I'll Avobath anytime with this (Lush Avobath)

Member Name: NikkiH

Product:	Lush Avobath
Date:	26/04/08 (89 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Moisturises skin and smells gorgeous

Disadvantages: ?

In my quest to fall back in love with Lush products I am working my way through the range of bath ballistics, and this time round I chose the Avobath bath ballistic, which Lush claim is the "antidote to unhappy days". No particular reason, other than I do like Avocado, albeit the taste and not so much the smell. However, on picking this one up, it has a slight fruity fragrance which I am sure is down to the oils, as avocado doesn't have that pungent a smell in my opinion. On returning home, I did some research and discovered that this product includes the expected avocado and base olive oil, with the additional fragrance coming from the inclusion of lemongrass, bergamot and rosewood oil. I really love bergamot and am hunting for perfumes which have it in.

Not unexpectedly, the ballistic is green in colour, and about the size of a cricket ball with the Lush logo carved out of the top. There are no "bits" in this ballistic which a lot of people find irritating rather than them being a positive feature, there is a small amount of glitter though. As with most Lush products, they do work out expensive on a per bath basis, but for a treat I can justify the cost no problem. To be honest sometimes, half of a bath ballistic is enough for one bath if you want a more subtle fragrance. The normally involves me wrapping it in a flannel and dropping it hard onto the floor to make it break in two. Other people use razor blades but I value my finger ends so I will perservere with my current method. Anyway, I used the full ballistic last night, and as soon as it hit the water, the fruity smell coming from the now bubbly mint green water seemed to fill my bathroom, and it was gorgeous. It would be perfect for an invigorating pre work morning bath as I felt like my senses were woken up by the fragrance. With the colour of the water and the scent, my bathroom felt almost tropical.

As soon as I got into the bath I could feel the oils covering my skin, but when I got out my skin felt really soft as opposed to just oily which was lovely. I tend to have very dry and sometimes painful elbows which defy even the best body lotions, but I could feel a slight improvement in how they felt, which on reading more is down to the lemongrass and avocado, which also claim to leave you feeling energised, and that claim was most certainly backed up with how on felt. In fact, I felt more like hitting the town than hitting the sack! The fragrance also lingered, and if Lush could bottle this it would be a top seller I am sure.

The bath was easy to clean afterwards and other than the odd speck of glitter there was no residue. This product is a winner for me, and has cemented my feelings for Lush and it's products. Yes they make be some duff ones along the way, but then I come across a gem like this and my faith is restored. Avobath will be a regular in my bathroom from now on. It weighs 180g and costs £2.60 and is available from your local Lush store or by ordering from www.lush.co.uk.

Summary: My love affair starts again with this winner