I was generously gifted this bath bomb recently and decided to treat myself to a long relaxing bath yesterday, using this delicious little ball of goodness. I could smell the incredible scent through the wrapper; warm, rich and slightly sweet.
And that's where the excitement ends really.
For starters the size was much, much smaller than the average bath bombs at Lush and I was quite disappointed in that. It's one that you will really only get one use out of as it's not worth cutting in half. I held this under running water and it kind of fizzed but mainly sunk to the bottom so I had to crumble it up. The colours were very underwhelming for what I was expecting - mainly yellow with hints of red and orange, but it didn't swirl and spread throughout my tub as other bombs I've tried have done. Instead the colours clung to the sides of the bath and I had to swish it all around to get it distributed evenly. As I mentioned above, upon opening this the smell was extremely nice, but once dissolved the scent kind of dissipated and only lingered very faintly.
Once I got in the tub I could hear this strange crackling sound and could not for the life of me figure out where it was coming from! I had assumed that the little red rocks on top of the bomb were dyed salts, but they were in fact popping candies. Quite clever really but it did leave me feeling puzzled for a few minutes.
I could give this 5 stars for the fact that it makes my skin feel incredible but one of the highlights of using a Lush bath bomb is the beautiful colours and perfume that you get to experience. It imparts a total sense of relaxation and gives you a good reason to stay in the tub that little bit longer. I do really love how this made my skin feel though. Soft and smooth, ready to absorb my lotion, it really does wonders for my dry skin. And I am left feeling the benefits for days after, I will be very sad when the bath is removed and I can no longer use these treats.
So I am giving this particular bomb 3/5 on each category because it was disappointing to my senses but overall did what a bath bomb should do. Will I purchase again or recommend it to someone else? No, for your money you can purchase a much more pleasant bomb and it will likely be bigger than this one too - allowing for two uses rather than one.
These bath bombs seemed to have been in every Christmas gift pack last year so I ended up with a fair few of them.
These bath bombs are probably the smallest out of all the bath bombs close to half the size smaller than the bigger more traditional bath bombs. It is an orange/yellow colour with red popping candy on top. I pop it in the bath and start feeling a little underwhelmed, turning the bath water a slight shade of yellow. The popping candy goes to town and you can easily hear the popping candy crack and pop away.
Feeling slightly meh about this bath bomb I throw in another one for good measure. But still I don't like it. (Sorry lush I love you really) I can't quite get a distinctive scent coming through a slight cinnamon slight citrus scent but it is so slight and so mild that it's hard to pinpoint what I'm trying to smell. I have been using these in my daughters bath because they feel special having a bath bomb like mummy.
Won't be repurchasing next year.