reviewing lush products because this is my life now, part 4: golden egg bath bomb
Making poor financial decisions again! (well, actually, my girlfriend’s gramma asked about it and she bought a couple for her to try, and insisted getting me one lmao)
No sob story to go along with it this time. Stuff sucks on my end, but there’s nothing new.
Among LUSH’s offerings, I think the bubble bars are probably the most worth it - while the bath bombs seem nice, I think you just get more mileage out of the bubble bars, especially when divvied up.
Still, we got a couple to try out, one of which being this funny egg shaped one smothered in glitter. I don’t know what possessed me to get one of these, but I came home with it. I was immediately reminded of why glitter is often called some variation of craft herpes - this shit gets everywhere. At the very least, it’s easy to clean. I decided to use this one first out of the couple things I picked up.
Underneath the shitload of glitter lies a very waxy, half-yellow half-blue Vivec looking ass egg. At the very least, the assault to the tactile senses doesn’t last long once it’s in the tub. It spins a lot in the tub and makes this yellow and blue trail, which is cool. Once everything calms down, you’re left with a tub fulla Mountain Dew. Like, this thing is green. Like, fictional depictions of nuclear green.
And it glitters, though it’s a subtle glitter - even with my terrible vision I was able to see it. Admittedly, I think part of it is the sheer fallout that can leave before it’s even in the tub: my hands were covered in glitter and I think I handled it pretty sparingly. Still, for my fellow coochie connoisseurs, you may wanna especially steer clear of messing with yours when you’re in a tub with this. Using bath bombs is UTI central waiting to happen, and it’s especially the case with this one. Remember to piss after you bathe.
This one was weird - I didn’t notice a smell at all to it until the morning after, long after the fact. Smelled pleasant, though I wish it was more noticeable while I’m in a tub fulla water. I guess it’s fairly moisturizing? I never notice it.
If you’ve got a hankering to sit in a tub full of sparkling gamer juice, give it a go. The color is VIBRANT. Otherwise, for the same price I think you could find more interesting bath bombs that aren’t going to give your house a fine dusting of gold glitter with it.
I do think I want to start exploring other options for funny bath things - though overall I’ve been enjoying the LUSH offerings the price tag has me a little iffy. $8.50 for some funny colored water that feels good when you can spend that same amount on a little six pack carton of bath bombs at like Fry’s or Safeway or Geagle or some shit stings a bit. But a lot of the discussions on Reddit about it tend to devolve into “just make your own lol” (I may at some point, but not today) or links to various dead Etsy shops.
I think I’ll look into Mountain Madness. They appear to make some pretty sizeable bath bombs that people like.