Foam me up baby! (Lush Bath Foam)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Lush Bath Foam
Date:	10/08/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A little goes a long way

Disadvantages: No longer available

I never understood why Lush decided to discontinue their line of bath oils/ foams back in 1999. I always thought they were a good edition alongside the shower gels, bubble bars, ballistics and so on. Normally a cosmetics company always makes a bath oil, I understand Lush have plenty of bath ranges but something as simple as a bath foam is always a good buy and no doubt would of continued to be a great seller for Lush. As Dooyoo won't let me have my suggestion for my two favourite bath foams, I have decided to review them here!

Bathos

Oh my! How spoiled we Lushettes are! It's hard to recall life before Lush's Bubble Bar Slices, but Bathos Bath Foam serves as quite the reminder. The liquid Bathos Bath Foam is Bathos Bubble Bar Slice before Lush invented Bubble Bar Slices. (That which is liquid, Lush always aims to turn into a solid because solid product requires less packaging and preservatives.) Now, I love Bathos. I treasure its imperial violet (Napoleon's favourite flower), calming rose, sweet, seductive ylang ylang, aphrodisiac Queen Of the Night, mood-lifting bergamot (also said to jump start your libido), and a dash of spicy, soul warming clove. It's a most elegant, confidence boosting, ambrosian floral that graciously celebrates the mysterious power of womanhood. But the Bath Foam?

Well, Bubble Bars must be far more concentrated, because once this potently fragrant liquid concoction hits the water, its scent lacks intensity (even when you pour 1/5 of the 500g bottle into the tub to compensate.) And it's not purple like the Bubble Bar, but rather a pine green liquid which fails to capture the fragrance's feminine whiles, even as it becomes a pleasant pale green in the water.

The bubbles: they aren't quite as voluminous as what you get from a Bubble Bar. They are lighter, airier, and while they do manage to stick around, they still aren't as impressive as the towering, movie star sort you get from a Bubble Bar Slice. Part of me wants to say I feel let down (however gently) by this product, yet another part can't help but say "Be proud, my dearest Lush. You've come a long way, baby."

Floating Bath Oil

Considering this product's full descriptive name is "Floating Bath Oil", I know some might be sceptical, as most people complain when bath oils "float" on the water's surface. But never fear: "Floating Bath Oil" is just a fancy name; it doesn't float any more or less than your typical medium to light bath oil. Besides, the advantage to a liquid oil is that every skin type has the luxury of deciding just how much they'd like to put into their bath (whereas Lush's solid, single serving Luxury Bath Melts kind of decide
that for you.)

Plus, you can also use it as a body oil if you'd like! A little Dreaming Of Summer goes a very long way -- for an average-sized bath tub, dry skin will only need a capful at the most, while oily skin can use even less -- and this without compromising the fragrance's intensity. This not only guarantees that Dreaming Of Summer's toning and deep conditioning almond, grape seed oil, jojoba, and sunflower oils can be used by all skin types, but it also makes for a highly economical bath, considering one 250g bottle will give you anywhere from 10-20 baths easy.

As for the scent, Dreaming Of Summer's fragrance was the precursor to Lush's Summer Blues Bath Ballistic. Yet while the two smell similar, they are ultimately not precisely the same: where Summer Blues is a straight rose, orange blossom, and jasmine floral with a touch of lemongrass, Dreaming Of Summer additionally contains coconut oil, honeysuckle perfume, orange, and chamomile. Sure, it smells like a full-on floral in the bottle, but on the skin, it opens up with a slightly fresher, sweeter scent, as honeysuckle and citrus run through your imaginary summer garden like a cool breeze.

Yet where Summer Blues and Dreaming of Summer are identical is their aroma therapeutic anti-depressant effect, especially good for folks who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Both make perfect winter baths -- even more so with Dreaming of Summer, considering its rich oils require a particularly hot, soothing bath -- to be taken when you're immersed in the early darkness of midwinter eves, longing for a little sunlight to get your flagging spirit back on its feet again.

As I said above Lush's bath oils/ foams were discontinued in 1999 which I personally think was a real shame, I think they would have continued to carry on selling well as they proved a hit before. But whatever Lush's reasons for discontinuing them at least I have some fond memories! Maybe one day they will bring out another range! Unfortunately there is no real way of obtaining these products anywhere, even on EBay! And even if you could I doubt very much they would be the real thing especially as there is a sell by date on them!

Summary: Lush needs to bring them back!