Sparkler Bath Bomb- Lush Cosmetics- Review

Quick summary: An incredibly glittery bath bomb experience with a lovely rose jam scent- I just wish it was any colour other than yellow!

The Sparkler bath bomb has all the right ingredients for a cosy winter bath, a lovely scent, some peachy glitter and performs a bit of a show!

This bath bomb is £3.50 from Lush Cosmetics UK which is the price of most of their bath bombs at the moment, they aren't exactly cheap but as a treat they really work wonders for cheering you up or rewarding you for a great day- or even maybe consoling you on a bad day! Once you get into Lush products like I do almost every occasion can somehow justify a Lush product!

From the outside...

The bath bomb is very pretty on the outside, a bright sunshine yellow with a darker tip, just like a real sparkler! It is definitely a product people are drawn to in the shop because of it's shape and vibrancy! The smell is pretty impressive too, in one of Lush's signature scents, rose jam- this one is pretty easy to describe for non-lush folk too, imagine a strong jam made out of roses! It is a very strong scent though and can be off-putting for some people! Scents are a very personal thing, as I say everyone tends to have Lush scents they love and Lush scents they simply can't stand!

The bad part...

The major flaw to this bath bomb is it is, like it's sister bath bomb, Northern Lights, incredibly fragile, although I managed to keep mine intact, I went on to the 'lush' hashtag on instagram to have a look at other peoples Sparklers and there were many people complaining of broken in half and even shattered Sparkler bath bombs! Especially in the Wizard gift set, which is sad as you'd think in a gift (where you pay extra for the gift wrapping) that they'd be kept safe, sadly not though! 

Another flaw this bath bomb has, although it doesn't seem to bother other people, is the colour of the bath you are left with, it's a deep dark golden yellow, not the colour of the bomb, much more similar to the 'first urine of the day', honestly! I am usually okay with the yellow bath bombs as they tend to go a cuter light shade of yellow but this bath bomb was like a real bath in KE$HA's freshest glittery urine sample!

In the bath...

 At first the bath bomb just fizzes away kind of slowly but faster at the darker part of the bath bomb! As with Northern Lights bath bomb, the shape of this bath bomb is meant to make it 'spin around' and I guess this bath bomb kind of attempted to do that! Most people say it didn't spin at all but I'm pretty sure mine did a little bit, although very slowly and not really very noticeably!

Once the darker part of the bath bomb fizzes away, golden peach glitter shoots out the top, it really is a lovely sight and really does remind me of playing with sparklers at a bonfire! The popping candy in this bath bomb really does make it feel like a bath time sparkler! It's a lovely slow fizzer to enjoy watching! I didn't really feel that soft once out of the bath but I'm pretty sure this bath bomb was made to impress your eyes more than your skin! The scent of this bath bomb lingers on the skin quite well, as I find some bath bombs you can smell on yourself for hours and others you can't smell out of the bath at all!

I feel this bath bomb was over-shadowed by Northern Lights, it's physically less attractive and as most (sane) people would probably only buy one bath bomb in this shape, most people would naturally go for the purple one! I never repurchased this bath bomb purely because I was way more 'wowed' by the performance of the Northern Lights and I just couldn't stand the colour of the bath water! It is still a very lovely bath bomb and I think if it was released without Northern Lights it would have got the attention it deserved!

The Lush Cosmetics Halloween 2014 range, excluding Fairy Ring soap, which I didn't purchase. 

Hope I've put you in the mood for a bath!
Zono
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