Tag: Halloween

Pumpkin Patch Bath Bomb from Lush

The Pumpkin Patch Bath Bomb is a brand-new product that (at the time of writing this review) was only available as an exclusive item in October 2023’s Lush Kitchen Subscription Box. Whether or not it will be available in the future elsewhere is a question you’ll have to ask Lush.

The Pumpkin Patch bath bomb is an orange pumpkin that has been designed to look like the typical carved-Halloween-pumpkin but with a pirate twist, one eye is covered by a patch. Its name, the fact it is a pumpkin, and the eye patch are a (typical of Lush) very clever pun.

This year’s Halloween line is incredible, I could see this bath bomb selling extremely well alongside all of the other 2023 Halloween stock.

The Pumpkin Patch bath bomb contains grapefruit oil, juniper berry oil, lime oil and organic pumpkin seed oil and shares its scent with several best-selling Halloween Lush products such as the Sparkly Pumpkin bubble bar and 2 products that are available from this year’s Halloween line (2023) the Sparkly Pumpkin shower slime and Pumpkin Crumble bubble bar.

Before now, the Sparkly Pumpkin Lush-scent-family had only ever featured in a soap and body spray format (as well as the above-mentioned bubble bar and shower slimes) so getting it in a bath bomb format was a dream come true for some.

To look at, the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb has a very similar finish to the likes of the Gold Rabbit, Rose Gold, Partridge in a Pear Tree, and Lucky Tiger bath bombs, covered in an orangey golden shimmer.

The Pumpkin Patch bath bomb’s scent is delicious. It has a slightly spicy element to it as well as a kick of citrus from the grapefruit oil. Each of the bath bomb’s ingredients mixes with each other perfectly, softening one aspect of it while strengthening another.

Although I do not drink anything with caffeine in, I have been told by someone who does, that the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb smells very similar to the spices used in a pumpkin spiced latte.

Pumpkin Patch is a good-sized bath bomb, it’s similar in size to the standard Lush bath bombs, fitting snuggly in my hand.

As soon as the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a burst of bright orange foam.

The Pumpkin Patch bath bomb’s orangey golden shimmer also starts to glide into your bath water almost immediately too.

I know I say this in almost every bath bomb review but the photos in this review do the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb no justice at all.

Its bath art is very similar to the bath art created by both the Orange Pop and Christmas Sweater bath bomb. The orange and red swirls seem to go on forever.

The Pumpkin Patch bath bomb takes approximately 15 minutes to fully dissolve, leaving you with plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the pretty red and orange show that it puts on.

I found the bright orange waters left behind by the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb exceptionally hydrating and smooth to the touch. The amount of shimmer in it also left me mesmerised.

Its scent although subtle, can still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath. My skin was also still silky smooth for the whole rest of the next day too.

I adore the Pumpkin Patch bath bomb, why it wasn’t a part of the in-store Lush Halloween line is a mystery to me as it really makes for the perfect, pumpkin-spiced Halloween bath!

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Candy Corn Lip Scrub from Lush

The main ingredient in all of Lush’s lip scrubs is caster sugar. To this day I am still lost for words that such a simple and natural mix of ingredients can do such a great job at exfoliating. It really does make me question why other cosmetic companies ever actively chose to use (the now illegal) micro-plastics in their exfoliation products.

Lush’s lip scrubs are ridiculously underrated, if you’re on the fence about giving them a go I promise you, you will not be disappointed (which ever one you choose to go with!) Luckily for us, Lush have released not 1, but 2 new lip scrubs for Halloween 2023!

Today I am going to be reviewing the Candy Corn Lip Scrub. I use Lush lip scrubs almost every day so whenever a new one comes out, I always make sure I grab a pot.

Using Lush lip scrubs requires a minimum amount of effort, and they cover everything your lips need to always look and feel their best. They are the perfect product to exfoliate dry or chapped lips and are also very good at softening and hydrating them at the same time. Exfoliating your lips has so many benefits and with all thanks to Lush, it has never been easier to do.

As well as caster sugar, the Candy Corn lip scrub also contains organic jojoba oil, Brazilian orange oil, rose oil, benzoin resinoid, sesame seed absolute, fir balsam resinoid and paprika oleoresin.

Unlike the Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe lip scrub (the other lip scrub from the 2023 Halloween line) Candy Corn is a brand-new Lush scent that hasn’t featured in any other Lush product before now.

The one question I have been asked over and over about the Candy Corn lip scrub is whether it smells and tastes like the sugary sweet of the same name, Candy Corn. I have personally never tried the sweet so I can’t say for sure. I have however heard others say they are very alike.

Lush’s lip scrubs are obviously not meant to be eaten; BUT if a little amount of it does accidently end up in your mouth while you are scrubbing your lips, you don’t need to worry.

The Candy Corn lip scrub is a gloriously bright shade of orange. Ordinarily, I tend to favour the lighter or more natural to actual lip-colour lip scrubs over the brightly coloured ones because I find that the highly pigmented scrubs can sometimes (after use) leave your lips with a slight tinge of whatever colour the lip scrub is. I am however pleased to report that during use, I haven’t had any colour transfer from the Candy Corn lip scrub at all.

Even though I’m usually not a huge fan of the Lush products that are super sweet, I do actually like the smell/taste of the Candy Corn lip scrub. It isn’t as sweet as I feared, in fact, the most dominant ingredient in it scent/taste wise is probably the Brazilian orange oil.

If I had to choose a favourite out of the 2 Halloween 2023 Lush lip scrubs, I’d pick the Candy Corn lip scrub. A little amount of it goes a long way, my lips feel smoother with little to no effort, and I also find the formula quite hydrating. I do recommend a quick dab of lip balm after using it though, just to add an extra layer of hydration.

Overall, I love the Candy Corn lip scrub, when you use lip scrubs as much as I do it’s very easy to grow bored of one scent/taste so new ones make things a little less boring. With the Candy Corn lip scrub being so orange-led I could actually see it working well as a Summer product too!

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NEW Screamo Bath Bomb from Lush

The Screamo Bath Bomb was a brand-new, limited-edition product that was first released as a part of Lush’s 2022 Halloween line. This year (2023) Lush decided to bring it back BUT with a slightly different appearance.

Any horror-movie-buff could see that last years version of the bath bomb was clearly inspired by the film, Scream. A very little change has made the bath bomb now look more like the scared face in The Scream painting by Edvard Munch.

The Screamo bath bomb now has a bright-white screaming face with 3 dark blue egg-shaped holes for its eyes and mouth.

Before the Screamo bath bombs first release, Lush had actually released a reusable bubble bar equivalent of it back in 2021. It however didn’t sell well due to it falling apart immediately after first use, sometimes even before you’d had a chance to use it like mine did, the reason why I never got round to reviewing it.

With the Screamo bath bomb making a return for yet another Halloween, it seems Lush were wise to reimagine the Screamo reusable bubble bar into a bath bomb.

The Screamo bath bomb contains a long list of ingredients, some of them include; benzoin resinoid, ylang ylang and almond essential oils. It has a rich and incredibly sharp, cherry-almond scent. It’s mouth-wateringly yummy!

At 100g the 2023 version of the Screamo bath bomb is a whole 20g lighter than its predecessor. It fits snuggly in my hand it’s a little bit bigger than the Butterbear bath bomb and a little bit smaller than the Ghostie bath bomb.

With Screamo’s contrasting white and royal-blue colours I knew that the bath art it would create would be dramatic to say the least.

As soon as the Screamo bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of royal-blue foam. Blue bubbles slowly fizzle out of it as the bath bomb floats upon the surface of the water.

The photos I have included in this review do the Screamo bath bomb no justice at all. While the bath art it creates is mainly blue with small streaks of white it was still incredibly mesmerising to watch in action.

Underneath the blue foam, the water turns a deeply inviting and very sparkly, royal-blue.

As the bath bomb slowly dissolves away the bath water becomes softer and softer, almost silky like. Screamo takes a good 10 to 12 minutes to fully dissolve.

As I said earlier, the Screamo bath bomb creates the most incredibly soft bathwater and I found that it left my skin feeling hydrated and silky-smooth too.

The bath bombs delicious cherry-almond scent is what really sells this bath bomb to me though. Its moreish scent can still be smelt on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day once you’re out of the bath too.

Overall, I really do enjoy using the Screamo bath bomb BUT I’d have much preferred for the Big Foot bath bomb from the 2022 Halloween line to have made a return instead.

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