Lush, Big Blue Bath Bomb Review

I am not much of a bath person. Showers have always been my passion, but because of the latest LUSH hype, I had to give one of their bath bombs a try.

I didn’t want to purchase a sissy one; I wanted a big one, the biggest! Big blue was right there, his name was calling me, and his price was low. I added him to my cart, and wondered what my bath bomb would be like before it even got to me.

I imagined bathing in a spa like atmosphere, the scent of lemon and lavender surrounding me and drowning my senses with its lovely overpowering scent.

When it did arrive, I wad not shocked by it’s large 6.3oz size. I have used bath bombs before, and have seen big ones like this.
I planned on cutting it in half and saving the other half for another bath like others on the site recommended. However when I tried to do this, things proved to be close to impossible. I realized it was going to make a big mess, and I’d end up with a bunch of crumbs.

I ran my bath, and plopped the whole Big Blue in.
Unlike other bombs I have tried in the past, Big Blue actually floated, and sort of let out a small amount of foam. It was nothing impressive though.

While fizzing away the bomb was also releasing seaweed. At first I was grossed out, it looked creature like, yet exotic.

THE SMELL

Big Blue let off a subtle scent. It was nothing beautiful, and it was sort of boyish. It was a mix of lemon, and some sort of herb that I cannot quite pin. The lemon was not like yum, yum lemon drop lemon, it was more like the scent you get when you make yourself a cup of warm Theraflu. Basically it’s a scent I recall when I’m sick.

THE SEA-MESS

The supposed swirls of seaweed like the site says didn’t swirl at all. They sunk to the bottom and scratched lightly at my body. It was not a pleasant feeling; it was as if I was bathing on top of grains of dirt.

THE WATER

Usually when I take any sort of bath I add things into the water, and even with the cheapest Calgon powdered bath spas the water usually feels smooth and silky. This was not the case with Big Blue.
I felt no difference in my water. It was a nice blueish teal color, yes, but it did nothing for me. It was almost as if I had just thrown dye into the water and threw in chunks of seaweed, and added a tsp. of Theraflu for scent. I could have done this for close to nothing in cost. Big Blue cost me $5.40. Usually when I spend $5 on bath bombs I get 4 or 5 of them anywhere else.

I figured if I allowed myself to sit in the tub long enough I would grow to enjoy it. However as the water got cooler, my anger grew hotter. I felt ripped off.
There was nothing exciting about Big Blue. The gobs of seaweed under my butt skeeved me out as time went on, and eventually I said ‘screw it’, and hopped out.

I dried up expecting some sort of moisturization to my body. However I got none of this. Big Blue was a waste of money. It did nothing.
I pulled the plug on my drain and walked out disappointed. Never again Big Blue. Never again.

HAAR HAAR HAAR… THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK!

The next day my boyfriend comes up to me and tells me we need to pour something down the tub drain.

“Why?”

“There are black worms everywhere!” He replied in a panic.

I laughed. I knew what he was referring to. I knew that Big Blue must have left some seaweed behind, even though I was imagining they would of all went down the drain.

I went in and took a look. I was expecting to see ‘some’ seaweed. Not an entire layer of it caking the whole tub. Uch!

I got down on my hands and knees and began scooping up handfuls of it. Ewwie! It left brown poop colored skid marks as I began scooping it up.

So Big Blue disappoints me again. He left a big nasty mess behind, and he didn’t even do anything for my skin. The scent was medicinal, and the whole thing was just a big pathetic mess!


OVERALL:

I guess I’m an unappreciative mermaid! Hmph.

RECOMMENDATION:

None. Big Blue is a failure. It serves no purpose other than to dye your tub water, and leave a big disgusting mess behind.

Lush, Honey I Washed the Kids Soap Review

I had to try this one, and honestly I don’t know why I did not order it the first time around. I guess I was hoping LUSH would read my mind and send me a sample of Honey I Washed The Kids. I guess they’re not mind readers though because I never got it. So I had to buy my own. I was bummed about that, because I had no idea what I was buying, and all I had to go on was reviews from other Lushies.
The price was a bit high for only 3.5oz of soap. So it better be good at $7.75! This was one of Lush’s best sellers and the price of course reflected. Supply and demand. Grrr!

PACKAGED:

My soap came in a cute official LUSH box all wrapped up in a clear deli like wrap, with a deli sticker on it. This is already my THIRD order from LUSH and I have still yet to receive this elusive deli sticker actually filled out. Some very lucky lotto LUSH winners have gotten bars with names of employees who made their soaps, and an expiration date. So far none of mine have come with this. I feel like I’m missing out on the full experience, but whatever. I guess they have a bunch of lazy employees.

THE SOAP:

Lush soaps are cut from a huge block of soap. A pretty neat concept, until you get a bad cut.
I got an end cut again. Man! I’m sick of end cuts they’re always misshaped.
You see usually I cut my LUSH soaps into sample-sized pieces because they melt to quickly, and I can save the rest in the refrigerator. However every time I get an end cut I end up with jagged little sample pieces, which are just annoying.

Honey I Washed The Kids is almost the exact same color as a whether’s original suck candy. It is a light creamy brown. It reminded me of how I like my coffee. Extra light and extra sweet.
On the side, or top, (I guess it depends on your cut) is a glycerin soap, which on the site looks like honeycomb. Mine however was just an amber colored extremely thin layer that was on the side. When I tired to cut my soap into sample pieces the ‘beeswax or honeycomb’ fell off.

SCENT:

Whether originals all the way! This soap to me smelled nothing like honey at all. What I smelled was toffee, creamy caramel, and a hint of pecan? They really need to change this ones name.
Although I was disappointed with the ‘beeswax’, and my odd shaped cut, I wad happy that it smelled so delicious. The scent was strong, and after using it, I hoped it would last on my skin.

HOW IS IT?

In the shower Honey I Washed The Kids made the best lather I have ever gotten from a LUSH soap. It wasn’t a huge mass of suds, but it was not bad either.

The smell was present, and it filled my shower with its sweet creamy caramel like scent.
It washed off easily, and left no sticky residue behind.

DRY TIME

After drying off I was hoping traces of the soaps scent would be left with me. However it was a sad day when I noticed not even a subtle little hint of it. The sweet toffee smell was gone with the drain.

Not only that I didn’t notice any moisturization to my skin, and my skin was no softer getting in, than it was getting out.


Honey I Washed The Kids would have been an excellent soap if the smell had stayed with me. That’s all I’m ever really after when it comes to bath products anyway. Scent!

OVERALL:

I am addicted to the scent this bar gives off while I am taking a shower; I just wished it would of stuck around a little longer. Most LUSH soaps I used in the past were strong, overpowering, and stuck around for quite awhile. Honey I Washed The Kids however goes away the moment I dried off.

I would purchase this one again regardless though, simply because I enjoy the scent so much while I’m in the shower.

Lush, Sultana of Soap

As you probably already can see. I love Lush. Sometimes though it is a hit or miss with them, and sometimes you find something that you know you will purchase time and time again.

My all time favorite soap by Lush goes to Sultana!


Sultana of Soap that is:

On the lush.com website it looked inviting, and reminded me of a cut of chocolate chip cheesecake. But nothing of the sort was actually in it. There are chunks of apricots, currents, and cranberries according to the site.

You too may obtain some Sultana on the website for only $4.95 which is actually pretty cheap when it comes to Lush soaps. I was nervous thinking that perhaps this stuff was garbage seeing how it’s price was so low and I was still getting the normal Lush 3.5oz bar.

You can also grab the same soap up at any local Lush if you’re lucky enough to have one nearby. At the store you can obtain an even larger piece if you desire. Sultana is handmade soap that originally gets cut from a giant ‘mother’ block.

STICKY ICKY ICKY…

That’s right; Sultana soap came a little messy. It was not melted, but even if I touched it it felt as if it were melting under my fingertips. This made me nervous, because if it was melting just from the heat of my fingers, I wondered how it would withstand a warm shower.

Usually I cut all of my Lush soaps into sample-sized chunks so I can save the rest. (In a cool dry place or the fridge). My Sultana looked nothing like it did on the website, for one, my soap was a regular square shaped piece of soap. It was a lovely tan whitish color; on the top of the bar I could detect pieces of fruits, and swear mine had some sort of nuts in it.

Stinky, I love you Stinky!

Oh did she smell, but lovely. I was in love with the scent, and this is why I had to give Sultana a try before bothering with the rest of my goods in the order. I could definitely detect a slight refreshing scent of apricots.

I didn’t smell any cranberry or current. It smelled like apricots mixed with almonds. I know almonds aren’t even in the mix of the goods, but I swear mine had nuts, and this very well could have accidentally been added into my soap.
Well I’m glad for the mishap. I enjoyed the scent.

SHOWER TIME!!!

I took a piece of a sample cut into the shower with me expecting it to melt the moment humidity hit the air from my hot water. However it sat in the soap dish just fine while I did the whole hair thing.

I rubbed the bar all around my body and was surprised by it’s fast acting lather. It was not a sudsy bubbly lather, but it was a creamy lotion like one, which was different and not bad at all.

I got a good scrubbing out of the sample piece, and then towards the near end I could feel scratchy particles, which I guess, were supposed to exfoliate. However the scratchy feeling was not really hard enough to really exfoliate anything. I didn’t mind. I hate exfoliation particles in my soap.

However I sort of got skeeved when the soap began to release these shavings of nuts or apricots, (whatever they were?) to my skin. Not only that raisins… yes raisins, (not dried up cranberries as Lush describes) were falling to the floor.

In my sample piece there were only 2 in the soap, but I honestly had no idea why Lush added them? There was no way in hell these raisins were going down the drain. So I had to pick them up.

Sultana could be a messy headache, if you happen to bring in the whole bar and have this gunk flinging to the floor. 2 raisins in my shower floor were not bad, but I couldn’t imagine what it’d look like if you brought the whole 3.5oz bar in with you.

All in all though my Sultana sample sized cut lasted for the majority of the shower, and my cut was actually bigger than what I needed.

After:

My skin did feel slightly moisturized after using Sultana, but it was nothing huge. What was huge though for me, and always a major plus was the scent that lasted and lasted on my skin throughout the day. I was in heaven with myself.
The almond apricot scent stood with me, and this is why I love Lush, and keep coming back for more.

Overall:

Sultana Of Soap is another product from Lush than I can happily say I will be reordering over and over again. I wish they’d leave out the messy raisins though, seeing how they do nothing but fall from the soap leaving a mess behind on the floor.

Recommended?

Oh yeah, Sultana is a keeper. I’d recommend it, but I’m off to buying it all. Mine! All mine! None for you! Mine! Mine! Mine!