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Dreaming Of A White Christmas Bath Bomb from Lush

The Dreaming Of A White Christmas Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line, I was fortunate enough to receive one as a gift from Lush.

The Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is a mostly blue, snow globe shaped bath bomb with a snowman in its centre.

The snowman in the centre of the bath bomb is made of two snowball segments and it is wearing a bright red top hat.

At the base of the snowman it is all white, representing fallen snow. Etched into the bottom of the external part of the snow globe are two stars and the word LUSH in capital letters.

Each Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is approximately 140g fitting perfectly in my hand.

Some of the ingredients included in the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb are coarse sea salt, cardamom oil, jasmine absolute and ylang ylang oil.

The scent of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is warm and creamy which I wasn’t expecting at all. Before I was aware of its ingredients and with it being a snowy themed product I ignorantly assumed it would be a minty, cooling bath bomb. It is however the complete opposite of minty and cool…

At its forefront, the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb’s scent is a rich and musky floral, the cardamom in it adds a layer of warmth to it too. It’s a very hard scent to describe and isn’t a scent-family that Lush have ever put together and used in a Lush product before.

As soon as the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb touches the water it begins to hiss away, releasing a thin stream of blue foam from all around it.

It doesn’t take long for the water to completely take hold of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb, and once the water has got to it all, the snowman and its red hat doesn’t really produce any extra colour as it’s completely engulfed by the blue part of the bath bomb.

I was a little disappointed at the lack of bath art, but this bath bombs scent is what makes it stand out.

It takes just over ten minutes for the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb to fully dissolve. The jasmine in the bath bomb gets much stronger once wet, it almost has a peppery element to its scent.

The water left behind by the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb is a very similar colour to the end water of the Frozen bath bomb. It’s a cold and icy shade of blue that is in complete contrast to its warm scent.

After leaving the bath, my skin felt soft and hydrated. The scent remained on my skin for a couple of hours too.

Overall, I love the design of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bomb, a snow globe bath bomb is such a unique idea; What I feel lets it down is how it’s made. None of the Dreaming Of A White Christmas bath bombs that I got were as perfect as the one pictured on Lush’s website.

As you can see if you look above at the 2nd photo in this review, the bath bombs aren’t very neat and look kind of squished. The first two that I picked up you could hardly make out the snowman design on it. I think with a slight tweak this bath bomb could however be incredible.

Maybe next year Lush can come up with a tiny redesign to make sure this bath bomb reaches the bestselling status it deserves!

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The Magic of Christmas Bubble Bar (2024)

The, The Magic of Christmas Bubble Bar is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line and is not to be confused with a previous product that shares its name the, The Magic of Christmas reusable bubble bar.

Design wise, the, The Magic of Christmas bubble bar looks and is made in the exact same way as the year round best-selling bubble bars, Brightside, The Comforter and Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds.

Lush get the different coloured bits of bubble-bar-dough then roll them together. The miniature sized ones are then squished from the top, a bit like you would do when laying cookies out on their baking tray. The larger sized bubbles are made a little differently, they are rolled into a big sausage shape and then chopped into slices (See above photo)

Each of these methods is how Lush get the beautiful bubble bar to look so perfectly swirly.

You can only buy the full sized The Magic of Christmas bubble bars individually, but I believe that the smaller sized ones are available in some of the Christmas giftsets.

The Magic of Christmas bubble bar is made from two striking colours: red and gold. Much like the Mother Christmas bath bomb from the same Winter collection, its top layer is decorated with a delicate sprinkling of dissolvable stars.

If you’ve read any of my reviews before, you’ll know how much I love when Lush adds the dissolvable stars to their products. They may only be a small detail, but I feel they make such a difference.

The striking red and gold parts of the bubble bar spiral around each other, swirling in an almost hypnotising way. I love how the colours clash so well with each other. If you are familiar with the Cinnamon Roll bubble bar, both that and The Magic of Christmas look very similar to each other.

At approximately 200g each, the full sized The Magic of Christmas bubble bars are one of Lush’s bigger bubble bars currently available.

The Magic of Christmas bubble bar contains some of the following ingredients: cinnamon leaf oil, grapefruit oil, neroli oil, carob resinoid and ginger oil.

When I first heard about this version of the, The Magic of Christmas bubble bar, I mistakenly assumed it would share the same scent as the older reusable bubble bar of the same name. Its scent is however brand new.

The, The Magic of Christmas bubble bar’s scent is best described as a warm, subtly spicy blend of cinnamon and ginger. It also has a layer of zest that comes from the grapefruit. This zesty layer softens the ginger’s intensity making it more sweet than spicy.

To use the non-reusable bubble bars like The Magic of Christmas, I break them up then stick the bubble bar pieces into a sieve and let the running-tap spill over it (see above photo).

This method is the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted and through trial and error, I have worked out that it is the best way to get the most out of your bubble bar, bubble wise.

One of the best things about The, The Magic of Christmas bubble bar is just how far it goes.

You can get (at the very least) four baths out of just the one The Magic of Christmas bubble bar without compromising on its scent quality and bubble amount. If you did however feel like you wanted to use more of it per bath, you can always add more, you are in charge after all!

The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of The, The Magic of Christmas Bubble Bar under the running tap.

Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles the water turns bright orangey-red. The water underneath the bubbles is especially soft and in turn, left my skin feeling even softer once I was out of the bath, even my hands felt smoother!

The scent lasted throughout the bath and lingered in the air long after pulling the plug. My husband actually asked me what I had used when we came up stairs to go to bed because he thought it smelt delicious.

My skin was also left fragranced although, it was very subtle for a product that has cinnamon in. Normally anything with cinnamon in clings to my skin and is much stronger.

Overall, I really enjoyed using The, The Magic of Christmas bubble bar and plan on getting an extra one before the 2024 Christmas line retires. 

I have my fingers crossed that The Magic of Christmas isn’t one of Lush’s many one-hit-wonder-products as I think it’s a wonderful edition to the Lush Winter line!

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Snow Angel Choir Shower Jelly from Lush

The Snow Angel Choir Shower Jelly is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line.

The Snow Angel Choir shower jelly is a warm, caramel gold colour and is in the shape of a singing angel. The angel is wearing typical choir clothes; A voluminous long gown, that is decorated with one giant gold star.

Each Snow Angel Choir shower jelly is 210g although, the one I have pictured in this review is the smaller 100g version that you get in the 2024 Refill advent calendar.

The Snow Angel Choir shower jelly contains some of the following ingredients: elderflower infusion, carrageenan extract, litsea cubeba oil, tonka absolute and vanilla absolute.

Snow Angel Choir’s scent is from the Super Milk Lush-scent-family. Most recently another limited edition item that came out with the same fragrance was the Super Milk shower gel.

Straight out of the pot the Snow Angel Choir shower jelly has a warm, sherbet like scent. It’s not an easy scent to describe as it has an almost fizziness to it. It’s one of the Lush scents you always go back to for an extra sniff.

With Snow Angel Choir 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 100g Snow Angel Choir shower jelly did get a little flimsy after just one use but I have heard the larger version that are for sale individually are a lot more robust.

Even when a shower jelly is a little flimsy, I’d rather use it and lose it than not use it at all… So far, I’ve used the 100g Snow Angel Choir shower jelly three times and although it is showing wear and tear, there’s plenty more of it 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.

Although, if you do keep it whole, it is big enough to fit in your hand making it a lot easier to keep a hold of in the shower. Once you’ve used it, simply rinse it off and then pop it back into the pot leaving it ready and waiting for you when you next want to use it.

The Snow Angel Choir shower jelly lathers up quickly, once you have enough of a lather work it in to your hands and body just like you would a soap or shower gel.

Before I ever use a Lush product that I plan on reviewing, I always take photos beforehand. When I take photographs of the shower jellies out of their pot, I place them onto a plate so that I can get a clear photo them (see photo 2). I hardly had any contact with the Snow Angel Choir shower jelly when doing this but could still smell it on my hands/wrists for the rest of the day.

You do not have to lather up the Snow Angel Choir for very long at all, a very small amount of it goes a long way. A trait I love in a Lush product!

As I stated earlier, The Snow Angel Choir shower jelly has quite a strong scent. As soon as you take the pots lid off, you are hit with its fragrance BUT in use, the scent intensifies so much more, filling your bathroom and drenching your skin with its warm and inviting fragrance.

After using the Snow Angel Choir shower jelly my skin feels silky smooth, warm, clean, and fresh.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Snow Angel Choir shower jelly, it has such a strong and inviting fragrance that seems to work in whatever format Lush decide to release it in!

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