This March Lush have hit us with, yet another influx of collaboration products and I’ve never been more excited with a collection.
The new mini line that came out online today is inspired by no other than DreamWorks Animations’ Shrek franchise.
The brand-new products from the Lush X Shrek collection celebrate everyone’s inner swampy self and contrasts with the ‘clean girl’ aesthetic of recent years.
Ahead of the products website release, I was lucky enough to be gifted most of the line by Lush. thanks again Lush, you’ve made my month with this surprise box of Shrek goodies!
The Shrek Swamp Bath Bomb is the first of the products from the Lush X Shrek collaboration that I tried, and it did not disappoint.
Shrek Swamp is a mixture of two colours, bright green and chocolate brown and has a big green ‘S’ on its top, ogre ears and all.
Shrek Swamp is the perfect bath bomb to turn your bath water into swamp-bathwater, I’m positive that Shrek and every other ogre in the world would be proud of it.
The Shrek Swamp bath bomb contains pine oil, vetitvert oil, peppermint oil, cocoa absolute, cocoa powder, carrageenan extract, Fullers earth, rhassoul mud, arame seaweed and dried oakmoss.
Scent wise, before using the Shrek Swamp bath bomb my nose can detect the peppermint in it, the cocoa powder gives it a chocolatey layer as well.
The dried oakmoss and pine oil adds a foresty like layer to its scent too. In ways this part of the bath bomb reminds me of a mixture of the Lakes bath bomb mixed with some Grass shower gel.
When the Shrek Swamp bath bomb first encounters your bath water there is an explosion of green froth, slowly bubbling away. Not long after placing it into the water, brown froth begins to spill out of it too.
Slowly but surely, little bits of dried oakmoss and arame seaweed breaks free from the bath bomb filling your bath with swamp debris.
At this point I’d like to point out that if you don’t enjoy floating pieces in your bath water it would be best to use the Shrek Swamp bath bomb in a sock or stocking. That way, any floating debris will stay in that sock or stocking, but you’ll still get all the benefits from the ingredients.
For example the arame seaweed will still soften the water you just won’t have it loose in the water.
I don’t mind the ‘swamp life’ and used the Shrek Swamp bath bomb as it was designed, to get the true ogre, swamp experience.
Clean up with products like this is always a huge topic amongst customers. But luckily for you, I’ve used thousands of bath bombs so know a thing or two about them and how to ensure clean up isn’t hard work…
Every bath bomb you use will leave some sort of residue in your bathtub IF it has any soap scum in (even the invisible bits you can’t easily see).
I recommend running a sponge with dish soap on it around your tub after each use, this cuts and wipes away any stubborn grease or residue that may be left behind, even the left-over bits you can’t see.
Doing this followed by a quick rinse makes the world of difference when using bath bombs.
I do feel like I need to point out that you should bear in mind that this bath bomb is to create swamp like water though; It’s not an ordinary bath bomb, it’s swamp chic not ‘clean girl’ chic!
Once in the hot water the scent of the Shrek Swamp bath bomb seems to change a little bit, the chocolate aspect seems to disappear and a new layer of scent seems to come through, there’s an almost smoky, slightly spicy air to it, it’s subtle but definitely there.
The peppermint and pine oil in it really shines through during use, filling your bath bomb with its forest-fresh fragrance.
It takes a good 5 minutes for the Shrek Swamp bath bomb to fully dissolve, and the water left behind is heavily fragranced and the exact shade of green that Shrek is.
The scent of the Shrek Swamp bath bomb lasted on my skin for the rest of the day, I was pleasantly surprised at how soft and hydrated it left my skin too.
As I said earlier, I didn’t use the bath bomb in a stocking, so I did have swamp debris in with me in the tub. The larger bits were very easy to fish out and place in the bin and the smaller bits went down the plug hole no problem.
The Shrek Swamp bath bomb does contain skin-loving Fullers earth and rhassoul mud so you will need to rinse your bath out after using it BUT if you stick with my sponge and dish soap trick, the rinse will take only seconds instead of several minutes.
Overall, I’m so in love with the Shrek Swamp bath bomb, it’s so well thought out and my skin adored soaking up all of its ingredients.
I can’t wait to review the other Shrek stock!
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