Wild Violet Co-Mingle Body Scrub from Lush

The first Co-Mingle body scrub was released back in 2022. Lush have since released several more; Sticky Dates Co-MingleTropical Co-Mingle and now the subject of this review, the Wild Violet Co-Mingle Body Scrub!

The Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2024 Mother’s Day line. I was lucky enough to get to try it before its initial release as Lush gifted me a pot, it’s set to be available in all UK stores from the 1st of February.

The Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub is described by Lush as ‘wild and beautiful, sweet and soft.’ Using it buffs, cleanses, and moisturises your skin all at the same time.

After the success of both the original Co-Mingle and Sticky Dates Co-Mingle, I was eager to give the Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub a go.

With the Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub being a three-in-one product it has a lot of ingredients in it; the scrubby element of it comes from the tagua nut powder.

Alongside the tagua nut powder, the Wild Violet Co-Mingle also contains sweet violet leaf infusion, spring water, almond oil, Brazil nut oil, ground white rice, ylang ylang flower infusion, fair trade shea butter, argan oil, cupuacu butter and rosewood oil.

The Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub shares its scent with the Ultraviolet bubble bar which happens to be one of my favourites.

The best way I can describe its scent is as a really intense violet, I can’t often tell the difference between Lush’s violet-based scent families but this one is a very natural floral, it smells very green and always leaves me feeling fresher.

Consistency-wise, the Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub is probably the loosest of the Co-Mingles that Lush have created so far. I’d describe it as being like a very milky porridge.

A very small amount of the Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub goes a long way BUT it smells so good that I always end up taking an extra scoop out just because I can!

To use, all you need is about 3 fingers worth and that easily does your whole body. I wouldn’t say that the Wild Violet Co-Mingle was a very harsh body scrub, if anything it is more of a skin buffer than exfoliator. It almost thickens into something creamier as you lather it in.

The formula is super nourishing for your skin. Even though it’s a very gentle body scrub, it does buff away dirt and dead skin well leaving skin that appears brighter behind.

It really is a three-in-one product too, it scrubs (albeit very gently) washes and moisturises your skin perfectly, there’s no need for a shower gel or body lotion after using it.

Overall, I love the Wild Violet Co-Mingle body scrub, I do prefer something a bit scrubbier when I’m in need of a good exfoliation but this one I am more than happy to use as a gentle in-between.


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Love Letter Bath Bomb from Lush

The Love Letter Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2024 Valentine’s Day line.

Weighing in at just 85g, the Love Letter bath bomb is one of Lush’s smallest bath bombs to date BUT if there is one thing that Lush has taught me it is that bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. I also never judge a bath bomb on first look as the plainer ones can often give you the best surprises in the water too…

Love Letter is just that, a bath bomb designed to look just like a love letter, this envelope shaped bath bomb is sealed with a bright pink heart, and it is decorated with a sprinkling of dissolvable love hearts just like the Love Boat bath bomb had.

The Love Letter bath bomb contains coconut milk powder, fair trade organic cocoa butter, bergamot oil, olibanum oil and geranium oil.

It shares its scent with several very popular products, Yummy Yummy Yummy shower gelPeeping Santa bubbleroon and the Strawberries and Cream bath bomb just to name a few.

Love Letter’s scent is best described as a sweet and super-creamy, strawberry scent. It’s mouth wateringly good.

As soon as the Love Letter bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a gentle hiss as white bubbles spill out of the bath bomb. Soon after putting it in to the water small beads of yellow cocoa butter also start to come out of the bath bomb melting into your hot water in a similar way to the Butterball bath bomb.

You’d be safe in assuming that the Love Letter bath bomb doesn’t offer anything too colourful bath-art-wise, but it does put on such a unique performance.

The dissolvable love hearts slowly break free from the bath bomb as the envelope part of the bath bomb gets taken over by the water; What I like best about the Love Letter bath bomb is that the bright pink heart is the very last bit of the bath bomb to dissolve, it’s a very clever design!

The Love Letter bath bomb takes approximately five minutes to fully dissolve which is a lot longer than I expected considering its smaller size, it turns your bath water a very light lilac colour. The scent is still strong but slightly gentler once the bath bomb has fully dissolved.

I found the waters left behind by the Love Letter bath bomb to be incredibly moisturising, more so than I originally thought as I didn’t expect it to have as much cocoa butter in it as it did.

The sweet strawberry scent of the bath bomb remains in your bathroom long after you pull the plug too.

The scent can also still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath but at a much more subtle level.

Overall, I LOVE this bath bomb. It might not be the brightest or biggest bath bomb in the Valentine’s Day line BUT the attention Lush have put into all of its little details really shines through, especially during use.

The scent and the fact that the pink heart is the last part of the bath bomb to disappear makes for such a unique bathing experience, I really hope this bath bomb comes back every Valentine’s day as it’s brilliant!


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Kiss Me Quick Shower Jelly from Lush

The Kiss Me Quick Shower Jelly is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2024 Valentine’s Day line. Designed to look just like a big, juicy pair of lips I couldn’t wait to give it a try in the shower.

Kiss Me Quick is a fairly small, darker red shower jelly. at just 85g, it fits perfectly in my hand making it very easy to use.

The Kiss Me Quick shower jelly contains fresh strawberry juice, fair trade aloe vera gel, clove bud oil, mimosa absolute and tonka absolute.

It shares its scent with the Kiss Me Quick wash card from Lush’s 2018 Valentine’s line. Straight out of the pot it’s an intensely sweet strawberry like fragrance.

With Kiss Me Quick being a novelty shaped shower jelly, I wondered how long it would last as unfortunately I find more often than not, that the novelty shaped jellies aren’t always as sturdy and robust as the normal pot shaped ones.

As predicted, the Kiss Me Quick shower jelly did begin falling apart after just a few uses. However, I’d rather use it and lose it than not use it at all! So far, I’ve used it 3 times and although it is showing wear and tear, there’s plenty more to go around yet.

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, this is a good method if you’re sharing it with someone else.

If you do keep it whole, as I mentioned above, the Kiss Me Quick 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. 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 Kiss Me Quick shower jelly lathers up quickly, once you have enough of it in your hands pop the shower jelly back in its pot and start to rub your hands together, this is the point where the shower jellies residue turns super milky. A very small amount of it goes a long way, I think I only lathered up the shower jelly in my hands 3 or 4 times before placing it back in the pot.

As I stated earlier, The Kiss Me Quick shower jellies scent is quite intense. As soon as you take the pots lid off, you are hit with its strawberry fragrance BUT in use, the scent seems to change somewhat. Mixed alongside the hot water and steam of the shower, the clove bud oil seems to take over making it a spicy strawberry scent. On paper, it sounds like a spicy strawberry wouldn’t work, yet it does!

After using the Kiss Me Quick shower jelly my skin feels soft, warm, and perfectly refreshed. The clove bud oil in it has made it one of my favourite Winter products. It warms and soothes my cold achy muscles just as well as the likes of the Hot Toddy shower gel.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Kiss Me Quick shower jelly a lot more than I thought I would, it’s such a unique fragrance, fruity yet spicy. I’d love to see it released in other product formats in the future.


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