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Sleepy shower gel

5 out of 5 rating
See my 5 minute demo video below

£19.95 520g (converted to $26.01)

this is a lighter purple, creamier version of previous years ‘Twilight’ shower gel. Lush had to change the name.
Sleepy gel has added oat milk which helps to make it a more opaque appearance.

There is no sparkle in this shower gel.

it smells exactly like the Twilight i know and love. it has the same lavender oil, ylang ylang and tonka base.

Again this year lush has made a naked or solid containerless version of Sleepy shower gel.

i enjoy the different look to this shower gel.
oat milk helps soothe itchy raw or sore skin.

Sleep, drift to sleep,
Sweet tonka counts the sheep,
Lavender shakes the dreamland tree,
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee.

After a long day, relax into a soothing, softening wash of oat milk and carrageenan extract. If sleep eludes you, the sheep keep escaping or sweet dreams are feeling distant, shower with calming lavender flower infusion and lavender oil to ensure you sleep tight. Ylang ylang oil washes away worries and allows you to sink into bedtime, or start your day, with serenity.

Here is a short video i recorded close up sink demo of sleepy shower gel.

List of ingredients

Eyeball

I have two Eyeball bath bombs. see my recorded tub demo below

One i got from a Lush store. And one i got from Lush Uk mail order site lush.co.uk

Ive had the one i got from a Lush store in the uk on Sept 22 for two weeks. To me it didnt smell that exciting. In fact, it almost smelled sort of blah with maybe some lavender.

However, im SO glad i decided to order another one from mail order. Because THAT one was an entirely different story scent-wise.

Oh my GOD the gorgeousness of this pretty and yummy scent….this smells so familiar.

I looked it up on thesite to see look at the ingredients. As i read the ingredients on the site it dawned on me….this Eyeball bath bomb has the Lush SOFTY bath bomb scent!!!! YES. Thank you so much Lush.

The irony of this gorey eyeball having the pretty ‘Softy’ scent is wonderful. Lush also made a bubnle bar one Christmas called Hedgehog, with that same softy scent.

This scent is made with orange oil, lavender, ylang ylang and rose. Basically everything that is good-put together in one bomb.

Its both ‘pretty’ and ‘yummy’. I can smell the ylang ylang and the rose primarily, which is a GORGEOUS combination in itself. But then comes the wafting of the orange oil note to give it that ‘Lushious, sweet, fruit’ note. Then, comes the bright herbal pop of lavender to lift the whole combination up.

Heavenly. One must absolutely have a fresh one from mail order, otherwise youre in danger of getting a blah one, or God forbid, the even more rare one that smells like furniture cleaner, which i have had in the past as well.

A good, very fresh one is a 5 out of 5 rating.

An older one thats been sitting in the store for some days can be a 2 out of 5.

I pray you get a great one folks, its heavenly.

Here is a tub demo video i recorded for you.

These products below were made in the same blend, including Powder Puff Deo which isn’t shown below.I need to find my pics of it.

Twilight -Sleepy scent family portrait

Ive taken these photos below throughthe years of all 26 Lush Twilight/Sleepy scent products.

In order of which came first

Twilight bath bomb 2009

Twilight shower gel 2009

Twilight liquid spray perfume 2010

Luxury Lush Pud bath bomb 2012

Twilight solid perfume 2014

Fun With a Twist multi purpose bar 2015

Mr Sandman dusting powder 2015

Sleepy body lotion 2016

Twilight shower jelly 2016

Sleepy hand cream 2016

Twilight Naked shower gel 2017

Twilight Sparkle Jar massage bar 2017

Twilight body spray 2017

Baa Bar 2018

Mum in a Spin bubble spinner 2018

Sleepy soap

Sleepy bubble bar

Twilight bubble bar

Sleepy Candle

Sleepy Showder

Love Apple

5 out of 5 rating here are some photos I’ve taken and a video demo and review I recorded of Love Apple. 

Love Apple was a product that Lush sister store the ‘B Never Too Bust To Be Beautiful’ store in London sold in 2005-2008.

It was part of the ‘Love’ product line sold at B Never. Love is a fruity, lightly spiced scent. More recently Lush has begun to sell the Love perfume again.

In my picture below i arranged some original Love items and one current Love item.

Leap Frog

5 out of 5 rating

See my demo video of this in the tub below.

Also see “Leap Frog” bath bomb, same bomb, different names. This was first made for Valentine’s in the 2009-2011 time frame.  I absolutely love everything about this bath bomb.  It’s super cute, and the smell is great, and the water is a nice color when he fizzes away.  The scent stays on my skin longer than most bath bomb scent. It’s a floral.  It’s a multiple floral.  Good Lush floral blends are fewer then the fruity or candy scents from Lush, and this is a nice floral. We begged Lush to make a perfume from the bath bomb scent, and they did! It’s called Leap Frog.

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Cocoa Butter, Almond Oil, Jasmine Absolute, Rose Absolute , Ylang Ylang Oil.

Lush Times: Another magical creation by Michelle, Frog Prince is an extremely handsome and regal frog with a pair of vibrantly red and kissable lips. Give him a quick peck, drop him in the tub and wait for your prince to come. Simon’s new fragrance is an aphrodisiac blend with sweet undertones; he used jasmine, neroli and rosewood to create a sensual fragrance for those longing for their prince – or princess – to come. It’s not all about the fragrance with this one, it’s also brimming with cocoa butter and almond oil for a luxuriously moisturising soak.

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Here’s a demo video of it

Inhale Exhale

5 out of 5

The exhale perfume is in my picture below.

See my demo video (below) of this in the tub 🙂

Inhale is a light and fruity fragrance with with neroli, rose, vetivert and ylang ylang, Exhale has a more intense woody and smoky aroma with sandalwood, cedarwood, amber, and a hint of grapefruit.  Both of them together make up the Lush ‘Breath of God’ fragrance.

“Drop your bath bomb into the warm water to enjoy the effect of one, then the other, and finally both fragrances together as they waft through the steam to create the exquisite, perfectly balanced Breath of God.”

This is truly one of my favorite bath bombs.

my breath of God products in the picture below. I have an exclusive perfume oil of Exhale and Inhale that are seperated fragrances of BOG.

VEGAN? YES  

3.25 gbp

Ingredients: citric acid, Neroli oil, Ylang Ylang oil, Black pepper oil, Sandalwood oil, Vetivert, Cedarwood oil, Lemon oil, Grapefruit oil, Cade oil, Cream of tartar, Cornflour, sodium laureth sulfate, lauryl betaine, Coumarin, hydroxyxitronellal, methyl Ionene, *limonene, *linalool, Perfume, colour 17200, colour 42090, colour 45410, colour 16255, Paper Slip.

Lush Times: This is a bath bomb of two halves; created with the two halves of our Breath of God fragrance, Inhale and Exhale. Each half will fizz at different speeds. The Inhale half fizzes quickly, allowing you to breathe in the neroli and rose  oils, breathe in and relax. You can then lie back and enjoy the grounding effect of Exhale, which fizzes more slowly to allow the opportunity for a long-lasting, indulgent bath.

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

Floating Flower

Jasmine, like the Godiva solid hair shampoo, “Lust” perfume, Flying Fox shower gel VEGAN? No

Not to be confused with another Lush bath bomb also called Floating Flower which is a completely different scent and look.

Lush has made the Floating Flower for Valentine’s Day 2015. It was made before in Japan Lush but had never been released in the UK nor here in the U.S. It is beautiful.  See my demo video below

List of ingredients
•Sodium Bicarbonate

•Cypress Oil
•Jasmine Absolute
•Palmarosa Oil
•Ylang Ylang Oil
•Lilial
•Perfume
•Gardenia Extract

Here’s a demo video I made of this bath bomb

Butterball shower gel

5 out of 5 stars

I bought six bottles in this order, and three bottles at another time because im out of control as far as butterball shower gel goes lol.

It smells like a mix of chocolate and vanilla. It’s one of my top five favorite lush shower gels of the last 25 years, and i’ve tried around 235 lush shower gels, so that’s saying something about butterball.


See my demo video below
Review/Description: This is the Lush Int’l forum party special for a limited time only. It has the same scent as butterball and the same ingredients. If you like the divine scent of butterball, this is your shower gel. It’s creamy and leaves a nice scent on the skin after. Coconut, cocoa butter and musk. This one is my favorite of the three forum special gels.

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This smells like cream, white chocolate,  mixed with ylang ylang. Its more of a yummy scent than a pretty scent. I love the scent SO much.  Its more moisturizing than other shower gels but not overly moisturizing if that makes sense.

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

heres a scent family photo i took of all the lush butterball products.

Update: lush has made four more products since i made this photo; jelly, perfume oil, soap, valentines bath bomb.

The Snuggles shower gel, BFF bath bomb snd Butterbear soap are the butterball scent.

I bought six bottles of snuggles shower gel for valentines 2025, just like 20 years ago when i bought that many bottles of butterball. 😄

Kinky Hot Oil Hair Treatment

See my demo video below
6.50 20g

If you want enviously silky, hydrated curls, stick with us. Made with protective lanolin to strengthen natural curls, this restorative treatment delivers intense moisture without diminishing your bounce and volume. With uplifting ylang ylang and rosewood, its exotic fragrance will take your senses for a whirl too.
Place your treatment into a suitable container (we like to use an empty black pot) and pop the kettle on. We recommend taking this opportunity to prepare a nice cup of tea as well!
Slowly add a small amount of hot water to the solid treatment – and begin to stir gently. Take your time, adding water as needed, allowing the product to thicken slowly until you are left with an empty stick and a rich, creamy treatment (this can take around five minutes, just long enough for you to finish your tea!).
Apply to dry hair and leave for around 20 minutes before shampooing, to allow the ingredients to get to work, hydrating and replenishing your crowning glory.

Here’s a demo video i made showing me using Kinky hot oil hair treatment.

Santa FUN bar

Video demo below £5.00

4 out of 5

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Build your own jolly Saint Nick using the
different colours from this gentle Fun bar then
use a little to wash hair and body. Fragranced
with sensual jasmine and ylang ylang oils.
This was made with the lush classic “Christmas Eve’ bubble bar scent and also shares it’s scent with “Northern Lights” Christmas bath bomb
a few years later lush made these products with the same scent:

Perfect Match bubble bar

Dragon Legend bubble bar

Great Wave bubble bar

I roll each color together to get a swirled pice like this.  Then i cut them into 1 inch round pieces.  Then i can use a round piece for the shower, and one in my soap dish at the sink.  And it looks all swirly colored and pretty.

Here’s a video demo i did of Santa Fun bar, showing the various ways you can use it.

Frog Prince bath bomb

It was made a couple of times once called Frog Prince and once called Leap Frog.

Not to be confused with the Frog Prince shower jelly of the same name that has a different smell than the bath bomb (that jelly has the Prince Charming shower gel scent)

5 out of 5 ratingSee video below.  Also see “Leap Frog” bath bomb, same bomb, different names.This was first made for Valentine’s in the 2009-2011 time frame.

 

I absolutely love everything about this bath bomb.  It’s super cute, and the smell is great, and the water is a nice color when he fizzes away.  The scent stays on my skin longer than most bath bomb scent. It’s a floral.  It’s a multiple floral.  Good Lush floral blends are fewer then the fruity or candy scents from Lush, and this is a nice floral.

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Cocoa Butter, Almond Oil, Jasmine Absolute, Rose Absolute , Ylang Ylang Oil.

There is a Leap Frog perfume too. Lots of us Lushies begged lush to make a perfume from the bath bomb scent because it’s so amazing, and they did make one!

 

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Lush Times: Another magical creation by Michelle, Frog Prince is an extremely handsome and regal frog with a pair of vibrantly red and kissable lips. Give him a quick peck, drop him in the tub and wait for your prince to come. Simon’s new fragrance is an aphrodisiac blend with sweet undertones; he used jasmine, neroli and rosewood to create a sensual fragrance for those longing for their prince – or princess – to come. It’s not all about the fragrance with this one, it’s also brimming with cocoa butter and almond oil for a luxuriously moisturising soak.


Mechanic soap

3 out of 5 rating


An exfoliating Pumice soap to remove ingrained dirt.


Cold-pressed means no heat was used to bind the fresh ingredients together.

The lack of heat helps the oils retain all of their fragrance and fresh nutrients.

Fizzbanger

Ingredients: Fizzy Candy, Cinnamon Leaf Oil, Petitgrain Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil, Gardenia Extract.

Lush Times: The Fizzbanger has the Love fragrance, a perfume from Lush ‘B’ boutique in London. First, you get the scent that reminds me of sweet apples; then, you get a hit of cinnamon and toffee. When you drop it into the bath, the water changes colour again and again, from yellow to blue to a deep green. Like all of our new ballistics, it takes ages to fizz away, so you get to enjoy the experience for longer. It’s a good excuse to stay in the bath until someone makes you get out.

Review:  I have always loved the Lush classic “Love” fragrance, and so i was excited to see it in bath bomb form in Fizzbanger.  It gets my vote for most colorful current bath bomb.  It’s colorful on the outside, a bright, sunshine yellow, but it’s the color of the bath water that is the real color show.  See my video below.

Here is a pic I took of all the things Lush has made with this fragrance. Love apple is missing in the photo.

Don’t Rain On My Parade

4 out of 5 rating. See my Demo Video Below

One of four Lush shower gels which came here to North America a year after debuting at the first Lush Superstore Oxford Street in London England in 2014. These four shower gels including Lord of Misrule, Don’t Rain on my Parade, Beautiful, and Wash that Man Out of My Hair.

This Don’t Rain on My Parade below shower gel is a teal, blue colour. Scented with blueberry juice, vanilla, cassie, voilet leaf, ylang ylang and sandalwood. Its sweet and floral and good.

similar to Ultraviolet but sweeter like their “Tuca Tuca” massage bar, and ‘Violet Nights’ bath oil.

250g (8oz) £9.50 (17.50)

Here’s a “family reunion portrait” of all the Lush products throughout the years which have this same scent, including the large sized wash card in the back. Its a wash card/paper soap.

the front two called ultraviolet arent in this scent family.

 

 

Here’s a video i made of it where i discuss the scent of Don’t Rain on my Parade and the other two shower gels in more detail 🙂

Wizard bubble bar

Not to be confused with the ‘Wizard’ bath bomb from the Wicked/Lush collab, which is a totally different scent and look and just has the same name.

5 out of 5 rating

Here are some pics of the various Wizard bars ive had through the years.

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See my tub demo video below

Here’s a pic of the Bath bomb that Wizard was made to smell like, it’s called ‘Jingle Spells’.

Lush Description: Cast a Jingle Spell over weariness with this shimmering bubble bar that makes bath time magic. With energising tangerine oil and purifying juniperberry and fennel essential oils, the Wizard banishes stress and helps you recover. Perfect for those occasions when you’ve over-indulged, the Wizard will disappear after Halloween, so grab enough to see you through the party season.

This one below looks kinda grumpy 😄

One Halloween, around 2017, Lush made a subscription box for the month of October. The box had Halloween products and included a Wizard bubble bar. Previous to that Wizard was a limited edition Halloween product made in the mid 2000’s after the popular Jingle Spells (not jingle bells) bath bomb.

It makes the water a dark purple with a light amount of sparkle. The scent is tangerine and fennel, so its kind of fruity with a subtle licorice scent, which is said to help with hangovets during the holiday festivities. 😄

Jingle Spells bath bath bomb, Jingle Jelly, Magic of Christmas FUN bar, Wizard bubble bar. Theres also red rice soap not shown.

i was very happy when Lush made this bubble bar from one of their bath bomb which was always my favorite in the early 2000’s. At one time i had 8-10 of these.

Review:  I’m not surprised that i love this bubble bar.  It’s purple, sparkly, and smells like my beloved Jingle Spells bath bomb. He’s so cute, i love his silver eyes and the star on his Wizard hat. The scent is a slightly spicy fruity scent.   A perfect fit for a Halloween.

Here’s a video i made of Wizard in the tub.

List of ingredients

Natural Ingredients

Safe Synthetics

*occurs naturally in essential oils.

None of these ingredients have been tested on animals, nor did we buy any from anyone that tested anything else on animals.

 

Northern Lights

5 out of 5 rating for the 2015 version.
3.5 for the 2016 version.

Not to be confused by another totally different smelling and different looking product (soap) also called Northern Lights.

See my demo videos of both versions below.

Northern Lights was made with the Lush Christmas Eve  bubble bar scent and the “Santa’ FUN bar.

Lush Description:  Escape into relaxation with this bath bomb that gives an impressive display no matter where you are in the world. As the ends fizz away, the middle slowly dissolves to reveal blue and neon green, turning your water into a calming jasmine and ylang ylang-scented swirling night sky scattered with stars.

Review:  WOW a blue, pink, and yellow explosion of color, just like the real Northern Lights, coupled with that lovely floral fragrance of their Christmas Eve bubble bar.  Ylang ylang and jasmine. Makes the water purple.  This is the most incredible show in the water than any other lush bath bomb i can think of.

The newer shorter one makes grayish brown water. 😐

Here’s a demo of the 2016 version in the tub

Here’s a short demo video of this 2015 version close up in the tub, WOW

Ingredients:

Here’s a scent family portrait below that i made of all the Lush Cosmetics products with the same scent, per verification with Lush.

update a few years later Lush made these products with the same scent

Christmas Eve bubble bar

Christmas Eve shower gel

Northern Lights bath bomb

Santa fun bar

Perfect Match bubble bar

Dragon Legend bubble bar

Great Wave bubble bar

Ghost Writer

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Lily Head Infusion (Lilium candidum) , Jasmine Absolute (Jasminum officinale) , Ylang Ylang Oil (Cananga odorata) , Neroli Oil. .

* Occurs naturally in essential oils

Review: This is a ballistic made for forum members only for one day, in the “Lily Savon”soap  or “Ghost” Lush scent. Plain and simple, it’s lovely. It’s heaven on a stick. I love all the Lily Savon family of products, Ghost shower gel, Lily perfume and this ballistic. I use all of these alot lately.

Pumkin

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This mischievous little character has gotten into the Halloween candy early with a candy leaf and a licorice top, so be careful he doesn’t sneak into your candy stash when you’re not looking! Crumble into the tub to lavish yourself in mounds of cozy bubbles and soft, beautiful orange waters on a cool autumn night. The delicately-blended sweet and earthy aroma of orange flower absolute and ylang ylang oil softly perfumes the skin and leaves it feeling clean and fresh. Dairy free: Pumkin’s eyes may look like chocolate, but they’re dairy-free.

Ghost jelly

5 out of 5 ratingLush Times Xmas 2008: Helen Ambrosen’s new favourite thing is to make Shower Jellies in individual moulds, as well as huge wobbly ones. Like our big blocks of Shower Jellies, you can put the individual ones in the fridge or the freezer to give yourself a shock in the shower. Lovely and cooling for hot days, and cheaper than a plunge pool. Ghost unfolds into a shape-shifting ethereal blob, looking a but like Munich’s painting, The Scream. Despite his slightly scary appearance, he softens and calms your skin as he gets you clean. You can either slap him all over your body to make a lather, or detach a little chunk of him and rub it fast and firmly between your hands for a creamy froth. You can use him to wash your hair because his seaweed gel is really good for turning tangles into luscious locks. Wash all over and just like Mr. Ghostie, you’ll be wafting scents of lilies, jasmine and ylang around after you all day. Grab him now before he drifts away…

 

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Ingredients: Glycerine, Fresh Dove Orchid, Perfume, Carrageenan Extract, Jasmine Absolute, Ylang Ylang Oil, Neroli

Ghost is a floral fragrance made with dove orchid, lilies, and other flowers. The fragrance stays on the skin awhile which is good.

The jelly is so cute in the shape of a ghost. You have to turn ithe whole jelly over when you take it out to see it.

My Scent Family photo (without ‘Lucky Cat’ bubble bar)

 

Here’s a video i did of this  jelly, it’s in the last two minutes