Category: Lush Upon A Time

Scan Me For Scares Shower Gel from Lush

The Scan Me For Scares Shower Gel is yet another brand new Lush product that comes from Lush’s Halloween 2024 collection. I was lucky enough to be gifted a bottle of it by Lush but have bought a bottle of it too.

I can’t quite believe how many new shower gels Lush have treated us to in 2024.

This year’s Halloween range not only includes the brand new Scan Me For Scares shower gel but also the brand new, Glow In The Dark shower gel too.

The Scan Me For Scares shower gel is a dark shade of autumnal red and is shimmery throughout.


Past Lush-shower-gels with any shimmer in them would often separate, the shimmer collecting at the bottom of the bottle of shower gel. This left them needing a good shake to get the shower gels back to looking how they did when first bottled up; Something that wasn’t always possible to do.

Over the last 18 or so months Lush seem to have however mastered the art of making sure the sparkly aspect of their shower gels now no longer separate. The Scan Me For Scares shower gel is a perfect example of this innovation.

The shimmer in Scan Me For Scares is a similar dark red to the shower gel giving it an almost cat eye reflection effect when the light hits it.

Consistency wise the Scan Me For Scares shower gel is quite thick but still very easy to get out of the bottle.

Some of the ingredients included in the Scan Me For Scares shower gel are an infusion of cranberry, fine sea salt, corn syrup, cedarwood oil, vetivert oil and almond essential oil.

Scent wise, I’d describe the Scan Me For Scares shower gel as almond led and woody. It’s a rich, creamy marzipan-sweet-scent that has a subtle tartness to it too thanks to the cranberry infusion.

The Scan Me For Scares shower gel lathers up easily. With it being a little thicker, 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 long way. It lathers up into a lighter red foam too which is different to most other shower gels that foam up white.

Mixed in with the steam and hot-shower-water the scent really takes over your bathroom. If you’re a fan of eating anything marzipan based, you’ll really enjoy using this shower gel.

The most unique part of this shower gel is however what is on its bottle. There is a QR code above the name of the shower gel that you can scan with your phone’s camera. This QR code takes you to a playlist of Spotify songs that will help you slip right into the theme of Halloween.

Once out of the shower the Scan Me For Scares scent remains on your skin for a good few hours; Although it is subtle, it is still very much detectable.

Overall, I have enjoyed using the Scan Me For Scares shower gel, I think its scent is more suited to Christmas than Halloween BUT I loved the idea of the playlist that comes with it!

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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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Magic Potion Bath Bomb from Lush (2024)

I wasn’t at all surprised to see that the Magic Potion Bath Bomb had returned for Lush’s Halloween 2024 line. 

Last year it was the first of the new Halloween products that I tried, its scent, bath art and how detailed its design was, had me under a magic spell. I’d go as far as to say that it was one of my favourite bath bombs from Lush in 2023.

What I didn’t realise until I had this year’s Magic Potion bath bomb in my possession is that 2023’s Magic Potion bath bomb had a completely different scent, Lush changed it?!?!!

I must admit I was a little disappointed with the sudden change in scent BUT Lush sent me one of the 2024 versions to try so I decided to attempt to look past the scent change.

Like the old Magic Potion bath bomb, this new version of it, still contains plenty of popping candy, ylang ylang oil, dragon fruit powder and nettle powder. At the time of writing this review (according to Lush’s website) Lush have replaced the bergamot oil and jasmine absolute with clove bud oil.

Instead of sharing its scent with my beloved and much missed Northern Lights bath bomb it now shares its scent with the Yog Nog bath bomb.

I still haven’t forgiven Lush for not re-releasing the Northern Lights bath bomb after its last run in the Christmas 2016 line so was really happy with last year’s version of the Magic Potion bath bomb.

I’m always honest in my reviews and I’ll admit right now that at the point of unboxing this bath bomb I was scratching my head wondering if Lush had made a huge mistake in changing this bath bombs scent.

The Magic Potion bath bomb still looks the same as last year’s version, the only real difference is its scent.

If you have a sweet tooth and love Christmassy scented baked goods, then you’ll be a fan of anything that Lush produces in the Yog Nog scent. Lush have really pushed foody, sweet treat scents this year, so I imagine this is why the Magic Potion had a scent change.

Magic Potions new scent makes me think of hot-sticky-toffee pudding, custard and cinnamon sugar, it’s delicious but… I hate to mention it again, I just really loved last year’s version. We’ve had so many Yog Nog scented items over the years but very few with the Northern Lights scent.

But let’s get back to reviewing this new version of the Magic Potion bath bomb as that’s what I’m here to do!

Each bath bomb is approximately 120g each so a little heavier than last years.

As soon as the Magic Potion bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a burst of pink, blue, purple and turquoise foam, as well as snap, crackle and pops from the popping candy.

The Magic Potion bath bomb is also lightly decorated with golden shimmer, and it isn’t long until that golden shimmer starts to glide into your bath water too.

I know I say this in almost every bath bomb review but the bath art photos in this review do the Magic Potion bath bomb no justice at all, the bath art potential is so much better than I show here in this review.

The Magic Potion bath bomb takes approximately 10 minutes to fully dissolve, leaving you with plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the colourful show that it puts on.

I found the purple waters left behind by the 2024 version of the Magic Potion bath bomb to be a little duller than the previous version, BUT the waters were still silky soft.

Its scent can still be detected on your skin a few hours after getting out of the bath too which is always a plus. I do like the Yog Nog scent but know it is normally either a clear hit or clear miss for customers – no in-between.

I really LOVE this bath bomb, it’s colourful, beautiful and perfect for the Halloween season BUT (I hate to sound like a broken record) I just don’t know whether the scent change was necessary.

I’d have probably enjoyed this bath bomb more if it was made into a different shaped Magic Potion bottle, or even had different colours, that way I’d stop comparing as much, I’m sorry, I just can’t seem to let go of 2023’s version!

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