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Apple A Day Bath Bomb from Lush

The Apple A Day Bath Bomb is a brand-new product from the 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection.

Apple A Day is actually two bath bombs in one. One bath bomb is a red apple with wheels and the other a green caterpillar. The caterpillar is easy to slip in and of a hole in the red apple, meaning they can be used together or on their own.

Many customers have compared the design to the Apple A Day bath bomb to the caterpillar character in the bestselling children’s book by Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

What I really like about the Apple A Day bath bomb is its scent, but we’ll get more into that once I’ve spoken about the bath bombs ingredients…

The Apple A Day bath bomb contains bergamot oil, Brazilian orange oil, rose absolute, neroli oil, orange flower absolute and apple powder.

The Apple A Day bath bomb is a part of the So White/Once Upon A Time Lush-scent-family. I throw the favourite word around a lot when talking about Lush products but if I was given the choice of being able to only use one Lush scent for the rest of my life, I would choose the Apple A Day bath bombs scent-family without hesitation.

The Apple A Day bath bombs scent is best described as a delicious crisp apple scent; It always makes me think of a freshly sliced apple.

Other products that share its scent are the Once Upon A Time body spray, So White 2016 bath bomb, Luigi shower gel and Atom Heart Mother bath bomb.

When fixed altogether, each of the Apple A Day bath bombs are approximately a huge 230g, with it being so big and having two different parts, it wasn’t easy to get the below photo, I am surprised it came out as good as it did because I’m incredibly clumsy!

As soon as the Apple A Day bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water it begins to fizz away. It’s not a particularly foamy bath bomb and sinks almost immediately.

I am guessing the sinking is more to do with the hole in the apple bath bomb than the bath bombs heavier weight. I decided to use the apple and caterpillar together as I felt this would give me the full Apple A Day experience. I have however seen several others use the apple and caterpillar in two separate baths.

When bath bombs sink like the Apple A Day bath bomb I like to lay back and let the little stream of bubbles it creates tickle my back, there’s something about it that is so relaxing.

The Apple A Day bath bomb dissolves very quickly; It was over in just under two minutes. Apple A Day doesn’t produce any bath art, but it does create strawberry red bath water that smells just like freshly sliced apples.

The bath bombs gorgeous crisp scent hangs around your bathroom long after you’ve pulled the plug and also lasts on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day too.

Once out of the bath, my skin felt hydrated and fresh. There’s something about its crisp apple scent that leaves me feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Apple A Day bath bomb. It’s not my favourite bath bomb that Lush have made in its scent BUT it always works so well in the bath bomb format that I’d happily use any bath bomb with its scent time and time again!

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NEW So White Bath Bomb from Lush

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The So White Bath Bomb has had many visual updates, it started off as just a plain white sphere-shaped bath bomb with light pink insides (reviewed here) this version was released as a part of the Winter line consecutively for quite a few years.

It was then changed to have an apple-like-shape with a single green leaf sat on its top in 2016. This version of the bath bomb created some of the best bath art that I have EVER seen from a Lush bath bomb. (reviewed here)

I adored everything about the 2016 version of the So White bath bomb. Lush however decided to update it yet again just a few years later. Now it still shares the apple-like-shape from its previous version BUT it is completely white, even on the inside. The bath art has gone down the drain, literally…

The only thing that has stayed the same throughout So White’s many face lifts is its scent. The So White scent is in my top 3 favourite Lush scents, as sad as I was to lose what was one of my favourite parts of a much loved bath bomb I was happy I could still experience some of its wonder, minus the bath art.

As angry as I was at Lush for taking away a huge part of one of my all-time-favourite products I understood why they took the colour out of it. For starters it made the bath bombs name make more sense. It also became more desirable to customers who don’t like to bathe in lots of colour or glitter. Sometimes less is more.

With its deliciously-crisp, apple scent, the So White bath bomb smells just like a fairytale. Neroli, orange flower, Brazilian orange, bergamot and rose absolute are blended together to create one of the freshest fragrances Lush have on offer.

Seeing as the So White bath bomb doesn’t create any bath art I didn’t take many pictures of it once it was in the water. It’s a very slow fizzer and what it lacks in bath art it well makes up for with its scent and how soft and milky-white it turns your bath water.

I always come out of a So White bath feeling instantly refreshed, its scent is just so uplifting and gives me a real happiness-boost, helping to go about the rest of my day with a clear state of mind. I can never resist its scent.

After using it, its fairytale fragrance stays on my skin for the best part of the rest of the day, I however like the scent so much that I can never resist topping myself up with its body spray equivalent, the So White body spray.

Any product that has the So White fragrance will always be one of my favourites, if Lush had taken the colour out of any other bath bomb I doubt they’d have got away with it!

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Once Upon A Time Naked Body Lotion from Lush

Last year (2017) Lush jam packed their shelves and online stock space with brand new, packageless ‘naked’ products. They created naked shower gels, naked shower creams, naked body conditioners and even naked lip scrubs. The Once Upon A Time Naked Body Lotion was also a new Lush invention from 2017, no other Lush body lotion had ever been made into a solid/naked form before, this meant the Once Upon A Time naked body lotion had a lot riding on its shoulders.

I got on really well with the potted version of Once Upon A Time body lotion so thought I’d give the naked version a go too. Although there’s a small piece of me that wishes Lush would just continue to sell body lotions and shower gels in pots and bottles, I can understand and appreciate the reasons as to why Lush are working towards creating naked everything. The world is at bursting point with plastic waste and if naked cosmetic products make even a little difference to our environment then it’s worth at least giving the naked products a try.

The Once Upon A Time naked body lotion is a proud member of the So White, Lush-scent-family. Both the naked and potted versions smell just as refreshing and crisp as the So White bath bomb. The sweet scent of fresh apples will always be welcome in my bathroom whatever the products format.

Apart from the obvious there really isn’t much difference between the potted and naked Once Upon A Time body lotions. Just like the potted Once Upon A Time, the naked Once Upon A Time goes a very long way. Instead of scooping lotion out and working it into your skin, you instead grab the green block of body lotion and work it into the parts of your body that are looking for a boost of hydration. The naked version works just as well as the potted version, the only significant difference is that I find the naked version slightly more oily. All this really means is that the naked version takes a little longer to soak in to your skin compared to the potted version.

I admit that storing the naked products is a little difficult due to it being packageless. It not being in a pot does however have its practical as well as ethical advantages too. Especially if you’re like me and have bad hands (therefore not being able to open lids easily). I am currently storing my naked Lush products on a rack in a bathroom cupboard. The naked products that come into contact with water such as the shower gels and body conditioners, will need to be left out to dry before storing them away in a closed box or cupboard etc BUT the Once Upon A Time naked body lotion is however fine to go straight onto the rack after use.

I feel like I should also add that they need to be stored somewhere slightly cooler than room temperature too, just like Lush massage bars the naked body lotion and conditioners do begin to melt if left somewhere warm enough. The naked and potted versions of Once Upon A Time are both great, they each have their own strong points but both give the same results upon use. Right now I still feel as if I favour the potted products but just from a practical point. I’m never very good with change and I’ve grown to love Lush’s little black pots with their funky white text. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet but I believe Lush will be pushing naked products further and further this year so I’m keeping an open mind and giving them all a go.

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