Godliness? Surely you mean Dudliness?!!! (Lush Godliness Bubble Bar)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Lush Godliness Bubble Bar
Date:	23/06/09 (34 review reads)
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Advantages: There aren't any

Disadvantages: Bubbles don't last!

At Christmas Lush bring out some wonderful new items every year from individual items to lavish gift sets which make you drool at the mouth (well maybe just me!). However sometimes items are brought out for this festive period and only last a few months! Their popularity pretty much determines whether they will be brought out for a second year or not! And unfortunately for Godliness it was not put back on the shelf!

Godliness is actually Lush's French Kiss Bubble Bar and briefly bought at Christmas 2005, mildly improved and dressed in a Christmas choir boy disguise that resembles a childs play dough creation. At first, I was sceptical, essentially two balls of "dough" that fit together to form the head and body, one would think that these would be rolling all over the place, right? Not so! I was actually quite shocked at how well this adorable presentation was executed by Lush! However in the US Lush had ones with distorted colouring and instead of a purple body, this bubble bar was faded to fuchsia, and more often than not, his white collar would be squished and broken, making it difficult to find a Godliness that actually did Godliness justice. (Does that make sense?)

Once dissolved, you find yourself basking in mounds of bubbles atop a sea of beautiful violet waters which seem to possess far more intensive skin-softening properties than you usually get from a French Kiss Bubble Bar. Though French Kiss and Godliness share identical recipes, there is one major difference, Godliness additionally contains coconut milk, a natural skin conditioner. Yet owed to their similarities, one big problem specific to French Kiss remains, the rapid disappearance of bubbles.

Within minutes, your bath is bubble free, but at least you have that gorgeously hued water, with purple oft believed to symbolise both royalty and divine rebirth. And speaking of divinity, you might be pondering why Lush would repeat French Kiss for Christmas and name it Godliness. Well, the warming, just-potent-enough fragrance of fresh French provincial herbs actually gives its own answer away!

Though Lush calls this their "lavender-scented bath," other than the colour, lavender's sedative calm sadly plays very little role here. Instead, taking centre stage are eye-opening, mind-waking, circulatory rejuvenating rosemary and thyme. Rosemary is traditionally believed to rekindle the human spirit's flame, a symbol of regeneration that was offered to the gods by the ancient Romans, Egyptians, and Greeks! (And considering the cutting edge historical greatness of all three of these ancient

cultures and their high-held regard as some of the greatest god gift-givers of all-time, how could they possibly be wrong?)

Just a few handy tips about this bubble bar! 1. You will need to really crumble this under the water as without doing this it can become quite lumpy and will float to the bottom of the bath and be slightly uncomfortable! 2. Ensure you rinse your bath out after use as you don't want a purple stain around the bath, this even goes for using a white flannel, ensure you have it washed straight away as it may just remain lilac in colour!

What Lush say:-

"Naturally we have to have a Godliness choirboy Bubble Bar Slice to go with our Cleanliness chap. Godliness is an innocent, lavender scented choirboy, dressed in

imperial purple. He has the same perfume as French Kiss but in a much more godly form. Cleanse the kids (or yourselves) in a purple, rosemary, thyme and lavender bath to wash away your sins"

As I said before Godliness stuck around for the Christmas months and was quickly whipped off our shelves soon after. Unfortunately its popularity wasn't up to much and Lush decided not to bring it back which in a way is a real shame due to the fact that it was a great moisturiser. I have always mentioned that some limited editions come up on EBay but this one never has so unfortunately if you didn't try it the first time round your probably very unlikely to try it again but if in doubt use a French Kiss and apply some moisturiser on afterwards!!

Summary: Its a good job it is no longer available!