A bath fit for a Princess with no sense of smell! (Radox Herbal Bath Radiant Touch)

Member Name: Chantelly

Product:	Radox Herbal Bath Radiant Touch
Date:	24/04/07 (164 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Gorgeously soft water and HUGE bubbles

Disadvantages: It smells quite revolting

All Princesses need a big bubble bath, this particular Princess was also in a very bad mood and in need of a good soak (and a large bar of Dairy Milk!) This apricot coloured bubble bath has Acacia which is 'renowned to help heighten spirits and lift emotions' Sounds good!

+The Bath +

The neck of the bottle looks fairly narrow compared to Tesco's own big bottles so I turned the pot over and gave it a squidge. Don't do that! I had about a quarter of the bottle in the bath, it shot out at such a speed I couldn't stop it! So a gentle pour is all that is needed! I poured it under the hot tap and within seconds unsurprisingly I had about 5 inches of bubbles on the top of the bath.

I could smell an odd smell at this point. My son shot upstairs took one look at me and said 'Mum? Have you wet yourself?' He hit the nail on the head this smells slightly like urine, not so much that you'd smell of it after but I certainly wasn't impressed with the fragrance. Its almost like urine and flowers?

So, I got in, and the water was very soft, if a little smelly! It felt nice against my skin and not irritating. There were so many bubbles I felt like a girl in one of those adverts where the bubbles cover her modesty. I didn't feel particularly relaxed though, or very radiant! But it was an ok bath.

+ The Bottle +

This is made of recyclable plastic and is thin and tall, with a lovely little lid that looks like a button. It is clear and the label is attractive and looks quite posh. The liquid is the most gorgeous colour, its apricot coloured and a bit shimmery, I only bought this particular variety because it went with my bathroom!

+ Availability +

I have seen this in all the supermarkets, and chemists. There are also various other varieties in the range to pick from (which I strongly advise you to do!) They have different herbal mixes and say they do different things. I fancy trying the Milk one next, well, if its good enough for Cleopatra ....!

+ Price +

A 500ml bottle is £1.58 but Tesco's recently had a 2 for £2 offer, making it very cheap. Even £1.58 is a very reasonable price for a nice product. I sometimes buy Tesco's own 1 litre bottles of bubble bath and this is so much nicer although it is twice the price. You don't have to use too much of this so I'd say it would last a lot longer than Tesco's one if you didn't squish it in like I did!

+ Ingredients +

Apparently it also has a blend of natural herbs and minerals, but its all written in chemical speak on the ingredients list, possibly Cinnamon is in there somewhere (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Extract?). They don't state these natural ingrediants other than the Acacia, so we are none the wiser, in fact looking at the list it just looks like lots of the same things seen on most bottles. You have to use it up within 12 months of opening, which isn't too bad I suppose although my son is the onlyone using this bottle now because I'm too worried I'll go round stinking of wee!

+ Was it relaxing? +

It promises to be 'proven to relax' but I'm not too sure it did. A bath always relaxes me and I don't think this gave me any extra relaxation.

+ Did it heighten spirits and lift emotions? +

No lovies, I'll have to stick to the chocolate for that!

www.radox.co.uk

*** 3 stars as I'm going to try all the other variants because on the whole the product was gorgeous other than the smell. But it certainly lost 2 stars due to that!

Oh and my 2 year old daughter said it doesn't taste very nice she just tried to suck the lid while I was looking at the pack!

Summary: A bubble bath with Acacia to uplift spirits