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Four Brothers Bath Bomb from Lush

Lush’s latest collaboration with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is finally out online and in stores and I couldn’t be any more excited!

The limited edition TMNT x Lush collaboration included a TMNT themed Lush Kitchen Subscription Box and also a collection of online and in store products too.

Today I’ll be reviewing the Four Brothers Bath Bomb which happens to be the only TMNT item that was in both the Lush Kitchen Subscription Box and in stores and online to purchase separately.

I was lucky enough to receive a Four Brothers bath bomb in a surprise box sent from Lush. The excitement of receiving a PR package from Lush never gets old, I am so very grateful every time, thank you, Lush!

The Four Brothers bath bomb comes in four different colours and are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles heads. Much like their characters, the bath bomb is all green apart from their eye masks.

The turtles head with the red mask is the character Raphael, blue is Leonardo, purple is Donatello and the orange (the one I have pictured in this review) is Michelangelo.

Each of the bath bombs are approximately 440g each, which I believe may be the biggest bath bomb Lush have ever released?!!

The best thing about each of these bath bombs is that a different soap (made into the shape of the Ninja Turtles favourite things) is hidden inside of them!

The Four Brothers bath bomb contains fresh oregano infusion, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, glycerine, lemongrass oil, bergamot oil and organic virgin coconut oil.

It shares its scent with the, Avobath bath bomb. Its scent is super refreshing, citrus-rich and full of zing. Just a quick whiff of it is enough to give you a little boost of energy.

It’s quite a powerful fragrance and one I often crave when I’m feeling a bit sluggish and low on energy.

I always find Lush products that are made into characters very hard to use. With the Four Brothers bath bomb being the face of a character loved by so many people around the world, it felt very strange to use and never see again… BUT, I just kept thinking about the hidden soap inside that I would never see if I didn’t use it. 😏

As the Four Brothers bath bomb comes in to contact with your bath water there is a huge hiss as green foam starts to ooze out of it. After a minute, the foam starts to thin out but is still a bright and bold green colour.

The lemongrass and bergamot in the Four Brothers bath bomb really come through once the bath bomb is in the hot water, it’s a really uplifting fragrance so perfect to use first thing in the morning or for a boost of energy in the afternoon or before a night out.

Once the Four Brothers bath bomb is taken over by the water it starts to spin, the bath bombs mask colour then starts to spill out of the bath bomb too. For me, with the ‘Mikey’ Four Brothers bath bomb, I got orange and green bath art swirls.

With the orange mask part of the bath bomb being so small in comparison to the rest of it being all green, I wasn’t expecting much bath art so was pleasantly surprised to see so much orange.

After just under ten minutes the bath bomb has fully dissolved, the water left behind is so incredibly green. It’s also silky soft thanks to the coconut oil in it.

The water left my skin feeling soft and well hydrated long after getting out of the bath too because of the glycerine.

Overall, I loved the Four Brothers bath bomb, I was so busy watching the orange and green swirls coming out of it that I completely forgot about the soap inside of it.

My soap was the orange pizza slice. (see photo above). Talking about the soap as a separate product, I don’t think I’ve ever had such a strongly fragranced soap from Lush before.

I have left the soap on the side near my bath and every time I go past it, I am hit with the gorgeous Avobath scent. I’ve used it several times too and there’s still no sign of it getting any smaller or worn down.

The Four Brothers bath bomb has left me so excited to review the rest of the TMNT x Lush line!

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Ooze Canister Shower Bomb from Lush

Lush’s latest collaboration is with no other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The latest Lush Kitchen Subscription Box (July 2024) was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed and Lush have also released a store and online collection for those not subscribed to the Lush Kitchen.

Today I am reviewing the Ooze Canister Shower Bomb that came in the latest Lush Kitchen Subscription Box. The first thing I noticed about Ooze Canister was how big it is, it’s four, possibly five times bigger than any other shower bomb I have used from Lush before.

You’ll have to excuse my ignorance on all things TMNJ as it was a huge TV show while I was still very young, I can remember my older cousins watching it but not much else so have had to do a little research…

The Ooze Canister is turtle green and has dusted silver details. Both ends are dusted with silver lustre and so is the TCRI letters stamped in its middle. TCRI stands for Techno Cosmic Research Institute and Ooze is the mutagen chemical that transformed the baby turtles into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Ooze Canister shower bomb shares its scent with the Bat Art bath bomb from Lush’s most recent Halloween collections. It contains Sicilian lemon oil, green Mandarin oil, rosemary oil and sage oil.

Its scent is best described as a fruity, bitter but sweet blackcurrant fragrance with an almost-medicinal, herbal edge to it.

As I mentioned earlier, the Ooze Canister shower bomb is HUGE. I rarely break up products that aren’t bubbles bars but for this one I recommend breaking it up as a little goes a long way. I say a little goes a long way a lot with Lush bubble bars and shower gels, but the Ooze Canister really does go a ridiculously long way.

I used 1/3rd of it in one shower and it was such a waste. You could easily get six showers out of this one shower bomb; Very different from the small and therefore single use shower bombs such as Beak Street and Strawberry Hill!

To use a shower bomb all you do is take it into the shower with you and hold it under the water, it will instantly foam up and expand. You then begin to cleanse yourself with the foam in the same way as you would use a shower gel.

I recommend breaking up the Ooze Canister shower bomb before getting into the shower to avoid the risk of getting the bits of it you’re not just about to use wet too.

The Ooze Canister foams up quickly and creates a rich and creamy, bright green lather. The bitter but sweet blackcurrant fragrance fills your bathroom and fragrances your skin. It’s made me really wish Lush would release a shower gel equivalent. (There was a prototype, so it technically already exists…) * wink, wink, nudge, nudge Lush! *

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Ooze Canister shower bomb, I just wish I’d known beforehand how far it went. I wholeheartedly recommend breaking it up into six pieces as such a small amount really does go such a long way!

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The One With Orange Slices Bath Bomb from Lush

Out of the 29 bath bombs in the 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection, there are four special ones that can be categorised in their own little group. All of their names start with, ‘The One With…’ and each of them are mini bombshell-bath-bombs. (see photo of all four of them together in the photo below)

A bombshell bath bomb is a bath bomb with a little extra something inside. Usually, Lush make their bombshells a lot bigger, which is why I wrongly assumed that they were all just ordinary bath bombs…

I only found out that they were bombshell bath bombs after I had used one. Today I am reviewing the, The One With Orange Slices Bath Bomb.

On first appearance all of the, The One With bath bombs look quite plain when you compare them to most of the other 29 bath bombs in the 2024 World Bath Bomb Day collection.

The One With Orange Slices has a very uncomplicated design; It’s a light shade of orange and is the size and shape of the average Lush bath bomb. Decoration wise, it has a single dried orange slice on its top.

While I thought in a first impression that the, The One With Orange Slices bath bomb looked plain; Having used a lot of Lush products over the years I am now a little wiser than I was and always have in the back of my mind that the plainer products can quite often be the products that surprise you the most.

This is why I decided to get and give each of the, ‘The One With’ bath bombs a go.

I also have to remind myself that not everyone favours the big, bold, eye-catching, all-bells-and-whistles bath bombs. Sometimes you just want a quick and simple bath but with that little something extra.

Sometimes I fancy a bath bomb that spills out bright and colourful bath art but on the night that I decided to use The One With Orange Slices, I wasn’t fussed with bath-time theatrics, I just wanted to wind down in a nice bath.

When feeling like this, the quicker a bath bomb dissolves the better. With the, The One With bath bombs not being bath-art bath bombs and fairly quick fizzers, I decided that it was the perfect occasion to try one.

The first time that I used The One With Orange Slices bath bomb I was feeling a little down in the dumps, I find citrus scents to be quite uplifting so out of the four mini bombshell bath bombs, The One With Orange Slices was an easy pick.

The One With Orange Slices bath bomb contains dried orange slices and Brazilian orange oil.

The scent of The One With Orange Slices bath bomb is as its name and overall ingredient list suggests, a beautiful citrus orange and is described on Lush’s website as ‘Simply the zest!’.

It doesn’t share its scent with the Lava Lamp bath bomb but it has the same orange sweetness that I really missed when the Lava Lamp bath bomb was discontinued. 

The One With Orange Slices scent is what I wish the Marmalade jelly bomb from 2017 had smelt like!

I did say earlier that I always expect the unexpected when I use Lush products and The One With Orange Slices bath bomb was an experience indeed. I did however have more of an idea on what was coming thanks to having already used the, The One With Lavender in bath bomb.

As soon as the bath bomb comes in to contact with the water there is a gentle hiss of light orange bubbles fizzing out of it.

It didn’t take long for the bath bomb to make a peculiar noise, it sounds just like something hollow filling up with water and air, almost like the bath bomb is gulping…

Then, what I can only describe as the bath bomb giving birth to lots of orange slices happens. Slice after slice appear as the orange bombshell bath bomb sizzles away.

After the multiple births of orange slices comes to an end, it took about one more minute for the bath bomb to fully dissolve. This last 60 seconds took the bath bombs total ‘melt time’ to three minutes exactly.

I admit, I had an idea of what was coming when I used the, The One With Orange Slices but I was still shocked at the amount of orange slices it actually had hidden inside of it!

Clean up wasn’t difficult at all, simply scoop the fruit slices out and pop them in the bin. Some people are funny about ‘bits’ in their bath but I really enjoyed the novelty of becoming a part of this orange slice mocktail.

Overall, I enjoyed using The One With Orange Slices bath bomb so much more than I thought I would, its scent is delicious, and I like how quick and easy it makes adding a little bit of luxury into a fuss free, quick yet relaxing bath time.

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