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Gingy Bubble Bar from Lush

The Gingy Bubble Bar is yet another product from the Lush X Shrek collaboration line, Lush were very kind and sent it over to me.

All of the products in this line are inspired by no other than the Shrek franchise. Today I am reviewing the Gingy bubble bar, I have left it to one of the last ones to review as I just couldn’t face chopping him up…

Lush have done so well in making the Gingy bubble bar, it looks like he just popped straight out of the film and into your bathroom.

Anyone who says they couldn’t hear Gingy’s voice in their head screaming ‘YOU’RE A MONSTER!’ as they were preparing him for his bath are telling you lies! 😉


Each Gingy bubble bar is approximately 100g each and contains some of the following ingredients, Brazilian orange oil, ginger absolute, carob resinoid, fenugreek absolute, and almond essential oil.

When I first saw what was in the Lush X Shrek line, I was sure that the Gingy bubble bar would be a favourite as I love the spicier products such as this year’s Easter, Hot Cross Bunny bubble bar and the Winter-time favourite Cinnamon Roll bubble bar.

Gingy’s scent is apparently the same as the Carrot Cake lip scrub, although if I hadn’t had been told that, I’d never have put the two together. On first sniff I liked Gingy but couldn’t quite place one part of the scent.

It’s a sweet yet warm scent, the ginger is very noticeable but what changes the scent from being ginger-biscuit-like is the fenugreek absolute. It really is a scent you have to smell for yourself as it’s incredibly difficult to describe. Although very subtle, the ginger-biscuit element is there but the fenugreek seems to mask the ginger a lot adding a whole layer of muskiness to it.

Other than its design and scent, the next thing I noticed about the Gingy bubble bar was how solid it was, it wasn’t hard to break up into pieces, but it wasn’t as soft as most other Lush, single-use bubble bars.

To use the Gingy Bubble Bar, I put broken up pieces of it into a sieve and let the running bath-water trickle over it.

I find the sieve method the most effective way to use Lush’s single use bubble bars. It is also the best way to ensure none of the bubble bar gets accidentally wasted. Through trial and error, I have found that using bubble bars like this makes the most bubbles too.

The best thing about the Gingy bubble bar is how far such a small amount of it goes. With it being only 100g I thought I’d end up needing to use the whole thing but just his legs seemed to make plenty of bubbles. If you are unsure of its unique scent, maybe using it sparingly like I did is a good idea. After all, you can always add more if you feel it needs it!

The blanket of fluffy white bubbles starts to grow as soon as you place the broken-up pieces of the Gingy Bubble Bar under the running tap. Underneath the fast-building blanket of fluffy, white bubbles the water turns a pastel yellow.

Once in the bath, I couldn’t help but notice how soft the water was even though I had used a very small amount of product. A Gingy bubble-bar-bath leaves your skin feeling softer and nice and toasty.

Once out of the bath, its scent although very subtle, lasted on my skin for a good-few-hours.

Overall, I did like the Gingy bubble bar, the fenugreek in it was a complete curve ball for me. It wasn’t at all unpleasant just wasn’t what I was expecting from a gingerbread man product at all.

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Get Outta My Swamp Shower Slime from Lush

The Get Outta My Swamp Shower Slime is one of the brand-new products from the Lush X Shrek collaboration.

Ahead of the products website release on the 25th of March (2024) I was lucky enough to be gifted a pot of it by Lush and I can’t thank them enough for this.

Reviewing Lush products is just a hobby of mine, I never expect to be gifted anything, I am incredibly grateful just knowing that Lush know I exist in the first place!

All of the Lush X Shrek goodies are inspired by the Shrek franchise, but none are more ogre-appropriate than this glorious, yellowy-green shower slime…


Lush’s invention of the shower slime is a real conversation starter, and over the last few years I have heard mixed reviews on the concept of them BUT, I have yet to hear a single negative review from anyone who has actually used one.

Shower slime IS very slime-like BUT it’s not that much different to a shower gel. In fact, you pretty much use them just as you would a shower gel. They have a thicker, more tacky, milky-dough-like-consistency but are not at all sticky.

The Get Outta My Swamp shower slime shares its scent with another product from the Lush X Shrek collection, the Shrek Swamp bath bomb.

Some of the ingredients found in the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime are fresh wheatgrass juice, glycerine, corn starch, xanthan gum, pine oil, vetivert oil, peppermint oil and cocoa absolute.

Upon opening the lid, I can immediately smell the peppermint in it, the more you sniff the more layers of its fragrance seem to come through. I can also smell chocolate although it is subtle.

A small amount of the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime goes a long way making it very cost effective. As I said earlier, you use a shower slime in the exact same way as you would a shower gel. Scoop however much you want out of the pot then begin to lather it into your skin.

Looking into the pot the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime looks like a darker green colour but as you scoop it out of the pot and start to manipulate it in your hands you see that it is an almost luminous yellow. Coating yourself in it leaves you looking just like an ogre!

I must admit, I did panic a little when I see just how bright it was on my skin, but this super-creamy shower product easily rinsed off leaving my skin clean, soothed, and silky.

Once the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime is in amongst the hot water and steam of the shower its scent intensifies, you can really smell earthy notes in it too now.



Once out of the shower, the scent of the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime can still be detected on your skin several hours after using it.

What I wasn’t expecting from a shower slime was how soft it left my skin, it not only feels softer but also looks brighter too.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Get Outta My Swamp shower slime, it not only does a good job of cleansing your skin but is also fun to use too. I can see this product being fun for all of the family, especially if you’re a Shrek fan already!

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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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