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Cempasúchil Bath Bomb from Lush

The Cempasúchil Bath Bomb is a part of Lush’s Día de Los Muertos 2023 collection. Día de los 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 Cempasúchil bath bomb is inspired the flowers of the dead, a marigold. The fragrant and bright orange and yellow marigold flowers are said to attract the souls of the dead, families will often scatter marigold petals forming a path from their front door leading to their ofrenda (their offering to the dead). It’s a way to remind lost souls of the way home.

If you look at the Cempasúchil bath bomb you can see how clever its design is, it’s designed to look like a balled-up collection of orange and yellow marigold petals. It’s a decent sized bath bomb, similar to the all-year-round Intergalactic and Twilight bath bombs.

The Cempasúchil bath bomb contains bergamot, buchu and grapefruit oils. Its scent is fruity and fresh.

As the Cempasúchil bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of thick yellow and orange foam. Once introduced to the water the Cempasúchil bath bomb’s scent really comes to life, filling your bathroom with its hearty scent.

After a while the foam coming out of the Cempasúchil bath bomb is more of a red and yellow, it slowly starts to create swirling orange, red and yellow bath art that reminds me of an older Lush bath bomb the Magma bath bomb.

The Cempasúchil bath bomb is an incredibly slow fizzer, it takes a full 10 minutes to completely dissolve. The photos in this review do the bath art created by the Cempasúchil bath bomb no justice at all. The red, orange, and yellow swirls reminded me of lava mixing together.

Once fully dissolved the Cempasúchil bath bomb turns your bath water a blood orange. I found that the bath water left behind by the Cempasúchil bath bomb was incredibly soft, my skin seemed to soak up all of its goodness. My skin felt smoother and looked brighter.

The scent of the Cempasúchil bath bomb also remained on my skin for the best part of the rest of the day too.

Overall, I really enjoyed trying out the Cempasúchil bath bomb, it’s also nice to learn about other cultures through Lush.

I’m a huge fan of Mexican food so would love to join in with Día de Los Muertos one day, the idea of remembering all of the good times with those you have lost also sounds so refreshing, I am British, and Brits are well known for not being open enough when it comes to remembering the people they have lost and about death in general. I can see a yearly celebration like this being very freeing.

The Cempasúchil bath bomb is truly beautiful, its scent is perfect, design is so clever and well thought out by Lush and it creates amazing bath art too. I hope we see it again next year!

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Groovy Fairy Bath Bomb from Lush

The Snow Fairy scent dominates the Lush Christmas line and this year (2023) there are THREE Snow Fairy scented bath bombs available. Today I am reviewing the Groovy Fairy Bath Bomb which happens to be the cheapest of the three.

In true Snow-Fairy-fashion, the Groovy Fairy bath bomb is all one colour, a brilliantly bright pink! It has been designed in the shape of a cartoon fairy. The fairy has a star topped magic wand, little pointed feet, a bobbed style haircut and her fairy wings are decorated with little etched-in-stars.

Its look and name are clearly inspired by the Bang On The Door, Groovy Chick merchandise from the 90’s. Yes, I had a Groovy Chick bedroom growing up so recognised the resemblance straight away.

Weighing in at approximately 95g, Groovy Fairy is the same size as the Sleepy Bear bath bomb.

The Snow Fairy scent is best described as a sweet blend of candy floss and bubble gum. My first experience with the Snow Fairy scent was through the Snow Fairy shower gel many years ago.

I don’t always favour the super-sweet-scented Lush products however, with the Snow Fairy scent featuring so heavily in so many of Lush’s best-selling products, it’s impossible to avoid… Especially in the Winter!

Over the years I have warmed to the scent somewhat. The fact that every Snow Fairy item is a bright and glorious hot pink (my favourite colour) really helps me warm to each product too.

As I said earlier, Groovy Fairy isn’t the only Snow Fairy scented bath bomb from this year’s Christmas line. There is also a new-look Snow Fairy bath bomb and if you’re looking to really splash out on a HUGE Snow-Fairy-scented bath bomb, there is also the Snow Fairy Lights bath bomb too.

As the Groovy Fairy bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of hot pink foam. It isn’t a bath bomb that produces any colourful bath art patterns, its selling points are its sweet as candy scent as well as the pink colour it turns your bath water.

The bath water left behind is not only bright pink but is also laced with a light yet beautiful shimmer.

The Groovy Fairy bath bomb took less than 3 minutes to fully dissolve, and its scent is sweet and strong right up until the last drop of it goes down the plug hole.

I found the bath water left behind by the Groovy Fairy bath bomb to be incredibly refreshing on the skin. Its sweet, bubble gum-rich scent can still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath too. For some reason, I never find any of Lush’s Snow-Fairy-scented bath bombs to be particularly hydrating on the skin, but my skin wasn’t any dryer than normal after using the Groovy Fairy bath bomb.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Groovy Fairy bath bomb, it’s a fantastic choice for anyone who is looking to experience the Snow Fairy scent at a lower price. It would also make the perfect Christmas gift for someone who you’d like to introduce to Lush Cosmetics or as a gift for an old school Lush fan too.

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NEW Snow Fairy Bath Bomb from Lush

The Snow Fairy Bath Bomb is back again, it has however had a makeover. The old, half pink, half white version with the blue and white snowflakes on has long gone, it has been replaced with a bright pink bath bomb with crisp-white swirls!

The Snow Fairy scent family dominates Lush’s Christmas line every Winter and this year is no exception. Do I prefer the older version of it? I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I miss it, I like the uncomplicatedness of the new look Snow Fairy bath bomb, it’s weird that something less intricate can be more desirable.

All of Lush’s products are handmade, there’s something about the new Snow Fairy bath bomb that looks more handmade than the older version. I find with all Lush products, the more handmade the product looks the more ‘Lush charm’ it has.

Weighing in at approximately 180g the new Snow Fairy bath bomb is a little bit smaller than the standard Lush bath bombs such as Intergalactic and Twilight which are 200g each, although you wouldn’t know it just by looking at it.

My first experience with the Snow Fairy scent was through the shower gel many years ago. The Snow Fairy scent is best described as a sweet blend of candy floss and bubble gum.

I don’t always favour the super-sweet-scented Lush products, HOWEVER, with the Snow Fairy scent featuring so heavily in so many of Lush’s best-selling products it’s impossible to avoid, especially in the Winter.

Over the years I have warmed to the scent somewhat. The fact that every Snow Fairy item is a bright and glorious hot pink (my favourite colour) really helps me warm to each product too! 😉

Funnily enough, the Snow Fairy bath bomb isn’t the only bath bomb from this Winters’ Christmas line that has the Snow Fairy scent, we have the Groovy Fairy bath bomb and Snow Fairy Lights bath bomb too.

As soon as the Snow Fairy bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of hot pink foam. It slowly bobs around your bath spitting out pink and white bubbles as it charges around, floating upon the surface of the water.

I am always honest in my reviews, and I must admit that I was expecting a lot more from the Snow Fairy bath bomb bath-art-wise. It had the potential with the white and pinks, but it just didn’t take off.

It’s not fantastic bath-art-wise but it does put on a beautiful show. As the bath bomb dissolves, the water slowly turns a bright and sparkly pink. Swirling the water around with my hand really showed off how sparkly it was.

The Snow Fairy bath bomb took well over 10 minutes to fully dissolve. Its scent is sweet and strong right up until the last drop of it goes down the plug hole.

I found the water that the Snow Fairy bath bomb left behind to be soft on the skin and incredibly refreshing. Its sweet, bubblegum-rich scent can still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath too. I wouldn’t say it was the most hydrating of bath bombs, BUT my skin wasn’t any dryer than normal after using it.

I did really enjoy the new design of the Snow Fairy bath bomb however I would have liked to have seen more bath art out of it, maybe I’m just being fussy though!

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