Category: Lush Winter

Sleepy Bear Shower Gel from Lush

The Sleepy Bear Shower Gel is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line.

I can’t quite believe how many new shower gels Lush have released this year, it’s been an incredible year for shower gels, so many have come out that I still have several to review before the year is through!

With the shower gel I am reviewing today being called Sleepy Bear, you’d expect it to share its scent with the Sleepy Bear bath bomb, it however doesn’t. The Sleepy Bear shower gel in fact shares its scent with the Deep Sleep bath bomb.

Lush already have a shower gel available that shares its scent with the Sleepy Bear bath bomb, the Sleepy shower gel. I have no idea why Lush decided to call this shower gel Sleepy Bear and not Deep Sleep, but here we are…

The Sleepy Bear shower gel contains some of the following ingredients: fine sea salt, lavender oil, chamomile oil, lavender absolute and neroli oil.

Fresh from the bottle the Sleepy Bear shower gels scent is best described as lavender rich with a touch of chamomile. The neroli oil in it is also quite noticeable although it isn’t nearly as intense as the lavender. The fragrance is very sweet and herbal.

Think of the Deep Sleep Lush-scent-family as another amazing lavender based fragrance that is available to try, if you’ve grown bored of Sleepy…

The Sleepy Bear shower gel is a sparkly darker shade of purple (not dissimilar to Goddess shower gel) it has quite a thick consistency but is very easy to get out of the bottle.

A very small amount of the Sleepy Bear shower gel goes a long way, something I wasn’t expecting considering its consistency. Mixed with the water it lathers up with minimal effort creating a violet-white foam that simply glides over your skin leaving it soft, refreshed and clean.

Mixed in with the steam and hot-shower-water the scent really takes over your bathroom, if you thought that the Sleepy shower gel was great to use before bed, then you’ll be blown away with the Sleepy Bear shower gel…

After use the Sleepy Bear scent remains on your skin for several hours. Although I still believe it’s a mostly lavender scent, on your skin the chamomile elements come through a lot stronger than straight out of the bottle.

Overall, it’s a great edition to the list of many shower gels that have been created by Lush this year; It also makes a welcome change from the Sleepy shower gel!

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Star Of Wonder Bath Bomb from Lush

The Star of Wonder Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line.

It is a shimmering gold, star-shaped bath bomb. Before now, we’ve had other star-shaped Christmas products such as the Stardust bath bomb and Star Light Star Bright bath melt.

While I wholeheartedly love both of the past products I just mentioned, I have to say that the Star of Wonder bath bomb has a lot more detail than both of them. It is beautiful!

The Star of Wonder bath bomb has the traditional, symmetrical five spike shape but also has a smaller gold star indentation in its middle. 

Around the smaller middle star are little lines giving off the impression of a sparkling star.

Each Star of Wonder bath bomb is approximately 95g fitting snuggly in my hand.

Some of the ingredients included in the Star of Wonder bath bomb are coconut milk powder, cocoa absolute, peppermint oil and apparently, popping candy too.

The Star of Wonder bath bomb has a creamy sweet scent with a cool peppermint kick. It’s a very gentle scent that reminds me ever so slightly of a stick of rock.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to experience any of the popping candy that was supposed to be in the Star of Wonder bath bomb.

In fairness though, I didn’t even know the bath bomb included popping candy until it came down to writing this review, I can’t miss what I didn’t know was there, so I’m not too bothered. It would have however been nice to experience Star of Wonder how Lush had intended me to.

With sleepiness making up a big part of my personality, minty products like the Star of Wonder bath bomb always appeal to me because cooling mint never fails to wake you up when needed.

I love a minty product that blasts you awake but in Winter I don’t want a product that makes me feel too cold. The subtle mintyness of the Star of Wonder bath bomb makes it perfect for this time of year as it doesn’t leave your teeth chattering but still refreshes you.

As soon as the Star of Wonder bath bomb touches the water it begins to fizz away, releasing small bursts of colour from each pointed edge of the star.

Out of the Star of Wonder bath bomb comes the colours turquoise, dark blue, red and shimmery gold. As it dissolves, these colours soften out and blend, turning into shades of purple, pink and minty blue. Because of the bath bombs design, it spins as it fizzes away, the colours whirl along with it creating catherine-wheel-like, rainbow bath art.

The Star of Wonder bath bomb took just over five minutes to fully dissolve, leaving behind silky, milky-pink bath water.

After leaving the bath, my skin felt smooth, appeared brighter and I could still smell its creamy mint scent on my skin for a good few hours too.

I found this bath bomb incredibly hydrating so there was no need to moisturise with a body lotion after using it… (Lush, a body lotion with the same scent as this bath bomb would be a great idea though!)

I thoroughly enjoyed using the Star of Wonder bath bomb. As I said, I think mine was missing its popping candy but based on just its gentle yet refreshing scent, and the gorgeous colourful bath art it created I couldn’t recommend it enough

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Salted Caramel Lip Scrub from Lush

The main ingredient in all of Lush’s lip scrubs is caster sugar. To this day I am still lost for words that such a simple and natural mix of ingredients can do such a great job at exfoliating. It really does make me question why other cosmetic companies ever actively chose to use micro-plastics in their exfoliation products.

Lush’s lip scrubs are ridiculously underrated, if you’re on the fence about giving them a go I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

Today I am going to be reviewing the Salted Caramel Lip Scrub that first appeared in August 2021’s Lush Kitchen Subscriptions box and is where the now very famous, Sticky Dates Lush-scent-family all began!

I use Lush lip scrubs almost every day so whenever a new one comes out, I always make sure I grab a pot.

Using Lush lip scrubs requires a minimum amount of effort, and they cover everything your lips need to always look and feel their best.

They are the perfect product to exfoliate dry or chapped lips, and most are also very good at softening and hydrating them at the same time. Exfoliating your lips has so many benefits and thanks to Lush, it has never been easier to do.


As well as caster sugar, the Salted Caramel lip scrub also contains some of the following ingredients: Organic jojoba oil, fairtrade shea butter, golden caster sugar, extra fine sea salt, sandalwood oil, carob resinoid, benzoin resinoid, argan oil, cocoa powder and paprika.

Other products that share the same scent as the Salted Caramel lip scrub are the Sticky Dates shower gel, Sticky Dates Co-Mingle body scrub, Sticky Dates body spray, Sticky Dates sugar scrub and Sticky Dates body lotion… Just to name a few!

To use, simply scoop out a little of the lip scrub with your finger then buff it on your lips. Once you’ve buffed them to your desired amount simply lick off any excess product.

Lush’s lip scrubs are obviously not meant to be eaten; BUT if a little amount of the Salted Caramel lip scrub does by accident end up in your mouth while you are scrubbing your lips, you don’t need to worry.

I tend to favour the lighter or more natural to actual lip-colour lip scrubs over the brightly coloured ones because I find that the highly pigmented scrubs can sometimes leave your lips with a slight tint of whatever colour the lip scrub is.

I am however pleased to report that during use, I haven’t had any colour transfer from the Salted Caramel lip scrub at all. Not that, that would be a huge problem though as it’s very similar looks wise to brown sugar, with hardly any pigment.

Even though I’m usually not a huge fan of super sweet Lush products, I do actually like the smell/taste of the Salted Caramel lip scrub. It’s not the same, sickly-sweet as the Bubblegum lip scrub. It’s just like sticky toffee pudding, I can’t get enough!

A little amount of the Salted Caramel lip scrub goes a long way and it’s the perfect amount of scrubby. The grains in it are about the same size of sugar granules.

After using the Salted Caramel lip scrub my lips feel smoother and I also find the formula quite hydrating, I however wouldn’t say no to a Salted Caramel/Sticky Dates scented lip balm to add to the hydration… Please release one, Lush?

Overall, I love the Salted Caramel lip scrub and am eager to see what Sticky Dates scented products Lush come up with next!

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