Category: Bath Bombs

  • Better Than LUSH? Glow’s White Hot Chocolate Foaming Bath Rocks

    Sometimes it can take time to find good quality and budget friendly bath bombs and fizzers. We all know of a certain shop that sells them, but at a cost. Finding more affordable bath products can be trail and error. I’ve found myself using different bath products from a business called Glow over the last few years. Some were gifted, lots bought, including White Hot Chocolate Foaming Bath Rocks. I purchased this towards the end of last year. So what were they like?

    Glow’s White Hot Chocolate Foaming Bath Rocks
    What are bath rocks?

    Bath rocks are basically chunky squared small bath bombs. You can use one in the bath or a few at a time. The choice is yours!

    Packaging

    These bath rocks come in a lined paper sachet. The type of packaging I expect to see some expensive, organic tea or coffee to be housed in. So not the standard high street way to present and store bath rocks/bombs, but I like it!

    How do these look?

    I received 5 bath rocks in my sachet. Roughly cubed (well, technically more rectangular), about 2 cms in width, depth and height and white and soft yellow in colour. From far away these look like posh marshmallows, but they have the typical bath bomb chalkiness and texture to them you would expect.

    Fragrance

    These bath rocks smell like a mix of caramel, vanilla, white chocolate and milk. The scent of these is absolutely stunning, and I’ve never smelt anything like this from this type of bath product…EVER!

    In the bath

    I popped two of these bath cubes in an already run bath. Immediately they created foam and fizzed a little, and the fragrance was there straight away. The bath cubes took a long time to disappear, not the immediate in the water 5 seconds then gone! They turned the water pale yellow in colour. After the initial fizz and slight foam, there were no bubbles, just coloured water.

    The best part of this bath for me was the fragrance. Incredibly comforting, the perfect strength. This made my bath relaxing, enjoyable and I really liked using these. Despite having slightly sensitive skin at the moment, these caused no issues. They also didn’t dry out my skin either.

    Recommended?

    Purely for the fragrance of Glow’s White Hot Chocolate Foaming Bath Rocks YES, BUY! If like me you love scents that are within the bakery family, vanilla, biscuit…you know the types of scents, you will love how these smell! The bath it created I enjoyed. I’m wondering if a more pretty bath would have been made if I used all of the cubes into the water. I’m not sure, but either way, I would be happy to buy these again and try out other versions. Yes, these come in different fragrances, including Aqua, Twilight Opium and Candy Cane. Cost? Only £4.00, for a quality bath product in different scents. Interested? Check these out on the website here to order.

  • Is The Wizard Bath Bomb From LUSH Wickedly Good?

    As a person who enjoys a daily bath, I also love a good bath bomb. I’m also a fan of the film Wicked. Marrying the two together literally is my idea of heaven. So to say I was very happy to receive the limited edition The Wizard bath bomb from LUSH this Mother’s Day from my daughter is an understatement. Did I enjoy this bath treat or did it leave me disappointed?

    The Wizard Bath Bomb by LUSH
    The look

    This is a very striking bath bomb. Round-ish in shape, reasonably weighty and what I would call a standard size for a bath bomb. And that’s where the comparisons between this and a normal bath bomb stops. The Wizard bath bomb is a rich, shiny, deep gold colour, almost gold leaf in appearance. On one side is a slightly sinister looking face formed into the bath bomb. On the back is the words WICKED and LUSH engraved into it.

    Fragrance

    Citrusy, lightly floral, earthy, almost plant like in scent. Not the usual fragrance I like but somehow it’s very appealing. It’s not a masculine or feminine scent, and would appeal to quite a few people.

    In the bath

    I popped this on top of an already run bath and it immediately moved around in the water. It fizzed and foamed and started to bleed the colour green. It didn’t take too long to see that the gold on the bath bomb was just the outer layer as it came off in the bath, and the bath bomb now was just green in colour. This bath bomb literally swirled around for such a long time in the bath it lasted a good number of minutes. No residue was left (except a layer of gold dust on the bottom of the bath). But what was left was a foam free, emerald green coloured bath that would have made any Wicked lover happy.

    The fragrance was there and the perfect strength. Not too strong to make it heady, but strong enough to be noticeable. This, and the bath itself, I found relaxing and enjoyable. The Wizard didn’t dry or irritate my skin. And no major clean up in the bath afterwards either!

    Recommended?

    This bath bomb look wise is brilliant. Eye catching and very different. The fragrance is nice and won’t be offense to most people. But the best bit about it was the colour it turned the bath water into. Perfectly themed, enjoyable to use and would definitely recommend to any bath bomb loving Wicked fan! Unfortunately, this is a limited edition bath bomb and currently not available online, but worth checking instore for stock.

  • Getting Summer Ready With Foam & Fortune Body Products In Tesco!

    A range that’s recently caught my eye while checking out the personal care aisles of my local Tesco is a brand called Foam & Fortune. I’m not too sure how new they are, but they seemed perfect to try out as the weather gets warmer and sunnier. So what products did I find?

    Foam & Fortune Body products in Tesco
    Chill Out Body Butter

    Fragranced in coconut and lime, this body butter looked thick and luxurious in its brightly labelled pot. An unusual fragrance combination that should be tropical, fruity and slightly zesty and fresh. 250ml priced at £4.50.

    Foam & Fortune’s Chill Out Body Butter
    Rise & Shine Body Butter

    Pink grapefruit in flavour so I’m hoping this is fruity, slightly sweet and citrus blend, perfect for summer use. Similar formulation as Chill Out, same packaging (just different colour labelling which matches the fragrance name) same price and size.

    Foam & Fortune’s Rise & Shine Body Butter
    Positive Energy Body Scrub

    Positive Energy Body Scrub comes in the fragrance of orange and mango. If this doesn’t scream summer nothing else does! This looks and sounds like an effective body scrub that doesn’t dry the skin out and actually moisturises. 300g for £5.00.

    Foam & Fortune’s Positive Energy Body Scrub
    Rise & Shine Body Scrub

    Pink grapefruit in fragrance and looks just as rich and decadent as Positive Energy. Perfect body care partner to Rise & Shine in the body butter which makes the ideal layering partnership.

    Foam & Fortune’s Rise & Shine Body Scrub
    Pear & Freesia Bath Fizzer

    This is quite large in size and a basic flower shape. The scent of this was pleasant and another fruity fragrance in this whole collection. 120g for only £2.75.

    Foam & Fortune’s Pear & Freesia Bath Fizzer
    Berry Blast Bath Fizzer

    Another generously sized bath fizzer but this time berry scented. Just as fruity in smell but very different to Pear & Freesia. Berry Blast comes in a simple 5 pointed star shape with purple and white marbling colouring throughout. Same price and same weight as Pear & Freesia.

    Foam & Fortune’s Berry Blast Bath Fizzer
    Sweet Pomegranate Soap Bar

    A nice, almost handmade looking bar of soap which smelt really good even though it was wrapped in plastic. Sweet pomegranate in scent, white red and pink in colour and only £3.50 for 140g.

    Foam & Fortune’s Sweet Pomegranate Soap Bar
    First impressions?

    These products look fun. Great sizes, brightly labelled with products that work well with each other and can be slotted nicely into a body care routine. Prices aren’t expensive and quite affordable and I genuinely would like to try this range out. Available in store (possibly store dependant) and online. So why not give these products a go? I hopefully will!

  • What My Kids Bought Me For Mother’s Day

    Whether Mother’s Day is an occasion you celebrate or not, it’s one day in a year that many people buy gifts for their mum’s, grandmother’s and other female relatives in the family. Is it easy to buy for these special women in our lives? Sometimes it is. But the shops online and in stores are ready to throw everything and anything at the public to purchase anything mildly floral, pink in colour or have the word ‘MUM’ emblazed on it. My kids were sweet enough to buy me gifts this year. So what did my teens buy me, not including the obligatory chocolate and sweets?

    My Mother’s Day gifts
    The Wizard Bath Bomb from Lush

    My daughter knows I love baths and we both love the film Wicked. She went into LUSH, found something shiny and Wicked connected and bought it (her words not mine). This is quite a weighty rounded bath bomb, which is striking thanks to it’s eye catching gold colour. The bath bomb has an image of the Wizard, from the film, almost carved into it. Slightly sinister in look but incredibly fun and different. Fragrance is quite earthy, a bit plant like and unusual but very nice.

    The Wizard bath bomb from LUSH
    ASDA’s Flower Market Reed Diffuser

    My son sneakily took a solo trip to our local ASDA and picked this up along with the candle counterpart. The box this comes in along with the diffuser bottle both have flower images on them, which makes it look incredibly pretty. Perfect for Mother’s Day gifting. Designed to last up to 8 weeks, I can’t wait to use this in my bedroom.

    ASDA’s Flower Market Reed Diffuser
    ASDA’s Flower Market Scented Candle

    This is in the same fragrance as the reed diffuser and comes in a large, glass jar with a wooden lid. Same labelling. The jar is clear but pink in colour and this is a whooping size (size/weight not on label but it’s massive). Unlike the reed diffuser I can get the smell of this by simply taking the lid of and its beautiful! It’s a sweet, feminine floral mixed in with a creamy citrus and it’s sooo good! Not an old fashioned or boring floral but a modern yet classic floral all at the same time.

    ASDA’s Flower Market Candle

    I think my kids did very well with these gifts! Whatever they bought me I would have appreciated. But I can tell they both put some thought into what they bought and asked the important question of ‘will my mum like this?’, especially where the home fragrance products are concerned. AND they didn’t spend a small fortune too! Well done kids!