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Happy Hippy Shower Gel from Lush

The Happy Hippy Shower Gel has been a staple product both online and in Lush stores for so long that it’s practically part of the furniture. It first came out long before I got into Lush, which makes me wonder why it has taken me so long to get a review of it up on my blog? Well, here it is. Better late than never! 😉

Back in March Lush were kind enough to send me a bottle of it so what better time to review it as a thank you, I always appreciate the PR parcels more than words can explain.

The Happy Hippy shower gel is a transparent light yellow shower gel. Lush describe it as ‘a zesty wake up call, that awakens your skin and enlivens your mind.’

At the time of writing this review I have only reviewed one other product that shares its scent, one side of the Happy Pill bath bomb is Happy Hippy scented, and the other side shares its scent with The Olive branch shower gel.

The Happy Hippy shower gel contains grapefruit water, fresh pink grapefruit infusion, fresh grapefruit juice, grapefruit oil, bergamot oil and olibanum oil.

I’d describe its scent as a gentle grapefruit fragrance; Normally grapefruit scents are super strong and can make you wince a little from the sharpness.

Happy Hippy’s scent is powerful enough to add a spring in your step but not so powerful it blows your head off. The bergamot and olibanum seem to round off the sharpness of all of the grapefruit ingredients in it, making it a much more tolerable yet still very energising scent.

A small amount of the Happy Hippy shower gel goes a very long way, it’s quite a thick consistency too but not at all difficult to get out of the bottle. on several occasions I have even used it on my hair as a shampoo.

The Happy Hippy shower gels scent really steps up a notch when it is combined with the hot water and steam from your shower. It lathers up easily and feels delightful on your skin. I have never found it a particularly moisturising shower gel, but it does cleanse your skin well, while also leaving it looking brighter too.

Unfortunately, the Happy Hippy scent doesn’t remain on my skin for very long after use BUT when I use it in my hair the scent can still be detected for a few hours after – although it is very subtle.

I don’t use it on my hair very often but if I’m away from home and limited to what I can take with me it works as both a shower gel and a one off shampoo every now and again.

If you are looking for a new shower gel to use to help wake you up in the morning, Happy Hippy would be a very good choice for you.

I can only apologise as to why it has taken me so long to write up and post this review. My lack of review is not a reflection on how I feel about the product AT ALL. I just get so caught up in the seasonal stock that sometimes the stock that has always been there like the Happy Hippy shower gets completely overlooked.

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Lady Danbury Bath Bomb from Lush

The Lady Danbury Bath Bomb also known as the Lady Danbury Macabomb because of its macaroon-like design, was released by Lush in collaboration with the Netflix TV series, Bridgerton.

In this collaboration Lush have created a whole line of Lush X Bridgerton products; One part of the collaboration was a Bridgerton themed Lush Kitchen Subscription Box, another a Fresh and Flowers box. The third, a line of online and in-store Bridgerton themed products.

The Lady Danbury Bath Bomb is from the Bridgerton themed, Lush Kitchen Subscription box that was sent out at the end of April 2024.

Lush have never done a collaboration of this size before; It has proven incredibly popular, much like the tv series which has recently released its third season.

As I said earlier, the Lady Danbury bath bomb is designed to look like a macaroon. Two bits of bath bomb are sandwiched together by a dollop of cocoa butter.

Unlike the other macaroon shaped Bridgerton bath bomb called Two Families, the Lady Danbury bath bomb has just one Lush-scent-family. Two Families is a little different and features two.

One side of the Lady Danbury bath bomb features the word ‘LUSH’ in its middle, and the other side has the Bridgerton logos letter ‘B’ in its middle.

The Lady Danbury bath bomb shares its scent with the Posh Chocolate body wash and Posh Chocolate shower gel, which are two products I wholeheartedly recommend.

The Posh Chocolate scent is best described as a chocoholics’ dream Lush fragrance. It smells just like a tub of chocolate spread, I wouldn’t blame someone for wrongly assuming that the Lady Danbury bath bomb was edible, disclaimer; it’s not, please don’t eat it!

The Lady Danbury bath bomb contains fairtrade organic cocoa butter, strawberry powder, fairtrade shea butter, cocoa absolute, Australian sandalwood oil, vanilla absolute, extra virgin coconut oil and almond oil.

The Lady Danbury bath bomb is a light shade of pink, I know most customers often reach for the brighter coloured bath bombs, but I feel the lighter colour of the Lady Danbury is much better suited for a macaroon inspired bath bomb.

Lady Danbury is one of the main characters in the Bridgerton Netflix series, I will keep this review spoiler free, but she’s been integral to the story in every season of Bridgerton so far and in the Bridgerton-spin-off, Queen Charlotte too.

As the Lady Danbury bath bomb comes in to contact with your bath water there is a gentle hiss as a tiny stream of light pink bubbles seeps out of it. It doesn’t take very long for the cocoa butter centre to start melting into the water too.

With the Lady Danbury bath bomb having so much cocoa butter in, I expected it to be quite an oily one in a similar way to the Butterball bath bomb.

When the hot water meets the bath bomb the scent changes a little bit, it now smells of pure cocoa, it reminds me so much of a creamy hot chocolate!

It was at this point of using the Lady Danbury bath bomb that I realised just how much I liked it. Unfortunately, I didn’t get on with the Two Families bath bomb quite as much as its scent was too complicated for my liking.

The Lady Danbury bath bomb took about seven minutes to dissolve. The hotter your bath water the quicker the cocoa butter will melt so the time frame can differ slightly depending on temperature.

I said earlier on in this review that I suspected that the Lady Danbury bath bomb would be quite an oily bomb because of how much cocoa butter it had in it. I was right, I advise using it with hot as you can stand it water to get the most out of it skin-hydration-wise.

The water left behind is musky pink coloured. Unlike the Two Families bath bomb I didn’t need to rinse off in the shower after using Lady Danbury which is a huge plus.

Overall, I loved the Lady Danbury bath bomb, I was worried I wouldn’t after my experience with Two Families, but it was lovely throughout.

I also LOVE the Posh Chocolate scent in a bath bomb format, I hope Lush continue to expand the product line of this yummy Lush-scent-family as they haven’t made a single item in its scent, that I haven’t loved yet!

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Whoosh Temple Balm from Lush

Temple balms aren’t new to Lush, I first tried the Whoosh Temple Balm on one of my very first visits to Lush Oxford Street. I think at the time of my first visit, both it and the Dream Time temple balm were only available in spa stores.

Fast forward to 2024 and both the Whoosh and Dream Time temple balms have been revamped with new packaging and are now available to purchase online.

Previously, the temple balms have only been sold in little tins, now they are in twisting capped tubes (a bit like a school glue stick) that you push up from the bottom. As a disabled woman who often struggles to open small tins, this has pleased me no end!

We can also all get excited as the new temple balm packaging is a part of Lush’s plastic pot return scheme. If you didn’t know already, you can bring your clean, empty pots into a Lush store to swap them for money off your next purchase!

Temple balms are meant to be applied directly on to your temples but can also be applied on all of your pulse points too. Personally, I like to put the Lush temple balms on the inside of my wrists a bit like you would a perfume.

The Whoosh temple balm is meant to be used when you’re in need of a boost, Lush’s website describes it as a ‘sweet and zesty aroma of get-up-and-go grapefruit’ as well as claiming that it is ‘perfect for perking up a dull morning.’

Whoosh contains organic jojoba oil, organic castor oil, organic candelilla wax, grapefruit oil, rosemary oil and geranium oil.

The most dominant ingredient my nose picks up on is the grapefruit, Lush weren’t wrong when they said that the Whoosh temple balms scent would leave you bright and alert.

The Whoosh temple balm glides on to your skin easily and a very small amount goes a long way, like the Dream Time temple balm it’s a very strong scent too. Only a dab of it on your pulse points is necessary. 

I’m quite funny with things that could potentially make my already oily face oilier. The Whoosh temple balm is however not a greasy formula and soaks into your skin super quickly so I’m happy to use it on my temples. The scent lasts for a good few hours too.

There’s just something so energising about the Whoosh temple balms scent, it smells just like something I’d be served for breakfast to set me up for the day at a really fancy hotel!

While I can’t say for certain that it’s only the Whoosh temple balm that has helped put a spring in my step of a morning, I do seem to feel a little more cheerful on the days that I have used it.

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