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Sparkling Light Shower Gel from Lush

The Sparkling Light Shower Gel is a part of Lush’s 2024 Diwali line.

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of hope, joy and the triumph of light over darkness.

The ‘lights’ throughout Diwali represent the light that banishes the darkness away; They act as a symbol of not just hope but unity too. 

With this in mind, it is easy to see where the Co-Create team pulled their inspiration from for Sparkling Light, it’s easily one of (if not the) most beautiful shower gels of 2024!

The Sparkling Light shower gel contains some of the following ingredients: Fine sea salt, almond infusion, black pepper oil, clove bud oil, jasmine absolute, patchouli oil and Australian sandalwood oil.

Sparkling Light shares its scent with another product from this year’s Diwali line, the Lotus Blossom bath bomb.

The Lotus Blossom/Sparkling Light scent is very difficult to describe; To my nose the most dominant ingredient is the black pepper, followed by the patchouli and sandalwood.

It’s a very warm and peppery fragrance with a sweet but woody base. At first, I wasn’t entirely sure if I was a fan, but it grew on me very quickly because of its warmth. There is something about the scent that is slightly exotic too, the more you sniff, the more that seems to come through.

The Sparkling Light shower gel is silver and sparkly throughout. Made in the same type of formula as the Passion shower gel, the shimmer in Sparkling Light shower gel won’t separate, collecting at the bottom of the bottle like old Lush shower gels were known to do.

The Sparkling Light shower gel is thick but easy to get out of the bottle; A very small amount of the shower gel also goes a long way, something I wasn’t expecting with it thicker consistency. It seems that with every new shower gel that Lush release; they just keep getting better longevity wise.

Sparkling Light lathers up quickly but is a little gloopy, gloopiness aside, once mixed with a little shower water, it simply glides over your skin leaving it clean, soft and refreshed.

Mixed in with the steam from the shower the scent really intensifies leaving you ready to light up the night!

Once out of the shower the Sparkling Light scent remains on your skin for several hours, it’s very strong, meaning there isn’t any need for perfume afterwards.

Overall, the Sparkling Light shower gel is a great edition to the Diwali line, I love how beautiful it is and having a bath bomb with the same scent to pair it with, makes it even better!

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Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar from Lush

The Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar is a brand-new, limited edition product from Lush’s 2024 Christmas line, I was fortunate enough to receive one as a gift from Lush.

Design wise, the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar looks and is made in the exact same way as the year round best-selling bubble bars, Brightside, The Comforter and Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds.

Lush get the different coloured bits of bubble-bar-dough then roll them together. The miniature sized ones are then squished from the top, a bit like you would do when laying cookies out on their baking tray.

The larger sized bubbles are made a little differently, they are rolled into a big sausage shape and then chopped into slices (See above photo)

Each of these methods is how Lush get the beautiful bubble bar to look so perfectly swirly.

You can only buy the full sized Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bars individually, but I believe that the smaller sized ones are available in some of the Christmas giftsets.

Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar is made from three striking colours: dark purple, dark blue and hot pink. With a name like Sugar Plum Sparkle, you’d expect it to glimmer like the nights sky and glimmer it does!

The striking purple, blue and pink parts of the bubble bar spiral around each other, swirling in an almost hypnotising way.

I love how the colours clash so well with each other; it almost feels criminal to break the bubble bar up to use.

At approximately 200g each, the full sized Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bars are one of Lush’s bigger bubble bars currently available.

Essential oils wise, the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar only contains sweet wild orange.

The Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar’s scent is probably one of the hardest I have ever had to describe.

Some have compared it to The Comforter bubble bar that I mentioned above, and others have gone as far as to say it’s better than Lush’s Snow Fairy scent family… A very bold statement considering the level of Snow Fairies popularity!

It’s a delicate fruity sweet scent that is slightly artificial to my nose. At the risk of sounding like I’ve completely lost the plot it makes me think of something really specific from my childhood… My, My Little Pony collection.

Please do not ask me why as I don’t know myself. All I know is, those plastic ponies are all I can picture in my head when I sniff Sugar Plum Sparkle… I’m wondering if one of the ponies I had were maybe scented in a similar fragrance? 

To use the non-reusable bubble bars like Sugar Plum Sparkle, I break them up then stick the bubble bar pieces into a sieve and let the running-tap spill over it (see above photo).

This method is the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted and through trial and error, I have worked out that it is the best way to get the most out of your bubble bar, bubble wise.

One of the best things about the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar is just how far it goes.

You can get (at the very least) four baths out of just the one Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar without compromising on its scent quality and bubble amount. If you did however feel like you wanted to use more of it per bath, you can always add more, you are in charge after all!

The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of The, Sugar Plum Sparkle Bubble Bar under the running tap.

Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles the water turns the dreamiest shade of purple. I didn’t want to get out! The purple water shimmers like someone has shattered a disco ball into it, it’s beautiful.

I couldn’t believe just how many bubbles just one quarter of the bubble bar made too; To get the above photo I had grab a load of it and put it on the other side of the bath. I don’t think I’ve ever had so many bubbles from such a small amount of bubble bar before!

Having a good soak in a Sugar Plum Sparkle bath left my skin feeling silky and looking refreshed. The scent lasted throughout the bath but once out of the bath I could no longer smell it on my skin.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Sugar Plum Sparkle bubble bar and plan on getting an extra one before the 2024 Christmas line retires. It’s beautiful before use and during, a real work of art!

I have my fingers crossed that more products come out in its scent very soon, it’s nice to have something sweet that isn’t Snow Fairy for a change.

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Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Bath Bomb from Lush (2024)

The Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Bath Bomb first came out last year as a part of Lush’s 2023 Hanukkah collection. This year, it’s back but with a slight difference.

For the remainder of this review, I will refer to the bath bomb as just the Dreidel bath bomb (to make it easier for me to write, and you to read this review!)

This bath bomb was inspired by a dreidel which is a spinning-top-toy that is traditionally played with on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

A dreidel (just like this bath bomb) has four sides, and each side has a different Hebrew letter on it.

I normally only include one top photo of a Lush product in my reviews but couldn’t resist sharing two with you in this review because I wanted you to be able to see the design a little better.

This year, the Dreidel bath bomb is a gorgeous shade of midnight blue, very similar in colour to the Christmas Eve bubble bar.

Each of the Hebrew letters on the Dreidel bath bomb are made to stand out and are coated in silver.

The Dreidel bath bomb from last year was purple with gold letters, a review on it can be found here: Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel bath bomb (2023).

The Dreidel bath bomb shares its scent with the Apple Crumble bubble bar.

The best way to describe its scent is as baked apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It’s a very warm and inviting fragrance that leaves you wanting more.

Ingredients wise, the Dreidel bath bomb contains some of the following: myrrh resinoid, orange flower absolute and cinnamon leaf oil.

Each Dreidel bath bomb is approximately 150g each and fits in my hand perfectly.

Although you cannot get the Dreidel bath bomb to work as a proper spinning top, you can spin it straight into your bath…

As soon as the Dreidel bath bomb meets your bath water you are greeted with a burst of dark blue foam.

As the water takes over the bath bomb, a lighter, sky blue foam starts to appear from the Dreidel bath bomb.

It doesn’t take long for the thin layer of silver on the four Hebrew letters on each side of the Dreidel bath bomb to decorate the surface of the water with tiny patches of silver.

If you’ve ever seen or used foil in arts and crafts, or even in nail art, you’ll understand what I mean when I say that the silver patches remind me of this when the Dreidel bath bomb is placed in water.

The silver disperses into tiny clumps, creating an almost crackled effect. It’s remarkably similar to how the gold coating on The Wizard bath bomb goes once it is placed in the water (but obviously on a much smaller scale as Dreidel isn’t completely covered like The Wizard).

I didn’t manage to capture a decent photograph of this foil/crackle effect happening like I did with last year’s Dreidel bath bomb BUT if you look at the photo below, you can see a little of the silver in the top left!

The Dreidel bath bomb takes approximately 16 minutes to dissolve, a whole four more minutes than last year’s version. While it didn’t create much visual bath art, I did enjoy the initial blue and silver flecked foam near the beginning of its time in the water.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Dreidel bath bomb, the end water is the most incredible shade of dark blue. The scent also sits well on my skin, and I could still smell it in my bathroom long after the last drop of the bath water went down the plug hole.

Like last years, I’d still have liked to have seen a little more bath art out of it but other than that it was a very enjoyable bath bomb.

My skin felt soft after use and its scent (although subtle) stayed on my skin for the rest of the day too. I’m glad that this bath bomb came back and am wondering whether Lush will change its colour again next year?

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