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Bowser Shower Jelly from Lush

At the time of writing this review, Lush’s most recent collaboration with the, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is by far Lush’s most popular collaborations to date. Today I’m going to be reviewing one of the products from it, the Bowser Shower Jelly.

The Bowser shower jelly shares its scent with 2 of my favourite Winter-time products the Hot Toddy shower gel and Cinnamon Roll bubble bar. With me being such a fan of the fragrance already, I was really excited to get my hands on a pot.

Ingredients wise, the Bowser shower jelly contains star anise, cinnamon stick infusion, benzoin resinoid and the following essential oils, cinnamon leaf, clove leaf, lime, Brazilian orange and patchouli.

The Bowser shower jellies scent won’t be one that appeals to everyone, it is one of Lush’s most spiciest scent families, hence it normally only being available in products in the Winter.

In all honesty, when I very first experienced the scent many years ago, it took me a while to warm to it. What I like about it is how good it feels when you use it on tired, aching muscles. As someone who deals with wide-spread chronic pain every day it really is a magical combination of ingredients.

The scent is spicy because of the clove and cinnamon, but also has a sweetness to it because of the orange and lime mixed with the cinnamon. The ingredients are so warming on the skin, using it is like having hundreds of mini hands massaging all of your aches away.

The Bowser shower jelly is available in 2 different sized pots, 100g and 240g and is an orangey shade of red with a pinch of added golden sparkle!

There is no right or wrong way to use a shower jelly, I prefer to use mine in the same way as you would a bar of soap, whole. Some people however chop their shower jellies up using a few pieces at a time.

I was pleasantly surprised at how robust the Bowser shower jelly was. Some Lush shower jellies can be on the fragile side but after 3 showers, my Bowser shower jelly is still showing barely any signs of wear and tear.

The Bowser shower jelly lathers up with minimum effort and simply glides over your skin cleaning and warming it up as it goes along. Its scent is strong and as I said earlier won’t be to everyone’s liking as cinnamon is always either a hit or miss with people BUT how warm and snug it makes me feel is what I love about it the most.

After stepping out of the shower my skin is left feeling soft and clean, the shower jellies warming properties really do soothe your muscles with lasting impact too.

I’m going to be very sad when all of the stock of this beautiful shower jelly finally runs out. I know Bowser is a villain in the, The Super Mario Bros. franchise but I cannot get enough of this shower jelly!

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Princess Peach Shower Jelly from Lush

At the time of writing this review, Lush’s most recent collaboration with the, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is by far Lush’s most popular collaborations to date. Today I’m going to be reviewing another of my favourites from the collection, the Princess Peach Shower Jelly.

The Princess Peach shower jelly shares its scent with the Princess Peach body spray that is also a part of the same limited-edition collection.

The Princess Peach scent is brand-new to Lush and I couldn’t be more happy that Lush have spoilt us with not just 1 but 2 products with the new ‘peach-perfect’ fragrance. Lush’s website describes the Princess Peach shower jelly as a ‘fruity burst of peach and pineapple’.

Ingredients wise, the Princess Peach shower jelly contains fresh peach infusion, organic sweet orange oil, buchu oil, litsea cubeba oil, olibanum resinoid and champaca absolute. This carefully selected group of ingredients makes for a truly uplifting shower, the sweet yet gentle scent really is fit for a princess.

The Princess Peach shower jelly is available in 2 different sized pots, 100g and 240g and is a very light, peachy-pink. To look at, the way the light pink and almost white blends together remind me of a stick of rock.

There is no right or wrong way to use a shower jelly, I prefer to use mine in the same way as you would a bar of soap, whole. Some people however chop their shower jellies up using a few pieces at a time.

I was pleasantly surprised at how robust the Princess Peach shower jelly was. Some Lush shower jellies can be on the fragile side but after 4 showers, my Princess Peach shower jelly still shows barely any sign of wear and tear.

The Princess Peach shower jelly lathers up with ease, it simply glides over your skin cleaning and brightening it as it goes. It’s gorgeous peachy-pineapple-scent although still very subtle, fills your bathroom as you use it.

After stepping out of the shower my skin is left feeling soft, clean and remains lightly scented for several hours. Overall, I am so pleased with the Princess Peach shower jelly. Its only downfall is the fact that it is (like the Mario and Luigi shower gels from the same collection) limited edition. I’m going to be very sad when stock finally runs out!

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Princess Peach Body Spray from Lush

At the time of writing this review, Lush’s most recent collaboration with the, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is by far Lush’s most popular collaborations to date. Today I’m going to be reviewing another of my favourite products from the collection, the Princess Peach Body Spray.

The Mario and Luigi shower gels that are also a part of this collection are both remakes of older Lush shower gels, unlike Princess Peach which is a brand-new Lush scent!

I do love when older Lush scents come back to life in new products, BUT brand-new scents are always exciting too. The Princess Peach body spray is described on Lush’s website as a ‘fruity burst of peach and pineapple’.

Ingredients wise, the Princess Peach body spray contains organic sweet orange oil, buchu oil, litsea cubeba oil, olibanum resinoid and champaca absolute. This carefully selected group of ingredients create such an uplifting fragrance that is fit for a princess. If you’ve ever wondered what Princess Peach smells like, the Princess Peach body spray is the answer!

If you are familiar with Lush’s Peachy bath bomb, Princess Peach is quite similar to that but with a tropical twist. The longer you sniff it, the more complex the fragrance gets. At first, I can smell a cocktail of peach and pineapple then after a few more seconds there’s a muskiness to the scent, it reminds me of the little mushroom sweets I used to eat as a kid.

With mushrooms being such an intricate part of the Super Mario Bros. world I can’t help but think this may have been deliberate.

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but as soon as I see the pink label on this body spray with Princess Peach on it, my inner princess couldn’t help but squeal a little. Lush were wise to use these types of visuals on their packaging for this particular line. I know Lush are trying hard to use less and less packaging but sadly I think this line has had so much success due to its packaging.

The packaging with all of the characters on them is a huge reason that customers were tempted into Lush stores. I feel that how great the products actually are, is secondary to the Mario Bros. packaging.

The packaging of this body spray was brilliant at tempting new customers in but how amazing the body spray smells is what has made new Lush customers, forever-Lush-customers. Old customers like me, seem to have really loved the Mario Bros. line too so it’s a win, win!

I am very interested to see how well future collaborations go if the products aren’t so obviously a collab, like the Princess Peach body spray is.

Just a few spritz of the Princess Peach body spray either on your body or clothes is all you need for it to last on you all day. Its delicate fruity scent is delightful and a good choice if you dislike the heavier Lush scents. Overall, I adore this body spray and hope it’s not the last we see of the scent. I will be reviewing its shower jelly equivalent in the next few days so keep checking back! 

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