‘Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar’ by Lush

Today’s review is on another Lush Halloween product (and my last one for now). It is the ‘Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar’ and it is vegan and cruelty free of course. You’ve probably guessed that it looks like a pumpkin and you aren’t wrong. You’ve probably also guessed it’s sparkly and indeed, you’d be correct there too. This means the dreaded glitter. Now I know glitter is actually extremely popular with most people. I don’t know why I particularly dislike it. It’s probably because it can be a nightmare to get rid of and I worry it will irritate my skin if I am soaking in it. In fact, glitter bothers me so much that I actively avoided using this bubble bar as I was convinced it would be traumatic for me. I was quite surprised though as you will see . . .

This is the first bubble bar I have reviewed on here. They vary from bath bombs, in that you crumble them into a running bath. They are basically solid bubble bath. They are still good for your skin and can sometimes change the colour of your bath water, like bath bombs. They produce a fantastic amount of bubbles if used correctly. If the bubble bar is particularly large, I often just use half (like I sometimes do with bath bombs). As bubble bars are designed to crumble, this makes it really easy to save some for another time.

The ‘Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar’ was a lot better than I had anticipated. On crumbling it in my bath, I realised it wasn’t glitter all the way through (hurrah!) but only on the outside. That immediately made way for the possibility of enjoying this bath. Inside of the bubble bar is a bright, solid orange colour. Quite beautiful. I used the whole bar as it isn’t particularly big, and watched my bath water turn a dark orange colour.

On observation, I found there was hardly any glitter in the bath water. In fact, when cupping my hands full of water I couldn’t really spot any and it didn’t linger on my skin afterwards to my knowledge. I expected this bath to have quite a strong scent, despite the bar not smelling of much. Unfortunately I found it didn’t seem to smell of anything! Of course this made me double check the ingredients out of interest. It contains grapefruit, juniperberry and lime oils which did surprise me, as I thought it would be more pungent.

Overall it makes for a nice bath due to the colour and bubbles but doesn’t smell of very much at all.

6/10

‘Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar’ is available at all Lush UK retailers during October. Please bear in mind stocks will be limited.

‘Monsters’ Ball’ Lush Bath Bomb

I’m reviewing another Lush bath bomb today. I had quite a stock of them but I’m now down to my last one, so it won’t always be bath bombs reviews. This one is vegan and is part of their Halloween collection. It’s meant to look like a monster, hence the name ‘Monsters’ Ball’. It reminds me of one of the monsters off of that old cartoon ‘Aaahh Real Monsters!’ This is what it’s supposed to look like anyway:

But typically, mine didn’t and never does (does anyone’s?). That doesn’t matter too much really. I was initially drawn to it because it looks really cute in my opinion and I find strange things cute in general.

I found it to be quite a fast fizzer. I was overwhelmed with joy when the pink colour gave way to reveal a vivid blue, that ended up turning my bath a striking indigo colour. I really didn’t expect that! The ‘eyeball’ at a guess is made out of cocoa butter which is why it took so long to dissolve in comparison with the rest of the bath bomb. It adds a nice touch though, helping the bath soften and condition your skin. Olibanum oil also tones and relaxes your skin and there’s some lime and neroli oil to uplift and tone.

I found the scent to be quite unusual. I couldn’t place it at first but once things had started fizzing, I got a strong smell of citrus. That would be the lime oil! Overall, I found the smell quite perfumey but the lime is quite refreshing.

Unfortunately, this one is a bit of a bugger when it comes to staining. It left a pink ring around the tub which I managed to wipe off when I was still in the bath. It needs a good scrub afterwards to fully remove it though. It’s the first Lush bath bomb I’ve encountered in ages that has stained my bath tub. The lack of glitter makes up for it for me though (I worry about it irritating my skin when I’ve had a flare up).

I thoroughly enjoyed taking a bath with this cute little monster and I would happily buy it again. You can purchase it from UK Lush stores at £4.25 each, but bear in mind there will be a limited supply.

8/10