in December 2023’s Lush Kitchen subscription box. I haven’t heard any news that it will be released elsewhere, but it has been a hugely popular product so Lush would be wise to make more.

I was pleased to see that the pot of Intergalactic body scrub in December 2023’s Lush Kitchen subscription box was a big one at 290g. In November’s subscription box we had the Tropical Co-Mingle body scrub only in a 100g pot and I could have really done with a bigger pot.

The Intergalactic body scrub is just like the bath bomb of the same name, a vibrant mix of blue, yellow and pink. Consistency wise I was hoping it would be just like the Barbie Dream sugar scrub, but it is closer to the likes of the foaming body scrubs such as, Celebrate.

The Intergalactic body scrub’s scent is as its name suggests, Intergalactic scented. Intergalactic is a very popular scent-family amongst Lush customers and has featured in several quite recently released products such as the Intergalactic bubble bar. The scent is however best known in its bestselling product format, the Intergalactic bath bomb. 

The Intergalactic body scrub contains a long list of ingredients, some of those included are, caster sugar, fair trade organic cocoa butter, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic illipe butter, mango butter, peppermint oil, grapefruit oil, vetivert oil and cedarwood oil.

The fact that the Intergalactic body scrub is a sugar-based scrub was what made me think it would be just like the Barbie Dream sugar scrub but as I said earlier, consistency wise it’s more like Lush’s foaming body scrubs minus the foam.

I loved the consistency of the Barbie Dream sugar scrub so was really hoping the Intergalactic body scrub would be the same. While the Intergalactic body scrub isn’t the same as Barbie Dream it is in no way a bad scrub, it just wasn’t what I was expecting.

A very small amount of the Intergalactic body scrub goes a very long way, I scoop out about 3 fingers worth, this amount can easily scrub my whole body twice.

I recommend starting off by working it into wet skin slowly as this seems to get the most out of it as a scrub. Once you feel like you have scrubbed enough add a little bit more water and speed up the rubbing-in to make it lather up. It’s an excellent product for both cleansing and exfoliating your skin.

The one thing that I feel I need to point out is that less is more when it comes down to Lush’s body scrubs. The Intergalactic body scrub in particular has a lot of moisturising butters and oils in so using too much can leave your skin a little slick. If you do find it a little too hydrating a splash of the (same scented) Intergalactic shower gel helps to lift some of the skins excess moisture without leaving your skin dry.

After using the Intergalactic body scrub its sharp peppermint and grapefruit scent remains on your skin long after you have used it. It leaves your skin smoother, brighter-in-appearance and well hydrated. There is no need to moisturise after using it and I find it particularly good on my legs when used before shaving.

As scrubs go it’s just as good (if not better) as Lush’s foaming body scrubs. I love that it’s blue, pink, and yellow too. It’s such an interesting design, I’d love to see how Lush make it as the colours swirl so perfectly together and don’t bleed into one another in the pot either.

Overall, I love the Intergalactic body scrub. I hope that this isn’t the last we see of it so that other Lush customers who aren’t subscribed to the Lush Kitchen subscription box get to try it too!

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Sticky Dates Body Spray from Lush

The Sticky Dates Body Sprays release date is scheduled in for the 21st of November 2023. From that day, a limited amount will be available to purchase through the Lush app and through the Lush website.

I was lucky enough to be gifted a bottle prior to its release, I was one of only 50 people IN THE WORLD who were sent one of the new 7 scents that are coming out on the 21st of November. Hence me feeling very jammy and being able to review this for you all beforehand!

You’ll recognise this body sprays scent if you have tried the Sticky Dates shower gel and Sticky Dates Co-Mingle body scrub. It’s a fairly new Lush-scent-family but whatever product format it comes out in always proves popular and sells very well.

Ingredients wise, the Sticky Dates body spray contains sandalwood oil, benzoin resinoid and carob resinoid. This carefully selected group of ingredients creates one of Lush’s most moreish fragrances to date. Just a small spritz of it leaves you feeling like you’re wrapped in a delicious, caramel scented blanket.

The best description of it is that it smells just like a hot and gooey sticky toffee pudding with a generous helping or 2 of vanilla ice cream. I knew upon the shower-gel-equivalents release that its scent alone was going to catapult it straight into the list of Lush’s best sellers and I was right. It makes perfect sense for Lush to therefore create a body-spray-form of the Sticky Dates scent too.

Although I have described the Sticky Dates body sprays scent above as a hot and gooey sticky toffee pudding fragrance it is so much more complex than that. Lush have even managed to capture the smoky element of toasted caramel in it too. It’s mouth-wateringly good!

The Lush community were in desperate need of an injection of new perfume and body sprays, I am very excited for the official release date so I can purchase some of the other new fragrances alongside the Sticky Dates body spray. With it being such a small, limited edition drop I’ll make sure to prioritise my reviews on them over the other products on my list so that you have access to them while they are still on sale.

A very small amount of the Sticky Dates body spray goes a very long way. It’s incredibly strong. Sometimes I spray Lush body sprays on me 2 to 3 times, but the Sticky Dates body spray requires only 1 squirt and you’re good for the whole day. I find it lasts a lot longer when sprayed on my skin rather than my clothes too.

I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank Lush for sending me this body spray early, it was such a treat and as someone who spends at least 23 hours of the day thinking about Lush, it really is an appreciated gesture! I adore the Sticky Dates body spray and know it will sell just as well as its shower gel equivalent.

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