Fickle with Ickle Baby (Lush Ickle Baby Baff Bath Ballistic)

Member Name: NikkiH

Product:	Lush Ickle Baby Baff Bath Ballistic
Date:	13/04/08 (106 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Price

Disadvantages: Doesn't deliver on it's claims

I know I have been selfish with my choice of Lush products lately, so on my visit last week, I picked up the Ickle Baby Bath Ballistic for my daughters. My 8 year old uses a lot of the main range of Lush products, but with my 3 year old I tend be more wary of using anything in her bath which could cause her to slip of may be too strong for her skin. Also the cost of the products comes into it, a £3+ product just chucked into the bath would not be appreciated by my daughters, so as Ickle Baby is priced at £1 it is a great alternative, and still allows them to feel that they are having a grown up bath. This product is not a traditional ball shaped bath ballistic, it is a flat sun shaped product with a smily face etched onto it, and is roughly 30g in weight compared to 200g+ for the standard ballistics. I have looked around for something to compare to in size, and the nearest I have come is a hob nob biscuit!!! The initial fragrance that is apparent is lavender, but the shop assistant informed that it also included chamomile and sandalwood oil, all which combine to give a very subtle but pleasant scent. The reason this product is targeted at children is that sandalwood is a mild sedative, so is perfect with the relaxing properties of the other oils to wind your children down and prepare them for a calm and restful bedtime.

On putting Ickle Baby in the bath there is a satisfying fizz which never fails to excite the children. There is no change to the colour of the water, and there is no aroma once the ballistic had melted. I was a little disappointed and so were the girls who complained at the lack of colour and bubbles. To them it felt like a plain water bath which will just not do. The bath was not slippy and when they got out of the bath there was very little residue, and the girls' skin did not feel or smell any different. As for the calming influence of the bath bomb, I am not convinced as my girls seemed the same as they normally do, but then bedtime is not a battle in our house anyway, so maybe I am looking for improvements where they are not needed. The next morning their skin felt quite scaly and dry, and my eldest who suffers from excema had a pretty bad flare up which I would have to put down to the lavender which I have suspected in the past has irritated her skin, but now that is confirmed.

Even if my children's skin had been fine, this is a product I would not buy again. It wasn't fun, it didn't live up to it's claims, and frankly they wanted colour and bubbles, which I can get from so many other products.

Summary: Let down product from Lush