Category: New for 2023

Snow Fairy Shower Jelly from Lush

The Snow Fairy Shower Jelly is a brand-new, limited-edition, Christmas product that first became available in the UK at the end of September 2023. The Snow Fairy scent dominates the Lush Christmas line year in year out, but this is the first time Lush have released a shower jelly in its scent.

Bright pink in colour and designed in the shape of a fairy with long, centre-parted hair, wings, two beady eyes and a big star on her chest, I could see straight away that looks wise, the Snow Fairy shower jelly would be particularly appealing to younger Lush customers.

The Snow Fairy shower jelly has however gone down a treat amongst customers of all ages. It comes in just one size, they are 90g each so are sold in the smaller Lush pots. Although, some Lush stores have been lucky enough to be given a giant version of the Snow Fairy shower jelly to put on display on their shop floor.

The 90g version of the Snow Fairy shower jelly that is available to purchase fits perfectly in my hand making it very easy to use.

The Snow Fairy scent is best described as a sweet blend of candy floss and bubble gum. My first experience with the Snow Fairy scent was through the Snow Fairy shower gel many years ago.

I don’t always favour the super-sweet-scented Lush products however, with the Snow Fairy scent featuring so heavily in so many of Lush’s best-selling products it’s impossible to avoid.

I often find that Lush’s character shaped jellies like the Snow Fairy shower jelly aren’t always as sturdy and robust as the normal potted-shaped shower jellies. As I had predicted, the Snow Fairy shower jelly did begin to fall apart after just a few uses. However, I realised I’d rather use it and lose it than not use it at all.

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 which is a good method if you’re sharing it with somebody else.

If you do keep your Snow Fairy shower jelly whole, as I mentioned above, the shower jelly is just the right size to fit snuggly in your hand. It is a lot easier to keep a hold of in the shower being this size too. Once you’ve used it simply rinse it off and then pop it back into the pot until you next want to use it.

The Snow Fairy shower jelly lathers up quickly and creates a thin but creamy foam. A little goes a long way and glides over your skin easily. Its bubble gum rich scent is strong. As soon as you take the pots lid off, you are hit with its sweet scent but in use is when its scent really comes to life. Mixed alongside the hot water and steam of the shower its scent takes over your bathroom.

After using the Snow Fairy shower jelly my skin feels clean and fresh, it also appears somewhat brighter. It isn’t hugely moisturising but doesn’t leave me desperate to slather myself with body lotion either. If you did however want to extend on its bubble gum scent, Lush do have a Snow Fairy body lotion.

Overall, I enjoyed using the Snow Fairy shower jelly, I won’t be buying another as there are so many other Snow Fairy products available too but I’m glad I got to try one pot.

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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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Lump of Coal Bath Bomb from Lush

The Lump of Coal Bath Bomb first became available as a part of Lush’s Christmas 2023 line. As Christmas tradition goes, if you’re on Santa’s naughty list you’re more than likely to end up with a lump of coal and not much else for Christmas.

I must admit that I wouldn’t be at all disappointed if I found the Lump of Coal bath bomb in my Christmas stocking… The Lump of Coal bath bomb looks just as its name suggests, like a lump of coal. If you look closely, you can see that each of the Lump of Coal bath bombs has a cheeky looking smiley face on them.

An actual lump of coal is probably the last thing you’d ever think about putting in the bath with you and I know some people are filled with horror at the thought of using a black product in their clean white bath (somewhere they visit to GET CLEAN) but I’m here to let you know that there’s no need to panic at all!

With every bath bomb (even the light-coloured ones) I do recommend using them in a clean bath as any bath bomb colour will cling to residue left in the tub (even the almost invisible stuff like soap scum.) If you do find yourself in a situation where a simple rinse with the shower head doesn’t work, my secret weapon is dish washer soap.

A sponge, hot water and dish washer soap cuts through grime and grease fantastically, I actually use a splash of it to clean my bathtub a few times a week as it works so well. I would like to stress that I didn’t get any mess left behind at all by the Lump of Coal bath bomb, but I thought this tip was worth a mention just in case! Please keep on reading this review as there’s more to the Lump of Coal bath bomb than first meets the eye…

The Lump of Coal bath bomb is one of Lush’s smaller bath bombs, I didn’t realise until I had, had it delivered that each of them were only 90g each. For comparison purposes this means the Lump of Coal bath bomb is a little bit smaller than the Butterball and Groovy Fairy bath bombs.

Even though the Lump of Coal bath bomb is small, its scent still packs a punch. The Lump of Coal bath bomb shares its scent with the Hot Toddy shower gel and Cinnamon Roll bubble bar. It includes the following ingredients: cinnamon leaf oil, clove leaf oil and Brazilian orange oil.

It’s the perfect Winter fragrance, the best way I can describe it is as very similar to fizzy cola bottle sweets with a side helping of something warm and spicy, it’s almost like a mulled wine, sweet but incredibly toasty.

As soon as the Lump of Coal bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water a burst of black foam spills out of it. Slowly you start to see that the black pigment is actually a combination of very dark greens and dark blues.

After just under 2 minutes, a thin line of gold foam starts to slowly trickle out of the Lump of Coal bath bomb too. 

As the bath bomb bobs around your bath, the trickle of gold slowly gets thicker. As it spins it creates gold, dark green and dark blue bath art. The photos I have included in this review do the Lump of Coal bath bomb no justice at all. The dark colours put up against the gold clash, making the most striking of bath-bomb-bath-art.

With the Lump of Coal bath bomb being so small I was expecting it to be a really quick fizzer, it however took a good 10 minutes to fully dissolve. The water left behind is full of so many warming ingredients that it left my skin feeling tingly and as if my muscles had, had tiny little hands massaging them.

My skin feels silky smooth, and the scent remained on my skin longer after I got out of the bath too.

Once the Lump of Coal bath bomb has fully dissolved, the bath water turns a very dark black with the most incredible amount of golden shimmer in it. I wish I could have got a photograph to show you just how beautiful the end water is. It’s one you really must see with your own eyes.

Overall, I absolutely adore the Lump of Coal bath bomb. Its smaller size didn’t hinder its scent quality or bath art potential. I know using darker coloured bath bombs can be a little daunting but if you follow my steps above there’s really nothing to worry about.

Lush are known for bringing most of their Christmas bath bombs out only once BUT I have my fingers crossed that this, most pleasant little lump-of-coal makes a return for next Christmas too. It’s that good!

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