You can Bath(os) with me anytime! (Lush Bathos Bubble Bar Slice)

Member Name: elemental

Product:	Lush Bathos Bubble Bar Slice
Date:	11/02/09 (178 review reads)
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Advantages: Relaxing aromas, loads of bubble, heaven in a bar

Disadvantages: None realy

As some of you will know, I am still going through the items I received in my Serenity gift box from Lush. The next one out was the Bathos Bubble Bar Slice

The Price
According to the Lush Times it is currently £2.35 for 100g.

Appearance
Well I was sold on the appearance as soon as I saw the colour, which is a deep lilac purple colour.
It is shaped like a bar of soap only its twice the size. In the middle
there is a depressed square shape with the letter B embossed into it, with
green glitter (not sure why they put glitter in it.).
The texture is quite difficult to describe but I shall try and give you an
idea. When you rub your hand over it is quite rough and you can feel
a crystallised texture, yet you can also indent it if you squeeze it.

What is in it?
The are loads of oils and skin softening ingredients in Bathos here are just a few violet leaf absolute, rose absolute, jasmine absolute, ylang ylang oil and
clove oil to name a few. With ingredients like these I was chomping at
the bit to see what this was going to do for my skin, and my senses!
For full ingredients just check their website www.lush.co.uk.

How to use it
Just simply crumble the bar under the tap as you are running the bath.

My experience
I had decided that I didn't want to use the whole bar in one go, so I cut a third of it off with a knife. I had a little sniff of it in its solid form and it smelt quite medicated with just a hint of violet, which didn't impress me much.

When I first started to crumble it in the stream of water I found it a little
difficult, but the more that I crumbled it, the easier it was. The bubbles started to appear straight away, they were really thick white fluffy bubbles and there were loads of them!
The smell of violets was lovely and really strong and the water was a lovely pastel lilac.

I got into my bath and for the first time I could do what I had seen on all those bath adverts, tragic I know, but I totally covered myself in bubbles and they were so soft! Even the water was soft and silky, and I felt I had been enveloped into a silky cocoon.

The aroma was so strong but really pleasant and relaxing. There were high notes of violets and undertones of rose and jasmine, with a faint undercurrent of cloves. These scrumptious smells and the bubbles crackling away whisked me off into a dream world....
I was sitting under a tree on a summers day, watching the gentle summer rain come tumbling down into a field of violets and roses. As they released their fresh hazy aromas, I felt very relaxed and had a sense of inner calm.

The bubbles started to dissipate after 20 minutes or so, and I knew that this was my signal to get out of the bath (all be it reluctantly). Once I was dry my skin felt lovely and soft, and the smell lingered on my skin for approximately half an hour, but the aromas lasted in my bathroom for hours, which was lovely. It didn't upset my sensitive skin which was a bonus, however it didn't do anything for the dry patches either so I still had to use a moisturiser.

It did make the bath a little bit slippery but didn't stain it, and after giving it a little scrub it was fine.

Would I recommend this?
Yes, if you have never tried Bathos before go out and buy it. It is great to use after a hard or stressful day and it really does leave you feeling relaxed and calm. You don't even need to use a whole bar in one go because you get plenty of bubbles just using a third so it is a good price too.

Summary: You have to try it.