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Love Struck Bath Bomb from Lush

The Love Struck Bath Bomb is Lush’s 2025 Valentine’s Day bomb shell bath bomb, I was lucky enough to be gifted one by Lush… A bomb shell bath bomb is a slightly more luxurious type of bath bomb that can often be split and used over three different baths.

Bombshell bath bombs are huge (370g in Love Struck’s case) they are hollow inside and each have a removable bath bomb lid; Love Struck’s lid being the pointy part of the yellow arrow (see above photo).

Inside of the Love Struck bath bomb you’ll find loose purple bath-bomb-powder, popping candy and coarse sea salt.

The Love Struck bath bomb is not to be confused with 2017’s Lovestruck bubble bar – the only similarity between the two is the name and the fact both are Valentine’s Day products.

The Love Struck bath bomb is a heart shaped bath bomb with Cupid’s yellow arrow shot through it. The front side of it is hot pink and its back is light blue. With its hidden, loose purple bath-bomb-powder, the colours of it really remind me of the Unicorn Horn bubble bar.

Alongside the popping candy and coarse sea salt, Love Struck also contains some of the following ingredients: bergamot oil, blackcurrant absolute and cypress oil.

It shares its scent with The Comforter bubble bar and The Comforter shower gel; It is a juicy, blackcurrant-rich fragrance. However, in bath bomb form, the scent is much lighter compared to the shower gel.

How you use the Love Struck bath bomb is completely up to you. Some throw it all in at once, others split the different parts of it over several baths.

I used the whole thing in one bath starting off by removing its lid and emptying the contents of it, into the water. I was surprised at just how much bath-bomb-powder the Love Struck bath bomb contained.

If you look at the photo directly above, you can see behind the bath bomb that the water has a layer of purple foam, this photo was taken straight after tipping the bath bombs contents out.

After emptying Love Struck’s contents into the bath I placed the yellow lid back on the bath bomb and put the whole thing in the water together.

As soon as the Love Struck bath bomb touches the water, a thick stream of baby blue foam spills out of it, quickly covering most of the purple foam already in the bath. It doesn’t take long for pink and yellow foam to spill out of Love Struck too.

With it being such a big bath bomb, I ended up dunking it all under the water to hurry along the bath art.

Lush’s website describe this bath bombs bath art as ‘more potent than Cupid’s arrow, with swoon-worthy swirls of pastel hues.’

Unfortunately, I didn’t experience any of the popping candy in the Love Struck bath bomb, but I thoroughly enjoyed the bath art it created.

When I submerged the bath bomb, more purple foam burst out of its centre, I must have missed some when pouring it out! This made me regret emptying the contents first; next time, I’ll use it whole.

It took just over 15 minutes for the bath bomb to fully dissolve, leaving behind a deep purple bathwater with brownish undertones. The scent lingers on your skin after, and it leaves your skin feeling wonderfully soft too.

Overall, I loved using this bath bomb. While the big bombshell bath bombs are on the pricier side, they’re definitely worth the occasional splurge on a special occasion!

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Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Bath Bomb from Lush (2024)

The Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Bath Bomb first came out last year as a part of Lush’s 2023 Hanukkah collection. This year, it’s back but with a slight difference.

For the remainder of this review, I will refer to the bath bomb as just the Dreidel bath bomb (to make it easier for me to write, and you to read this review!)

This bath bomb was inspired by a dreidel which is a spinning-top-toy that is traditionally played with on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

A dreidel (just like this bath bomb) has four sides, and each side has a different Hebrew letter on it.

I normally only include one top photo of a Lush product in my reviews but couldn’t resist sharing two with you in this review because I wanted you to be able to see the design a little better.

This year, the Dreidel bath bomb is a gorgeous shade of midnight blue, very similar in colour to the Christmas Eve bubble bar.

Each of the Hebrew letters on the Dreidel bath bomb are made to stand out and are coated in silver.

The Dreidel bath bomb from last year was purple with gold letters, a review on it can be found here: Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel bath bomb (2023).

The Dreidel bath bomb shares its scent with the Apple Crumble bubble bar.

The best way to describe its scent is as baked apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It’s a very warm and inviting fragrance that leaves you wanting more.

Ingredients wise, the Dreidel bath bomb contains some of the following: myrrh resinoid, orange flower absolute and cinnamon leaf oil.

Each Dreidel bath bomb is approximately 150g each and fits in my hand perfectly.

Although you cannot get the Dreidel bath bomb to work as a proper spinning top, you can spin it straight into your bath…

As soon as the Dreidel bath bomb meets your bath water you are greeted with a burst of dark blue foam.

As the water takes over the bath bomb, a lighter, sky blue foam starts to appear from the Dreidel bath bomb.

It doesn’t take long for the thin layer of silver on the four Hebrew letters on each side of the Dreidel bath bomb to decorate the surface of the water with tiny patches of silver.

If you’ve ever seen or used foil in arts and crafts, or even in nail art, you’ll understand what I mean when I say that the silver patches remind me of this when the Dreidel bath bomb is placed in water.

The silver disperses into tiny clumps, creating an almost crackled effect. It’s remarkably similar to how the gold coating on The Wizard bath bomb goes once it is placed in the water (but obviously on a much smaller scale as Dreidel isn’t completely covered like The Wizard).

I didn’t manage to capture a decent photograph of this foil/crackle effect happening like I did with last year’s Dreidel bath bomb BUT if you look at the photo below, you can see a little of the silver in the top left!

The Dreidel bath bomb takes approximately 16 minutes to dissolve, a whole four more minutes than last year’s version. While it didn’t create much visual bath art, I did enjoy the initial blue and silver flecked foam near the beginning of its time in the water.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Dreidel bath bomb, the end water is the most incredible shade of dark blue. The scent also sits well on my skin, and I could still smell it in my bathroom long after the last drop of the bath water went down the plug hole.

Like last years, I’d still have liked to have seen a little more bath art out of it but other than that it was a very enjoyable bath bomb.

My skin felt soft after use and its scent (although subtle) stayed on my skin for the rest of the day too. I’m glad that this bath bomb came back and am wondering whether Lush will change its colour again next year?

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Sleepy Bear Bath Bomb from Lush (2024)

The much loved Sleepy Bear Bath Bomb is back again and this year I was lucky enough to be gifted one by Lush.

Since the Sleepy Bear bath bombs debut in Lush’s 2021 Winter line, it has been a favourite amongst customers returning every Winter. This year the Sleepy Bear bath bomb however has a brand new look!

The older version of the Sleepy Bear bath bomb was white and made in the shape of a bear lying flat on its stomach. It was a simple design with a sprinkling of purple petals on its bum/back.

This new version of the Sleepy Bear bath bomb is still quite simple, it’s all white but is in the shape of a bear sat upright.

Customers that don’t like ‘bits’ in their bath water will be pleased to hear that the purple petals have gone, instead the new Sleepy Bear bath bomb has the same magical ingredient as the Iconic Door bath bomb that turns the white parts of the bath bomb blue once wet. I’m not sure of the exact science behind it but it’s incredible to watch in action!

The Sleepy Bear bath bomb may look different from its older version, but it smells the same. Both versions are a part of the Twilight/Sleepy Lush-scent-family.

Lush’s Sleepy range is huge and because of its ‘magical sleeping properties’ happens to be one of Lush’s most sought after scent families.

The masses will be pleased to hear that yes, the Sleepy Bear bath bomb does share its scent with the Sleepy body lotion and Twilight bath bomb.

The Sleepy Bear bath bomb is approximately 90g each, I always really enjoy using the smaller bath bombs like Sleepy Bear as they are just as good as the larger sized bath bombs but are better value for money.

If you’ve read any of my Lush product reviews before now, you’d know I always have a soft spot for the products that are made into characters (i.e. any Lush product that has eyes…) With the Sleepy Bear having eyes, hair tufts, a big nose, a mouth and four little paws, I just couldn’t resist it as hard as I tried!

The Sleepy Bear bath bomb contains lavender oil, benzoin resinoid, tonka absolute, ylang ylang oil and fine oatmeal.

The scent is perfect to help you wind down at the end of a long day.

After just one sniff you’ll understand why everything that Lush release in the Sleepy fragrance becomes a best seller.

As soon as the Sleepy Bear bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a ferocious hiss, white bubbles sizzle out of the bath bomb, then blue spots of colour begin to appear where the white once was.

The small blue spots of colour become more noticeable as the bath bomb dissolves. The shade of blue is a similar shade to what the Ickle Baby Bot bath bomb is.

For such a small bath bomb the Sleepy Bears’ scent is incredibly strong and just as powerful as the larger sized, Twilight bath bomb.

The Sleepy Bear bath bomb is also a very quick fizzer, it takes only four minutes to completely dissolve giving you plenty of time to lay back and soak up the relaxing lavender, tonka absolute and oatmeal infused waters, it feels like you’re floating on a lavender scented cloud.

The water left behind looks like a blue cloudy sky (see below photo) but I have to admit hydration wise, the Sleepy Bear bath bomb isn’t nearly as moisturising as the older version of the Sleepy Bear bath bomb.

Once out of the bath, my skin does feel soft but not nearly as moisturised as it normally does after using a Lush bath bomb, luckily I had some Sleepy body lotion so could add a little extra hydration to my skin without taking away from the Sleepy Bear bath bombs scent.

The first time that I used the Sleepy Bear bath bomb I didn’t get a chance to use the Sleepy body lotion too until the morning after.

Without using the Sleepy Body lotion, the scent was still noticeable on my skin the following morning. Obviously, using the Sleepy body lotion immediately after helped carry the scent well into the next day after using it too.

I always drift off to sleep so much easier after I’ve used a Sleepy scented Lush product before bed. If you’re looking for a product to help you relax, I’d recommend trying the Sleepy Bear bath bomb.

Overall, the only thing that seemed to let this bath bomb down was how drying it was on my skin. Other than that, though, I think it is a good price and plain enough to gift it to someone who may be on the fence about trying Lush.

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