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Twas the Night Before Christmas

5 out of 5 rating

 This beautiful indigo soap with its blue purple sparkle was made with the same scent as “Black Pearl” ballistic. Lavender, Black Currant fruit, Myrrh, Frankincense, and Chamomile. It’s one of my favorite soaps and one of most old skool Lushies favorite soaps. They only made it one year in 2005. We’ve been wanting it back for decades. It’s the darkest inky blue color of any soap that Lush has made, and it has the same dark blue sparkles. GORGEOUS

Im so glad i had the presence of mind to take pictures of my pieces!

Lush will be making this soap again for the December subscription box!

Lush 2005 Description: Mo named this brand new Christmas Soap after the poem describing Father Christmas’s Christmas Eve romp around the world with his reindeer. It’s the deep dark purple of a perfect starlit sky and scented with lavender and blackcurrant. We strongly suggest that you try some.

Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Propylene Glycol, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Slearale, Sodium Lauryl Suf fale, Perfume, Olibarnum Oil (Boewellia carterii), Lavender absolute (Laveandula hybrida), Myrrh Resinoid (Commiphora myrrha), Chamomile Oil (Anthemis nobilis.) Sodium Chloride. Glycerine. EDTA. Tetrasodium Editronate, *Limonene, *Linanlool, Colour 61585, Colour 18050, Colour 45350, Blue Iridescent Glitter (Polyethylene terephthalate & Acrylates copolymer), Paper Santa’s Sleigh. *Occurs naturally in essential oils

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The picture below is of the Lush store large sized round (they called them truckles) soap on display. It was about 1-2 feet in diameter and had a reindeer, Santa and sleigh going through the night sky. That’s why the soap looks like it does, dark blue and sparkly. If I could’ve I would have bought a whole truckle of soap. They actually did sell whole soaps to customers if they were willing to buy one. I didn’t have a store near me in within 700 miles in either direction though.

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My scent family pictures

Pink Fizzes Good With Green

5 out of 5 rating

See My 2 minute tub demo video blow

The scent is a blend of two fragrances; Elphaba and Glinda.

These two colors are so lovely together.

One is floral and one is woody and together its an absolutely gorgeous fragrance.

I did sped up top down tub demo video below which shows the bath art going around the tub.

The bath art is pretty. Pink and green. Pink glitter. Rose,Vanilla and Cedarwood.

Creamy floral with woody note. .

The scent alone is a 5 out of 5. Keep in mind i like rose scents.

Everything about this bath bomb is great.

A Beautiful, warm shade of rose at the end.

Pink Glitter

My 2 minute tub demo video

Lush Kitchen December 2021 Subscription Box

See my unboxing video at the bottom of this page 😊

I voted for these below. Normally i would vote for Berry Berry Christmas instead of bucks fizz, but i still have two bottles of berry berry that i bought from before. Thats the only reason i didnt vote for it.

Bar Humbug bubble bar

Berry Berry Christmas shower gel

Buck’s Fizz body conditioner

Chilly Bon Bomb Ive never tried this but i have the description ill add today.

Once a Year massage bar (will add today)

Perle De Sel bath bomb

Here are the products that won the vote

Berry Berry Christmas shower gel

Buck’s Fizz body conditioner

Perle De Sel bath bomb

Plus two surprise exclusives

Sultana Perfume spray

Coconut Snow body lotion

The Sleeping Giant

see my 3 minute tub demo video below

This was a one day only bath bomb to be purchased only for one day on the Lush UK site. Now as of 2020 it’s as a regular, year long item at uk.lush.com . It’s a giant bombshell created for sleep. It’s kind of like the Lush Flower Milk bath bomb here. I bought two of these Sleeping Giants . When i got them i took photos and recorded a video of it in the tub.

To me it looks like a combination of the ‘Twilight’ bath bomb and the ‘Sleepy’ bath bomb.

I love seeing the blue half next the pink half in the water.

The flowers in the one from Lush UK are so fragrant and colorful. No brown crispy bits here.

I like how you have to unwrap it from its little raffia tie. so cute.

Here’s another shot of the flowers inside

Here’s a shot i took with low light so you can see the glow in the dark moons and stars amongst the flower petals.

That color!

Here’s another shot i took of not as low light as the above pic

One half is a fast fizzing bomb and the other half is a slower foamy bomb

The flowers look so pretty in the purple water.

Here’s a shot from my vantage point when i’m in the tub

Here’s the final look of the water. The pink half and blue half mix to become a beautiful deep purple water.

Lush Winter Garden body spray

Winter garden body spray is one of five exclusive new December 2020 body sprays out of nine that we voted on via the Lush Labs site. Winter Garden scent is from the Christmas 2020 bath bomb of the same name. Lush hasn’t made this scent before in a bath bomb, body spray nor any product.

It’s always exciting when Lush creates a new product with a new scent that has a really great scent. Winter Garden bath bomb is this kind of product, so it’s no wonder we voted for this to be made into a body spray.

Winter Garden is a floral scent with the primary note of ylang ylang. It smells pretty. It’s a somewhat more complex floral scent to my nose than some other Lush florals. Winter florals are represented here, on top of the bath bomb are yellow, pink and blue flower petals. They look so small and delicate and perfect, like fairies placed them there.

Winter Garden bath bomb

I sprayed a good single spray on each fore arm. Right off the bat the scent of different kinds of flowers came alive on my skin. It made me go ‘oooh!’. You have to love the scent of flowers to like this body spray, so if you’re not a florals person you may want to smell this in store if you can first. there is no citrus, fruity notes in this fragrance. Nothing that smells sweet nor anything bakery like. it’s not earthy smelling at all, nor are there any green or woody notes that i can pick out. Just a beautiful layering of florals. It’s smells like a winter wedding bouquet.

While i do like citrus scent,and all scents actually, i am a florals person by nature. Some of my most favorite Lush perfumes and Lush bath products have floral scents. Lush doesn’t make them too much anymore like they used to in the early 2000’s.

That’s why this body spray fragrance is so special to me.

It’s dried down on my arm now and it’s still quiet strong. It still maintains the complexity of the fragrance. it gets a wee bit more powdery as it dries, which is nice actually, it’s not so alcohol-y as it was when wet.

the use by date is October 2024

I will say that the scent is very ylang ylang forward. So if you don’t like ylang ylang..

I always have my husband smell it too and tell me what it smells like to him. My husband said he couldn’t quite tell but that it was nice. i said ‘it’s floral’. I knew he had bad experiences with florals. He tells me of when he was young and his school teacher used to come to his desk wearing a floral perfume that was so obnoxious it made him sick. When i asked him tonight’s s this perfume like your teachers floral perfume?’ He said ‘not at all’. I take that as a good sign. 🙂

I would recommend this. And i would rate it a 4 out of 5 rating.

Lush Jasmine Cream bubble bar

Lush Jasmine Cream bath melt

Lush Winter Garden bath bomb

This bath melt has the same scent as Winter Garden
Jamine Cream bubble bar

Here’s a video that i created where i review, describe, rate each of the five new body sprays including Winter Garden.

Sparkly Pumpkin

bubble bar below

These new body sprays come to Lush USA December 17 2020.

I demo and review this in my video below.

Sparkly Pumpkin is one of five body sprays that won the voting process from ten fragrances that we voted on. I didn’t vote for this one 🙂 That said, i do like the bubble bar that it’s named after. I just wanted to vote for the others more is all.

The bubble bar that this fragrance is made from smells more like fruit punch than the body spray. To me the Sparkly Pumpkin body spray seems fruity but with a slight floral/flowery, spicy note. It’s nice, just not as fruit punch-like as the Sparkly pumpkin bubble bar and the Mr. Punch soap.

lush description of the bubble bar:


At the end of a long day, pop this Sparkly Pumpkin into the bath. As you crumble its golden shimmeryness under running water, you’ll feel instantly re-energized. An uplifting blend of juniperberry, grapefruit and lime oils will fill the room with an enticing, cocktail-like punch. And as you sink deep under the glittering gold water, you won’t be able to keep from smiling – probably because this little pumpkin is made to make every day bright.

Mr Punch soap-same scent

In my photo below is the Lush exclusive ‘Sparkly Pumpkin Slime’.

Slime

juniper bush with its berries

Unlike some perfumes or body sprays sparkly pumpkin’s fragrance stays pretty much the same when it dries down as when it’s first sprayed. It’s got a decent amount of throw also., even after having dried a bit.

Bubble bar

Sparkly Pumpkin Scrub

I like this Sparkly pumpkin body spray. I would rate this a 4 out of 5. It smells more like a grown up version of fruit punch 😉

Here’s a video i made reviewing, demoing and describing each of the five exclusive body sprays, including sparkly pumpkin.

Space Girl body spray

Space Girl body spray and Space Girl bath bomb

Space Girl body spray was one of ten favorite Lush product fragrances that Lush had us vote from during their LushLabs voting. Space Girl was one of the five winning product fragrances with the most votes.

I’ve always loved the Space Girl bath bomb when it was sold in stores and i was so bummed when Lush discontinued it. It was made with Black currant, Grapefruit, and bergamot. And it was a pale lilac color with silver glitter mixed in and red glitter dust on top to simulate the planet saturn and its red dust rings. Once inside the water it would release a red glitter which would look like a comet on the bottom of the tub. SO cool.

The space girl fragrance is a fruity scent. It’s citrussy and berryish. Citrussy because of the grapefruit and bergamot, and berryish because of the black currant. Black currant is the main ingredient in ‘The Comforter’ just for reference.

black currant
bergamot
grapefruit
almond essential oil

When i first spray the body spray on my arms it’s of course very strongly scented and alcohol-y. Also, when it’s wet i find that acrid note that some people find off putting in black currant. But once the body spray starts the dry down process on my skin-that acrid note disappears and just the fruity goodness remains.

The almond oil that Lush added to the body spray is nice. It adds a smooth and slightly sweet note to the fruity mix of citrus and berryliciousness.

As far as staying power this is better than most at staying true to it’s fragrance for any length of time once it dries down on the skin.

There’s a somewhat bitter note in between the fruity goodness. So it keeps the fragrance from being too sweet. The resulting scent reminds me of raspberry candy of some sort.

It’s not as sweet and fruity as Roller/Yummy Mummy for instance, but it’s more fruity and sweet than Sparkly Pumpkin.

I would recommend this if you like fruity scents that are different citrus/berry blends.

The scent lasts longer on the skin than Ectoplasm body spray, and about the same as the three others.

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These are other Lush products with the same scent

Goth Fairy Sparkle massage bar

And a new Lush Harajuku special edition bubble bar ‘Stargazer’.for 2020 sold on the Lush UK and the Lush USA web sites.

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas bath bomb

Dinosaur Egg

Lush Bad Batz Maru soap

Very very frightening shower gel

I would rate this a 4 out of 5 rating.

Here’s a video where i spray on, review and describe these five body sprays.

Castle In The Clouds

5 out of 5 rating

tried to show the sparkle in the water 😍

Here’s my 4 minute tub demo of it

This has the same scent as Lush Strawberry Twin Tub jelly, Two Timing Tart bubble bar, and Strawberry soap

The Comforter bath bomb

5 out of 5 rating

See my 2 minute Tub Demo below

This bath bomb was amongst 54 new bath bombs introduced at the Lush Japan store in Harajuku in 2018/2019.

Lush has opened up a new store in the Harajuku area of Japan. At this new, special store Lush will sell 35-50 exclusive bath bombs. One of these exclusive Japan Harajuku store bombs is The Comforter.

The scent is supposed to smell like the popular ‘Comforter’ bubble bar and shower gel. Its a berryish scent made with black currant (cassis) and bergamot. These combine to make a lushious, slightly fruity scent.

Lush used to sell in store a Comforter shower cream and they currently sell a large pink and white swirly bubble bar. Lush also made an exclusive perfume and sold it at lush.co.uk once

Lush Description:

Fizzing fast to create fruity foam of purple, pink and white, this cloud-like ball of cassis will help you unwind before you hit the hay. A merry berry blanket of blackcurrant comforts and a burst of brightening bergamot oil refreshes and resets the mind. Meanwhile, soothing cypress oil ushers in a tide of comfort and joy.

It doesnt have the acrid note that some of the comforter products have. This bomb has nothing but a smooth, slightly sweet creamy cassis and bergamot note.

It seems to have an almost vanilla-like note as well.

The deep pink is gorgeous with the undulating, glittery sparkle.

I had a Comforter bath bomb with a Black Rose bath bomb once. It was amazing.. The rose and berry scent and the dark blueish purple water was a great combo.

ingredients

Tub demo

Yuzu and Cocoa bath bomb

3.5 out of 5 rating. See my 1 minute tub demo below

Lush has opened up a new store in the Harajuku area of Japan. At this new, special store Lush will sell 35-50 exclusive bath bombs. One of these exclusive Japan Harajuku store bombs is this Yuzu and Cocoa.

The scent is supposed to smell like Yuzu which is a asian citrus fruit. And they add powdered cocoa to the mix.

Lush used to sell in store a Yuzu and Cocoa shower cream and a Yuzu and Cocoa bubble bar. Lush also made an exclusive perfume and sold it at lush.co.uk once

This does have glitter. It has something in it that seems to be somewhat conditioning to my skin also.

The scent is nice and strong.

When i compare it to the other exclusive bath bombs it isnt one of my favorites. But it is good.

if you like all things in this scent i would recommend it.

In my photo below are other lush products made with the yuzu and cocoa scent.

demo video