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Tender is the Night Body Lotion from Lush

At the time of writing this review the Tender is the Night Body Lotion was an exclusive item only ever available in the 48th Lush Kitchen Subscription Box.

As you can see from the photos I have included in this review, the product labels aren’t the normal Lush labels, they are incredibly detailed and have a regency era vibe, this is because this month’s box was BRIDGERTON THEMED.

The Bridgerton Lush Kitchen subscription box arrived just ahead of the release of season 3 of one of the biggest Netflix series to date, and I couldn’t be more excited for both the Lush products and the start of Bridgerton season 3!

The Tender is the Night body lotion shares its scent with one of my favourite Lush massage bars of all time, the long-discontinued Tender is the Night massage bar.

The Tender is the Night scent is best described as quite a subtle fragrance that has floral-sweet notes of both ylang ylang and jasmine with hints of vanilla too.

Some of the ingredients included in the body lotion are ylang ylang flower infusion, almond oil, fair trade organic cocoa butter, organic jojoba oil, organic illipe butter, vanilla absolute, jasmine absolute and ylang ylang oil. 

When we get super exclusive products like this Bridgerton, Tender is the Night body lotion a small part of me always hopes it’s not very good. This is because there’s nothing worse than falling in love with a product you can’t get any more of and sadly, this is a product I’ve fallen in love with… 

The Tender is the Night body lotion came in 100g Lush black pots. The body lotion itself is a lighter nude shade and consistency wise it’s a lot like the Sleepy body lotion; Not too thick that it takes forever to rub in and not so thin you accidentally waste it when trying to use it.

A small amount of the Tender is the Night body lotion goes a very long way. I first used it in one morning and could still smell its sweet scent on me as I was getting into bed that night.

The scent doesn’t change much over a period of time but once on my skin for an hour or two aspects of it strangely begin to remind me of white chocolate.

As I said earlier, using the Tender is the Night body lotion requires minimum effort as the lotion sinks right into your skin leaving it perfectly hydrated and soft.

I’m not sure why it has taken Lush so long to create a Tender is the Night body lotion, it’s a must have!

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Guardian of the Forest Body Scrub from Lush

The Guardian of the Forest Body Scrub is a brand-new Lush product that (at the time of writing this review) has only ever been available as an exclusive product in March 2024’s Lush Kitchen subscription box.

I haven’t heard any news that it will be released elsewhere, but I have my fingers crossed that it will be available again in the future.🤞

When I opened my Lush Kitchen Subscription Box, I was pleased to see that the Guardian of the Forest body scrub was in a big pot weighing in at a whopping 290g. In November 2023’s subscription box we had the Tropical Co-Mingle body scrub in a tiny 100g pot and I got through it a lot quicker than I’d have liked…

While I believe less is more when you use Lush products, less is not more when it comes to how much product you get! 😉

Colour wise, the Guardian of the Forest body scrub is just like the Guardian of the Forest bath bomb, a mixture of forest greens.

I believe that the Guardian of the Forest scent was first released by Lush in the bath bomb format back in 2015, it was a Lush Oxford Street exclusive back then and has since been made into a shower gel and body spray too.


The Guardian of the Forest body scrub contains a long list of ingredients, some of those included are, caster sugar, fair trade organic cocoa butter, organic almond oil, fair trade shea butter, cypress oil, lime oil and oakmoss absolute.

The scent is best described as a woody and fresh-forest-scent. I feel that the lime oil notes in this scrub is a lot more noticeable than it is in the bath bomb equivalent too. I love how earthy and outdoorsy it smells; it just smells so green!

If you’re not familiar with the, The Legend of Zelda games this won’t mean anything to you, but I’ve always imagined that the Guardian of the Forest scent is what the Korok Forest smells like.

Consistency wise the Guardian of the Forest body scrub is most like the Intergalactic body scrub, after watching some behind the scenes footage from the Lush factory I was surprised to see how it is potted up. In ways it’s very similar to a bubble bar, before a bubble bar has set. It’s not scooped in or squirted it’s simply just placed in the pot. If you flip the pot, the body scrub slides out of the pot whole!

A very small amount of the Guardian of the Forest body scrub goes a very long way, I pick out about 3 fingers worth per shower and this amount can easily scrub my whole body.

I recommend starting off by working it into warm, wet skin slowly as this seems to get the most out of it as a scrub. Once you feel like you have scrubbed enough add a little bit more water and speed up the rubbing-in to make it really lather up. It’s an excellent product for both cleansing and exfoliating your skin.

The one thing that I feel I need to point out is that less really is more when it comes down to using the Guardian of the Forest body scrub, you really don’t need a lot to get the best out of it making it incredibly cost effective.

After using the Guardian of the Forest body scrub its fresh forest fragrance remains on your skin long after using it and it leaves your skin not only much softer to the touch but also appearing brighter too. What surprised me the most was how hydrated it also left my skin.

There is no need to moisturise after using this body scrub and I find it particularly good on my legs when used just before shaving. I feel that the latest Lush body scrubs including Guardian of the Forest don’t get enough credit for how diverse they are. They really are a wonder, and no one trick pony, they clean and hydrate your skin just as well as they exfoliate.

Overall, I love the Guardian of the Forest body scrub. As scrubs go, the Guardian of the Forest body scrub is probably one of my favourites from Lush so far, I hope Lush read this and seriously consider bringing the Guardian of the Forest body scrub back as a mainline product. More people need to be given the opportunity to try it, it’s that good!

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Royalty Bath Bomb from Lush

The Royalty Bath Bomb started off as a Lush Japan Harajuku-store-exclusive.

It also became one of the six exclusive bath bombs that were available to purchase in very limited amounts at the 2018 Lush UK Showcase; Each of the six bath bombs were sold for one hour only over the two day event (I don’t think I’ve ever experienced FOMO so intensely.)

Luckily, Lush see sense and it became readily available online for the 30 years-of-bath-bombs celebration back in 2019.

Since then, it was discontinued to make way for other products BUT with the Lush Kitchen Subscription box items now being announced ahead of their release, we know that it will be available in the May 2024 box.

Here I am, finally pulling my socks up and finishing my review of it!

Royalty is a golden-yellow crown shaped bath bomb with pink points to look like the crown has jewels.

Some of the ingredients included in the Royalty bath bomb are jasmine absolute, ylang ylang oil, sandalwood oil and vanilla absolute.

Its scent is best described as musky, the vanilla mixed with the jasmine gives it a burst of sweet floral too. 

If jasmine is in a cosmetic product, it is normally the dominant scent, but the vanilla in the Royalty bath bomb really dampens the jasmine down. As someone who doesn’t enjoy heavy jasmine scents, this was a positive for me.

As soon as the Royalty bath bomb comes into contact with the water you are greeted with a burst of bright yellow foam.

As the Royalty bath bomb fizzes away more colours spill out of it. Green and pink blobs separate from the bomb in a similar way to the colourful bits that are in the Golden Wonder bath bomb.

Considering its size, I was surprised to see that the Royalty bath bomb had fully dissolved in just shy of four minutes. This didn’t give the bath bomb much chance to create any notable bath art (although as you can see in the photo below it was colourful, just for a very short amount time.)

Sadly, the scent really dampened down to the point I couldn’t smell it at all after the bath bomb had fully dissolved.

The end water was however a beautiful shimmery yellow; The scent didn’t stay on my skin (If I am being honest I’m unsure if the scent was ever on my skin at all) but my skin did feel a lot softer than it did before I’d used the Royalty bath bomb.

Overall, I thought the Royalty bath bomb was beautifully made and one that really stood out, especially piled up high at the 2018 Lush showcase but I would have liked to have seen more bath art from it during use.

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