Geo Phyzz

HATE HATE HATE THIS BOMB!  What the heck?!?  It's just a glorified ball of salt.  Boooooooo.

Seriously though, it fizzes out into salt pebbles that sit in the bottom of the tub scratching holes into your legs.  There are also little pieces of doodoo that float with it.  This bomb is so wierd.....it plunks straight to the bottom of the tub like a dead bath bomb.  waa waa waaaaaaa.......

The scent is bleh too, like a dying Christmas tree.  A painful Christmas tree that burns every knick, scratch and scrape on your body.

Two huge thumbs down on this one. 

Check it out here......be warned though.....epsom salt is cheaper and better lol:

Geo Phyzz

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

Hello my loyal followers!  As many of you know from both here, and my YT channel, I was planning on doing a giveaway when I reached 20 followers here and 20 subscribers on YT.  Well, I've decided to change the rules a little bit.  Please view the video below, and follow the steps to enter the giveaway!  The lucky winner will be receiving a Hottie massage bar and Think Pink bath bomb!  Here are my reviews of these products:

Hottie massage bar review
Think Pink bath bomb review


Here are the formal rules:
1-You must be following my YT channel AND this blog. 
2-You must message me both here AND on YT with your name, email, screen names on both YT and blogspot and mailing address/info BY MAY 25TH 6AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME USA.
3-Please tell me your favorite LUSH product and why
4-Please tell me your least favorite LUSH product and why
5-You must be at least 18 years of age or have the consent of your parent/legal guardian to participate.

Here is how I will pick the winner:
On June 1, 2011, I will have a drawing of ONE name, which I will do in a video to determine and announce the winner.  You will have one week to message me either here or on YT to claim your prize.  I will mail out your prize shortly after.  I will be sending it with a signature receipt and you WILL NEED to ensure proper pickup of this package.  It will be meltable! 

Good luck and happy LUSH-ing! 

xoxo

Blackberry Bath Bomb

I never knew what blackberries smelled like.  If this is what they smell like, sign me up!  This bomb is beautiful.  It turns the bath water an absolutely unparalleled beauty-purple that is pigmented but still clear enough to see right through.  It fizzes out quickly but doesn't disappoint.  Deep inside, a small paper with "Boom Boom" on it hides, waiting to surprise you in the bottom of your tub. 

The scent is from a mix of bergamont, frankincense and berries.  Bergamont oils are supposed to lift you up and stop you from feeling blue or blah.  It worked for me.  I feel as cheerful as a baby! 

The only downside to this bomb is it left a purple film in my tub.  It was easy to clean, but I believe that is because I cleaned it right away.  Also, it's a tad pricey for a one time use at $6.25 USD.  My recommendation would be to split it in half if you don't mind damaging your "boom boom" paper. 

Enjoy one!  Check it out on LUSH's site:
Blackberry

Haul 4!

List of products:

Geo Phyzz bath bomb

Blackberry bath bomb

Sunny Side bubble bar

Running to the Embassy pumice stone

Catastrophe Cosmtic face mask

The Joy of Jelly shower jelly

None of Your Beeswax lip balm

  

Samples: Ambrosia shaving cream

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Butterball Bath Bomb

I'm a dry piece of toast and I need some butter.  Enter.....Butterball!  This bath bomb is interesting.  When placed in the water, it fizzes out slowly and disperses tiny pieces of yellow "butter" which are little cocoa butter pieces.  I smashed a few of the pieces into my skin and they were very oily like butter and kept my skin super moisturized.  The scent outside and inside of the bath is subtle and almost non-existent.  However, I was so taken with the moisturizing level of this bomb that it didn't matter.  It kept my skin soft for a long time and wasn't too oily.  I highly recommend this bomb! 

Check it out on LUSH's site:

Butterball

Haul 3

List of products:

Butterball bath bomb
Fever massage bar
Vitamin E toner tab
Viatmin C toner tab
Tea Tree Toner Tab toner tab
Token to the Forest Gods toner tab
Limted Edition Perfume Kit
Sandstone soap
Demon In the Dark soap
Banana Moon soap
Alkmaar soap
Red Rooster soap



disclaimer: this video has not been sponsored. I am not affiliated with Lush

Mrs Whippy Bath Bomb

Well, I have to say, the only thing that I didn't like about this bomb was the scent.  I wish that it had Think Pink's scent in place of the buchu oil scent.  My fiance hated the scent so much that he asked me to shower it off.  We can't be having that!  It is supposed to be a strawberry ice cream scent.  It has an ice cream vibe, but the strawberry part might be too buchu and not enough strawberry.  I wish it were more of a strawberry milk powder milk scent.  Something like childhood and summer nights. 

Outside of the scent, it is a beautiful bomb.  It looks just like a cupcake topped with hot pink sprinkles.  It is like dessert and perfect for a nighttime bath.  It will put you in a playful, Marie Antoinette mood.  It made my water a milky pink color which stayed milky through the entire bath, instead of clearing up like most milky bombs.  My skin was impossibly soft and calmed.  This is a result of the Soya Milk powder  I pray that LUSH will release a Think Pink bomb in a "whippy" edition.  That would make my life!

Check it out on LUSH's site:
Mrs Whippy

Also, stay tuned for the Haul 2 review video and the new Haul 3 video and reviews coming VERY SOON!

Twilight Bath Bomb

We have an addition to the top favorite beauty products.  This bomb has carved its way to the top and sits pretty in my number one position on my LUSH Loved List.  The scent is intoxicating and forces you to relax (really lol).  It promises the most relaxing evening with it's calming color and beautiful solar detail on top.  When dropped into the water, it begins frothing up and turning the water a bubblegum pink color.  The scent is magnified instantly.  When the core opens up, it is a beautiful surprise of baby blue which paired with the pink, turns the water into a beautiful creamy lavender.

It fizzes out slowly and the scent lingers delicately in the air.  It made my skin super soft and made me smell like heaven. 

You have simply GOT to try this!

Twilight

Greetings From........ Gift Set



This flowery, earthy gift set is a ton of fun!  The paper and string remind me of hippies and art studios on a fall day.  It is also a steal for a cheap gift that everyone will love.  If you are down to it, and haven't gotten a gift for any event, this would be the perfect touch.  Also, buy one and keep it around for emergencies.......or if you can't contain yourself, treat yourself to a gift "just because".  It is only $19.95 USD and you get three unique and fun products.  You get a hunk of Honey I Washed the Kids soap, Sugar Scrub sugar scrub and a Vanilla Fountain bath bomb.

The gift set might have been packaged in too small of a box, because my Vanilla Fountain bath bomb was damaged.  Luckily, it wasn't beyond repair.  The best product in this set is BY FAR, the Honey I Washed the Kids soap.  It is one of my favorite products and makes this gift set what it is.  The only thing that disappointed me about that was the actual aesthetic of the hunk of soap.  In the store and online, it has a beautiful honeycomb top and my chunk had no sign of honeycomb.  I felt that having that little touch on a sample hunk of this soap in a gift set would certainly entice the receiver to head into a LUSH store and shop around more.  Assuming they hadn't heard of LUSH before (WHAT?!?!?!).  The tag on the gift set also shows the honeycomb top, so the receiver might be confused and think that they got the wrong thing or the unlucky dud set (I guess that's me? LOL).

You can read my reviews of all of the separate products here:

Vanilla Fountain

Sugar Scrub

Honey I Washed the Kids

Check out the gift set here:

Greetings From.......

Vanilla Fountain Bath Bomb

Wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaaa.  I'm sad :(  I was disappointed by Vanilla Fountain.  As with all of the other products I am beyond excited about, it seems to fall very short of what I expected.  I've decided, it might be best to refrain from placing expectations on poor, innocent bath bombs.  So....I will do my best to review in a way that explains why I was less than pleased.

To start, this bomb is a simple, beautiful creation.  On LUSH's website, the description says it is inspired by fancy desserts.  That is very accurate!  It is adorned with a simple statement piece.....a tonka/vanilla sprig.  LOVELY.  The scent isn't pure vanilla, it's vanilla and tonka.  A sweet mixture of pure simplicity with complex candy-like sugar.  It promises to be moisturizing and a scent explosion.  It has to be the whole package.

Well, I received mine in the Greetings From......... gift set.  It goes well with the vibe of the set.  However, mine was damaged :(  The sprig was loose and the top and side were cracked.  Whaa!!!!  Oh well, I'll shove the sprig back in, and call it a bath.  When I dropped it in the water, it fizzed out very quickly and the sprig looked pathetic hitting the bottom like an anchor then lying dead in the water.  I fished it out and frowned, but got in to enjoy my bath.  I wasn't taken by the aroma, it was nice, but too subtle.  I think I could smell my Fresh Farmacy facial cleanser next to the sink more.  The water was a weird, lime color.  I was perplexed.  Shouldn't it be a milky, yellow color?  Shouldn't it be softening my skin or filling my sinuses with vanilla goodness? My skin wasn't any more soft or scented than before.  Maybe I got a dud?

I think the problems here were my high expectations and imaginations of this bomb.  I'm not going to blame it.  I plan on purchasing a non-gift version and giving it another shot. 

Did any of you have a different experience with Vanilla Fountain?  Please comment and let me know. 

Check it out on LUSH's site:

Vanilla Fountain

Tisty Tosty Bath Bomb



This bomb is passionate.  The scent is intoxicating.  Let me tell you, it does the trick.  It is beautiful and romantic.  It will buy you seven dried pink rosebuds and draw you a bath.  I would marry it.  This bomb smells like pure rose and powder.  Which is explained in that it contains rose absolute and orris root powder.  Simply put....this is vintage romance in a heart shaped bath bomb.  When dropped in the water, it fizzes out very quickly, depositing seven beautiful rosebuds into the water.

Seven roses represent starting positively to end positivley.  It is said that Cleopatra would seduce Anothony with the rose from this bomb.  Now I truly understand her powers.  I'm sure she had a steady supply of this Tisty Tosty.

Let this must -have bath bomb seduce you:
Tisty Tosty

Keep it Fluffy (Purple) Bath Bomb

We have another must-have!!!  This bomb is right up there with Think Pink bath bomb and Hottie massage bar in my heart.  I LOVE THIS BOMB! 

It is just as satisfying as its orange sibling, but in a very different way.  Much like the orange, it is VERY scentalicious.  The scent of lavender and vanilla floated in my apartment and stayed on my skin for around 6 hours after my bath.  When I dropped it into the water, it turned into a huge frothy ball almost immediately.  I was taken aback at how weird it looked but blown away by it at the same time.  It fizzed out very slowly and left the water a milky/light purple color.  While it was fizzing, I enjoyed watching the little blue flecks turn into bright fuchsia streaks which caused that beautiful purple hue.  I approve!  My skin felt like velvet for hours afterward and even had my fiance pleased.  I would highly recommend this for a nighttime bath with a side of Billie Holiday Pandora.

Head over to the LUSH website and order a few up!

Keep it Fluffy Purple

Hippy Chick Bath Bomb

This little babe is sandwiched between the Candy Fluff and Avobath bath bombs of the Happy Easter gift set.  It is a sweet little fellow!  The scent is gorgeous.  It's a delicate grapefruit bomb that looks as pure as it smells.  When the bomb hits the water it fizzes out quickly and releases the most true and accurate scent of pink grapefruit.  None of that terrible body spray crap you see at other bath and body shops.  This is the real thing.  I felt as if I was sitting inside a grapefruit half, just bathing it it's juices.  Perk - NOT STICKY! lol  The water stays its normal color but the scent makes up for the lack of showmanship.  When I got out of the bath I felt super cleansed, relaxed and balanced.  My skin was so soft, I must have spent a good 5 minutes rubbing my arms and proclaiming to Donkey "it's so soft!!".  He didn't respond. 

This is one of the original best-selling Cosmetics to Go products and I am not surprised that it was remixed and remade.  It is the most amazing and accurate fruity scented bath product that I have ever used.  On the website, it says that it may melt, which I'm not understanding.  So, try to pick it up at your local store if you can.  If you love yourself at all, you will pick up about 100 of these:

Hippy Chick

Candy Fluff Bath Bomb

This is one of the GIANT halves of egg that cradle a Hippy Chick Bath Bomb in the Happy Easter gift set.  It is the size of my hand.  A GREAT deal!  This bomb is phenominal.  The scent is hands-down the best part.  It is sweet and girly.  It smells just like cotton candy.  It's hot pink hue is flirty and just what it needs for the lovely scent it holds.  I smashed the egg down onto my counter and it broke off about a third of the egg in pieces (exactly what I wanted to happen!). 

You can really see the size of the bomb in the photo above.  Again, this is 1/3 of the egg in chunks in my hand.  There is so much bath here!  The pieces fizzed out quickly and left the air candy sweet and the water hot pink.  It made me get into a playful mood and left me wondering....why doesn't LUSH have this bomb year-round?  It didn't make my skin particularly soft when I dried off and the scent was lighter than I wished.  However, I still smelled lightly sweet for a couple hours afterward. 

I HIGHLY reccommend this as an Easter gift and an all around great product for yourself.  If the rest of the giftset delivers as much of a punch as this bomb did, the set will be my obsession. 

Check it out, by itself, on LUSH's website:

Candy Fluff Egg

Donkey Oaty Bath Bomb

Donkey, Donkey Oaty is the tale of the Easter donkey!!!  OH MY LORD!  I have met my soul mate.  I am getting married to Donkey....wait, I AM married to donkey.  This bomb is AMAZING.  I can't say enough great things about it.  The scent outside of the bath, beautiful colors and adorable character promise a great time.  It would be an understatement to say that it delivered.  When you drop this into the bath it immediately explodes into the most fizzing, orange hurricane.  The scent hits you hard but lays you down soft.  The water is the most perfect hue of playful orange (the best color on earth).  Donkey treats you right!  When you leave your bath you will find yourself soft and smelling like heaven.  If you love the scent as much as I do, check out Charity Pot, LUSH's charitable body lotion.  Each cent (excluding tax) goes to charity, and will be your way to honor Donkey all year until he is back.  I plan on purchasing this in my next haul (this will be Haul 6.....I have a lot of posts!). 

Please get yourself one of these and everyone you love.  They will thank you!

Donkey Oaty

Easter Products!

Well, my most FAVORITE holiday is right around the corner....EASTER!  So, as you can imagine, I'm very excited to see what Lush has to offer for Easter products.  I've been doing some searching online at all of the past years Easter offerings and also saw a few upcoming products in the Lush Times. 

Lush Times shows the Easter products for 2011 (I wish it were just a preview....I want more more MORE).  There is Hippy Chick, a "zesty grapefruit" bath bomb, Fluffy egg, a "bath fluff", Donkey Oaty - The Easter Donkey, which is a "donkey shaped pinata to bring the summer sunshine in", Bunny Knot Wrap, which is a wrap for all of your messy bath bombs or even a scarf and Happy Easter, a giftset which includes a few different products (I hope I get this!).  You can check these out in the current edition of Lush Times (48) on page 3.

I'd love to see a bath bomb that smells like peeps or jelly beans and explodes carrot shaped confetti everywhere.  Maybe a bubble bar that makes the tub as fluffy as a bunny!  Maybe a hot cross bun bubble bar?  That's maybe too much.....BUT I LOVE EASTER!

If I can even get my hands on one of these soon I will be so happy.  Which products do you wish Lush would make for Easter?  What are your favorite holidays?

Haul 2 - 3/12/2011

List of products:

Twilight bath bomb
Tisty Tosty bath bomb
Mry Whippy bath bomb
Dorothy bubble bar
Each Peach massage bar
You've Been Mangoed bath melt
Strawberry Picnic gift set: Summer Pudding soap, Sugar Babe sugar scrub, Grass shower gel and Strawberry Feels Forever massage bar
Greetings From....gift set:  Vanilla Fountain bath bomb, Sugar Scrub sugar scrub and Honey I Washed the Kids soap
  
Samples: Rehab shampoo, American Cream conditioner, R&B hair treatment, Angels on Bare Skin facial cleanser and Fresh Farmacy facial cleanser.

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Ickle Baby Bot Bath Bomb

This is definately a bomb for the kids!  It's shape and calming scent are just what Lush's website puts down.  Outside of the bath, this bomb has a neutral scent that wouldn't be off-putting to the kiddos.  When dropped in the water, it fizzes out quickly and keeps the shape of a robot almost all the way through.  Almost immediately the scent of lavender hits you hard.  It bitch slaps you into relaxation.  Even the most tightly wound kiddo wouldn't resist the calming effect.  The water turns a fun electric blue and the scent is subtle in the air around the tub.  It isn't particularly softening, but it is fun none-the-less.  I would highly recommend this for any parent with sugar-rushed kids who needs to bring on the bed time vibes.

Head over to Lush's website and check it out!

Ickle Baby Bot

Keep it Fluffy (Orange) Bath Bomb

I'm loving how this bomb can be so simple yet satisfy me so much.  The scent is subtle both outside and inside the bath but sticks around.  It stayed on my skin long after and smelled of subtle vanilla.  When dropped in the water, a creamsicle colored foam comes out of the bomb.  It fizzes out slowly and turnes the water a light orange/yellow color.  It had probably been the slowest-fizzing bomb that I've tryed.  There was no "show" with this bomb but that way okay.  The scent and pretty color was enough for me.  It also made my skin super soft and left me feeling young and awake.  I'm liking this bomb for and affordable summer treat that is calorie free and relaxing!

Check out the Keep it Fluffy (Orange) bath bomb on Lush's website:
Keep it Fluffy (Orange)

What Products Should I Try Next?

Hey everyone!  Well, I have already filmed two more hauls since my first was posted.  I'm just waiting to review all of the products in the first haul before I post more.  In the meantime, which products would you like to see me try out?  I'm hoping that there are some new areas of Lush's products that you are all waiting to see reveiws on! 

I only have two more bath bombs and a shampoo to try before all of my reviews will be up and haul 2 will be posted!  Check back for new posts and give me some feedback.