A big pink disappointment (Lush The Comforter Bubble Bar)

Member Name: cezaweza

Product:	Lush The Comforter Bubble Bar
Date:	30/04/08 (142 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Turns your bath hot pink

Disadvantages: Doesn't justify the amount it costs

INTRODUCTION

I received the Comforter in a large ready made gift box from Lush that I was given for Christmas by my Aunt & Uncle. Upon getting it out the box, I was a little unsure as to what you are meant to do with it as it is unlike anything I've ever seen before! A quick look on the Lush website tells me that you use it in the bath by crumbling it under the running water. It is then meant to lather up to create a soapy bath. I wouldn't normally buy this kind of product as I prefer having showers as they are quicker and more convenient. But as I received it as a gift I decided to give it a try. Looking on the website (www.lush.co.uk), The Comforter normally costs £3.75 - ouch! I would never spend that much on one bath!


WHO ARE LUSH?

Lush have almost 100 small stores in the UK and Ireland. They sell skin and bodycare items such as shower gels, shampoo, soaps and belt melts. You can usually smell the stores before you can see them as most of their products are very smelly!
Lush are different to other bodycare manufacturers as they make most of their products from fresh and 'safe' ingredients. They also believe in protecting the environment as mush as possible and never test their products on animals. All their products are handmade with a sticker on them telling you when they were made, when to use the product by and who made it.


The Description of The Comforter According to Lush:

"A warming, fruity, fluffy bath to protect you from the big wide world. There are times when all you want to do is wrap up warm in a snuggly blanket and defend yourself against life's insurmountable problems. That's when you need the warm, pink, blackcurrant scented waters of The Comforter's reassuring presence. Take a long, soothing bath, have a good night's sleep (allowing your unconscious mind to do a lot of sorting out for you) and when the day dawns things won't seem so bad. Promise."

INGREDIENTS

Sodium Bicarbonate , Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid) , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Lauryl Betaine , Perfume , Titanium Dioxide , Cocamide DEA , Bergamot Oil (Citrus bergamia) , Cassis Absolute (Ribes nigrum) , Cypress Oil (Cupressus sempervirens) , *Limonene , *Linalool , Colour 45410 , Colour 17200

* Occurs naturally in essential oils.

The Lush website has a feature to click on the ingredients to find out more about each one.


PUTTING THE PRODUCT TO THE TEST

I decided to take a relaxing bath after a particularily stressful day at work. The product was not packaged at all, other than the big gift box it came in, so I simply took it out and began to run the bath. I noticed that the bar was very smelly already, it had a nice flowery, slightly fruity, soapy smell. I started to crumble the bar under the bath. It took me a while to crumble all of the bar under the water and as the bath was nearly full I turned the tap off and just dropped the rest of the bar in the bath to let it dissolve. In hindsight I probably could have got away with cutting the bar in two and getting two baths out of it, although I've no idea if the effects would be the same.

I got in the bath and noticed the water had gone bright pink! This was a nice treat for me as pink is my favourite colour. There was also a lot of bubbles which lasted right until the end of my bath. The smell had almost disappeared though oddly, I could still smell the flowery smell a little but it wasn't overpowering and I had to sniff hard to sense it!

My skin after I had finished the bath was just the same as ever, not particularly soft and didn't smell particularly flowery either!

OVERALL IMPRESSION

I'm a bit disappointed with this product as I was expecting something more from this considering how much it costs just for one use. The bath water went pink which was all well and good but other than that it wasn't particularly different from any other bath bomb out there (it terms of what it does, not ingredients). I doubt I will ever buy this, I will probably only ever use it again if someone buys it me.

Summary: Won't be buying it again