I want to be green everyday! (Green Day)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Green Day
Date:	19/06/09 (36 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Its amazing!

Disadvantages: Doesnt seem to be available anymore

I think one of my favourite all time items from Lush are their bubble bars. I think they were a great invention and are still one of the best selling products of all time and I can see why. There is a great range and its constantly getting better with time. Some bubble bars have been around for ages and ages and are then moved onto the retro section. However I can never understand why such a popular item is discontinued and then never put on the retro shelf! Green Day is one such bubble bar which has been discontinued but was loved by many!

Do you know that feeling of rebirth in early spring, when Mother Earth and all her people slowly crawl out of winter's woodwork, flourishing with exuberance once again? The sun stretches out her arms as if to proudly proclaim "voilà!" as she reveals baby leaves and the budding of pristine pastels on rhythmically swaying trees. The grass gets greener and brighter, and public parks are

increasingly filled with the vibrancy of the inspired masses; people merrily jog and skate past one another, joyously releasing pent up energy. Couples casually stroll hand in hand, outdoor cafés buzz with the jovial whisper of conversation, and children fill the air's cool breeze with innocent laughter - am I being slightly over optimistic that we should actually get some sun this summer?!

Lush's Green Day has managed to take all of the above, package it into a green teardrop reminiscent of early morning dew and top it off with a celebratory forest green star placed on the top. A rather fragile design, in the store, you may find that this star looks a bit squidgy and sad, or that your teardrop is occasionally crumbled and cracked, its hues of green leaning towards unkempt woods rather than sunlit parks. But you know the old adage: "never judge a book by its cover." If the sales assistant hadn't actually told me that the bubble bar was in the shape of a tear then I would never of known, as each bar looks (apart from being the same colour and has the green star) all differently shaped - this owed to the fact that they are hand made!

Don't allow these presentational flaws deter you from seeing this Bubble Bar's incomparable inner beauty. Green Day's clean, fresh fragrance begins with earthy, mind-clearing nettle and cedarwood and ends with herbal clary sage, praised in aromatherapy for its ability to sedate, relieve stress (a specialist in relieving everything from headaches to postpartum blues), while simultaneously lifting the spirit to an exhilaratingly euphoric place. Grounding patchouli oil is also featured as an ingredient, but I challenge anyone, including the most passionate patchouli haters (including myself)- to pinpoint it here in what is simply a revivifying greens-in-the-misty-breeze perfume, guaranteed to be appreciated by anyone who welcomes the first sights, sounds, and scents of spring at winter's close, with "anyone" no doubt equalling everyone.

This wonderful bubble bar literally melts as soon as it touches the water dispersing its fantastic calming scent throughout the whole of the bathroom. The bath water does go an apple green colour which you surprisingly don't mind as its incredibly cheery! The aroma soon washes away any worries you had during the day. If your careful you can split the bubble bar in half and enjoy two wonderful bathes but it is quite fragile and may shatter into millions of pieces but if I were you I'd buy a few!

What Lush say:-

"Green Day brings the calm and stillness of the forest to your bathroom. If you want to escape your situation and imagine yourself taking a walk in the woods, take a good soak in this clarifyingly woody patchouli, nettle, clary sage and cedarwood bath. Green Day is the bubble bar for those trapped in the sprawl of urban greyness who are dreaming of sunshine in the forest"

Lush have only very recently discontinued this product and may have made it to the retro section if you haven't already spotted it. When it was originally sold in Lush it was around the £2.80 mark which I thought was an absolute steal!

Summary: Ideal for a relaxing bath