Discontinued Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly

Yesterday, while sitting in my room before going to have a shower, I can to the conclusion that I do not use my shower jellies more. I always grab for my shower gels over the jellies. So, I decided to find a way in order to use them more in the shower or the bath. The Jellies are really hard to handle as a whole, so after googling options, a lot of people recommend cutting them up, so you can use bits at a time - therefore I spent the evening cutting up my jellies. So, in last nights shower I managed to finally use Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly. 

 Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly 

Firstly, I am so disappointed that this shower jelly has been discontinued. I know that this has been a popular product amongst the Lush community, as it does share its scent with the Comforter. However, when they launched the Comforter Shower Cream in April this year - that replaced this shower jelly. 

As I have already mentioned, this shower jelly shares it's scent with The Comforter Bubble Bar and now Shower Cream, but I personally think that it a stronger berry scent that the Comforter. 

This product contains: Cherry Infusion, Coconut Infusion, Carrageenan Extract, Bergamot Oil and Cassis Absolute, Cypress Oil.

Similar ingredients to the Comforter, but overall the scent is stronger and does last a lot longer on the skin that the shower cream. This will also be good to use alongside the Comforter Body Lotion in order to really keep that scent intense. 

If you haven't used a Shower Jelly before, then it is like using a semi-solid Shower Gel. You can use it straight out of the pot or if you like the coolness of shower products, then you could put this in the fridge or freezer in order to use it at a colder temperature. I used this at room temperature last night, but I am interested to see how it would feel if it came straight out of the fridge and into the shower - would it make a difference to my skin? 

I definitely recommend cutting it up, so that it is easier to use - especially in the shower, as you could end up dropping the entire jelly from the jar. That would not be good! 

Unfortunately, this product is no longer available in stores, but if you are lucky enough to have a pot on hand or stocked up on several before they left the stores/online that you are amongst the lucky ones. 

This Shower Jelly was: 100g: £3.50, 240g: £6.95.

Love, Becky x 

I love Juicy Shampoo

I'm always on the look out for shampoos that will make my hair feel lovely, clean, bouncy and have some sort of volume. Now, I have fallen into that trap of washing my hair everyday - which I know is not as good for your hair, but I have short bobbed hair which gets greasy very quickly - even when I use to wash my hair twice/three times a week. However, I am always looking into the different shampoos that Lush offer - I am a fan of their Shampoo bars, the Daddy-O Shampoo and now my new discovery I love Juicy Shampoo. 

I love Juicy Shampoo 

This shampoo smells divine, so good that I could eat the entire bottle. I grabbed this bottle, after reading up about it's use for greasy/oily hair. What it does for it, so that it becomes bouncy and cleaner. 

As I have mentioned above, I suffer with greasy hair and I am always trying to find ways in order to control the grease/oil build up. As I wash my hair everyday, usually with other shampoos, but I wanted something to use once a week in order to control the oil/product build up in my hair. This shampoo has definitely done that. 

This product contains: Lemon Oil, Freshly Juiced Papaya, Fine Sea Salt, Carrageenan Extract, Sweet Orange Oil, Fresh Pineapple Juice, Fresh Kiwi Juice and Fresh Mango Juice. With all the fruit this product contains, the enzymes of the fruit clean and dissolve away grease and the product build up that occurs in the hair. 

I love how my hair feels after it has been washed with this shampoo. I find it easier to manage, I do not have to use a lot of hair styling tools on it, as well as I do not have to condition my hair after washing it - which is amazing. I feel like my hair has a lot more volume to it, looks bouncy and also there is very little I need to do it in order to make it look like I have spend hours styling it. Also, have I mentioned it smells incredible. 

I would definitely recommend this if you are struggling with greasy/oily hair or product build up in your hair - then using this once a week or twice a week, your hair will start to feel normal, softer and bouncy! When I visit a Lush next, I will be getting a bigger size. 

For this Shampoo: 100g: £5.50, 250g: £10.95 & 500g: £17.95 - it might also be available at Lush Oxford Street in 1kg Bottles, but I am not sure of the price. 

Love, Becky x 

Dirty Deal Showder

I love the fact that Lush create products in order to give back to different charities. It is a creative and brilliant way of us as Lushies, getting a new product - as well as the charities receiving all the money from the sale of the products. This time around Lush have created a new Showder, working alongside Climate Revolution and War on Want as well the box being designed by Vivienne Westwood. 

Dirty Deal Showder 

The entire aim of creating and selling this Showder is to create awareness of TTIP - which stands for The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. This is a proposed free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. This could affect everything from our income, the food we eat and the current state of our NHS system. For more information on the cause: 

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/03/ttip-what-why-angry-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership-guide. 

In regards to the actual Showder - it amazing. On first sight, when you pour it out of the box it appears a pinky/red shade but when water is added it turns a lovely purple shade. Then when it is appeal to the skin, it makes your feel silky soft. When Lush introduced Showders, when they launched Lush Oxford Street, I was not sure about them, and did not understand the point when there is already - shower gels, soaps and jellies. However, when I started to explore them, I realised that they not only wash your skin but also exfoliate leaving it soft and all the dead cells gone. 

This product contains: Cornflour, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Bergamot Oil and Rose Oil. At first I was not sure about the scent, but since using the product, I have fallen in love with the scent. When I use it, I really do smell the Rose and Bergamot Oil - which create a subtle floral scent - which is not overpowering nor is it sickly. 

The only downsize to this product, is the packaging. I do not like the cardboard packaging to the boxes as it makes it awkward to use this in the shower/bath. I wish they would have put it into the black tubs that they use for the other body scrubs/masks/cleansers, as this would make this easier to use with wet hands. That my only problem with this product - the actual product inside it amazing. 

For this Showder: £12.50. This product is limited edition, so get it while you can, and help a great cause. 

Love, Becky x 

P.S I am not sponsored paid to write about this product, Lush is a hobby and a passion and all posts are written out of pure enjoyment of the products, not for profit. All product are paid for with own money. 

Any links mentioned in this post are suggestions for if you want further information. 

NHS: Stands for National Health Service - which is United Kingdom based. 

Reformulated Brightside Bubble Bar

When I started using Lush, I stuck to one bubble bar - which was the Creamy Candy Bubble Bar - but once I got use to the products and realised that my skin did not react to the ingredients I moved on to the other amazing products Lush had to offer. I love the bubble bars - so obviously I moved on to trying the other types. The second bubble bar I tried was Brightside Bubble Bar - and funnily enough was the first bubble bar I brought my sister when I tried to get her into Lush products, and as you know it worked! 

Brightside Bubble Bar

Brightside, is one of the bubble bars, just like The Comforter, Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds, Supertramp - slightly bigger in size, allowing for more baths that just one - which some of the smaller bubble bars only allow for. With the bigger bubble bars you can get 4 or sometimes even 5 baths out of them. 

With the launch of Lush Oxford Street in April this year - the old favourites such as The Comforter, Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds and Brightside had a makeover. Lush improved the formulation of products - improving on the scent, colour and overall appeal of the product. So, what does this mean?

This means, that when you crumble either part of the bar or if you are that way inclined the ENTIRE bar, you will get a strong smell as well as a stronger coloured bath, and in my opinion loads more bubbles. 

Since using the reformulated bubble bar, I have found that yes, it is better than the old version. When using in the bathtub, I have found that it leaves your skin feeling more moisturised, softer as well the overall feeling of being fresher - and I do like a bath that leaves me feeling fresh - which I think is the overall idea of having a bath in the first place. 

This bubble bar contains: Mandarin Oil, Tangerine Oil, Bergamot Oil and Gardenia Extract. Overall, this smells to me of orange goodness, but not sickly sweet orange scented, but that fresh, just picked orange scent - which is amazing to bath in. 

If you are just starting off with Lush, or thinking about starting to use the bubble bars - then I would recommend getting a bubble bar like Brightside - as it is definitely worth the money and also if you are good at sparing it - you can get quite a lot of baths out of it. 

For this bubble bar: £4.75.

Love, Becky x 

Discontinued Dorothy Bubble Bar

As you are aware, with the arrival of all the new lovely products from the launch of Lush Oxford Street - there was going to be some room to be made in the other stores in order to make the new products widely available. Therefore, some of the older/not so popular products were discontinued. One of those products was a bubble bar - which was a bubble bar which was popular and a scent that was really appealing to many was the Dorothy Bubble Bar. As I write this post, I am reminiscing about the bath I enjoyed with this bubble bar - my last one - as it was a long time ago. 

Dorothy Bubble Bar

"Somewhere, over the rainbow" Dorothy Bubble Bar is no more! The cute blue bar with a yellow and orange rainbow on top is no longer in stores, and no longer available for you to crumble under the water and make lightly scented, fresh scented and slightly citrusy scented bubbles. 

I have to admit I do miss this bubble bar and have enjoyed several of them before they were discontinued. When you did crumble this bubble bar into your bath, your bathwater would turn a lightly blue colour with elements of yellow and orange. It would then fill the bathroom with a light, fresh, slightly citrus scent - which was brilliant for the summer - as in the warmer weather you always want to have a bath which was fresh and make you feel cooler in the heat. 

I overall enjoy the fresher scented bubble bars - as these I find the most relaxing and like the feeling of leaving the bath feeling fresher and clean. This bubble bar achieved that, and I am very sad that it is no longer in stores. 

This bubble contained: Ylang Ylang Oil, Orange Flower Absolute and Gardenia Extract. Which made for a fresh and clean smelling bubble bar. 

If you are lucky enough to still have some of these in your stash then you are very lucky - and also treasure them. I really wish I had stocked up on a few more, but actually when I look at my current collection - and how many bubble bars and bath bombs I still have to get through I'm pleased I didn't added loads of these to the collection. 

On a side note, with the launch of #lushwinter2015, I have noticed some of the gift sets - the brand new ones - which are currently only available at Lush Oxford Street until the 2nd October, there has been hints that some of the discontinued products are featured in the gift set, so if you are missing your old favourites, you might be able to get some in certain gift sets. 

This bubble bar was: £3.25. 

Love, Becky x 

Revamped Pop in the Bath Bubble Bar

I think the ultimate bath time experience has to include bubbles. As I have mentioned on numerous occasions my favourite products from Lush are the bubble bars. Therefore when it comes to planning bath time experiences I like to choose Bath Bombs and Bubble Bars that go together in order to have the best of both worlds. One bubble bar which goes with everything is Pop in the Bath Bubble Bar, which for the launch of Lush Oxford Street has been revamped and definitely a difference from the original green, white, blue and pink ones. 

Pop in the Bath

If you are a fan of the ever so popular Pop in the Bath bubble bar and cannot find it in stores, its because they look different now. If you have walked past this beautiful pink with a blue flower or a blue with a pink flower bubble bar and wonder what they are - then those are the brand new revamped Pop in the Bath Bubble bars. 

Even though they are only two styles of Pop in the Bath now, they are still amazing, smell the same and even add more colour to a bath time experience. The only thing that I find disappointing about the revamped bubble bar is that if you are wanting to add this to a bath bomb - in order to have bubbles - it changes the colour of the water, and it is not as pleasant to bathe in. What I liked when they was a variety of colours - especially the white and green - you could add it to bath bombs such as Avobath and Butterball - and the colour of the water would be the same. 

This product contains: Cornflour, Bergamot Oil, Lemon Oil, Orange Flower Absolute and Mandarin Oil. 

Which are the same ingredients are the original Pop in the Baths. I love the smell of this product, it is not overpowering which is way it makes a great addition to any bath bomb and gives amazing smelling bubbles in your bath. Of course you can use this on its own - you do not have to always use it alongside a bath bomb or bath oil/melt. The only reason, I find it more useful to use alongside a bath bomb or oil, is because unlike other bubble bars I have used, this product do not contain anything in the form of moisturising. A lot of Lush bubble bars do contain a Cocoa Butter or Shea Butter - whereas Pop in the Bath does not. So when used alone, you smell amazing, feel fresh but there is no moisturising benefit to the skin. But, this is just my opinion. 

One bonus with the bubble bar - if you are on a tight budget, for example you are a student with not a lot of money, they you can pick up this bubble bar for a lovely bath as it only costs £2.95 - making it one of the more affordable product sold by Lush. 

For this bubble bar: £2.95.

Love, Becky x

Milky Bath Bubble Bar

One of my favourite products that Lush offers is the bubble bars - which excited me the most when they started showing sneaky glimpses of the new products for Lush Oxford Street. When I saw the amazing assortment of brand new bubble bars - they were the first things I was excited to try, review and then of course if they were amazing - repurchase! 

Milky Bath Bubble Bar

Firstly, let's address how cute this bubble bar looks - when bubble bars are in actual shapes which goes along with the theme and name of the bubble bar - this excites me even more. This milk bottle shaped bubble bar - is a wonderful white bar with a silver glittery top - which makes it look like an old fashioned milk bottle that the milk man would deliver to your doorstep (I never experienced this). 

The shape of this bubble bar makes this bubble bar exciting - because when it is crumbled under running water it does not turn the bath water any colour but makes the water creamy and comforting. You can really feel the fair trade cocoa butter - which definitely nourishes the skin, so well that you don't have to moisturise your entire body after the bath. 

This bubble bar contains: Skimmed Milk, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Orange Oil, Patchouli Oil, Fair Trade Olive Oil, Silver Lustre and Silver Glimmer.  

If you have had the bubble bar Hot Milk, then it does have a certain similarities to this bubble bar but as I actually do not like the smell of Hot Milk Bubble Bar - I prefer this bubble bar overall as it has a more comforting smell rather than the artificial scent of the Hot Milk one. As we are heading in the colder months, then this is definitely one for those bitterly cold nights when all you need is a cuddle from your bathtub. 

For this bubble bar: £3.75.

Love, Becky x 

Grass Bubble Bar

When you are faced with an entire two bags full of glorious brand new products ready to be tried, tested and reviewed - what would you choose you use first? For my first product I decided on a bubble bar, the bubble in question is the Grass Bubble Bar. 

Grass Bubble Bar

If you like bath time to be something refreshing, then this bubble bar certainly delivers that. When crumbled under running water, this bubble bar turns the water a gorgeous green colour with fresh smelling grass scented bubbles. 

If you loved the scent of Grass Shower Gel, which has now been discontinued and miss the fresh scent, then it is still available in this bubble bar - which smells exactly like the shower gel. I usually not one for fresh smells or anything earth/nature scented, but I really do enjoy the scent this bubble bar gives off. 

This would be amazing, as a refreshing bath time experience for example in the morning to put a kick in your step in order to start the morning or to unwind in the evening. 

It contains, Cornflour, Bergamot Oil, Neroli Oil and Sandalwood Oil. Together these ingredients contribute to the signature scent of something uplifting and beautiful in order to bathe in. This bubble bar usually comes with white flowers on top - similar to the popular Pop in the Bath bubble bar, which also crumble alongside the green part of the bar. 

Luckily, I picked up a bottle of Grass Shower Gel before it was discontinued so I can use it alongside the bubble bar in order to enjoy the scent - which definitely lasts all day on the skin. 

For this bubble bar: £3.75. 

Love, Becky x 

Skydancer - Far From The Madding Guns

Never one to turn down the opportunity to try a new product from Lush, especially when they are partnering with a charity. When this particular bath bomb came into stores and online I very quickly added four or five to my basket to try it out. 

Skydancer- Far From The Madding Guns

To be honest when this arrived, I was not to sure about the scent as I thought it leaned towards the more spicy/musky smells rather than something I initially thought would be citrus/lemony scented. However, when it hit the water, the smell became lovely and comforting - as well as surrounding the room with the scent as you slipped into the bathtub. 

This bath bomb is not just pretty in design as a solid product - but it also magical when it hits the water - creating a yellow/blue surrounding your entire bathtub. Very relaxing as well as smelling divine. This bath bomb is also a slow fizzer, making the magical display last longer. 

This product contains: Bergamot Oil, Cinnamon Leaf Oil and Sicilian Lemon Oil. According to the Lush website, this bath bomb is meant to be liquorice scented - but I get more of a mix between the cinnamon and lemon - which as I have previously said before, was not a combination I was initially fond of. 

However, I am so pleased that I have more than one in my collection. 

In order to get the bath some bubbles, I did add a Mother Superior Bubble Bar alongside this bath and I have to say the combination is amazing - the scents work really well together. Another amazing factor about this product, is that profits made from it go towards helping protect England's Hen Harriers from Extinction which an amazing cause and something that buying a simple bath bomb could help protect in the long run. 

Lush are very good at helping different charities through there products, and where you can you should buy one to help out a cause. You are getting a product you love, and the charities are getting much needed money to help there causes. 

For this Product: £3.95. 

Love, Becky x

P.S. Sorry for the lack of blog posts, I am trying to work out a schedule for this blog, as well as I have been without a bath the past few weeks due to a faulty pipe in our bathroom. The bath is now back up and running and hopefully there will be more reviews etc coming your way soon.