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Lemon bubble brush

3 out of 5 rating

Lemon bubble brush is one of three new re-usable style bubble bars from Lush. While i dont normally like the reusables as much as Lush regular squishy bubble bars, these new bubble brushes are fun to use!

This is the yellow bubble brush new for 2018. Unlike its blue and pink counterparts this one smells lemony. It has the same scent as Lush ‘Lemslip’ buttercream. Its made with lime, and sweet orange oil.

It’s not very sweet. In fact i wish it were more sweet. And honestly, i wish it smelled stronger.

It leaves a bright, sunny yellow hue to the bath water.

I like to blend it with the blue bubble brush sometimes.

I like the mint and candy bubble brushes more than this yellow lemon one because the scents and colors are nicer to me. Just a personal preference.

I liked using it but i wouldn’t necessarily buy another one. Whereas i would buy anothrr blue one.

Ready to brush up on your art skills? Who said bathing had to be boring?

Whether you’re already a seasoned artist or just like to paint by numbers, these new #BathArt reusable bubble brushes from Lush’s artful splodges are sure to make a Big Splash in your bathroom.

Take your brush and hold under running water to get the bubbles going. When the bath is covered in a blanket of bubbles your canvas awaits! Dip the brush into the water before gliding it over the foam, dip, and flick, stroke, and splash, then sit back and relax as you admire your masterpiece. It might be abstract, it might be modern, it might be a load of Pollocks but whatever it is it’s bound to make a good impression!

On your marks, get set, Gogh!

Don’t forget to share your #BathArt with the world #LushLabs

List of ingredients

Sodium Carbonate

Cream of Tartar

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Glycerine

Lauryl Betaine

Perfume

Lime Oil

*Limonene

Sweet Wild Orange Oil

*Citral

Colour 45350

Colour 19140

Candy bubble brush

4 out of 5 rating.

The candy man can

Intro: Ready to brush up on your art skills? Bathing doesn’t have to be boring. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just like to paint by numbers, these new #BathArt reusable bubble brushes from Lush’s artful splodgers are sure to make a big splash in your bathroom.

You’ll love this if you like:

– Mint Bubble Brush, Lemon Bubble Brush, and Creamy Candy bubble bar. – Bright pink baths with a candy fluff scent.

– Releasing your inner Picasso and turning bathtime into your own art lesson.

Benefits:

– Cream of tartar creates a super bubbly bath.

– Synthetic musk offers a sweet and lingering fragrance.

How to use: Take your brush and hold under running water to get the bubbles going. When the bath is covered in a blanket of bubbles your canvas awaits! Dip the brush into the water before gliding it over the foam. Dip, flick, stroke and splash, then sit back and relax as you admire your masterpiece.

How to store: Leave your brush to dry on the side ready for your next work of art.

while the re-usable bubble bars are not my favorite…these new bubble brushes are fun. The re-usable consistency lends itself very well to these ‘brushes’ shape.

The Candy bubble brush is my second favorite bubble brush.

Candy bubble brush is made with the Lush ‘Candy Fluff’ scent. synthetic musk is used in this because in order to use real musk the animal is killed.

i like this one because the scent is sweet and nice like some kind of pink candy.

Heres a video i made where i demo all of the bubble brushes including the Pink Candy bubble brush

I can use it by itself to make a pink color or i sometimes like to mix colors as below

Can’t decide which one to go for? As the saying goes – different strokes for different folks, which is why there’s a palette of three colours to Picasso from (but it wouldn’t Erté to try them all). Candy Bubble Brush creates a vibrant pink with a sweet candy fluff scent that will have you coming back for more.

Take your brush and hold under running water to get the bubbles going. When the bath is covered in a blanket of bubbles your canvas awaits! Dip the brush into the water before gliding it over the foam, dip, and flick, stroke, and splash, then sit back and relax as you admire your masterpiece. It might be abstract, it might be modern, it might be a load of Pollocks but whatever it is it’s bound to make a good impression!

ingredients

List of ingredients

Sodium Carbonate

Cream of Tartar

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Glycerine

Lauryl Betaine

Perfume

Synthetic Musk

Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone

Colour 45410

Pink Petigrain

2 out of 5 rating

This is the most bitter thing I’ve ever smelled in a long time.

I wanted to like this because its so pretty.

Pink petigrain bubble bar is supposed to share its scent with the Lush madame president bath bomb. Grapefruit and petigrain.

Firstly, i LOVE the scent of Madame President. I bought six of them.

Secondly, i HATE the scent of this Pink Petigrain blossom. When i got it out of my package my eyes lit up because of the pretty coral color and the flower shape.

But i recoiled back when my nose smelled it. I said to myself ‘There is NO WAY my petigrain flower smells like madame president bath bomb’.

Maybe because some things melted in my order the scents combined strangely? Dunno.

I have both Madame President bomb & Pink Petitgrain blossom bubnle bar side by side. NO.

I don’t know if i got a bad one or what

Did my nose just all of a sudden after 17 years just say ‘April, i’m done.’? I’m not sure, but suffice it to say i dont like the bitter, unpleasant smell of this bubble bar, and i won’t be buying another one. I had to use something else with it because i couldnt stand the smell. How odd. I havent had a reaction to a lush product in quite sometime. But i guess i cant like them all. *Shrug*

Your mileage may vary.

Description

For a couple of hours, lay back and indulge in pink waters covered in soft, fluffy bubbles. Calming petitgrain oil works its wonders on worries and cares, the woody scent evoking images of summer walks through citrus groves. Meanwhile, refreshing grapefruit oil lifts moods high above the clouds of the day, bringing with it memories of breakfasts taken on warm, sunlit verandas. Hold this flower under running water and let it spin and build bubbles before breathing deeply and allowing yourself to be transported away on a cheerful, summer breeze.

Mint bubble brush

Mint bubble brush is one of three new ‘bubble brush’ design type of re-usable bubble bars from Lush Cosmetics.

Lush has come out with five new re-usable bubble bars, three of them being in the bubble brush type. Mint is the blue one. Its got a minty scent that isnt too sweet. In fact i i wish it were a *bit* more sweet. Its the scent of their ‘Freeze’ shower gel.

Its not quite like Christingle body conditioner. Mint bubble brush isnt that sweet. Its the scent of their ‘Freeze’ shower gel.

I love the deep blue hue one can attain with this bubble bar. Its tun to drip blotches of blue on the bubbles. And it’s fun to paint the bubbles as i show in the video.

I enjoy combining colors, as those of you who have seen my bath cocktails know. I often like to create gradients or ombre effects with different bath products.

Well these new Lush bubble bars lend themselves well to this kind of blending, as ive tried to show below.

I think these new bubble brush bars are quite fun. I like that the three primary colors are represented. I would give these bubble brush bars a 4 out of 5. While i don’t particularly like the re-usable bubble bars as much as the regular lush bubble bars, these are fun because you can use them in different ways. I would buy another one of each color. But it’s not one i would stock up on.

A New Lush bath bomb for Ariana Grande?!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlV0lo5HbYF

For her new video ‘God is a Woman’!

Jack Constantine recreated the beautiful purple and blue hues in her new, visually stunning video.

i can only imagine what the scent of this might be.

I don’t know that it will be sold to the public. I’m hoping so. Wouldn’t that be great if Lush decided to sell these as a #LushLabs Exclusive?

I imagine something along the lines of breath of God but maybe with more of the feminine aspect or the feminine notes of it. Maybe rose or jasmine. Maybe some rosewood.

Something earthy, or something ethereal?

It’s fun to imagine what it might smell like.

What do you guys think it might smell like?

New products coming?

found this on Instagram.

As usual I’ll add more as I get it. My commentary on it below. 😊♥️

here are the Halloween & Christmas products!

Regarding the new regular products, I for one would LOVE a here comes the sun liquid shower gel. I even liked the naked version so I know a liquid version would be HEAVEN. I did a Video Review and close up sink demo of naked Here Comes the Sun Shower Gel. It has the same scent as Lush ‘Brightside’ bubble bar.

Milky bar soap used to be around before, it’s not new, but whatever 😉 my review of it is below.

Mostly…I Cannot WAIT until the full Ectoplasm line.

The first second I unboxed TreeD bath oil and Ectoplasm and sniffed them I stated to my friends on Facebook and Mark C that a perfume would be a huge hit. I’m so so glad about this. And there may or may not be a shower creme of Ectoplasm coming for Halloween. Go to my Ectoplasm page for more specifics but it’s a different kind of citrus scent. No really, it’s really different. It’s got a very bright note in it. To my nose anyway, it’s neither lemony nor orangey, but not exactly lime either. More like grapefruit, with some litsea cubeba or something close to that.

And an Ectoplasm washcard, which is a great way to try something without spending that much money. If you’d like to see a close up sink demo of a lush washcard, I have one here .

It looks like lush will be offering a different kind of single sized soap if I’m understanding it correctly. Interesting that they’re re-incorporating pre packaged soaps. They used to sell them like that and they had pretty designs on them. We shall see how these fare.

I have the Ros Argan naked body conditioner. I’ll demo and review that, and the rub rub rub naked body conditioner as soon as I can. I’m glad they’re bringing out this naked Ro’s. It’s the ONLY naked product I like more than it’s liquid version.

I’m also glad lush might be bringing back whipstick. It used to be called ‘chocolate whipstick’ and is the same scent as ‘heavenly bodies’ buttercream and ‘Sonic Death Monkey’ shower gel. It has more of a sweet orange scent with a wee bit of cocoa.

Hmm..What do you think about the charity pot naked body lotion you guys? I don’t know that I would she’ll out the money for this one without seeing how others like it first.

redients: Water (Aqua), Propylene Glycol, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Soya Milk, Sweet Orange Oil, Patchouli Oil, Synthetic Musk, Sodium Chloride, Glycerine, Perfume.

This is a very nice and different layering of scents. A subtle soapy, floral perfume on top with an orange oil undertone and a hot milk or caramel-y type of scent in there too.

Lush makes a bubble bar in this same scent. This is a glycerine soap, and this soap also seemed to dissolve faster too. I think everyone should try this once. I believe that Lush sold this soap when they were a company called “CTG”. There’s something about this soap that makes one want to have it again. It smells comforting.

This is a “love it or hate it” soap with lushies, there doesn’t seem to be many in between on this soap.

Lush Times 2006 description: A HUGE favourite: wash to make your skin smell sweet like chocolate. Delicious hand and body soap made with nutritious soya milk and sweet orange oil.

Website: For soft, chocolate-orange flavoured lips. Chocolate Whipstick is made for everyone who can’t have cocoa butter or lanolin in their balms. We make it with a lip-soothing infusion of oats, beautiful almond and wheatgerm oils plus beeswax for waterproofing. If that sounds a bit worthy then worry not; we livened it up with real chocolate, vanilla absolute and orange oil. Delicious and good for you a rare and lovely thing.

This is the same sweet orange and chocolate scent of Sonic deathonkey shower gel and heavenly bodies buttercream.

It’s a thicker lip balm, not so much thin and shiny but more thick and hoppy, more like the consistency of Rose lollipop lip balm from lush.

Ingredients: Oat Milk, Almond Oil, Beeswax, Chocolate, Glycerine, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Shea Butter, Honey, Wheatgerm Oil, Carnauba Wax, Flavour, Sodium Borate, Tangerine Oil, Orange, Vanilla Absolute, Cocoa absolute.

Lush Naked packaging, New naked skincare products?

2019 Skincare

Here is a video i made for you Demoing and Reviewing two cleansers and a facial oil.

2018 mouthwash Tabs!

I received these from Lush Uk management when i attended.


Here’s my video showing and describing each of these naked Lush products that were given to me by Lush Uk.

an audio interview of the co creator of Lush describing the idea for the naked Lush products
http://player.lush.com/radio/mark-constantine-naked-reaction

Lush are making shower gels that they currently sell in stores such as ‘olive branch’ in a new solid form which does away with any  packaging.The shower gels are totally solid. The shower gels have no ‘liquid’ in them. The entire bottle IS the product.

Here’s  my video demonstrating how to use

American Cream hair conditioner

Dirty Spring wash

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Happy Hippy

It’s Raining Men

Retread

The Olive Branch

Veganese

Almost like a bottle-shaped massage bar, except that it has a gel consistency when activated with water and applied.
The bottles are made from seaweed, like the new jelly bombs have, and the solid stuff reacts with water to make a gel like consistency

The application part is what I’m somewhat confused about. A lovely Lush employee said she would show me how to use it tomorrow.

The following photos are courtesy of the lovely @squisieplushie on Instagram.

I understand the wash cards that I got from the Lush Summit 2017 are part of the Lush Naked campaign. There are more kinds of wash cards than the three I have below. I have a demo video I recorded of how to use these. I’ll add that here tonight.

In the photo below are three new solid soaps. The green bottle on the left is ‘Oregano’, the tan one is ‘Oat’, and the black one on the right is ‘Karanja’.

Some are essential oils, which you can use on skin, and in oil burners. One is possibly a makeup primer.

These are photos i took of my new Lush wash cards. I have a video demo that I recorded of how to use. I’ll add that here later today.


These below are facial oils.

The green one is ‘Amazon’ primer, the light blue one is ‘Argan’ facial oil,

I asked about  melting,as I live on the Sun and was concerned. I was told by Lush that the bottles won’t melt,tothey’re madeput of a Soap kind of mix, but.. The body conditioners are the ones that are indeed a melt risk. Two below are Rub Rub Rub and Ro’s Argan. I understand that Lush is disco to using the rub Rub Rub solid square body scrub bar.

The Ro’s Argan is being sold to us customers tomorrow at Lush.co.uk


These below are aromatherapy oils.

The red one is called ‘open your third eye’, the green one is ‘Pride’, and the yellow one us called ‘Anger Management’ and is a citrus blend. The pink and white on the lower left is ‘Geranium’ from Kenya, the white on in lower middle is called ‘Ylang Ylang’ from Ghana, the purple and white on lower right is ‘French Lavender’ from France.

Photo credit for the photos starting below goes to @lushlover__ on Instagram! ❤️





#nakedhouse

Green Coconut

See my demo video below 🙂

The scent of this is full on coconut. It’s Very creamy. And VERY moisturizing. And certainly less clean up than my Dark Arts jelly bomb was. Though the Dark Arts was more fun, this was more yummy, nourishing and relaxing if that makes sense. It’s not the same scent as Yellow Submarine, that’s a fruitier coconut. This is straight on coconut. 
First up, don’t be shy and throw yourself into Green Coconut; a Jelly Bomb with a totally tropical scent. As coconut cream flows into the water it creates a rich jelly that refreshes the mind and leaves your skin feeling silky smooth, while cinnamon leaf oil stimulates the circulation to give you a radiant holiday glow.



Set sail to the tropical island of your dreams. Lie back on the soft sand, the warm waters lapping at your feet, the breeze scented like tropical fruits. Climb into your bath and pop in this king of coconuts. Jelly leisurely spreads across the water, softening as it goes. Condition your skin with coconut cream and bask in the warmth that a cinnamon leaf undercurrent brings. Relax and refresh yourself in your own little piece of paradise.

Rocket Science

See my demo video below. This has a bright, lemon citrus fragrance. 

What a gorgeous bath bomb. The interesting thing is that this bomb makes various dimensions of things happening. If one were to look at the water one could see layers; multi colored stars on the very bottom. 


Then there is a multi-colored chunky glitter layer above the stars.

Then there’s a layer of silvery sparkes  above that.

Then there is the blue, pink and purple colored foam layer from the fizzing bomb. 

Gorgeous. 

Here’s the 3 minute demo 

The smells is nice, but nothing earth shattering. But the looks of this bomb in the water makes up for it.

I give this a 4.5 out of 5 rating. 

Bunny Moon

See my demo and review below of all five masks

To use, simply pinch off a piece of the mask and work to a paste between clean, dry hands. Apply to the face and let it work its magic for 5-10 minutes. Wash off with warm water or with a cloth.


When you look at the moon, what do you see? Some see a face, some see a dragon, others see a bunny. When you want soft and strokable skin, this bunny is the one for you. Honey is antiseptic and moisturising, rose oil helps to soothe and balance while chamomile and marigold infusion calm the skin. A dash of gentle, cosy vanilla and benzoin resioid helps you feel comforted. You’ll be a happy bunny with calm and clear skin.

New Lush UK products 2017

Keep checking here everyday, I have all these and add one or two of the below products here everyday. By the way, the 2017 discontinued list is here.

1000 Milihelens

Bubble Spinner

Bunny Moon

Birth of Venus

Cheer Up Buttercup

Dark Arts

Green Coconut

Hair Doctor hair treatment

Just To Clarify

Love body spray

Marilyn hair treatment

Marmalade

Metamorphosis

New hair treatment

Oaty Dreamy Creamy

One Eskimo (10 Uk stores only)

Plum Rain body spray

Plum Rain shower gel

Rocket Science

Rose Jam body spray

Rump

The Big Sleep

Think Pink

Twilight body spray

Wash Cloud

Yellow Submarine

German Sausage Cleanser

No, it’s not made with sausage..it’s made to fool the eye and look like one though. This is a facial cleanser along the lines of Lush ‘Angels on Bare Skin’ and ‘Dark Angels’ facial cleansers. It’s used in the same way. You wet your face with warm water, break of a dime sized chunk, rub it between your fingers and smooth on your face. Using it to gently exfoliate your face.

Then rinse off with warm water.

This German Sausage is made with potatoes, and oatmeal, both of which are said to sooth red or bothered skin.

Basoil , sage, rosemary, oatmilk, lavender
Skin is soft and feels clean.

Lush Bath Oils-New (in 2014)

See my bath oil video demo list of 20 new Lush bath oils. I’ve done video demos of all 19. The links to each of those tub demo videos are in the below list.

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A fabulous way to get a good amount of our favorite fragrances in a small package.  It’s small but it makes a gorgeous show in the tub.  Adding color and in some cases shimmer.  The fragrances are stronger and last longer on the skin than in other things like bath bombs and bubble baths.

I have all of them, so as i use each one i’ll make videos and take photos that you can watch via the links below.

Cloak of Invisibility 

Delight
Double Vitality
Dreamtime
Floating Island

Flower’s Barrow
Furze
Ginger
Happy Thoughts
I Am a Radiant Being
Johnny Appleseed
Lime Pastilles
Melting Marshmallow Moment
Monsieur Gustave
Oil On Troubled Water
Orange Blossom
Razzle Dazzle
Shark Infested Custard

Snow Melt
Sun
You’ve Been Mangoed

Here’s a 15 second video i made showing as many of these as i could.  I keep them in a bowl in my bathroom.

These other different style of Lush bath oils in the link below came out a couple of years later. Theyre called bath tablets or bath baubles.

https://lushalot.com/2019/09/24/christmas-retro-tree-orange-snowman-bath-oil-tablets/

Paper Soap

Basically you tear a piece off and rub on your body in the shower, or your hands in the sink.  It lathers and cleans like soap.

The Red one is infused with the scent of the new lush shower gel “Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair’, the Yellow one has the ‘Beautiful’ shower gel scent, and the teal has the violet-y Tuca Tuca scent of “Don’t Rain on My Parade’ shower gel scent.

They make tiny ones now in 2021 called wash cards in the scents of all their perfumes.

Click on the links to see individual demos for each one.  I have them all, i just need to demo and record using them, eventually i’ll have them all in here.

Beautiful

Best Washes

Dear Santa (Christmas 2015 only)

Wash That Man

Wash You Were Here


 

 

Cloak of Invisibility

2.5 out of 5 rating

Only because i do not like the scent. However, it is quite beautiful, which is why this isn’t a 1 out of 5 rating. .

See my demo video of this in the tub, close up doing it’s thing.  It’s lovely movements, twirling gold and red, just like the spinning cloak.

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If you just feel like disappearing for a little while, slip into the bath with this seductively relaxing bath oil and cloak yourself in floral jasmine absolute and mood-brightening ylang ylang oil. Before the doorbell rings, the dog barks or the children shout, pulling you out of your calm oasis and back into reality, enjoy nourishing Majorcan almond oil hydration… Who said that!

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List of ingredients
Sodium BicarbonateFair Trade Organic Cocoa ButterOrganic Shea ButterPEG-6 Caprylic / Capric Glycerides& PEG-60 Almond GlyceridesLaureth 4Citric AcidPerfumeExtra Virgin Coconut OilAlmond OilJasmine AbsoluteRosewood OilYlang Ylang Oil*Benzyl Benzoate*Cinnamyl Alcohol*LinaloolGold Glimmer LustreRadiant Gold Lustre

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If you don’t like the 2014 Lush Valentine’s ‘Floating Flower’ bath bomb, you won’t like this one, because they both share their scent. It’s the “Flying Fox’ scent family that this belongs to.  I really don’t like the Jasmine scented ‘Flying Fox’.  Because i don’t like a lot of jasmine.  But loads of people like this one. It’s very pretty.

I made this bath oil demo of this bath oil

Ugai

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2 out of 5 rating

This Ugai is entirely too salty.  I believe there are folks who would like this but i can’t for the life of me figure out why to be honest.  The saltiness of the initial bite didn’t last the entire time while gargling and swishing.  The saltiness only stays the first 20 seconds or so.

I enjoy the other two new lush mouthwash tabs; Creme de Menthe and Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster much more  than Ugai.

An oasis of green tea and sea salt awaits. Inspired by the Japanese custom of gargling to maintain health and vitality, these little tabs are packed with tantalising herbal taste to deeply cleanse and comfort your mouth. Antibacterial tea tree and sea salt offer freshness, while green tea gives a quenching, verdant flavour.

After brushing your teeth, pop one tab into the mouth and take a sip of water to start the fizz. Nibble and swish before spitting out. They can also be used throughout the day whenever you fancy a bit or oral refreshment.

 

The use of a mouthwash should be the final step in the oral routine both in the morning and in the evening. It should not be used alone as a substitute for brushing or flossing. Avoid eating or drinking for half an hour after using the mouthwash for ultimate oral health.

Here’s a demo and review video i made of the Ugai mouthwash tabs

 

Creme De Menthe

4 out of 5 rating

Glacially good breath is mint to be. In fact, it’s on the tipple your tongue. Make yours a double shot of mint for an intoxicating blast of icy coolness. Malic acid tickles your tastebuds with a smooth, juicy flavour, and enhances the spicy exhileration of bracing peppermint oil. Not shaken, not stirred: just straight up ice-cool refreshment.

This is my second favorite new Lush mouthwash.  This is the mintiest of the three new Lush mouthwashes.  If you want that classic mouthwash taste, this is the one for you.  It’s entirely minty and leaves a nice clean feeling to my teeth.  It just like using commcercial mouthwash.  I like that this creme de menthe mouthwash has a pretty green shimmer to it. That’s why i give this a 4 out of 5 rating.

After brushing your teeth, pop one tab into the mouth and take a sip of water to start the fizz. Nibble and swish before spitting out. They can also be used throughout the day whenever you fancy a bit or oral refreshment.

The use of a mouthwash should be the final step in the oral routine both in the morning and in the evening. It should not be used alone as a substitute for brushing or flossing. Avoid eating or drinking for half an hour after using the mouthwash for ultimate oral health.

 

Here’s a demo and review video i made of this creme de mente mouthwash