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Skullduggery Bath Bomb from Lush

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Every time the Skullduggery Bath Bomb has been available to buy through the Lush Kitchen over the last year or so I have missed it. My luck however changed this August and I managed to bag a few from the Kitchen’s most recent batch.

The Skullduggery bath bomb’s design is calavera inspired. Calavera is Spanish for the word skull. The most widely known calaveras are models of human skulls created with sugar cane for the Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead. AKA Halloween.

The Day of the Dead is celebrated throughout Mexico during the last week of October and first few days of November. It is a celebration in honour of family and friends who are no longer with them. The whole idea around human skulls may be creepy to some however when you take the time to learn about the sugar skulls heritage you realise it’s not at all creepy and actually a lovely way to remember loved ones that have passed.

The Skullduggery bath bomb is a member of the Calacas scent family. The Calacas scent happens to be my all time favourite Lush scent, (so far anyway…) as you can imagine, seeing as it is my FAVOURITE Lush scent I was super excited to get my hands on a product that was completely new to me.

Although Skullduggery is not nearly as colourful as other bath bombs with the same scent such as The Enchanter, I think they’re the perfect product to include in a Lush bath-cocktail.

The Calacas scent is a zingy and refreshing, mood-boosting scent. The combination of its carefully selected ingredients; Oil of lime, neroli and olibanum makes for an energising bath time treat that ‘perks up the weariest of souls,’. The Skullduggery bath bomb works great on its own, although as I said above it isn’t as colourful as other bath bombs and to get the most out of it I like to use it in bath cocktails. I find a dash of Calacas shower gel helps the scent stay with you all day. Another great bath cocktail to try is a chunk of some Milky Bath bubble bar with the Skullduggery, it is like bathing in silk.

To some the Skullduggery’s scent may be quite strong. I wasn’t at all sure of it when I first experienced it, I have however grown to love it, once you have used a Calacas product the scent of it remains with you but it’s a lot more gentle once on your skin. It’s not at all overpowering and always leaves me craving more.

As soon as the Skullduggery bath bomb hits the water it starts to fizz away creating copious amounts of pure white foam. The Skullduggery’s heart shaped eyes once submerged leave a small stream of red bubbles. After about 30 seconds the red eyes are no longer visible and the rest of the bath bomb is white all through. The Skullduggery then continues to create soft white foam until the bath bomb completely dissolves.

Performance wise I’d compare the Skullduggery bath bomb to the May Day bath bomb, it isn’t very colourful but its scent makes a lasting impression. Skullduggery is also a very slow fizzer and in this aspect it reminds me of the So White bath bomb, a slow fizzer with a beautiful, delicate scent that stays with you even once the bath bomb is completely dissolved.

The bath water leaves your skin silky smooth and its delicate fruity scent stays with you all day.

Although I still prefer the The Enchanter bath bomb over the Skullduggery one, I would recommend Skullduggery over it if it is just the essential oils you are interested in. I know some people go for bath bombs based purely on their colours in the bathtub but for someone who wants something a little more gentle colour-wise, Skullduggery is a very good choice.

I am waiting very patiently for a Calacas perfume to come out. I have my fingers crossed that it does soon as it really is my favourite scent. In the meantime while I wait, I will just have to enjoy the Calacas scented products that I currently have. Although I am running a little low so am sending Lush Kitchen a virtual nudge for more! 😉

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Fizzbanger Bath Bomb from Lush

The Fizzbanger Bath Bomb has long been one of my favourite Lush bath bombs, at the time of writing this review it is a part of the all-year-round range. If it was ever discontinued, I’d be a very sad Lushie…

The Fizzbanger bath bomb was inspired by the Roald Dahl book, The BFG. Growing up the BFG was one of my favourite books and Roald Dahl to this day is one of my favourite authors, even as an adult I love to go back and read his work.

Funnily enough, I associate a lot of Lush things with Roald Dahl; for example, the Lush Factory is right up there with Willy Wonker’s Chocolate Factory as one of my dream destinations.

The Fizzbanger bath bomb is the standard shaped Lush bath bomb and is bright yellow. Upon first sight the Fizzbanger bath bomb is quite plain in comparison to the other staple Lush bath bombs BUT looks can be deceiving…

Looking at the Fizzbanger bath bomb surrounded by all the other Lush bath bombs such as Frozen and Guardian of the Forest it is easy to see why it could be overlooked. Other bath bombs are much more heavily decorated whereas the Fizzbanger is all round with only one visible colour.

It is not until you place the Fizzbanger bath bomb into your bath water that you see and smell its true potential. It is described on Lush’s website as ‘a Catherine wheel of a bath bomb’ and that’s exactly what it is!

The Fizzbanger bath bomb contains popping candy, cinnamon leaf oil, petitgrain oil, ylang ylang oil and oak moss extract.

Created to have individual scented layers, the Fizzbanger is a feast for your nose as well as your skin. A lot of people wrongly assume that the Fizzbanger is lemon scented because of its colour, the scent is however more like an apple pie sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Delicious!

At first the Fizzbanger bath bomb creates a mound of yellow foam. Once the yellow, foamy explosion spreads itself around the bath a fleck of the Fizzbangers hidden blue interior makes an appearance.

Once the yellow, foam explosion begins to spread itself out a fleck of Fizzbanger’s blue interior makes an appearance. It slowly spins around the water creating blue and yellow lines until the very-middle of the bath bomb reveals itself. Inside is a paper-cut-out BANG surprise, similar to the hidden paper-insert found in the Blackberry bath bomb.

The bath art created by the Fizzbanger bath bomb is INCREDIBLE. The photos in this blog review do the bath bomb no justice at all. It doesn’t take very long after the paper insert makes an appearance for the popping candy to start crackling away.

Petitgrain oil (the supposed primary citrus scent that I think is completely masked by the cinnamon and baked apple scent in Fizzbanger) makes Fizzbanger a good choice of a bath partner if you’re in need of a pick-me-up.

Petitgrain oil is often used within aromatherapy becauseof its calming properties, it known to help reduce the feeling of anxiety and put alongside ylang ylang and cinnamon leaf oil makes the Fizzbanger bath bomb a truly joyful and relaxing bath time treat.

As the blue interior begins to show, the Fizzbanger bath bomb starts to spin making the most beautiful swirly blue and yellow patterns. It moves so quickly, it’s almost impossible to get a clear shot of.

At the end you are left with yellow and blue bubbles sitting on the surface of your bath water. Underneath is the most striking, electric green water, infused with skin softening essential oils that are relaxing for mind, body and soul.

I prefer to use a Fizzbanger bath bomb during the day/in the morning as I find it really awakens my senses if I’ve had a restless night before hand.

I was actually trolled by somebody a couple of years ago on Facebook when I mentioned that Fizzbanger was a good day time bath bomb. What a thing to troll someone about? It just goes to show that not everyone knows the benefits of each essential oil! If every bath bomb ingredient made you sleepy, they wouldn’t be nearly as interesting to use.

Apparently, I need to do more ‘productive things’ with my day other than ‘just bathing’. (Sorry I’m sat here laughing at the thought of me spending all day, every day in the bath… I’m clearly living the dream! and I’m not very wrinkly? maybe I’m part fish or a mermaid?

I have 2 incredibly painful medical conditions that have left me disabled, bathing in hot water helps ease this pain, without this pain relief productiveness of any kind wouldn’t exist in any part of my day (and I would have never found Lush!)

Let’s end this review with a message, if you feel the urge to write a nasty message to a stranger on the internet maybe try this bath bomb instead? 😊

Lush baths have helped me no end, if I need a boost to get through the rest of the day Fizzbanger is my go-to bath bomb.

Its scent is delicious and as for the visual theatrics of it while it fizzles away (popping candy too) it couldn’t be any more spectacular!

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Phoenix Rising Bath Bomb from Lush

The Phoenix Rising Bath Bomb was one of the very first that I tried from Lush. Back in the day when Lush Cosmetics wasn’t all that I ever thought/talked about, Phoenix Rising was readily available in every store as well as online. This was the case up until early 2015.

Since Phoenix Rising’s retirement this is the first time (to my belief) that they have been released as a Lush Kitchen product. Their scent is to die for, I missed it a hell of a lot since it was discontinued so I decided to order a few.

As soon as they arrived I was greeted with their wonderful scent, it took me right back to when I very first got into Lush.

I always liked this bath bomb as it wasn’t like any of the others. Anything with bergamot oil in, is a winner for me but when it is mixed with cinnamon it becomes a dream. Its purple exterior and gold lustre soon fill the bath, a beautiful deep pink foam froths off of it as it glides around in the shimmering, deep purple water.

Phoenix Rising then sinks to the bottom. Still bubbling away, whilst filling my bathroom with an uplifting and energising bergamot and cinnamon scent. The cinnamon stick then becomes unattached to the bath bomb as the ‘phoenix rises!’ right back to the top.

There is something so incredibly warming about cinnamon, I wish Lush did more of them as there’s nothing like a good old soak in a cinnamon infused bath.

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Sometimes I find that bath bombs dissolve too quickly. When this happens it leaves me with no time to appreciate what a very clever invention they are.

The Phoenix Rising bath bomb is however a very slow fizzer. Its colour, scent and presence soothes the soul.

The scent from this enchanting bath bomb lingers on your skin for the best part of the next day if used just before bed, I also love how it pampers my skin. It feels silky smooth when I get out of the bath, there is no need for me to moisturise at all.

I’m still very sad that this bath bomb was put into retirement, I would however like to thank Lush Kitchen for making up a small batch last week so that we could get the chance to relive it once more.

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