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Xolo Bath Bomb from Lush

The Xolo Bath Bomb is a part of Lush’s Día de Muertos 2024 collection. Día de Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead is a holiday that is traditionally celebrated on the first 2 days of November.

It is widely celebrated in Mexico but is also observed in other places especially by people of Mexican heritage. 

It is a celebration in honour of family and friends who have passed. It isn’t at all a period of mourning or a sad affair, it’s a cheerful holiday where the living come together to remember their departed loved ones.

The Xolo bath bomb is inspired by a Xoloitzcuintli (Xolo) dog. This particular breed of dog is sacred to Mexican culture and closely associated with Día de Muertos. Xolos are regarded as companions, that are believed to guide and protect the souls of the dead as they go about their journey to the underworld.

The Xolo bath bomb has been created in the shape of a Xolo dogs head. It is all white with pink, green and blue edges. It is incredibly detailed and has striking features just like a real life Xolo dog; Large pronounced ears, a long snout, big eyes and even has the tip of its tongue hanging out.

The bath bomb is also intricately decorated with different patterns all over it. It’s beautiful, almost too beautiful to use.

At 160g each the Xolo bath bomb is quite big, half of it is just its ears!

The Xolo bath bomb contains bergamot oil, blackcurrant absolute and cypress oil.

The Xolo bath bomb shares its scent with the much loved The Comforter bubble bar, its scent is best described as just like a warm hug. It has a very distinctive berry fragrance that at first, I wasn’t entirely sure about but over time, I have fallen head over heels in love with. I couldn’t think of a better fragrance for a sacred companion that is said to guide you to your afterlife.

As the Xolo bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with a thin layer of blue, green and pink foam. Blue spills out of its top end, green out of its middle and pink out of its bottom.

It doesn’t take long for the bath bomb to be completely engulfed by the bath water. As it dissolves away, lighter blue, green and pink bath art spins out of it.

Its comforting scent fills your bathroom lulling you into a state of complete relaxation.

The Xolo bath bomb is quite a quick fizzer taking just under 10 minutes to fully dissolve. The photos in this review do the bath art created by the Xolo bath bomb no justice at all. The colours from it are pastel shades but are still strikingly beautiful.

Once fully dissolved the Xolo bath bombs water is silky soft, once out of the bath my skin felt smoother and also appeared brighter. The scent of the Xolo bath bomb also remained on my skin for the best part of the rest of the day too.

The Xolo bath bomb is truly beautiful, I adore its design and got a little emotional when learning about its origin. I lost my cat, Henry to cancer back in August and I just hoped someone met him when he passed to help guide him to the afterlife.

Overall, I love the Xolo bath bomb, its intricate design makes it one of Lush’s most detailed and beautifully unique bath bombs yet.

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The Juice is Loose Shower Gel from Lush

Alongside the recent release of the new Beetlejuice Beetlejuice film, Lush have created a limited edition collection that’s as bold and quirky as the film itself; Enter the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice X Lush collaboration!

Today I am reviewing, The Juice is Loose Shower Gel, I was lucky enough to receive a bottle of it in the post from Lush a few weeks ago.

I still haven’t had a chance to see the new film itself BUT as soon as it becomes available for home viewing, I will be buying it. I am more than a little bit curious to see what has been going on in the Beetlejuice universe since the ending of the first film released back in 1988.


The Juice is Loose shower gel is a rich, deep shade of purple. This exact shade of purple oozes regal charm demanding everyone’s instant attention. It is actually the same shade of purple as the dresses my bridesmaids wore at my wedding several years ago.

Naturally, this made it the first product from the Beetlejuice X Lush collaboration that caught my eye.

The Juice is Loose shower gels fragrance is the same as the Grape Soda body spray as well as the, The Afterlife bath bomb from the same line.

Some of the ingredients contained in the, The Juice is Loose shower gel are, red clover flower infusion, glycerine, juniper berry oil, sweet wild orange and carrageenan extract.

The Juice is Loose shower gels scent is best described as quite an artificial one; Artificial however doesn’t mean it is an unpleasant scent. Grape Soda as a flavour is not as popular in the UK, as it is in the USA. I can therefore see this shower gel selling better in the USA compared to the UK, but time will tell!

While writing my review on the Grape Soda body spray I did a little research on the flavour/scent. I found out that American’s have more of a palate for fruity flavours that are more artificial or exaggerated compared to the British who are more accustomed to fruity flavours that are more natural and/or less intense.

Think of the, The Juice is Loose shower gels scent as a synthetic interpretation of grapes. It’s sour, tangy and very strong.

Consistency wise the, The Juice is Loose shower gel is incredibly runny. With a name like ‘The Juice is Loose’, this however was to be expected.

With it being so runny, I find myself accidentally using more of the shower gel than I normally would per shower, but it lathers up quickly and is soothing on your skin.

Mixed in with the steam and hot-shower-water the scent really takes over your bathroom, it’s a very strongly scented shower gel so probably better suited to someone that is into the stronger Lush scent families.

Once out of the shower the, The Juice is Loose scent remains on your skin for the best part of the rest of the day. The artificial element of the scent soon dampens down making it more tolerable for those that like their cosmetics scents to be a little more subtle. Overall, it’s a great edition to the Beetlejuice X Lush line!

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Brain Freeze Bath Bomb from Lush

The Brain Freeze Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Halloween line.

As you can see, the Brain Freeze bath bomb has been created to look like a cartoon-version of a human skull. It is mostly white but has two dark blue, deep set eye sockets.

If this isn’t your first Lush Halloween, you may recognise the shape of the Brain Freeze bath bomb. This is because it is hand-pressed in the exact same mould as the Bonehead bubble bar from the 2023 Halloween line.

Each Brain Freeze bath bomb is approximately 130g fitting snuggly in my hand.

Some of the ingredients included in the Brain Freeze bath bomb are peppermint oil, cypress oil, spearmint oil, fine sea salt and a pinch of popping candy. You’ll recognise the bath bombs scent if you’re familiar with the past Lush product, the Melomint bubble bar.

The mixture of peppermint and spearmint oils makes for a cool and refreshing bathing experience, making the ‘Brain Freeze’ name perfect for this bath bomb…

The Brain Freeze’s scent is best described as soft yet fresh, crisp and a little woody too.

I feel as if the cypress oil in it stops the peppermint from being as sharp as it could be. Which isn’t a bad thing at all, I quite enjoy the more subtle and sweeter notes that the Brain Freeze bath bomb offers.

As an incredibly sleepy person, I love a minty product that blasts you awake but at this time of year I don’t want a product to cool me down in the same way as I would in the Summer months. The subtle minty freshness of the Brain Freeze bath bomb is perfect for the cooler Autumn months as it doesn’t leave your teeth chattering but still has a little kick.

As soon as the Brain Freeze bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of dark blue foam at its top, and a lighter, sky blue foam at its bottom. The soft and gently refreshing scent slowly fills your bathroom as the water takes hold of the bath bomb.

Being honest, I did expect more bath art from the Brain Freeze bath bomb, and I also wouldn’t have known it had popping candy in it at all, had I not read the ingredients.

I have however seen other customers upload photos of bath art from this bath bomb to Instagram, they were lucky to get purple and various shades of blue swirls out of their Brain Freeze bath bomb!

The Brain Freeze bath bomb took just over six minutes to fully dissolve, leaving you with plenty of time to lay back and relax in its warm, sea-salt enriched, skin-softening, dark blue water.

The cool fresh scent is more subtle nearer the end of your bath but can still be detected on your skin for a few hours after getting out of the bath.

My skin felt like silk once I was dry and out of the bath, there was no need to moisturise with a body lotion afterwards.

I thoroughly enjoyed using the Brain Freeze bath bomb, I’d have maybe liked a bit more bath art but other than that it was a very enjoyable Halloween bath bomb!

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