Yog Nog soap review

I got the Yog Nog soap in November. For some reason, I didn't order it in my Christmas haul but when I smelt it in-store I had to buy it. 

It smells slightly like coffee - spicy but sweet. Very hard to explain! But the scent is lovely. 

I'm using it at the moment, and unfortunately this may be the first LUSH product I haven't finished. 

It is very squishy and thick. I don't like this, but even more so I am sick of being covered in the bits from the top of the soap. In pictures, it looks just like cocoa powder or something? But in actual fact it is lumpy bits and pieces of what I can only describe as dirt-like bits. I have to rinse the shower around after using this soap, every SINGLE time. And it's been a couple of weeks and it is still on there! 

Smell is good, and I would use again if I got a piece without all the bits on the top. 

Butterball bath bomb

Like I said in the previous post, I got the Honey Farm gift set in August. I LOVED the yellow wrapping paper, I reused it! 

In the set above is Raining Men shower gel, HIWTK soap, butterball bomb, soft couer massage bar and honey bee bath bomb. Butterball is the little white one. 

I don't have a bath (waaa I know pity party for me), so I gifted Honey Bee to my aunt, and decided to do a foot spa with butterball. 

It smelled nice, not my favourite scent but still lovely. Those little dots you can see on the photo are bits of butter. 

It made my feet lovely and soft, however the butter made the tub and my feet very greasy and icky. This may not be the case if you used it in a bath but I'm not sure. 

I think next time I will go for something less intense for a foot spa

Honey I Washed the Kids soap

I got the Honey Farm gift set in August, and it had the HIWTK soap in it. I got the shower gel equivalent back in May for my birthday, but I hadn't got to using it. 

I'm not sure why, but I started using the soap. 

It smelled very different to the shower gel for some reason, still sweet but very different. 

Like all Lush soaps, it didn't lather very well (no biggie) but it also ran out VERY quickly. 

I have eczema on my hand, and while using this soap, my eczema flared up very badly, and it stung a lot when it went on my hand. 

Overall, I'm not that impressed with it. I didn't pay for it, so that's not the issue. It just wasn't up to lush standards for me 😢 

Sweetie Pie shower jelly

I think that the shower jelly was the first Lush item I stumbled upon, along with Bubblegum lip scrub. The shower jellies intrigued me - both sweetie pie and whoosh smelled delicious and looked so fun! I bought both. 

I bought them way back in May, when it was cold and rainy. Not only did I have other items to use up, but I wanted to save them for summer as you can chill and freeze them. 

Initially, sweetie pie was lovely to use. At first I was unsure whether I rubbed the whole thing over my body, or if I pulled a bit off, but it ended up being too hard to pull a bit odd, so I used the whole thing. It would fall in the ground as it was so slippery, and eventually big chunks began to fall off and down the drain. 

It didn't last very long at all. Between falling apart and being small in general, it lasted about 10 days which isn't worth $8 in my eyes. 

It was very nice when I froze it and used it on my sunburn and sore feet. 

Blackberry bath bomb

As you may know I don't have a bath 😪 so I had not tried a bath bomb up until this point. 

My mum and Aunty came up and visited me for a weekend back in July (I know this is WAY overdue!) and we called into Lush. We were all staying together in a motel, which had an amazing bath! So we popped in to grab a bath bomb. 

My mum has a very particular scent - she doesn't like anything too strong or too fruity, so after smelling everything we decided on Blackberry. I wish we had got more than one to try out! 

That night, it was stormy and cold out, and I ran the bath first, cut the bomb in half and then let the magic happen - it was glorious!! The bath was really big, and I only used half of the bomb so it wasn't as dark and strong as I think it should have been, but still amazing. It smelled delicious, and there was a cute but of paper inside saying "boom!" Which was adorable. 

My mum loved it! 

The only thing was it left a dark purple run around the bath (not that we really cared as we didn't have to clean it!) but if it were my own bath I would be a bit cautious. 

Overall it was marvellous! 

Lush Miranda review

This post is well overdue - I finished trying Miranda months ago! Better late than never! 

So Miranda was one of the first Lush items I ever bought. I remember being in the store and smelling everything and trying everything out and deciding on Miranda for the soap. 

It is a lovely, light green colour and smells Devine. Very fruity, so if you aren't into fruity scents this probably isn't for you! It sat in my room for awhile before it was its turn to be used, and it made my whole room smell amazing. 

I shouldn't have cut it into smaller bits before I used it, as it was initially way too big to comfortably lather up with. However, like with all Lush soaps, it disappears rapidly. 

As Miranda got used up, all the pulpy kiwi fruit seeds etc from the soap began coming out and clogging up my drain. Not so happy with that part, but I guess you could ask for a piece that didn't have too many seeds on/in it! The photo above is again taken from Google, and mine was covered in black kiwi seeds. 

All in all it was pretty average for me. It was lovely smelling, but for $8 per 100g it certainly did not last long enough. If you want to give it a go, ask for a sample at your local store before committing to a big slice! 

Snowman Fun Kit review!

I am still here guys! It's been awhile and I have plenty of reviews to add! 

As you might have seen, I bought my lush mid-winter Christmas haul back in July. However, the real Christmas edition this last October/November/December had some additional items and I couldn't help myself!

In October I headed into the city to meet my aunt at te airport, and I couldn't help but go into Lush! I planned on only buying a gift for my aunt and some Rub Rub Rub shower scrub for myself. I got the scrub, and a honeybee bath bomb for my aunt. But I was too drawn to all the lovely Christmas items not to get anything! So I grabbed a Snowman Fun Kit and a block of Yog Nog soap. 

I have plenty of things that I need to use up, but in the lead-up to Christmas I felt inclined to get Christmassy and use the Fun kit. I also had my brothers over and I wanted them to have a go with it! 

So I stole this image below from Google because I forgot to take photos! 

At the store, there was the option of the Fun kit in the pot above, or in plastic like the other Fun Bars. Of course I chose the pot, because not only can I add to my free face-mask collection, but I thought it would be much less messy when it is contained! 

I was very happy about the pot - I was able to take it in the shower with me and have no worries about it getting wet like the other fun bars, and could easily put leftovers back in nice and tidily. 

I loved the smell of it - kind of fruity, apparently it is carrot oil that gives it this scent, but don't be alarmed it's nothing like carrots! 

The colours looked so lovely in the pot. The majority was white for the snowman body, and then a little orange and black for the decorations. I am glad that there were only small amounts of the orange and black. The colours were ridiculously dark and runny. The minute they touched a little water, there was colour everywhere. Not so great when you have little people splashing around, with black going all over the walls. It also can't be great for the skin, all that dye. 

However, that was the only negative? And once we used up the colours, all was fine. 

All in all, another great Lush product, which provides entertainment for the kids. They now know Lush as the "play dough soap shop" hehe