Mrs Wippy Bath Ballistic

♥ Perhaps one of my favourite new lush products, the Mrs Wippy bath ballistic...

I absolutely loved this! I usually avoid the bath ballistics and head straight for the bubble bars, but i'd heard that the new ones were quite bubbly and worth a try. So after having a little browse, i decided that this was my favourite scented product out of all the new items, and i quickly purchased one (the last one in the shop!). It is based on a "strawberry ice cream" and smells really gorgeous, vanilla and strawberry esque.

Lush say that it is made with soya milk powder which softens the water, making it milky and softening your skin.

Unlike the original bath ballistics, this one really "fluffed" up and was lovely and bubbly, it actually resembled ice cream as it fizzed away in the water.

I didn't stop talking about how nice it was, so much so that my lovely friend actually bought me another one when she went to try one out for herself. So i now have another wippy bath to look forward to :)

Have you tried any of the new bath ballistics? What did you think?

xxx

Retro Lush "Playdoze" & "Pleasure Dough" Bubble Bars

Evening girls!

Let me start by saying i'm sorry i've been a bit rubbish with my blog recently & not really done anything new/exciting! I'm just so busy with other things at the moment, unfortunately my blog is low down in my list of priorities! I will be back to it soon, i hope, because call me sad but i actually kind of miss it! I find it relaxing, maybe even a bit therapeutic!

However, in complete contradiction to the above, i have some free time tonight to get up to date with my lush reviews, and i might do a couple of other posts if time lets me! (must remember to check my lottery ticket - fingers crossed it's a rollover! & watch desperate housewives!)

Unfortunately neither of the following reviews are particularly positive, disappointing seeing as i spent some more dollar dollar on a retro lush order (have become completely obsessed/practically ocd about ticking every retro bubble bar off the list as used and reviewed -perhaps unfortunately for you!)

So the first one is this oddly shaped, fluorescent yellow coloured log! This is called "Playdoze" and here is what Lush say about it:

"A fluorescent bar of bubbles. There were rumours that a Playdoze bath made kids glow in the dark. We were rather disappointed to find that it isnt true. It certainly makes the bath water glow and this serves as a tantalising attraction to grubby persons of younger years. There were also reports that its phenomenal combination of soothing lavender and ylang ylang essential oils got kids to sleep where all else failed. These all turned out to be true."

Fluorescent, check! Glow in the dark, fail! Yellow bath water, check! Perhaps the fact i am not a child is where it all went wrong for me, but i just did not find this enjoyable! First of all, however superficial, it bothers me how a bubble bar looks! I like it to be aesthetically pleasing, exciting! Like melomint was. Playdoze does look a bit like play-dough i suppose, i will give them that, but it just reminds me of one of those horrible slippy glittery willy shaped things that kids used to play with. God i hope people know what i'm talking about and don't just think im bonkers?!

I'm not sure if this ruined the rest of the bath for me, but i was just completely unimpressed by the smell, feel, colour, everything. Rubbish really. Don't recommend this one, unless you are a child? Then maybe you could let me know if it's good fun and makes you sleepy!

...Next please!

After this unfortunate bath experience i used the "Pleasure dough" bubble bar.

What Lush say:

"Wake late, take breakfast in bed, then rise at noon for a Pleasure Dough bath, scented with the blend of herbs and flowers adored by the 17th Century French courtesan, Ninon de Lenclos, who lived an exciting life to the age of 90, sharing her secrets with a select band of proteges. She used her favourite, personal perfume of lavender, rose, peppermint and orange blossom to seduce her lovers, including two marquises, the Cond, the Duc de Larochefoucauld and the odd abb or two. She was noted for her style, taste and politeness and other 'talents', so we're quite certain that she'll be delighted with this Bubble Bar."

Again, i wasn't very excited about this bubble bar, as i think it looks more like the stuffing you have with your christmas lunch, than something i want to lie in. It smelt very herby, a little too herby for my liking! I'm more of a creamy, fruity girl than the herbal kind! HOWEVER, unlike with playdoze, i wasn't completely dissatisfied with this bubble bar. Once it was in the bath i actually really liked the smell, i found it really calming and had a lovely relaxing bath. Unfortunately this was totally spoilt by the tonne of floating herbs that joined me.

I find things like this a bit yucky. It made the water look really dirty, like i had got in covered in leaves and half of my garden. A little bit of a shame, because i do think that it would have been lovely without this. I may give it another go and find somewhere of removing the floaters! Perhaps filter the bubble bar through something as i crumbled it in.

If you like herbs, this is perfect. If you don't, steer clear!

Who would have though one girl would have so much to say about a bath, i do apologise!

Retro Lush "Melomint" Bubble Bar

Retro lush bubble bar review numberrrr..i don't even know i've lost count, i hope it's not getting too boring! Constant nice lush baths certainly aren't, but i'm getting a bit lazy doing this part, hehe. I feel like i have to finish going through all of them now that i've said i was going to. I actually used this bubble bar over a week a go now and haven't blogged about it until now. It's such a nice one though!

Lush say, "Looks like a chunk of watermelon, smells like a stick of Blackpool Rock. It makes peppermint bubbles to wake you up and unclog your mental blockages. Give yourself a good loofah scrub in a Melominty bath and it'll give your whole body the same feeling your mouth gets when you brush your teeth. Have a stimulating Melomint revival in your morning bath."

Trueeeeee. I love the way that this bubble bar looks! The whole idea of this one excited me lots. The spearmint smell was quite overpowering when i first opened the package, so much so that all the other products in the order smelt of it until i used them. I wasn't sure how a much i would like a minty bath, but the smell was much more reserved once it was in the water and bubbling up!

My bath quickly filled up with watermelon seeds (bit of a pain) and turned a gorgeous creamy pink with a few little splatters of green through some of the bubbles! This bubble bar left my skin lovely and soft and luckily didn't leave a spearmint scent on me! I will be purchasing this again :)

Have you tried this one? Do you think you will?

Hope everyone's ok xxx

Retro Lush "Marzibain" Bubble Bar

Hello girls, hope everyone is ok & having a good week so far! I did actually use this bubble bar about a week ago now, but haven't had a chance to blog about it & i'm not feeling very enthusiastic right now either, my head hurts!

"It's a sweet cake that smells just like marzipan; whole almonds with a hint of rose and cassie absolutes make it smell like tasty almond icing." - This is what LUSH say, true story!

This bubble bar was one of the ones i was most excited about ordering when i look on the website because i really like almondy things usually! I think it is quite an acquired taste/smell? Not that many people seem to like it, and if you do you love it? I may be wrong! Anyway, i love marzipan (especially covered in chocolate) so thought that bubble form marzipan was a must have! I couldn't actually tell whether i liked it or not at first thanks to "melomint" being in the same order box and making it smell minty! When i crumbled it open though it was there, all almondy! I did really like the smell, but it wasn't my favourite/as nice as i wanted it to be. Don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining, it was nice honest!

In the bath was particularly creamy, nice white bubbles & a nice creamy soapy layer on the water, which i like. Like a lot of the bubble bars, marzibain didn't leave the scent on my skin after the bath, but it did leave it feeling really soft! More so than any of the other retro bars that i have tried/reviewed!

Overall, another gorgeous bubble bar from the retro range, i liked it lots & would order it again, you should too!

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Retro Lush "It's A Date" Bubble Bar

Next up on my retro lush review list is the "it's a date" bubble bar, and it's a gooden! I received this in a different order to "happy", but unfortunately had a similar problem in that it was a bit too hard to crumble! I have since found out from the lovely Abby & her lush crush, that this happens if the bubble bar is old, so maybe something to watch out for with the retro lush items, they seem to be kept a bit longer than they are meant to be before being sent out to us! Not cool. Anyway, this bubble bar smelt absolutely amazing, and the colour of it was gorgeous too (although it doesn't look as bright as it was in these poorly taken, in my bedroom at night, pictures..). It has an actual date on the top of it, which i didn't want floating in my bath, and so i removed it before the crumbling commenced! As you can see in the third picture, i had trouble breaking it and had to hold in under the tap for a while to soften it, which resulted in my hands being pink and gooey, but smelling amazing for the rest of the night!

Whilst running my bath i realised that it smelt like something from my past, but had that frustrating mind block where you are certain that you recognise it and can remember the smell so clearly but just cannot think what it was or where you smelt it! After picking my brain, and talking to my lovely Alexandra about it, i got there, it smells like GLITTER BABES! Do you remember glitter babes? It was a range in Boots when i was in primary school or something! Anyway, the smell reminds me of that, its a gorgeous fruity and kind of powdery smell! Smells a little bit like "blush" candle by Lily Flame which is one of my favourites! Beyond the smell, look how amazing the colour of the water was, it was an amazing bright barbie pink, the picture was taken just as it started running, it ended up with lots of soft creamy bubbles. Heaven! I recommend this bubble bar to anybody who hasn't tried it, and it's one of the cheaper ones from the retro range, only £2.85.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend, i'm off to have another bath..marzibain!

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Retro Lush "Ice Hotel" Bubble Bar

So, next in line from my retro lush bubble bar collection was this, it's called "Ice Hotel" and was inspired by the real Ice Hotel in Sweden, which is literally made from huge blocks of ice. The design on the bubble bar, as you can see in the pictures, is meant to resemble these blocks of ice that are used for building the rooms. Mine is a little dusty and has a fingerprint on though. I was a little bit disappointed when comparing the bubble bar i received with the one featured on the website, the one they advertise with is covered in gorgeous yellowy-gold glitter, and as you can see mine was just white! No biggy though, it still smelt gorgeous.

Lush say that it is "scented with refreshing mint, lavender and benzoin, perfect for a reviving bath the morning after an evening of ice cold vodka shots" the minty smell was the most prominent when i crumbled it into the bath, but it wasn't overpowering, just right! I loved it and am not usually keen on this kind of thing, i prefer a creamier more girly scent usually. Unfortunately i hadn't been out on the vodka the night before, i'd been working :( But still, this bath was perfect to make me feel a little bit more alive the morning after, it completely relaxed my head and body, loved it!

This is another bubble bar from the retro collection that i would definitely recommend, it did everything i wanted (except be glittery, which i'm not too fussed about!), and also gave lovely soft white creamy bubbles/water which i didn't manage to get a picture of because i just couldn't wait to get in!

The next retro bubble bar which i have to try is "it's a date", so i'll snap away and let you know what i thought!

Do you think you will be trying this one? What's your favourite lush item (old or new)?

Have a lovely day & don't forget to enter my Dollface Contest :)

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Retro Lush "Happy" Bubble Bar

Hello pretty girlies. I hope you don't mind that this is another retro lush post, i did say it was gonna happen! I haven't done anything except work, bath & sleep this week really (poor me!), so i don't have much else to blog about! I will return to being thoroughly exciting soon though, you better know it ;)

As some of you might know from following me on twitter, i couldn't decide (out of the above bars that i have at the moment) which one to use a couple of evenings ago. "Happy" won the vote, which is probably a good thing because i said i was going to use them in order, and that was due to be next anyway! The smell of this bubble bar was lovely, one of the nicest from my little collection i thought.

Lush say "A Happy Bubble bath can't fail to bring a smile to your face. As well as the uplifting citrus oils of tangerine, neroli and orange blossom, we mix in a helping of sandalwood oil, a precious, soothing oil from the Far East. Sandalwood helps to rehydrate and soften your skin. It's very relaxing, takes away anxiety and makes you feel lovely all over. All that and bright blue, fragrant bath water!"

So they were completely right about the gorgeous colour of the water, the fact it smells amazing, and that it leaves your skin lovely and soft. They just failed to mention that it would be rock solid, either that or i was unlucky and got sent one that had either gone off, or was just from a bad batch. I don't know what the reason was, but either way i have never been so stressed trying to run a bath in my life!

It sounds like i'm joking, but i just could not get into this bubble

bar, it was impossible! I couldn't even cut through it with a knife. In the process of trying to crumble it, i snapped back my nail (massive ouch), stained my nails blue, made a huge blue mess in the bathroom and bent a knife. What a farce! All this for a nice, relaxing bath..ironic really.

After holding it under a boiling hot running tap for about 10 minutes it started to soften, still only slightly, and i finally managed to crumble it into the bath.

Once it was in, due to all this havoc the bubbles weren't nearly as good as normal, but the colour, smell, and feel of the bath was still gorgeous, and it' a good job because i was verging on having a breakdown! I would buy this again, to see if this was just a bad stroke of luck, because everything else was up at the top in terms of a good bubble bar!

Has anybody else ever had this problem with a bubble bar? Or has anybody used Happy and not had this problem? Ha, i don't think it is like a regular occurrence tbh, think i was just unlucky!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine.

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Retro Lush "Happy Birthday" Bubble Bar

Hello dollieees.

Retro lush item number two has now been tried and tested! This was the "Happy Birthday" bubble bar, which i absolutely loved. Unfortunately, i had to get myself this lovely "Happy Birthday" gesture, a month after my birthday, so not ideal ;) It was actually gorgeous though, so i'm not too bothered!

First of all, look how cute it is! Such a nice colour, and the little ribbon tied up in a bow like a present - the ribbon is now hanging next to my chanel one, smelling loooovely!

Out of all the retro lush bubble bars which i received in my first order, i thought that this smelt nicest as i opened them (still got some to use though - and i always find they are very different when actually in the bath!)

On the website it says "It smells like an orange cake with ice cream on top" - it doesn't, at all.

It smells really really nice, but i didn't smell orange in it at all! I wasn't disappointed by it though, It smelt really girly and creamy, a little bit like the "fairy dust" candle by Lily-flame if any of you have smelt that. In my opinion that is better than have an orange cake in your bath!

It was a gorgeous bubble bar though, lots of soft creamy bubbles (unfortunately i didn't snap them), i would definitely recommend it for a lush hungry friend's birthday!

Sorry that this post is so brief, i have lots to do! Hope that everyone is busy thinking of what to do for my dollface contest! Stay happy girls.

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Retro Lush "Aura Suavis" Bubble Bar

I recently mentioned that i was going to buy one of each bubble bars from the retro section of Lush online, so that i could try some new ones & thought i would let you know what they are like! I love bubble bars, they are all i really obsess over from Lush & as there are only a few i was starting to get a little bit bored! Instead of choosing all the best ones first, i have just decided to buy a few at a time and buy/use them in the order that they appear on the website. So, in my first order i bought Aura Suavis, Happy Birthday, Happy & Ice Hotel. I have missed out Hollywood for now as it doesn't have very good reviews and costs a fiver, kind of an expensive bath! After a long, but amazing, day out in Manchester on friday i came home and used the first one - Aura Suavis. I'm not going to "review" it really, i'm just going to blah blah blah about what i thought :)

The way they come packed together when you order them online kind of makes them all smell the same at first, which annoys me a little bit because i'm so unimpressed until i use them properly. Even though i know this, and it is guaranteed that when i break them open they will smell completely different, it still bothers me every time unfortunately!

The Aura Suavis is made with sage, coriander, spearmint & geranium, which sounds like a pretty weird mix but somehow this ends up smelling like sweeties, or more specifically refreshers! I usually prefer a more creamy bath, and this is kind of zingy (because of the spearmint i think) but i still really liked it and would get it again i think. The bright pink part of the bar made the water a lovely pink colour & the bubbles were so soft, as perrr when talking about any of the bubble bars i would say!

I'm looking forward to using the next one after this, it's exciting, like discovering lush for the first time all over again! I would recommend the Aura Suavis, it isn't the best i've ever used, but it's up there!

Have you used any of the retro lush products? What do you think?

Don't be quiet, shout it out i wanna hear!

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