Review of Lush's Tea and Sympathy Bath Bomb

I have always been extremely fond of anything that comes packed with a tea flavor or scent. Green and white tea have always been my all-time favorites when it comes to scented items, so when I saw that Lush had added a new bath bomb to its Web site called Tea and Sympathy, I was more than happy to add it to my online virtual shopping cart.

Appearance:
 
On the website Tea and Sympathy looks like a big old bland white bath bomb.To be honest I wasn't going to purchase it because usually I only order bath bombs that contain sweet extras, like flowers.

Tea and Sympathy supposedly at one time did come with a sweet little extra within its bomb. When it melted it would release a little tea bag with actual tea herbs in it. Lush though stopped making the bombs with the tea bags in the bomb, because too many people were complaining about the bag being split open creating an herbal mess in their tubs.

So Lush now packs the tea bag on the side.

My bomb arrived looking like the one on the site. Nothing different. It was plain white, with a very cute LUSH logo embedded into the bomb. On the side, I got a very small round tea bag filled with tea herbs.

My Use:
 
Tea and Sympathy was a huge bath bomb, and I was considering cutting it in half... but I like to indulge, so I indulged.

I filled the tub up with hot water, got in, and threw in my tea bag. Next I threw in the Tea and Sympathy bomb.

I had never in all my Lush bath bomb ordering experiences, had a bath bomb fizz up the way Tea and Sympathy did. It reminded me of an alka seltzer gone wild.

The fizz was so powerful it created these ugly slimy little bubble on top of my bath water. I was not too thrilled with it, because it reminded me of the bubbly scum that washes up on bay shores sometimes. Yes, it had that same consistency, and even had a little greenish tint to it. Quite gross!

It took less than a minute for the entire bomb to fizz out. The scent that the bomb gave off was subtle, and nothing like tea. To me it smelled more like pizza seasoning - herbal, and "foody."

I wasn't too fond of the scent, but it was not horrible either. Just different.

My bath water didn't change into a soft and silky soaking paradise either, so that was disappointing. Most Lush bath bombs I have used will turn my water into what feels like silk. This wasn't the case with Tea and Sympathy.

Overall:
 
A weak non-tea scent, gross bubbles, and a lack of silky water. My skin felt no difference as well.

Conclusion:
 
Tea and Sympathy was probably the worst bomb I have ever used from Lush. Luckily it was a limited time bath bomb, and is discontinued for now. Lush, however, brings this one back every now and then.

For those who already know they love Tea and Sympathy, you can find this bomb still being sold on eBay.