Shortly after my first Lush order arrived, I got to make a second. I ordered Dragon's Egg, a popular citrus bath bomb, and Rose Bombshell, a limited edition bath bomb created for their 2014 Mother's Day line (the Rose bubble bar I had tried was also for Mother's Day, but it had been released in a previous year). My order arrived around the end of April, on what had been a pretty disappointing day.
Inside, were my two bombs and a sample of Godmother soap, another best seller of theirs. Unfortunately, my Dragon's Egg bath bomb was cracked, and fell apart in my hand. Annoyed, I called customer service. Kindly, they were going to send me a new Dragon's egg, and an extra bath bomb of my choice. I chose Rose Queen. Shortly after I got off the phone, I decided to try out at least two of my products, Godmother, and my mangled Dragon's Egg.
1. Godmother (soap)
Godmother is a cotton candy and vanilla scented glycerin based soap. It's pretty popular, mostly because its scent is supposed to be similar to limited edition cult favorite, Snow Fairy. When I opened my sample, I did not detect either vanilla or cotton candy. Rather, it smelled like cherry cough syrup. Ugh. Another cloying, sickly sweet soap. But Sadie wanted to try it.
The lather was good and bubbly. The scent mellowed, and reminded me of a cherry slushie. It was a fun and cheerful scent. The longer the little sample sat in my soap dish, the more it grew on me. And it stayed in my soap dish a long time too, until the last sliver slid down the drain. It's OK though. A gift sent to me by a friend contained a large sample of my beloved Godmother, and now I can have more candy sweet bubbles. As of 2015, it will be discontinued.
2. Dragon's Egg (bath bomb)
Dragon's Egg is a lemon sherbet scented bomb that promises the bather an explosive show of color, scent and fizz. Packed with rice paper confetti, gold glitter and popping candy, it does not disappoint.
I've tried this bomb both broken, and unbroken. When I tried it broken, I got an instant burst of golden orange color, white foam and golden glitter. It looked like this:
The scent is divine. Lemon and bergamot make for a cheerful, bright fragrance that fills your bathroom, and puts a smile on your face. It made me think of warm summer days, Italian sodas and citrus popsicles. This quickly became my favorite bath bomb.
This is a great self care bath bomb. It's bright, cheerful and fun, and will definitely bring you out of your bad mood.
3. Rose Bombshell (bath bomb)
Rose Bombshell was released in spring of 2015 for the Mother's Day campaign. It is limited edition, and likely to return next Mother's Day. It's a rose scented bomb that promises a cascade of petals. It looks like this:
After finishing some housework and putting my daughter to bed, I treated myself to a rosy Beltaine bath. I dropped it in, and watched the show. White fizz gave way to a cloud of red that faded to pink, and then a burst of rose petals.
The fragrance wasn't as strong as Rose Queen, and had a weird licorice note. But it was still a pleasant, classic rose scent. The water had the consistency of silk, and all in all I felt pretty relaxed. This was a good bath bomb. It's soothing and sensual. It's absolutely lovely, whether you're a new mum, or a grandmother. When it comes back next Mother's Day, (and I hope it does), I know I'm going to pick up a couple.
That's the end of Lush for Lust 2. Keep coming back to my blog for more Lush reviews!
