Have you been painting the walls with toothpaste? (Lush Haagenbath)

Member Name: NikkiH

Product:	Lush Haagenbath
Date:	27/03/08 (111 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: ????

Disadvantages: Smelt awful

I had a brief stay in hospital this week after having an allergic reaction to some antibiotics. On my return home, knowing how much I adore Lush products, my mum had left a little parcel for me containing Haagenbath bath ballistic. This is one of the wide range of bath bombs produced by Lush, and one that I have never tried. I have not seen it that often in my local store to be honest, so thought it may not be one of their most popular products. I actually found out today that my mum was sent it from Ohio where she has a friend, but as she has an aversion to Lush, she knew I would give it a good, albeit temporary home. I do not think it is available in this country. Glad to be home, I took myself off to the bathroom with a new book, fluffy towel and my new bath bomb....truthfully my idea of bliss, and I did not plan to reappear for at least an hour.

I am sure any regular readers here will know that bath ballistics are cricket ball size bath bombs, which when added to water bubble and fizz as one of the main ingredients is Bicarbonate of Soda. Then depending on which one you have selected, there will be a mixture of divine oils and natural ingredients. They have many uses, mainly relaxation, but also pampering for the skin due to the moisturising qualities in a lot of the range, they also generally smell gorgeous and change the colour of your bath (*possibly permanently if you do not clean your bath post soak). The Haagenbath is bright pink with noticeable brown flecks throughout, which are actually flakes of chocolate. The appearance and name made me think I was in for a creamy strawberry bath, but my nose detected mint which initially concerned me as I find mint quite a medicinal scent. On adding the ball to the bath, the colour immediately changed to pink and this deepened to a cerise colour once it had all dissolved. However, this is where things started to go downhill as the minty smell became less and less subtle, and more overpowering. Where was the familiar cocoa scent or even a whiff of chocolate? Nowhere to be smelled. It was not good, and I did consider emptying the bath and starting again.

I only managed 5 minutes before I had to get out which has never ever happened to me before with any products from Lush. What a huge disappointment, and it also means I really cannot tell you if my skin benefitted. The scent lingered for ages and made it's way into my bedroom so I had to sleep with my windows open that night. I am not overreacting either, even my husband commented on it and asked if I had been painting the walls with toothpaste!!!! Sorry not for me, so it may be a good job it does not seem to be openly available here.

Summary: Not one of Lush's best offerings