4 girls 3 purple things 2 tsunamis and 1 red Deano (Lush Bath Ballistics in General)

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Product:	Lush Bath Ballistics in General
Date:	29/08/02 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: The best bath of your life

Disadvantages: Total cost of £22.62 is a bit expensive

I just had the most incredible bathtime experience of my entire life, thanks to a trio of purple products which arrived in the post this morning. I haven’t had such fun since I shared a bath with Charliechuckle.

I was tired, fed up, and feeling a bit low and miserable today. Dunno why. Just one of those days. I was so fed up I didn’t even open my post. There were two parcels, and I didn’t even look at them until the little monster was put to bed.

Two of the purple items came in a Lush package: an Ickle Baby Baff bath ballistic and a Bathos bubble bar slice.

The third purple item came in plain wrapping, thankfully, but if you read one of my previous ops, you’ll know all about the device in question.

I was moved to make this third purchase after an interesting chat on the Sunday morning of the Ciao meet in Birmingham. During that girlie natter, with Cheekychicken, Trampus, KarenUK and Moose, (you know at least two of them from Dooyoo!)we had an in-depth discussion on, ummmm how can I put it, equipment for providing feminine fun, and the item in question came highly recommended.

Unfortunately, poor old Deano76 was the only man present at that rather graphic conversation and I think he was a little embarrassed. In fact, his face was rather similar in hue to that of the Purple Pulsator by the time we finished! (Whoops, I wasn’t supposed to mention the name of it!) Anyway, on my return from Brum, and in the name of consumer education, I decided to take the girls’ advice, and made an order on the net.

So, back at my house, all was quiet. The little monster had gone to sleep. I was alone. I opened a bottle of wine and sank the first glass in double quick time. I eyed my purple plunder. Two of the items were bath products, and the other was marked “waterproof”, so emboldened by my large glass of red, I thought, why not?

I needed a pick-me-up, and boy did my titilla
ting triumvirate pick me up!

I went to the bathroom, lit some candles, ran the hot tap and threw in A WHOLE BATHOS BAR AND THE WHOLE BALLISTIC!

This ridiculously expensive and hedonistic act is known as a “bath cocktail” in the Lush catalogue….a combination of a bubble bar slice and a bath ballistic used at the same time.

Ickle Baby Baff, I am sad to say, was supposed to be a gift for my daughter. Oh well. Mummy’s need was greater; I can always order more. It contains lavender, sandalwood and camomile and is supposed to aid relaxation. Being a bath bomb, it contains sodium bicarbonate, which makes it fizz like an Alka Seltzer, and they cost 95p each.

It's pale lavender in colour, and not spherical like the other bombs, but flat on one side, and with a sweet, cherubic little 3D face embossed on the other. It is supposed to be great for soothing fractious children off to sleep.

Bathos bubble bar slice is a beautiful shade of deep purple (my favourite colour) and contains predominantly violet oil, with a dash of rose, jasmine and ylang ylang. It smells like those Parma Violet sweets you used to buy as a child, but with an underlying sexy, slightly heavier floral bouquet. It’s a pillow-shaped, crumbly bar with the name “Bathos” embossed on the top and gilded with sparkly powder. It costs £1.65 and I would normally make one last four or five baths.

The combination of the two products was quite remarkable. Bubble bar slices are pretty good at making bubbles, but the added agitation of the ballistic’s fizzing action seemed to make it even better. I soon had a glorious violet-tinted bath topped with a mountain – and I mean a MOUNTAIN - of silky white bubbles.

And the smell…..oh the smell was out of this world. My bathroom was a steamy, sensuous, sweetly scented candlelit paradise. I shed my clothes and slid into the softly perfumed depths. The wat
er, filled with all manner of essential oils, felt like silk on my skin. I lay back and relaxed, and felt the tension ease out of me. It was heaven.

But then I realised I had forgotten my third purple pleasure giver. I ran downstairs, dripping white foam from every limb (kind of spoilt the mood, but I coped), grabbed the package and hunted around in the kitchen drawer for some batteries.

Back upstairs, I slid back into the fragrant tub, wallowed for a moment to regain my sense of wellbeing, and removed the item from its package.

Can I just say that even if an item which contains batteries (such as an electric toothbrush for example), says it is waterproof, one should be careful not to completely submerge it, for the sake of safety. Water and electricity don’t mix.

That said, the item (which I have affectionately named Prince) is a wonderful product that I thoroughly recommend. The only downside was that in my enthusiasm to test it fully, I caused a bit of a tidal wave and doused my candles. Twice!

I can’t really say any more about that final item here, as it isn’t the right category and I’ll only get low ratings if I put a review in the wrong category, won’t I?

So I will simply close by saying that I left my bath feeling wonderfully relaxed, almost boneless in fact! My skin was flushed, but incredibly soft and I actually slept for an hour afterwards. I awoke feeling refreshed and very happy. I heartily recommend the Bathos bubble bar and the Ickle Baby Baff bath ballistic, especially when used in conjunction with each other (and the PP!).

I have used the Ickle Baby Baff on its own, and that is lovely too, although not quite so much fun ;O). But it is wonderful for your skin and the perfume is gorgeous, and it is the cheapest ballistic Lush sell. They do an "adult sized" version, called Waving Not Drowning, but I've always found the Ickle packs plenty of punch
for me.

Lush's catalogue, Lush Times, has details of other suggested bath cocktails, using different ballistics and bubble bar slices. You can experiment with your own combinations, but it's an expensive luxury, and only really worth doing for very special occasions or pick-me-ups.

Lush items are available from the web site at www.lush.co.uk, or at Lush shops throughout the country. I’ll tell you where the PP is available from if they ever put up a category for it ;O)

Have to go now….Prince and I have to party…..like it’s 1999!

Allie xx

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