Tomorrow I'm going on a 4 hour flight to Lanzarote for this year's family summer holiday and I'm so excited! Before going, I thought it would be nice to treat myself to a relaxing Lush bath, and the Flowering Tea bubble bar seemed perfect.
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| Lush's Flowering Tea Bubble Bar |
Firstly, can we just appreciate how cute this bubble bar is? They really went to town with this one. It is literally a teabag. Anyone who knows me knows I love tea so this product looked as if it was made for me. It's white and shimmery with a purple string to add to the teabag effect. Judging by the name
Flowering Tea, you can probably guess it has a very floral scent. It has a fragrance combining orange blossom and jasmine. Its not like a smell I've ever experienced in a Lush shop - it's nice, but not my favourite as it is quite overpowering. But given the name, I was interested to see what else might come from this bubble bar. Though I'm not the biggest fan of heavy floral fragrances, I really like the products that include the flower petals; it makes me feel super relaxed and pampered.
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| Bubbles! |
From what I understood, I thought you dangled this bubble bar under the running water and bubbles would appear from it, but for me at least, that didn't seem to be the case. A few bubbles came from it, but not many, so I resorted to breaking it in half. This was quite difficult to do - you had to either slice it with your nail or try to find a crack in it somewhere. The petals that are inside are pretty purple cornflower sprigs, but they were tiny and there weren't very many of them. I crumbled one half of the bubble bar under running water which released more bubbles and the petals. The bubbles weren't huge but did spread across the whole of the water and not just bunch around the tap, which is what I find happens with quite a few bubble bars. The product didn't add any colour to the water. When in the bath, the water didn't feel very softening or moisturising like other Lush bubble bars such as my favourite, The Comforter, but when out of the bath my skin did feel fairly soft and I could smell the fragrance on my skin. The shimmer that the bubble bar was coated in didn't seem to translate in the water. You do have to clean the bath of cornflower petals afterwards, but it took no time at all.
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| Purple Cornflower petals |
This product is an exclusive to the Oxford Street Lush store, where I purchased 4 other bath goodies, two of which I have already reviewed on this blog. I don't think I would buy this one again. I was very enthusiastic about a tea-themed bubble bar, but just dissapointed with the end result. I know this product is reusable - I think it would last for 2-3 baths, depending on how generously you use it - but it was £4.95, which, in my opinion, is too expensive for what you get. I much prefer the Rose Queen bath bomb. It has larger petals, a nicer fragrance, turns you bath water pink, isn't an exclusive to the Oxford Street shop, and is £2.75. It is a smaller, one-time bath bomb, but if your looking for a petal-filled bath, I would recommend this one so much more. I think they still sell it - I couldn't find it my catalogue or on the website, but I have seen it in stores recently. However, I appreciate some people don't like the smell of rose or a larger petals.
I would recommend this bubble bar if you want a relaxing bath but don't mind cleaning the bath out quickly or want a floral bath without too many petals.
As mentioned, I'm on my jolly hollys in Lanazrote tomorrow, which means I won't be posting for a while. If you're going away, I hope you have a lovely time!
Until next time,
From,
Eleanor
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