Lush Magic Wand Review

I adore stars! So when I found a friend had gifted me this from Lush for Christmas I was super duper excited.

This is a bit different from your usual Lush product in that it is a bubble bar on a stick meaning that you can swish it in the water to create the bubbles. Unfortunately for me the stick broke on mine somehow so I ended up trying to hold it from one of the points on the star. I love the multi use factor, as long as you keep it dry in between uses. I haven't purchased this before because I am not completely sold on the scent. This is incredibly sweet like candy floss, they say it is vanilla scented but all I get is the candy scent. This turned the bath water a lovely pink which was nice and it did create quite a few bubbles. Although I think I had to use at least a quarter of the product to get a good amount of bubbles which sucks when they say you can use it more than 10 times. Even though there was a good amount of bubbles it still wasn't a massive amount like I was expecting. It did leave my skin feeling nice and soft though as most Lush products do.

I don't know if I would repurchase this because the scent isn't my fav, but it certainly is fun to try and I would recommend it as a gift.

After seeing this novel approach to bubble bars in Lush I grabbed a couple as I knew I loved the smell which it was created with..snow fairy!!

These are adorable cut stars which have been stuck onto a Popsicle type stick, dusted with a healthy coating of silver glitter, tied with a silver ribbon...well 1 of mine did the other one was absence but that is nothing to cry over.

The goal of these magic wands is that whilst the water is filling your bath you swish it in the rising water to create a mass of bubbles and scent the water with the snow fairy fragrance. With the magic wand then being put aside for another 2-3 baths. There lies the problem for me I am lazy, and impatient, plus I hate clutter and mess so the idea of swishing the wand then putting it somewhere where the cat/dog hair doesn't effect it (it comes with no container to put it into so you will need to pop it into a seal able bag or cling wrap it), it won't get knocked off, won't look untidy and won't get overlooked so it isn't used but thrown out is a big deal. So I ended up crumbling the wet wand once I swished it around under the running tap to use it all in one go.

Swishing alone gave a lot of bubbles and turned the water into a soft pink shade with a lot of silver glitter falling into it which was pretty and can see the attraction this would be to mothers trying to get their daughters into the bath of their own free will...have nieces I totally understand that drama! However crumbling the whole star under the tap made a mountain of frothy foaming bubbles and the water turned milky pink with glitter clouds suspended among it...so pretty and smelling so sweet like candy floss.

So I wouldn't buy these again as it is a waste of money when the Candy Mountain bubble bar does the same thing for me, for those who can tolerate it as a multi use product you will love it.

First to start off with the good stuff: the scent! Oh my goodness!!! This candy flavour (i.e. snow fairy) is my one of my absolute favourites from Lush. The burst of sweetness that you get as soon as you come within a meter of this scent is to die for it's so good!!

However, I found that the magic wand didn't meet my expectations :( I was super super super excited about it as soon as I heard about its interactive nature along with the delicious flavour. But unfortunately in reality, swishing the whole product in the bath ended up making the whole thing a bit too soft to stay on the stick!

The quality and amount of bubbles also was a little bit of a let down for me. Don't get me wrong, it's still better than nearly all non-Lush bath products I've used before, but compared to say Lush's The Comforter bath bar, the Magic Wand didn't make nearly as much bubbles. And the bubbles that were made disappeared within the first 5 minutes of the bath :(

So I absolutely love the concept and scent, but the reality was not quite as fantastic as expected.

The packaging was very cute and attractive, the scent was very similar to snow fairy shower gel and the candy mountain. Quite sugary and sweet. It made my skin feel quite soft and hydrated as well as leaving me smelling like candyfloss

My little girl and her best friend used this in the bath last night and had so much fun with it.

It is a pretty decent size and you probably could get 2 uses out of it but both girls got a piece so this was a one time use situation lol.

Firstly they swirled it round in the bath to try and get some bubbles but for some reason it didn't seem to do much. So then they broke it in half and crumbled it. They found it pretty hard to work with. It was like trying to work with play dough that was starting to go hard and were then trying to soften again. Not sure if that was supposed to happen.

The smell was super yummy though, smelt a bit like Snow Fairy or a candy type scent to it which the girls really loved. It didn't seem to produce many bubbles if any at all. So bath bombs to the rescue for that.

It was quite moisturising though once it had been crumbled into the bath and the main thing is that it didn't irritate and the girls had lots of fun which was the main thing. I gave it 4 stars because of the lack of bubbles and not too easy for the girls to work with.

I bought a few of these as gifts for Christmas for the young girls in my life, my daughter fell in love with it instantly! Sparkly pink star wand with a bell and silver ribbon, it smells exactly like Rockstars sweet vanilla-ry goodness but with glorious bubbles filling the tub with very little effort. The Lustre was a hit the first time but wished it had stayed around a bit longer (note to self and others you can break a point off and use that to preserve the shimmer effect if you wish). The water turns a bright pink hue and the scents is lingering.

It lasts a few baths and when you leave it to dry make sure you can remove it easily.

I did find this a bit drying on the skin, nothing a good dab of moisturiser doesn't fix though. The wand stick is like a very thin ice-block stick (narrow and thin) and it can snap easily (one had even snapped off in transit... I had to keep that one instead of gifting it and buy another, also the ribbons and bells were missing off a couple that were i the music boxes).

When I saw this as past of Lush's mid winter christmas range, I brought one in a heart beat. But it wasn't untill a week or two ago that I started using it and I am kicking myself for not using this product sooner.

This magic wand is pretty much a bubble bar on a stick, but it looks way better than it sounds. The bubble bar is bright pink, and comes in a star shape with a generous helping of shimmer coating the outer layer. It has the beautiful, sweet candy smell of snow fairy too which is the real reason I wanted to try this because I love that snow fairy smell.

You use this by running bath water and holding the wand underneath it or swirling the wand around in the water. Both techniques work to create lots of candy scented bubbles swell as tinting the water pink.

I have a few small issues with this product. The first is the wand itself. Its a wood stick, but the stick is so tiny and slightly bends under the weight of the bubblebar so I am forever scared it is going to snap. Also, once the bubble bar has been used, I put it in a nice place to dry out (so it doesn't get soggy and go to waste), but it take 2 or more days to dry which is a bit of a hassle having to wait before packing it away again. Both small things, but these aspects do take away from the product.

Overall though, I do like this product and would repurchase.

I am all positives for this fab bubble bar wand! Not only is it fun to use, but it makes mounds of bubbles and smells divine!! I've used this for about 3 baths so far and it looks hardly used! It makes soooo many bubbles, making bath time feel like your in a hollywood movie! It colours the water pink and has the sweet scent of Snow Fairy. I think the swishing action of it being on a wand contributes to its many bubbles. The awesome thing is the bubbles last for ages too so you don't have to worry about them disappearing as soon as you hop in. I will def be buying this again and reckon it will easy do 10 plus baths as you don't need to use heaps! Go and try it out!!

I have checked out quite a few Lush bubble bars lately and this would have to be my favourite. There are two reasons for this, one I love the scent and two I love the wand.

The scent is similar to snow fairy which is one of my favourite shower gels.

The wand on the bubble bar allows you to hold the bubble bar under hot running water when you start your bath rather than having to wait for when you run the cooler water after the hot water and then putting your hands in the water stream. With the bubble bar you don't even seem to need to crumble it, just hold it under the water then agitate the bath water.

What I was not keen on was the price, for 100g I felt that $12.50 was a little on the pricey side when compared to the comforter which is 200g for the same price or candy mountain which I think was $8.50 for 100g.

So my favourite bubble bar design, but not the cheapest.