Category: Lush Upon A Time

Milk Bucket Shower Jelly from Lush

The Milk Bucket Shower Jelly is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s Minecraft X Lush collaboration, I was lucky enough to be sent a pot of it by Lush earlier this week.

Before this line came out, I had heard of the Minecraft computer game but had never played it.

Since, I have finally tried the game to see what all the fuss was about. I spent about an hour getting myself out of a big hole that I had fallen down and not much else…

Some people are good at computer games, I am not one of them. I’m going to stick to just using bath products for now!

In the Minecraft game a milk bucket is one of the many food items that you can make, it’s useful as a food source and can also be used to cure status effects.

It has been a while since I have reviewed a shower jelly that isn’t in a novelty, character shape. The Milk Bucket shower jelly is the standard Lush shower jelly shape; The exact same shape as its pot.

Each of the Milk Bucket shower jellies are 100g each just big enough to fit in your hand.


Just like an actual bucket of milk, the Milk Bucket shower jelly is an opaque, milk-white colour.

The Milk Bucket shower jelly contains glycerine, almond milk, carrageenan extract, coconut milk powder, Brazilian orange oil and patchouli oil.

Milk Bucket shares its scent with the main-line Lush products, Milky Bath bubble bar, Toby’s Magic Cow bath bomb and the recent limited edition release, the Saltbomb bath bomb.

The Milk Buckets scent is best described as a gentle and musky fragrance that is incredibly calming.

I ordinarily find the shower jellies that aren’t novelty shaped to be sturdier and more robust during use; They always seem to last longer, breaking up a lot slower than the character shaped shower jellies such as the Krang and Snow Fairy shower jelly.

There is no right or wrong way to use a shower jelly, I prefer to use mine in the same way as you would a bar of soap, whole.

Some people however chop their shower jellies up using a few pieces at a time, this is a good method if you’re sharing it with someone else.

Once you’ve used it simply rinse it off and then pop it back into the pot and put the lid back on.

The Milk Bucket shower jelly lathers up quickly, I find this a real positive for shower jellies as they can be a little slippery, after all they are made of jelly! I seemed to however be wrong about this shower jellies sturdiness…

It started to break up a lot quicker than I had anticipated (after just one use it was a lot flimsier) I’m having a guess that this is because of its higher than average milk content. This doesn’t mean the shower jelly doesn’t however work. It just shows wear and tear almost immediately, running out a little quicker than I’d have hoped.

Even with this in mind, I can still see it lasting me another 4 possibly 5 showers.

After using the Milk Bucket shower jelly my skin feels soft, clean, and hydrated. The scent although light remains on my skin for a good few hours after using it too.

Overall, it is a good shower jelly and I’m so happy to experience the Milky Bath Lush-scent-family in this format, it makes a change from bath bomb after bath bomb.

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Space Girl Body Spray from Lush

A limited amount of the Space Girl Body Spray was first released back in November 2020 and as of a few days ago, another limited amount of them have just become available too. I honestly thought I had already reviewed this body spray, hence this review being four years late… Sorry! BUT, better late than never! 😉

Space Girl is a very popular Lush scent that has appeared in many different products over the years, but it all started with the Space Girl bath bomb back in 2009.

Whatever product format the Space Girl scent comes out in, always sells well. I am amazed that the body spray isn’t a main line product.

If you never got the chance to try the Space Girl bath bomb, other more recently released products that share its scent include, the Screaming Banshee bath bomb, Asteroid bath bomb and the Very Very Frightening shower gel, just to name a few.


Ingredients wise, the Space Girl body spray contains grapefruit oil, bergamot oil and almond oil.

The Space Girl 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 it is raspberries! It’s a very gentle berry scent that is almost fizzy (in a sherbet like way).

It is not at all overpowering like some Lush scents are so would be a good choice if you prefer the softer Lush fragrances. It’s a body spray I reach for when I am not quite sure which one to choose as it suits every occasion.

It has been a little while since Lush did a body spray drop of this size, out of the six that were just released only three are however brand new. Both Space Girl and Sticky Dates have returned as well as Princess Peach, albeit with a new name.

With the Space Girl scent being one of Lush’s more gentle fragrances I thought we’d maybe have to use a little bit more of it to last BUT a very small amount of it seems to go a very long way.

It’s not blow-your-head-off-strong like Sticky Dates but two sprays either on my body or on my clothes seems to last a good eight hours.

It is described on Lush’s website as a scent that is playful, moreish and sure to send your mood rocketing. I don’t think they could have described it any better. It’s really uplifting and always takes me back to when I first got into Lush.

Overall, I love the Space Girl scent and I am so pleased that Lush have rereleased it in the body spray format so that we can finally get a new bottle as well as new customers having the chance to try it!

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Turtle Power Body Scrub from Lush

The Turtle Power Body Scrub is yet another product from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collaboration, TMNT x LUSH.

I was lucky enough to receive one in a surprise box sent to me by Lush. Thank you again, Lush!

All of the products in the TMNT x LUSH line are inspired by no other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, and are also plastic free, Lush always do a plastic free July and the TMNT x LUSH line has showcased plastic free cosmetic products perfectly.

The Turtle Power body scrub is mostly purple and is created in the shape of a drain lid. In a dark green graffiti font, it says ‘Turtle Power’ on its top.

The Turtle Power body scrub shares its scent with several products that are firm favourites of mine; The Blackberry bath bomb, Sultana shower gel, Bewitched bubble bar, Bubble Lugosi bubble bar and Henny Penny bubble bar just to name a few.

Some of the ingredients listed for Turtle Power are, fine sea salt, organic illipe butter, fair trade organic mango butter, bamboo stem extract, murumuru butter, extra virgin coconut oil, organic shea butter, cream of tartar, kokum butter, organic jojoba oil, bergamot oil, olibanum oil and cornstarch.

The scent of Turtle Power is best described as sweet, fruity and a little woody. The blend of bergamot and frankincense is perfect if you need to wind down and chill out. I find it particularly effective when used just before bed. I always drop off a little easier after using a product with its scent.

The fine sea salt and bamboo stem extract are the magic ingredients that makes this body scrub such a good exfoliator and all of the butters and the coconut oil are what makes it so hydrating.

I love a solid body scrub and Lush haven’t produced one as good as Turtle Power since the Cherryish body scrub. Turtle Power is not quite as gritty as Cherryish but absolutely amazing at both moisturising and exfoliating your skin at the same time.

I first tested it out on my arms; I put the writing side of it, skin-side-first and very quickly a green scrubby lather came about. On the other arm I did the purple side first and a purple scrubby lather came about even quicker. After trying it both ways, I recommend using it purple side first as I feel as if the side with the writing on was maybe added to make it a little easier to grip.

I always really go to town with solid body scrubs and have used it twice now for all over my body, it’s a little smaller in size but still in one piece. I can see it lasting me a good few showers yet.

Overall, I LOVED the Turtle Power body scrub, I’d have maybe liked the scent to be a little stronger but other than that it’s a very good scrub!

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