Category: New for 2024

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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Ooze Canister Shower Bomb from Lush

Lush’s latest collaboration is with no other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The latest Lush Kitchen Subscription Box (July 2024) was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed and Lush have also released a store and online collection for those not subscribed to the Lush Kitchen.

Today I am reviewing the Ooze Canister Shower Bomb that came in the latest Lush Kitchen Subscription Box. The first thing I noticed about Ooze Canister was how big it is, it’s four, possibly five times bigger than any other shower bomb I have used from Lush before.

You’ll have to excuse my ignorance on all things TMNJ as it was a huge TV show while I was still very young, I can remember my older cousins watching it but not much else so have had to do a little research…

The Ooze Canister is turtle green and has dusted silver details. Both ends are dusted with silver lustre and so is the TCRI letters stamped in its middle. TCRI stands for Techno Cosmic Research Institute and Ooze is the mutagen chemical that transformed the baby turtles into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Ooze Canister shower bomb shares its scent with the Bat Art bath bomb from Lush’s most recent Halloween collections. It contains Sicilian lemon oil, green Mandarin oil, rosemary oil and sage oil.

Its scent is best described as a fruity, bitter but sweet blackcurrant fragrance with an almost-medicinal, herbal edge to it.

As I mentioned earlier, the Ooze Canister shower bomb is HUGE. I rarely break up products that aren’t bubbles bars but for this one I recommend breaking it up as a little goes a long way. I say a little goes a long way a lot with Lush bubble bars and shower gels, but the Ooze Canister really does go a ridiculously long way.

I used 1/3rd of it in one shower and it was such a waste. You could easily get six showers out of this one shower bomb; Very different from the small and therefore single use shower bombs such as Beak Street and Strawberry Hill!

To use a shower bomb all you do is take it into the shower with you and hold it under the water, it will instantly foam up and expand. You then begin to cleanse yourself with the foam in the same way as you would use a shower gel.

I recommend breaking up the Ooze Canister shower bomb before getting into the shower to avoid the risk of getting the bits of it you’re not just about to use wet too.

The Ooze Canister foams up quickly and creates a rich and creamy, bright green lather. The bitter but sweet blackcurrant fragrance fills your bathroom and fragrances your skin. It’s made me really wish Lush would release a shower gel equivalent. (There was a prototype, so it technically already exists…) * wink, wink, nudge, nudge Lush! *

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Ooze Canister shower bomb, I just wish I’d known beforehand how far it went. I wholeheartedly recommend breaking it up into six pieces as such a small amount really does go such a long way!

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The One With Orange Slices Bath Bomb from Lush

Out of the 29 bath bombs in the 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection, there are four special ones that can be categorised in their own little group. All of their names start with, ‘The One With…’ and each of them are mini bombshell-bath-bombs. (see photo of all four of them together in the photo below)

A bombshell bath bomb is a bath bomb with a little extra something inside. Usually, Lush make their bombshells a lot bigger, which is why I wrongly assumed that they were all just ordinary bath bombs…

I only found out that they were bombshell bath bombs after I had used one. Today I am reviewing the, The One With Orange Slices Bath Bomb.

On first appearance all of the, The One With bath bombs look quite plain when you compare them to most of the other 29 bath bombs in the 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection.

The One With Orange Slices has a very uncomplicated design; It’s a light shade of orange and is the size and shape of the average Lush bath bomb. Decoration wise, it has a single dried orange slice on its top.

While I thought in a first impression that the, The One With Orange Slices bath bomb looked plain; Having used a lot of Lush products over the years I am now a little wiser than I was and always have in the back of my mind that the plainer products can quite often be the products that surprise you the most.

This is why I decided to get and give each of the, ‘The One With’ bath bombs a go.

I also have to remind myself that not everyone favours the big, bold, eye-catching, all-bells-and-whistles bath bombs. Sometimes you just want a quick and simple bath but with that little something extra.

Sometimes I fancy a bath bomb that spills out bright and colourful bath art but on the night that I decided to use The One With Orange Slices, I wasn’t fussed with bath-time theatrics, I just wanted to wind down in a nice bath.

When feeling like this, the quicker a bath bomb dissolves the better. With the, The One With bath bombs not being bath-art bath bombs and fairly quick fizzers, I decided that it was the perfect occasion to try one.

The first time that I used The One With Orange Slices bath bomb I was feeling a little down in the dumps, I find citrus scents to be quite uplifting so out of the four mini bombshell bath bombs, The One With Orange Slices was an easy pick.

The One With Orange Slices bath bomb contains dried orange slices and Brazilian orange oil.

The scent of The One With Orange Slices bath bomb is as its name and overall ingredient list suggests, a beautiful citrus orange and is described on Lush’s website as ‘Simply the zest!’.

It doesn’t share its scent with the Lava Lamp bath bomb but it has the same orange sweetness that I really missed when the Lava Lamp bath bomb was discontinued. 

The One With Orange Slices scent is what I wish the Marmalade jelly bomb from 2017 had smelt like!

I did say earlier that I always expect the unexpected when I use Lush products and The One With Orange Slices bath bomb was an experience indeed. I did however have more of an idea on what was coming thanks to having already used the, The One With Lavender in bath bomb.

As soon as the bath bomb comes in to contact with the water there is a gentle hiss of light orange bubbles fizzing out of it.

It didn’t take long for the bath bomb to make a peculiar noise, it sounds just like something hollow filling up with water and air, almost like the bath bomb is gulping…

Then, what I can only describe as the bath bomb giving birth to lots of orange slices happens. Slice after slice appear as the orange bombshell bath bomb sizzles away.

After the multiple births of orange slices comes to an end, it took about one more minute for the bath bomb to fully dissolve. This last 60 seconds took the bath bombs total ‘melt time’ to three minutes exactly.

I admit, I had an idea of what was coming when I used the, The One With Orange Slices but I was still shocked at the amount of orange slices it actually had hidden inside of it!

Clean up wasn’t difficult at all, simply scoop the fruit slices out and pop them in the bin. Some people are funny about ‘bits’ in their bath but I really enjoyed the novelty of becoming a part of this orange slice mocktail.

Overall, I enjoyed using The One With Orange Slices bath bomb so much more than I thought I would, its scent is delicious, and I like how quick and easy it makes adding a little bit of luxury into a fuss free, quick yet relaxing bath time.

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