Monthly Archives: March 2016

Rose Jam Bubbleroon (Reworked)

5 out of 5 rating

See below for my Tub demo Video of this bubble bar

Below is the most current designs of the 3 different designs in 2021

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Lauryl Betaine, Fair Trade Shea Butter, Perfume, Rose Absolute,Geranium Oil, Rose Oil, Lemon Oil, Cocamide DEA, PEG-6 Caprylic / Capric Glycerides, Titanium Dioxide, Colour 17200

Lush Times: A bath that helps you get out of it feeling better than when you got in. With lemon to bring clarity and alertness and rose to lift the spirits. The geranium oil in here will balance the skin, whilst the coconut oil and shea butter will leave you feeling smooth and soft. This smells of roses, with the sweetness of jam – it shares the same fragrance as Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner.

The fragrance in Rose Jam was invented by Simon. Every year he visits Turkey during the rose harvest to see our rose absolute being produced. He talks about the smell of roses in the fields in the hot Turkish sun and the lunchtimes sat out eating rose jam with Hassan, our rose grower. The rest of us here at Lush think he’s jammy to have this aspect of the job – and we notice that it is always tales he brings back to us, not pots of the actual jam!
Here’s a demo video i made of the Lush Rose bubbleroon in the tub.

Below is the design from 2014-2019

Lush Times 2019

Stop and smell the roses

Shed your thorns and come up smelling of roses with Rose Jam bubble bar. Heady scents of rose and geranium provide serious flower power, while cleansing lemon oil brightens the mind. Sweet and floral, just like you.

You’ll love this if you like:

– Candied floral scents that pack a punch

– Rose Jam shower gel, Rose Jam body spray or Jason And The Argan Oil shampoo – Hot pink baths (Wednesdays optional)

My scent family photo, there has been a couple of things created by lush which were made after this photo was taken.

Benefits of Rose Jam Bubbleroon

– Rose absolute soothes and tones.

– Shea and Fair Trade organic cocoa butters soften grumpy skin. – Invigorating lemon and geranium oils boosts moods

How to use: Twist it and split it in half for two sweet and rosy baths, or crumble the whole thing for a truly luxurious soak. Go on, you deserve a treat.

How to store: Keep in a cool, dry place until you’re ready to use.

Below is what Rose Jam bubbleroon originally looked like when it came out in the mid 2000’s

Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Lauryl Betaine, Cornflour (Zea mays), Perfume, Laureth 4, Fair Trade Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii), Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena), Geranium Oil (Pelargonium graveolens), Rose Oil (Rosa damascena), Lemon Oil (Citrus limonum), Coumarin, Geraniol, Citronellol, *Limonene, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Tin Oxide, Colour 77891, Colour 45410, Colour 14700, Colour 17200

beautiful glitter

Scent Family – Rose jam

Black Rose

Flower Bomb

Jason and the Argan Oil solid shampoo

Madame Butterfly

Pearl massage bar

Rose Bombshell (redesigned in 2016)

Rose Bombshell XXL

Rose Jam bubbleroon

Rose Jam shower gel

Rose Jam perfume liquid

Rose Jam perfume solid

Rose jam body spray

Rose Jam naked shower gel (not shown)

Rose Jam shower jelly

Scentenary soap

Ro’s Argan body conditioner

Ro’s Argan naked body conditioner

Ro’s Argan gourmet soap (from oxford street)

Sparkler bath bomb

Mumkin

4.5 out of 5 rating

See my Tub Demo video below

I love the look of this bubble bar.

I’m being picky, thats the only reason i didn’t rate it an 5. I wish it was a tad sweeter. Anything from 4-5 means i would buy nore than one.

Scent family photo

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Bergamot Oil, Sicilian Lemon Oil, Violet Leaf Absolute, Gardenia Extract, Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 14700, Colour 45410, Colour 17200, Dairy Free Chocolate Drops, Candy Leaf, Candy Stalk

Another scent family photo

Lush told me This has the same scent as the Lush Easter soap “Egg Hunt“, and the Lush bath oil ‘Razzle Dazzle‘, and

Lush Times: If you’re wondering what kind of creature a Mumkin is then it’s no use asking us, because we don’t know either! All you need to know is that she’s cute, very friendly and loves to be crumbled under the tap to bring you mountains of fruity bubbles. The Mumkin smells of sweet raspberries and colours the bath water a pretty shade of pink.

Mumkin, mumkin in love, pumkin. The light pink and lavender colored ‘Mumkin in Love’ or ‘Kisskin’ is rare, originally made only in Japan for their White Day. Later Lush Uk made this for one day only.

 

Its a somewhat raspberry-ish scent. Its not sweet. Its one of the cutest bubble bars. It makes beautiful water, as you can see in my tub demo below.

 

Here’s a demo video i made of this cute bubble bar

Karma shower gel

Ingredients: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Perfume, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis), Lavendin Oil (Lavendula hybrida), Pine Oil (Pinus), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogan flexuosus), Elemi Oil (Canarium commune), Sodium Chloride, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides).

This is a shower gel with the Lush “Karma” scent of orange, patchouli and pine. This was invented when Lush Hilary made only five bottles for a special raffle on the Lush UK forum for forum members only. More recently, in the Lush Kitchen, Karma shower gel was remade for a limited time.

Karma shower gel is a much better way to get the Karma scent on your bod than say, the soap, except, it’s too drying on my skin.  It’s also possible to wash your hair with it or even use it as a bath foam. It’s easier to lather than the Karma soap. It’s thick and gelatinous. And a little goes a long way on a shower pouff, vs. the soap gets smaller and disappears much quicker oz for oz.  The Karma fragrance stays on the skin longer than other lush shower gels too! 😀 I give this a 4.0 out of 5 rating.

Here’s a video demo i made of this shower gel close up

Lush Kitchen Voting favorites March 28-April 1

A bunch of you clever noggins figured out yesterday’s menu-teaser word jumbles; good job! For those folks whose minds were elsewhere, here are the Voted For delights next week has in store:
Monday: Twilight Shower gel, £11.00, and Mrs Whippy bath bomb, £4.00.
Tuesday: Avoshower shower gel, £11.25, and Mumkin Bubble bar, £3.95.
Wednesday: Twilight Solid Perfume, £9.00, and Abombinaball Bath bomb, £4.95.
Thursday: Calacas Shower gel, £11.00, Rose Jam Solid Perfume, £9.00, and Bom Perignon bath bomb, £3.50.
Friday: Error 404 bath bomb, £4.04, and Karma Shower Gel, £11.25.

Spring Bunny

I’ll be getting one or two in about a week. At that time i’ll make a video demo and review of Spring Bunny in the tub.

Here’s a demo and review video i made of Spring Bunny bath bomb

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Haagenbath

Review: This is Lush’s mint chocolate chip Ice Cream bath bomb as far as I’m concerned. This is minty. Not strong minty like Melomint or Christingly, but creamier. It’s not a weak scent at all, a medium spearmint. Not chocolate smelling but definitely creaminess. It even leaves a marshmellow cream-like froth on the water and then before you know it, the Haagenbath starts spinning around and around and here comes the…what? Chocolate pieces? Yes. Chocolate pieces that melt. Well, you can see for yourself how yummy this looks. The scent stayed on my skin for a while too. I have dry skin and the extra cocoa butter in this bath bomb is a dream. I give this a 5 out of 5 star rating. I can’t wait to try another one.

This is a slow, melty bath bomb that takes some time to.dissolve, which goes well with the whole Haagendas ice cream idea.

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric acid, Cocoa butter, Soya Milk powder, Almond Oil, Laureth 4, Perfume, Spearmint oil, Cocoa powder, Colour 77891, 18050Here’s a demo & review video i made of Lush “Haagenbath’ bath bomb.  YUM.

Lush Frozen bubble bar has the same scent.

Heres a video i recorded for you so you can see it in action in the tub.

Egg Hunt

4.5 out of 5 rating.

This is such a cute soap! This design was back in the day around 2007. Later it was just a rectangle with a yellow egg in the middle.

The scent is dedcribed as a raspberry ish scent, although not sweet. If it was a bit sweeter i would give it a 5 out of 5

Me picture below has the other products that Lush has made at different times with the same scent.

Here’s a demo & review video i made for Lush Egg Hunt soap 🙂

Pot O’ Gold shower jelly

3 1/2 out of 5 rating

See my demo video of it below

This beautiful gold jelly is made with orange oil, fresh pineapple juice, Myrrh, and Vanilla.

The jellies arent my favorite Lush product so its rare that a shower jelly is rated a 5. If I REALLY like the scent of a shower jelly then it might go to a 4. And a 3.5 rating that i gave this is still an ‘i would recommend’.

This was a limited edition shower jelly for Easter 2017. And the Lush Kitchen remade it for their April 2021 Subscription Box.

It’s a love it or hate it scent. A lot of Lushies like the look of it but don’t like the scent and a lot of Lushies do love the scent.

To me it smells like a buttery baker pastry cream or something yummy like that. In addition to the bakery scent It has a very slight licorice note.

It’s a beautiful yellow gold color and it also has subtle gold a sparkle.

This has the same scent as the below products

Ingredients list: orange oil, fresh pineapple juice, Myrrh, Vanilla.

Here’s my demo/review video of it 😊

How i’ve used it is to get a tiny piece and chop it up and put it in my plastic seive, then i hold it underneath the water faucet for the tub and it makes a TON of bubbles.

I also cut a round piece off of it and use it as a hand soap at the sink.

I also put a small piece in my shower pouff and it makes a nice lather and doesn’t fall on the shower floor.

Lush Kitchen menu March 21-25 2016

The sun is shining for longer, chocolate eggs are on the horizon and the ‪#‎LushKitchen‬ has just released their 2016 Easter menu. The splendid Spring is almost in full-swing!
Monday: Which Came First? bath bomb, £6.95, and Carrot soap, £4.50.
Tuesday: Somewhere Over The Rainbow bath bomb, £3.25, and Tweet bubble bar, £3.45.
Wednesday: Pot O’ Gold shower jelly, £7.95, and Chocolala massage bar, £8.95.
Thursday: Down The Rabbit Hole bubble bar, £3.95, and Haagenbath bath bomb, £4.10.
Friday: Choccy Egg bath bomb, £3.75, and Egg hunt soap, £4.50.

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Roller bath bomb

5 out of 5 rating

See my demo video below of this gorgeous bath bomb

Roller bath bomb was made with the scent of the Yummy Mummy shower gel and Yummy Yummy Yummy shower gel

Here’s a couple of photos (and 5 minute video of it in the tub below) that i took of my bath experience with Lush “Roller’ bath bomb.  This scent is similar to ‘yummy mummy’ shower gel, even more fruity.

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Here’s a demo video i made showing the crazy beauty of this wonderful bath bomb

In the photo below i gathered all the products that Lush has made with the same scent. yummy Mummy shower cream, body conditioner and Roller bomb.

Flutterby bubble bar

Exclusive to Lush Oxford Street superstore.  .

These beauties are about the size of one and a half to two regular Lush bubble bars.

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Some yummy mummy scented things in my pic below EXCEPT the Flutterby, which is Yummy Yummy Yummy scented. I just added it here for the picture of the Flutterby, it’s not a scent family picture.

Below is my photo of the various exclusive (at the time) Lush Oxford Street Superstore Easter 2016 products. A year or so later Lush made them available for purchase for anyone, for one day only.

This Lush bubble bar was made with the Lush Yummy Yumny Yumny shower gel strawberry scent

Here’s a demo video i made of this gorgeous bubble bar in the bath

 

Fluffy Egg

3 out of 5 rating

This is in the Lush Candy Fluff/Melting Marshmallow Moments bath oil.

Not my favorite scent.

This is a cute pink but simple little easter egg bath bomb. It fizzes quickly.

2.95 gap (converted to US dollars is $4.23)

Lush made various eggs like this in the past such as ‘Magic’ egg, ‘English Countryside’ egg, ‘Choccy egg’, and ‘Fluffy egg’.

 

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Synthetic Musk, Benzyl Benzoate, Colour 45410, Colour 18050, Candy Flowers

 

Lush Times Online: Our Candy Fluff perfume stuffed into a compact egg. Limited Eggition for Easter. Drop it (and yourself) into a warm bath and enjoy the fragrant fizzy froth.

Pretty in pink, this bath bomb is better than any chocolate egg. Step into the sweetest pink waters and soak until the irrestistible smell of candy floss lingers all over your body. Some Snow Fairy shower gel fans may recognise the utterly delicious fragrance of this Easter offering! Either way, it’s good enough to satisfy the sweetest tooth.

 

Here’s a demo video i made of this bath bomb in the tub

 

Green Fun

Brighten up bathtime with this uplifting citrus soap
When life gives you lemons (and limes) make FUN! We crafted this uplifting citrusy bubbler for cheery baths that are sure to perk you up. A fresh mixture of lime and lemon peel oils work their magic on early risers who would rather be back in bed. No matter how severe the case of grogginess, Green FUN is a perfectly perky solution. Use in the bath or run a hot shower and crumble a bit on a bath pouf, then lather up your body head to toe (that includes your hair) and inhale deeply. When you’re having this much fun, it’s easy being green!lemons and limes

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March 13-17 2016

Here’s my Lush Kitchen haul video showing this week’s products.
 

 

Everybody loves an excuse to give and get a little love! Next week’s menu has been designed with White Day in mind. Jump into the holiday with hearts blazing and an armful of vibrant delights.

Monday and Tuesday: Sweet For You gift, containing: Think Pink bath bomb, Prince Charming shower cream, Green Fun and Unicorn Horn bubble bar. A parcel full of these colourful goodies is £19.50.

Wednesday: Slammer shower gel, £11.25, and Yummy Yummy Yummy shower gel, £11.25.

Thursday: Fruity Beauty shower gel, £11.25, and Uluru bath bomb, £3.95.

Friday: It’ll be all hands on deck in the Lush Kitchen; everybody will be busy wrapping Sweet For You gifts in vibrant and versatile knot-wraps!

Unicorn Horn

Prince Charming

Think Pink

Green Fun

Sweet for You knot wrapped gift

Yummy Yummy Yummy

5 out of 5 rating. Id like to rate this a 6 out of 5 rating. 😊 Its that good imo.

eview/Description: This is Lush’s strawberry shower gel from the forum preview party. It smells like yummy strawberries. It also contains passionfruit, bergamot, almond oil and honey. Some people say it smells like MMM melting marshmellow moments, but it doesn’t to me, Yummy yummy has way more strawberry scent.

Below is Lush Strawberries and Cream bubble bar next to the strawberry YYY shower gel.

other Lush products in this same exact scent are

Bubble and Squeak

Drummers Drumming reusable bubble bar (not the jelly of the same name)

Fairy Tail scrub

Flutterby bubble bar

Magic Mushroom bubble bar

Peeping Santa bubble bar

Strawberries and Cream bubble bar

Strawberry Feels Forever massage bar

Strawberry Santa soap

Superstars bubble bar

Yummy Yummy Yummy shower gel

Lush Times Summer 2008: Researching for a recent television programme, Lush found out that the cost of a standard shower gel is 20% ingredients and 80% packaging. With Lush, it’s the other way around; plain packaging containing beautiful ingredients. This inspired Helen to create Yummy, Yummy, Yummy with truly wonderful natural ingredients; fresh strawberries, soothing honey and moisturising almond oil, with a drop of rejuventating olibanum oil. It’s not common or garden shower gel; it’s the yummiest Shower Cream Wash ever for the softest skin.

Peeping Santa bubble bar and Peeping Santa soap.

Ingredients:Fresh Strawberries Infusion, Sodium Alkyl Sulfate, Honey Water, Almond Oil, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Perfume, Glyceryl Sterate, Cocamide MEA, Propylene Glycol, Glycol Cetearate, Lauryl Betaine, Olibanum Oil, Bergamot Oil, Geranium Oil, Passionflower Seed Oil, Fine Sea Salt, Water, Balsamic Vinegar

Flutterby bubble bar

Here’s a video demo and review i made of this shower gel

Massai Latherer

One of six new Lush Oxford Street superstore Gourmet soaps.  This one has ingredients from Africa which include honey, pine, frankincense, and jasmine.  Here’s a demo video i made of washing with this soap at the sink.