Who hasn’t heard of the fragrance Snow Fairy? It’s one of those scents that has inspired some of the fragrances of cleaning, home fragrance and bath and body products. If you are a fan of Snow Fairy, you can get your hands on this scent nearly anywhere. But when I first heard of this fragrance, this was because the store LUSHevery year releases products using this scent including theirSnow Fairy Bath Bomb. I bought this during their Boxing Day Sale earlier this year as part of a collection.
Snow Fairy Bath Bomb by LUSH
Why did I use this?
Is it wrong that I’ve never used a LUSH product from their Snow Fairy range? Well I haven’t, up until using this. I wanted to see why people go crazy over this and whether it was worth all the fuss.
What does it look like?
A large, round, chalky textured bath bomb with two separate ‘looks’ on each side of it. One side is pink with a white snowflake shape sat over it. The other side is white with a blue snowflake shape. Gently dusted with an iridescent fine glitter/pigment giving it a delicate shimmer. This looks so pretty and is generously sized too.
Fragrance
Snow Fairy is quite sweetie like in scent. To me it smells like a mix of fruity sweets with a hint of candyfloss.
In the bath
I placed Snow Fairy Bath Bomb on top of an already run, warm bath. It fizzed, it span around like crazy and immediately started to bleed colours of pink and a little blue. It took no time for the water to go completely pink while sat on the top was a small amount of foam. The bath bomb took awhile to dissolve and did leave some fragrance in the bathroom, although could have been stronger. Would I call this bath bomb art? Not quite, but it was still an inviting looking bath!
What I was surprised about was this was actually quite a moisturising bath bomb. I could feel the water hugging on the more drier areas of my body and my skin felt soft too. Overall I enjoyed being in this bath. Very relaxing, and my skin out of the bath wasn’t stripped of moisture and didn’t irritate my already irritable skin.
Recommended?
I really liked Snow Fairy Bath Bomb. It was beautiful in appearance, great fragrance, good size and created an enjoyable looking and feeling bath. There’s no doubt this is a good quality bath product and one I would happily buy, use again or gift to someone. So this get’s a thumbs up from me and I am officially a Snow Fairy Fan! Christmas 2023 here I come!
Another month disappearing quicker than a car chase in the Fast & Furious franchise! We are now in the 7th month of the year. Wow and HOW? This the perfect opportunity for me to go over the products I used in the month of June, and remind myself what I loved, disliked or felt indifferent.
I don’t use this all the time but when I do it reminds me how much I love this product! It smells amazing, enjoyable to use and leaves my skin feeling AMAZING! This is definitely one of my favourite body scrubs of ALL TIME! Well done Scentsy!
Fun and colourful packaging, look and size wise ok but Aldi’sLacura Sugarered Berries Bath Bomb just didn’t quite pack a punch fragrance wise for me, so wasn’t on my repurchase list. I have noticed this is down from £1.99 to £1.49 in my local store, but even that won’t tempt me to buy it again.
I’m a massive fan of Glow’s wax melts and wax melt snap bars. I was incredibly lucky to receive two products from their new candle range. Fragranced in Fairy Laundry and Magical Dreams, these beautiful scented candles were a joy to use and hope they will be available in a bigger size!
These were a great find in my local store at £1.00 for a boxed set of TWO bath bombs! Good quality and great price. I enjoyed these bath bombs from Aldi much more than the previous one I tried (Sugared Berries). Great for personal use and for gifting.
Bright orange in colour, smells like plants, I wasn’t a fan of The Body Shop’s Carrot Wash Energising Face Cleanser. I’ve used nicer and more effective cleansers that have been more affordable than this one. Not something I will be buying for myself or for others.
The Body Shop’s Carrot Wash Energising Face Cleanser
My first product from The Inkey List. An interesting textured moisturizer which is good on the face and brilliant on the pocket too. A good product to use when layered with other skincare products. This is designed for the normal skin type with no real issues or problems.
A great find for 99p in Home Bargains (it costs much more than this usually). But I found Honest’s Gently Nourishing Shampoo+Body Wash an ‘ok’ product that did the job. I’ve used nicer body washes on myself and my daughter and I probably won’t buy this again.
Just when I thought I couldn’t love Aldi products more I tried one of their wax melts that was gifted to me. Great packaging, lovely scent and I now need to try more of the fragrances! Only £1.49!
Aldi’s Hotel Collection No 4 Freesia & Pear Wax Melt
Regardless of the time of year whether it’s freezing cold or roasting hot, I have to have a bath. A bath is part of my evening routine where I wash my body, relax, unwind and hopefully read a few pages from my chosen book at the time. Since I love baths so much I like to use different bath products and try out new ones when I can. Recently I felt it was the perfect opportunity to delve into my stash of bath products and grab something I haven’t used before which was Bath Beauty Babe’s (formally known as Jenny Makes For You) Bath Pop. I bought this with other products some months ago, and it cost £3.50.
Bath Beauty Babe’s Bath Pop
Why did I buy this?
I originally bought this because it looked fun. It sounded like it would be really good for my skin, more pampering than a bath bomb or fizzer and it was affordable.
What’s a Bath Pop?
Lollipop in shape and made from cocoa butter with added fragrance, when placed in running warm water, it will melt to create a bath soak. Made to be moisturising and comforting on the skin. It’s a bath product that is reusable and not just for one bath which provides great value and another reason for me to purchase it.
How does it look?
This bath pop is roughly 3 inches in diameter and disc shaped. Half is blue in colour and the other a light raspberry red shade. Slightly domed in shape with a swirled pattern moulded into it, giving it texture and a more 3D appearance. To finish off the look at the bottom of this bath pop is a stick, which is what you hold when placing in the bath.
Fragrance
There’s a chocolate scent to it. It verges closer to a dark chocolate scent with a hint of orange. It’s not strong or sickly. Very pleasant to smell and not the scent you would thin it would be based on how it looks which was interesting.
How to use
Hold this under warm running water to allow this to melt or swirl it around in a ready filled warm bath.
In the bath
I held this under warm running water. While the water got hotter, I could see the colour almost running off the bath pop, and the actual shape of it changing and getting smaller as it melted away. Small coloured droplets which looked oil like was left behind in the bath once I put the bath pop away. No bubbles, no foam. This looked more like a bath treatment/soak. So not the most inviting looking bath to get into but definitely not boring!
While in the bath, I could immediately feel the now melted cocoa butter clinging onto my skin. Perfect opportunity for me to rub this into extra dry areas such as feet, elbows and knees. Those droplets of colour now merged together and were more dark grey by this point, so not as pretty as before. The fragrance was there while using this but fainter compared to taking it out of it’s packaging, but still a nice scent.
Out of the bath
My skin felt very moisturised when I got out of the bath. If you’ve ever used raw ingredients such as shea or cocoa butter, you will know there is a greasiness to them. This is what I expected from this bath pop, which it was and I loved it. I didn’t need to apply a body lotion or cream after my bath as my skin didn’t need it. This layer of protection it provided lasted a good amount of time after, even when I threw my clothes on.
My top tips for using this Bath Beauty Babe’s Bath Pop
Wash and clean your body before using this. I would call this more a treatment rather than a way to cleanse the body on the skin. So jump in the shower with a shower gel, soap etc, have a wash, and then sit in the bath and use this.
Use a body scrub. Get rid of all dead skin cells before using the bath pop but after washing the skin, so the cocoa butter from this product soaks into fresh and juicy skin and won’t be sitting on old skin cells.
Pat your skin dry. Don’t grab a towel and roughly dry your skin and rub most of this off! Gently pat so the bare minimum of the cocoa butter comes off but your skin will still be covered in melted Bath Pop.
Who won’t like this
If you want foam and bubbles this isn’t for you! Or if you don’t like oily or greasy textures you won’t like this. This does leave the bath a little slippy so you would need to wash this bath out straight away! It doesn’t stain the bath but will leave a mess. So if the aftermath doesn’t appeal to you or worried about slipping e.g age, mobility, give this a swerve.
Recommended?
I would definitely buy and use this again! This is such a fun bath product to use, can be used more than once and left my skin feeling so good. AND very affordable for a handmade product too! So not only would I repurchase this I would recommend this to those who want a moisturising and pampering treat for the body.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem as if Bath Beauty Babe currently are making and selling their bath, body and skincare products. But if they do, be assured I will be stalking them for their Bath Pop!
I’m always on the look out for new products, especially for the bath. When you love your baths as much as I do its easy to go through different fragrances and different forms of bath time treats. So when something comes up that is different and unusual, it will always grab my attention. I was given by a friend The Body Shop‘s Banana Bath Blend. I’ve never seen or heard of this before which meant I NEEDED to use it.
The Body Shop’s Banana Bath Blend
What’s a Bath Blend?
Bath Blends harness the powers of fruit and vegetables. They combine vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to create a moisturising and nourishing bath product to provide a decadent and above average bubble bath.
Packaging
250ml of bath blend comes in a screw top lidded clear bottle. You can see the bath blend in it, with the labelling complimenting the colour of the blend perfectly with its hues of green, orange, yellow and brown. Very earthy in appearance and strangely enough could easily be mistaken for a milk based drink because of how it looks and its contents. Very appealing!
Fragrance
I was praying this wouldn’t smell artificial and fake and thank god it didn’t! Banana is an odd scent which could go horribly wrong as it’s not the easiest scent to create. This smelt to me of chopped up slightly ripened bananas. Drizzled with a touch of honey and a dash of cream thrown on top. It’s creamy, sweet but not sickly and has an almost vanilla like element to it. Truly beautiful, true to life and not for drinking!.
Consistency
Its not a gel or a bath cream. It’s milky/creamy yellow in colour and has quite a thinnish consistency to it, but not too watery. If you have ever tried a bath milk I would say this is similar when poured out.
In the bath
I didn’t need to use much of this. Under warm running water this lathered up like a dream and created ALOT of foam/bubbles. Underneath the foam the water was a very pale yellow colour. But it was the scent that got me. Exactly the same as what I smelt in the bottle, but mixed with warm water in a warm room it truly was beautiful. Not heavy, not too strong, very comforting and yummy and just the perfect scent to help set the scene for a great bathing experience.
On the skin
Very kind and gentle while in and out of the bath. No drying of the skin, no irritation, and I didn’t walk around smelling like a milkshake!
Recommended?
Unusual fragrance. concentrated formula, created lots of bubbles and was gentle on my skin? Definitely recommended! It’s a great bath product which is different because of how it smells and it’s consistency and creates a fabulous bath. The Bath Blend not only comes in banana, but also berry, mango and pear! Each one costs £8.00 which is more than your average bath soak but it IS different! VisitThe Body Shop online to grab your fruity bath time bath blends.
