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Guardian of the Forest Bath Bomb from Lush

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Back when the Guardian of the Forest Bath Bomb first came out it was an Oxford Street exclusive, this meant that it was only available in one store in the whole world. I’m incredibly lucky as I have been able to visit Lush Oxford Street several times since it opened its doors in April 2015.

Lush have however recently made all of the exclusive to Oxford Street products available to buy via the Lush Kitchen on their UK website, getting a hold of the exclusive products is now much easier for everyone, no matter where you are in the world.

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The Guardian of the Forest bath bomb is 2 shades of green. It has an intricate raised leaf pattern that makes it unique to any other Lush bath bomb. If I was describing it in a book I would compare it to an enchanted and somewhat handsome looking cabbage… Yes, you did read that right! 😂

The Guardian of the Forest bath bomb contains cypress and rosewood oils which is what gives this bath bomb that woody, fresh-forest-scent. It also contains lime oil although I couldn’t personally detect any scent wise. I think the cypress and rosewood oils softens the kick of the lime somewhat. What I thought was going to be a zesty and refreshing bath bomb was actually very earthy and peppery.

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I have however read reviews of this bath bomb online and quite a few people are describing Guardian of the Forest as having a REALLY citrusy scent.

The citrus products are normally my favourite, we just seem to gravitate towards each other, I just can’t smell any lime in this bath bomb at all. With people describing Guardian of the Forest’s scent as incredibly citrusy, I feel like I have missed out on something?

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Regardless of the mystery of this bath bombs ‘hidden’ citrus scent, I really do enjoy using the Guardian of the Forest bath bomb.

Once the bath bomb has completely dissolved you are left with gorgeously-green, lustre filled bath water. When I very first used it I couldn’t help but think of the, The Wizard of Oz. Soaking myself in a Guardian of the Forest bath leaves me feeling relaxed and carefree.

My skin really enjoys itself too, most bath bombs soften my skin somewhat, this bath bomb is however a little more luxurious, it makes my skin feel incredible. It looks brighter and is super smooth for the rest of the day after using it.

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Overall I am really impressed with the Guardian of the Forest bath bomb and I am surprised that I did like it so much and so soon. The earthy Lush products normally take me a while to warm to, maybe I liked this one so much because of the lime oil, (even if I can’t detect it myself…)

I am really happy that Lush have made Guardian of the Forest more readily available for all as it really is a fantastic edition to Lush’s bath bomb family! 😊


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This post was originally posted on this website on the 15th of September 2015. I have been slowly updating each post on this blog as with time my photos have improved(ish) as has my product knowledge – Lulu @ Lush Upon A Time ♥

Lava Lamp Bath Bomb from Lush

Back in 2015 the Lava Lamp Bath Bomb was one of the first products I used from Lush Oxford Street. Back then, it was exclusive to that one store in the whole world!

Luckily, I grew up in London and used to travel there and back to where I live now quite a bit, so I didn’t miss out on all of the new products for long.

In my opinion Lava Lamp is the most creative and well thought out bath bomb ever made by Lush.

The name didn’t make sense until I had actually used it, I fell in love with it as soon as I realised why it was called Lava Lamp.

Lava Lamp is a bright almost fluorescent orange bath bomb with 3 purple dots. The purple dots in it are actually tiny chips of solid bath oil.

As the bath bomb fizzes away, the bath oil bits break free and sink to the bottom of the bathtub. 

As the bath oil warms up because of the heat of the bath water it slowly turns to liquid and rises – just like a lava lamp does when you switch it on and let it warm up!

The Lava Lamp bath bomb contains fair trade organic cocoa butter, extra virgin olive oil, organic castor oil, orange flower absolute, tangerine oil and Sicilian Mandarin oil.

Some say that the Lava Lamp bath bomb smells the same as chocolate orange, I however do not agree. I love chocolate orange and although Lava Lamp is very orangey, I don’t feel like it smells like it has chocolate in it, at all.

It’s just a sweet orange fragrance that leaves you thirsty for more.

The original Lava Lamp bath bomb was actually recalled shortly after its Lush Oxford Street debut. I honestly never had a problem with it myself, but some people said that the ‘purple bits’ kept falling out of it before they had, had the chance to use the bath bomb and others said that the purple bits mixed with the orange water had stained their bath.

When using Lush products in the bathtub I have one rule that helps to avoid any staining mishaps. I always make sure that my bath is spotlessly clean, I know it’s a lot of effort but who wants to get into a dirty bath anyway? it is the bath grime that any bath bomb colour cling to (soap scum and dead skin, eww)

The cleaner your tub before using a bath bomb the better! My secret weapon is dish washer soap as it cuts through grease and grime so easily. A Quick splash of Fairy liquid and a sponge run around the bath is all you need to do to keep your bath sparkling.

Thankfully Lush reformulated the Lava Lamp bath bomb and at the time of writing this review it is back as an Oxford Street exclusive.

The newer version is not much different from the older one, but I can see that they have improved it ever so slightly. I say ‘slightly’ as I believe the original was already perfect, I was gutted that it had been taken away so suddenly.

The only thing about this bath bomb is that you do have to rinse off your body once you’ve used it. Something I’ve never had to do with any other Lush bath bomb.

The first time I ever used it I couldn’t rinse it off because we’d run out of hot water. Instead of rinsing it off I had to pat myself down with a towel.

I was worried it would stain the towel, but it didn’t, the purple marks on the towel washed out in the washing machine with no issues.

Now Lush have reformulated the Lava Lamp bath bomb, it rinses off of your skin a lot easier than it used to making it a lot more practical than its original version.

Overall, I LOVE the Lava Lamp bath bomb, my skin feels fabulous after using it and it leaves me smelling delicious too. Yes, it’s a little messy but messy can be fun.

I hope that Lava Lamp sticks around for some time as like I said earlier, it’s so well thought out. I wish I could give the inventor a high five, there’s never been a cleverer bath bomb!

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE ON THE 1ST OF JUNE 2015, I HAVE UPDATED EACH POST SEVERAL TIMES AS WITH TIME MY PHOTOS HAVE BECOME BETTER AS HAS MY LUSH PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE. – Lulu from Lush Upon A Time ♥