Magic Bath Bomb

I have heard so many good things about this bath bomb and have only come across perhaps two bad reviews. With this - and the fact that it has been a regular in the Lush Kitchen this year - I decided to purchase some and experience this for myself.

Upon unwrapping this bath bomb from it's Lush Kitchen paper, I could instantly smell the peppermint oil and the rose absolute; the peppermint oil was the stronger aroma of the two. I absolutely love minty smells and Dirty Springwash shower gel is like heaven to me, so when I smelled Magic, I knew I was going to love the scent that I was about to bathe in.

Whilst I was bathing in the magical waters, I noticed that the floral and minty aromas of this bath bomb merged to create an herbal - almost medicinal - smell. Sounds disgusting right? It really isn't.

For those of you who don't like minty smells, when I say that the peppermint is the stronger smelling ingredient of the two, the scent is overpowering, it's a very subtle minty-floral smell, one that a none-mint lover wouldn't turn their nose up at is disgust.

The Magic bath bomb shares the same shape as the favourite The Experimenter bath bomb and holds the same wonders as it's counterpart.

When I popped this beauty in the bath, I was so surprised by how fast it fizzed! I had to hold it still for a bit so that I could take photos and even then, blue was spurting out of the bath bomb like wildfire.

After about 30/40 seconds, a reddish/pink started to erupt from Magic and caused the colour of the water to remind me of the colours of the Twilight bath bomb. Pink started to merge with blue and then it created a beautiful blue/purple towards the end of it fizzing.

Whilst Magic was fizzing away, but of parsley sprig were released and floated on the surface of my bath. I'm not really sure what the purpose of these was; they didn't really add anything to the bathing experience. There were about five little sprigs of parsley that were released but they didn't get in the way and were very easy to get out of the bath once I had finished.

To be completely honest, I was disappointed with how fast it fizzed. From reviews that I have read, I thought that it would be like Frozen or Dragons Egg where it would be foamy and take it's time to release its gorgeous colours. Alas, this wasn't the case and after double and triple checking the ingredients, there wasn't any cream of tartar used for Magic, which meant one thing: there definitely wasn't meant to be any foam. Just pure, fast fizzing.

I also didn't find Magic to be as moisturising as other bath bombs that I have used from Lush, this was also disappointing again because I have read many reviews where it stated that Magic was moisturising. Had I used a faulty bath bomb? I had only used it about a week after receiving it in the mail...

But even though I had a couple of experiences with Magic that didn't live up to my expectations, the smell was absolutely divine and made me feel completely relaxed and my mind felt at ease after a very stressful day. The colour of the water was gorgeous and I also heard the tweeting of the birds which also made my mind feel calm.

The smell of the bath bomb lingered on my skin for a good few hours which was very impressive and I woke up the next morning and I could still smell Magic in my hair which was awesome.

I will be trying out this bath bomb again, just to see if the one I used to write this review was faulty. If it turns out that it was indeed faulty, I shall update this review immediately.

Overall, this bath bomb wasn't as good as everyone was making it out to be but I was still very impressed with the colour of the bath, the fantastic aromas that filled my bathroom and how long the smell clung to my skin after exiting the bath.

Demo:

Description on Lush:

A powerful pool of positivity. Swirls of turquoise, purple and blue make this herbal-blended, dual-layered bomb a mystical medley. As the marjoram oil and rose absolute fizz away feel your cares fly free. Then basil and peppermint oil refresh the senses, ready to release the bomb's fresh parsley sprig... and with it your wish (just remember to keep it a secret!)

Ingredients:

Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Marjoram Oil, Rose Absolute, Basil Oil, Peppermint Oil, Eugenol, Geraniol, Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Linalool, Colour 17200, Colour 42090, Colour 19140, Fresh Parsley Sprig

Price:

£3.95/each

vegan:

Yes

Rating:

xoxo

Kirsty