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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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Snow Dragon Bath Bomb from Lush

The Snow Dragon Bath Bomb first became available as a part of 2022’s Winter line. I’m a little late on reviewing it but I have heard that it will be making a return this Winter (2023), so I thought I’d finally get my half-written review on it finished and published on here!

I’m a little obsessed with all thing’s dragon after the Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon series, anything Dragon inspired is right up my street. The Snow Dragon bath bomb shares its scent with the Christmas classic, Baked Alaska soap, Mermaid bath bomb and Mermaid Tail bubble bar.

Snow Dragon is a similar size to the Sleepy Bear bath bomb and is one of the cheaper Winter-bath-bomb options. It’s designed to look like a sky-blue dragon that’s laying down. Again, it is very similar to Sleepy Bear as that bath bomb is designed as laying down too.

This small but mighty, sky-blue, dragon-shaped bath bomb is decorated with a sprinkling of purple-stained coarse sea salt and also has a generous helping of popping candy in it too. If I’m being honest, I think that the Snow Dragon bath bomb resembles a crocodile more than a dragon. BUT, seeing as dragons aren’t technically real, I don’t think it really matters! 😉

The Snow Dragon bath bomb was the first of the Winter 2022 products that I used, I don’t know why I have left it so long to review but the fact I did isn’t an indication that I didn’t enjoy using the bath bomb, I in fact loved it. There were so many great bath bombs last year that I simply couldn’t keep up with the reviews.

All of Lush’s bath bombs are hand pressed and the mould for the Snow Dragon bath bomb has quite an intricate design, it’s so interesting to see how Lush’s bath bombs get more and more intricate year in, year out. The invention of the 3D printer really has opened up so many possibilities for product design at Lush. When Lush first opened its doors in 1995 I don’t think anyone could have imagined that handmade bath bombs would evolve to look this spectacular!

The Snow Dragon bath bomb contains some of the following essential oils; lemon myrtle, ylang ylang and grapefruit. Its scent is a refreshingly zingy, sharp-citrus-concoction. It is perfect for when you need an energy boost, (something we all need a bit of help with during the cold Winter months)

Lush’s website describes the Snow Dragon bath bomb as a ‘magical creature’ that’s soothing sea salt will ‘soften your skin’ while it’s refreshing citrus-based oils will ‘awaken your mind’.

It’s the perfect Winter-time pick me up, I was incredibly lucky to grab several Snow Dragon bath bombs at Lush’s online boxing-day-sale last year.

As soon as the Snow Dragon bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water a burst of blue foam erupts from it. It doesn’t take long for the popping candy to make an appearance, you are almost immediately greeted with an array of snap, crackles, and pops as the blue foam slowly turns the water a shade of pale blue.

The Snow Dragon bath bomb is quite a quick fizzer taking only 5 minutes to fully dissolve, the popping candy however carries on popping away long after the bath bomb has dissolved. The lemon and grapefruit scent really comes alive within the hot bath water; my bathroom was filled with its beautifully zingy scent long after I pulled the plug.

Snow Dragon doesn’t create any bath art, it’s redeeming features are definitely its beautiful blue colour and super energising scent.

The sea salt included in the Snow Dragon bath bomb really does make a difference to the softness of your bath water. My skin has never felt so soft after using one of the smaller sized Lush bath bombs before.

The scent lasted on my skin for a good few hours after getting out of the bath and my skin stayed soft and smooth long after I got out too.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Snow Dragon bath bomb, so much so I bought several more after using it. It wasn’t my favourite of the bath bombs from the Winter 2022 collection but one I did thoroughly enjoy using. I am not surprised to see that the Snow Dragon bath bomb has been chosen to return for the Winter 2023 line.

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Magical Santa Bath Bomb from Lush

The Magical Santa Bath Bomb is a brand-new, limited-edition product from Lush’s 2022 Christmas line. I believe it has been released as a replacement for the Snowman Dreaming bath bomb as on the Lush website it is described as a ‘festive rainbow maker’.

Not only is it a brand-new bath bomb it also has a brand-new fragrance, its scent is a sweet, sugary raspberry. It has sherbet elements to it too, I hope to see more products with its fruity-scent in the future as it’s a real treat for your nose.

The first thing I noticed about the Magical Santa bath bomb was its size, at approximately 150g it is a lot bigger than I had anticipated, I was expecting it to be a lot smaller, closer in size to the Sleepy Bear bath bomb.

Ingredients wise, the Magical Santa bath bomb contains – Sicilian lemon, rosewood, lemon myrtle and carrot seed oils. It also has both beetroot juice and raspberry powders in it too. As I said earlier, its scent is a real treat for your nose, even long before I’ve put it in the bath I can’t get enough of it…

As soon as you place the Magical Santa bath bomb into the water it starts to fizzle away, bright pink and warm orange foam slowly spills out of it as its gorgeous scent starts to fill your bathroom (or bedroom for me as that’s where my bath tub is.)

The Magical Santa bath bomb wasn’t quite as colourful as I’d hoped, especially when you take into account that it is meant to be one of Lush’s ‘rainbow bombs’ this however didn’t ruin my experience of it though, the pink, white, warm yellow and orange bath art it created was really enjoyable.

The photos I have included in this review of the Magical Santa bath bomb do it no justice at all, there wasn’t a huge amount of bath art but the little patterns it did create were very tricky to photograph, in the end I decided to just lay back and enjoy the show.

The water left behind by the Magical Santa bath bomb is a warm and welcoming shade of blood-orange. Its scent lasted throughout the whole bath and still lingered in the air long after the last bits of the bath water had gone down the plug hole. I found it really refreshing to be using a fruity-scented bath bomb that wasn’t strictly citrus.

The silky-smooth blood-orange water left behind by this bath bomb are really soothing on your skin. Magical Santa’s beautiful scent although subtle, also remains on your skin for a good few hours after you have got out of the bath.

Overall, I did enjoy using the Magical Santa bath bomb, I’d have maybe liked to see a few more colours from it but everything else performance wise was perfect. I hope Lush bring it back next year and I’d love to see more products with its scent in the future as well.

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