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Mother Christmas Bath Bomb from Lush

The Mother Christmas Bath Bomb 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.

Mother Christmas is a hot pink, mother-shaped bath bomb she has a kind, round face and a neatly styled updo. She’s dressed in a cosy-looking gown adorned with a single heart at its centre; Her outfit is completed with a cute pair of curly toed elf shoes!

The Mother Christmas bath bomb is also decorated with a sprinkling of dissolvable white stars, which happen to be my favourite special detail on any Lush product that features them.

The stars may only be small, but they add an extra touch of magic to every product they are used on, Mother Christmas wouldn’t be nearly as good without them.

Each Mother Christmas bath bomb is approximately 90g making it the same size as the Snow Queen bath bomb from the same line.

Some of the ingredients included in the Mother Christmas bath bomb are agar agar, bergamot oil, olibanum oil, geranium oil and marshmallow root.

The Mother Christmas bath bomb shares its scent with the Peeping Santa bubbleroon and Yummy Yummy Yummy shower gel.

Its scent is best described as just like a bowl of freshly sliced strawberries drizzled in cream.

The scent of the Mother Christmas bath bomb is strawberry-sweet, which is everything you’d imagine the real Mother Christmas to be. She is the heartbeat of Christmas; Father Christmas would be lost without her!

With the Mother Christmas bath bomb being all one colour, I wasn’t expecting bath art from it at all, I assumed it would put on a similar show as past Christmas bath bombs did such as the Tick-Tock bath bomb and I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas bath bombs but with Lush, always remember to expect the unexpected…

As soon as the Mother Christmas bath bomb touches the water it begins to fizz away, releasing an even layer of thick pink foam over the bath water’s surface.

After just a few seconds, patches of the pink foam starts to turn orange!?!!

Just like the Snow Queen bath bomb that I mentioned above, the Mother Christmas bath bomb has a colour changing trick up its sleeve. The orange colour is inside the agar agar and as the agar agar gets wet, the orange pigment in it gets released!

What I expected to be a standard bright-pink-only bath, quickly became a pink and orange work of swirling art; (see below photo.)

I couldn’t believe my eyes, the photos in this review do the bath art created by the Mother Christmas bath bomb no justice at all.

I wish I could have captured a photo on how the mini dissolvable white stars also spread over the water’s surface in amongst the pink and orange foam. It’s a bath bomb you must try yourself to see just how beautifully it performs!

The Mother Christmas bath bomb takes five minutes to fully dissolve leaving you with plenty of time to lie back and relax in its strawberry-sweet, scented waters.

The end water is a bright and cheery shade of orange and feels incredible on your skin. Once out of the bath, my skin appears brighter, feels refreshed and is also super soft to touch.

The scent lingers delicately on your skin for a good few hours after you’ve towelled off. Mother Christmas is the perfect pick-me-up for a cold winter’s day, offering a little touch of festive joy and a much-needed escape from the hustle and bustle of the season.

Overall, the Mother Christmas bath bomb exceeded all of my expectations. From its charming design and magical bath art to its indulgent scent and skin-softening properties, it’s a true festive treat that I hope comes back again next year!

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NEW Snow Fairy Bath Bomb from Lush

The Snow Fairy Bath Bomb is back again, it has however had a makeover. The old, half pink, half white version with the blue and white snowflakes on has long gone, it has been replaced with a bright pink bath bomb with crisp-white swirls!

The Snow Fairy scent family dominates Lush’s Christmas line every Winter and this year is no exception. Do I prefer the older version of it? I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I miss it, I like the uncomplicatedness of the new look Snow Fairy bath bomb, it’s weird that something less intricate can be more desirable.

All of Lush’s products are handmade, there’s something about the new Snow Fairy bath bomb that looks more handmade than the older version. I find with all Lush products, the more handmade the product looks the more ‘Lush charm’ it has.

Weighing in at approximately 180g the new Snow Fairy bath bomb is a little bit smaller than the standard Lush bath bombs such as Intergalactic and Twilight which are 200g each, although you wouldn’t know it just by looking at it.

My first experience with the Snow Fairy scent was through the shower gel many years ago. The Snow Fairy scent is best described as a sweet blend of candy floss and bubble gum.

I don’t always favour the super-sweet-scented Lush products, HOWEVER, with the Snow Fairy scent featuring so heavily in so many of Lush’s best-selling products it’s impossible to avoid, especially in the Winter.

Over the years I have warmed to the scent somewhat. The fact that every Snow Fairy item is a bright and glorious hot pink (my favourite colour) really helps me warm to each product too! 😉

Funnily enough, the Snow Fairy bath bomb isn’t the only bath bomb from this Winters’ Christmas line that has the Snow Fairy scent, we have the Groovy Fairy bath bomb and Snow Fairy Lights bath bomb too.

As soon as the Snow Fairy bath bomb touches the water you are greeted with an explosion of hot pink foam. It slowly bobs around your bath spitting out pink and white bubbles as it charges around, floating upon the surface of the water.

I am always honest in my reviews, and I must admit that I was expecting a lot more from the Snow Fairy bath bomb bath-art-wise. It had the potential with the white and pinks, but it just didn’t take off.

It’s not fantastic bath-art-wise but it does put on a beautiful show. As the bath bomb dissolves, the water slowly turns a bright and sparkly pink. Swirling the water around with my hand really showed off how sparkly it was.

The Snow Fairy bath bomb took well over 10 minutes to fully dissolve. Its scent is sweet and strong right up until the last drop of it goes down the plug hole.

I found the water that the Snow Fairy bath bomb left behind to be soft on the skin and incredibly refreshing. Its sweet, bubblegum-rich scent can still be detected on your skin long after getting out of the bath too. I wouldn’t say it was the most hydrating of bath bombs, BUT my skin wasn’t any dryer than normal after using it.

I did really enjoy the new design of the Snow Fairy bath bomb however I would have liked to have seen more bath art out of it, maybe I’m just being fussy though!

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Snow Dragon Bath Bomb from Lush

The Snow Dragon Bath Bomb first became available as a part of 2022’s Winter line. I’m a little late on reviewing it but I have heard that it will be making a return this Winter (2023), so I thought I’d finally get my half-written review on it finished and published on here!

I’m a little obsessed with all thing’s dragon after the Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon series, anything Dragon inspired is right up my street. The Snow Dragon bath bomb shares its scent with the Christmas classic, Baked Alaska soap, Mermaid bath bomb and Mermaid Tail bubble bar.

Snow Dragon is a similar size to the Sleepy Bear bath bomb and is one of the cheaper Winter-bath-bomb options. It’s designed to look like a sky-blue dragon that’s laying down. Again, it is very similar to Sleepy Bear as that bath bomb is designed as laying down too.

This small but mighty, sky-blue, dragon-shaped bath bomb is decorated with a sprinkling of purple-stained coarse sea salt and also has a generous helping of popping candy in it too. If I’m being honest, I think that the Snow Dragon bath bomb resembles a crocodile more than a dragon. BUT, seeing as dragons aren’t technically real, I don’t think it really matters! 😉

The Snow Dragon bath bomb was the first of the Winter 2022 products that I used, I don’t know why I have left it so long to review but the fact I did isn’t an indication that I didn’t enjoy using the bath bomb, I in fact loved it. There were so many great bath bombs last year that I simply couldn’t keep up with the reviews.

All of Lush’s bath bombs are hand pressed and the mould for the Snow Dragon bath bomb has quite an intricate design, it’s so interesting to see how Lush’s bath bombs get more and more intricate year in, year out. The invention of the 3D printer really has opened up so many possibilities for product design at Lush. When Lush first opened its doors in 1995 I don’t think anyone could have imagined that handmade bath bombs would evolve to look this spectacular!

The Snow Dragon bath bomb contains some of the following essential oils; lemon myrtle, ylang ylang and grapefruit. Its scent is a refreshingly zingy, sharp-citrus-concoction. It is perfect for when you need an energy boost, (something we all need a bit of help with during the cold Winter months)

Lush’s website describes the Snow Dragon bath bomb as a ‘magical creature’ that’s soothing sea salt will ‘soften your skin’ while it’s refreshing citrus-based oils will ‘awaken your mind’.

It’s the perfect Winter-time pick me up, I was incredibly lucky to grab several Snow Dragon bath bombs at Lush’s online boxing-day-sale last year.

As soon as the Snow Dragon bath bomb comes into contact with your bath water a burst of blue foam erupts from it. It doesn’t take long for the popping candy to make an appearance, you are almost immediately greeted with an array of snap, crackles, and pops as the blue foam slowly turns the water a shade of pale blue.

The Snow Dragon bath bomb is quite a quick fizzer taking only 5 minutes to fully dissolve, the popping candy however carries on popping away long after the bath bomb has dissolved. The lemon and grapefruit scent really comes alive within the hot bath water; my bathroom was filled with its beautifully zingy scent long after I pulled the plug.

Snow Dragon doesn’t create any bath art, it’s redeeming features are definitely its beautiful blue colour and super energising scent.

The sea salt included in the Snow Dragon bath bomb really does make a difference to the softness of your bath water. My skin has never felt so soft after using one of the smaller sized Lush bath bombs before.

The scent lasted on my skin for a good few hours after getting out of the bath and my skin stayed soft and smooth long after I got out too.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Snow Dragon bath bomb, so much so I bought several more after using it. It wasn’t my favourite of the bath bombs from the Winter 2022 collection but one I did thoroughly enjoy using. I am not surprised to see that the Snow Dragon bath bomb has been chosen to return for the Winter 2023 line.

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