Category: New for 2024

Sparkling Light Shower Gel from Lush

The Sparkling Light Shower Gel is a part of Lush’s 2024 Diwali line.

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of hope, joy and the triumph of light over darkness.

The ‘lights’ throughout Diwali represent the light that banishes the darkness away; They act as a symbol of not just hope but unity too. 

With this in mind, it is easy to see where the Co-Create team pulled their inspiration from for Sparkling Light, it’s easily one of (if not the) most beautiful shower gels of 2024!

The Sparkling Light shower gel contains some of the following ingredients: Fine sea salt, almond infusion, black pepper oil, clove bud oil, jasmine absolute, patchouli oil and Australian sandalwood oil.

Sparkling Light shares its scent with another product from this year’s Diwali line, the Lotus Blossom bath bomb.

The Lotus Blossom/Sparkling Light scent is very difficult to describe; To my nose the most dominant ingredient is the black pepper, followed by the patchouli and sandalwood.

It’s a very warm and peppery fragrance with a sweet but woody base. At first, I wasn’t entirely sure if I was a fan, but it grew on me very quickly because of its warmth. There is something about the scent that is slightly exotic too, the more you sniff, the more that seems to come through.

The Sparkling Light shower gel is silver and sparkly throughout. Made in the same type of formula as the Passion shower gel, the shimmer in Sparkling Light shower gel won’t separate, collecting at the bottom of the bottle like old Lush shower gels were known to do.

The Sparkling Light shower gel is thick but easy to get out of the bottle; A very small amount of the shower gel also goes a long way, something I wasn’t expecting with it thicker consistency. It seems that with every new shower gel that Lush release; they just keep getting better longevity wise.

Sparkling Light lathers up quickly but is a little gloopy, gloopiness aside, once mixed with a little shower water, it simply glides over your skin leaving it clean, soft and refreshed.

Mixed in with the steam from the shower the scent really intensifies leaving you ready to light up the night!

Once out of the shower the Sparkling Light scent remains on your skin for several hours, it’s very strong, meaning there isn’t any need for perfume afterwards.

Overall, the Sparkling Light shower gel is a great edition to the Diwali line, I love how beautiful it is and having a bath bomb with the same scent to pair it with, makes it even better!

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Dreaming Of A White Christmas Bath Bomb from Lush

The Dreaming Of A White Christmas Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line, I was fortunate enough to receive one as a gift from Lush.

The Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is a mostly blue, snow globe shaped bath bomb with a snowman in its centre.

The snowman in the centre of the bath bomb is made of two snowball segments and it is wearing a bright red top hat.

At the base of the snowman it is all white, representing fallen snow. Etched into the bottom of the external part of the snow globe are two stars and the word LUSH in capital letters.

Each Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is approximately 140g fitting perfectly in my hand.

Some of the ingredients included in the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb are coarse sea salt, cardamom oil, jasmine absolute and ylang ylang oil.

The scent of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is warm and creamy which I wasn’t expecting at all. Before I was aware of its ingredients and with it being a snowy themed product I ignorantly assumed it would be a minty, cooling bath bomb. It is however the complete opposite of minty and cool…

At its forefront, the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb’s scent is a rich and musky floral, the cardamom in it adds a layer of warmth to it too. It’s a very hard scent to describe and isn’t a scent-family that Lush have ever put together and used in a Lush product before.

As soon as the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb touches the water it begins to hiss away, releasing a thin stream of blue foam from all around it.

It doesn’t take long for the water to completely take hold of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb, and once the water has got to it all, the snowman and its red hat doesn’t really produce any extra colour as it’s completely engulfed by the blue part of the bath bomb.

I was a little disappointed at the lack of bath art, but this bath bombs scent is what makes it stand out.

It takes just over ten minutes for the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb to fully dissolve. The jasmine in the bath bomb gets much stronger once wet, it almost has a peppery element to its scent.

The water left behind by the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is a very similar colour to the end water of the Frozen bath bomb. It’s a cold and icy shade of blue that is in complete contrast to its warm scent.

After leaving the bath, my skin felt soft and hydrated. The scent remained on my skin for a couple of hours too.

Overall, I love the design of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb, a snow globe bath bomb is such a unique idea; What I feel lets it down is how it’s made. None of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bombs that I got were as perfect as the one pictured on Lush’s website.

As you can see if you look above at the 2nd photo in this review, the bath bombs aren’t very neat and look kind of squished. The first two that I picked up you could hardly make out the snowman design on it. I think with a slight tweak this bath bomb could however be incredible.

Maybe next year Lush can come up with a tiny redesign to make sure this bath bomb reaches the bestselling status it deserves!

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Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar from Lush

The Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line, I was fortunate enough to receive one as a gift from Lush.

Design wise, the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar looks and is made in the exact same way as the year round best-selling bubble bars, Brightside, The Comforter and Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds.

Lush get the different coloured bits of bubble-bar-dough then roll them together. The miniature sized ones are then squished from the top, a bit like you would do when laying cookies out on their baking tray.

The larger sized bubbles are made a little differently, they are rolled into a big sausage shape and then chopped into slices (See above photo)

Each of these methods is how Lush get the beautiful bubble bar to look so perfectly swirly.

You can only buy the full sized Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bars individually, but I believe that the smaller sized ones are available in some of the Christmas giftsets.

Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar is made from three striking colours: dark purple, dark blue and hot pink. With a name like Sugar Plum Sparkle, you’d expect it to glimmer like the nights sky and glimmer it does!

The striking purple, blue and pink parts of the bubble bar spiral around each other, swirling in an almost hypnotising way.

I love how the colours clash so well with each other; it almost feels criminal to break the bubble bar up to use.

At approximately 200g each, the full sized Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bars are one of Lush’s bigger bubble bars currently available.

Essential oils wise, the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar only contains sweet wild orange.

The Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar’s scent is probably one of the hardest I have ever had to describe.

Some have compared it to The Comforter bubble bar that I mentioned above, and others have gone as far as to say it’s better than Lush’s Snow Fairy scent family… A very bold statement considering the level of Snow Fairies popularity!

It’s a delicate fruity sweet scent that is slightly artificial to my nose. At the risk of sounding like I’ve completely lost the plot it makes me think of something really specific from my childhood… My, My Little Pony collection.

Please do not ask me why as I don’t know myself. All I know is, those plastic ponies are all I can picture in my head when I sniff Sugar Plum Sparkle… I’m wondering if one of the ponies I had were maybe scented in a similar fragrance? 

To use the non-reusable bubble bars like Sugar Plum Sparkle, I break them up then stick the bubble bar pieces into a sieve and let the running-tap spill over it (see above photo).

This method is the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted and through trial and error, I have worked out that it is the best way to get the most out of your bubble bar, bubble wise.

One of the best things about the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar is just how far it goes.

You can get (at the very least) four baths out of just the one Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar without compromising on its scent quality and bubble amount. If you did however feel like you wanted to use more of it per bath, you can always add more, you are in charge after all!

The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of The, Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar under the running tap.

Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles the water turns the dreamiest shade of purple. I didn’t want to get out! The purple water shimmers like someone has shattered a disco ball into it, it’s beautiful.

I couldn’t believe just how many bubbles just one quarter of the bubble bar made too; To get the above photo I had grab a load of it and put it on the other side of the bath. I don’t think I’ve ever had so many bubbles from such a small amount of bubble bar before!

Having a good soak in a Sugar Plum Sparkle bath left my skin feeling silky and looking refreshed. The scent lasted throughout the bath but once out of the bath I could no longer smell it on my skin.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar and plan on getting an extra one before the 2024 Christmas line retires. It’s beautiful before use and during, a real work of art!

I have my fingers crossed that more products come out in its scent very soon, it’s nice to have something sweet that isn’t Snow Fairy for a change.

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