Lush Lust: Bath Melts
Lush makes some of the most amazing bath products, such as the bath bombs and bubble bars. They make bath melts as well, and these are really awesome for dry skinned girls in the winter. You just plop one (or one cut up into 2-4 pieces) in the bath, and it’ll melt into the water to make it really moisturizing. These are nice because you don’t need to apply lotion after your bath.
The first melt I ever tried was Ceridwen’s Cauldron. This smells good, I think. It kind of has a plastic-y lavender scent, but I actually really like it. This is a good one because it’s got oats in it to sooth dry irritated skin, and it makes the water really milky and moisturizing. Lush says you can take the cloth full of oats once it’s all melted (since there are oats in the cocoa butter, they’re left behind after the melt is gone) and rub the oat milk over yourself to soften the skin. I went to Lush later to get more bath products one day, and the girl there told me that you can undo the tie, cut it into four chunks, and then retie it with a rubber band or a hair band (saving the other three pieces elsewhere), use it, and then dry the cloth it comes in for the other three pieces to make this last longer. I wish I knew this earlier because I chucked the whole thing in and wasted it. Lesson learned. I also wish I used smaller pieces, because I thought the whole thing made the water a bit too greasy, and the grease irritated my skin and KP. When I get this again (because it was very moisturizing and relaxing), I’ll definitely be trying the little trick out, not only to save money, but to save my skin. ($7.95/2.8 oz/4 uses)
The second melt I tried was Happy Blooming. This one is sectioned into three so that you can just break off one chunk for each bath, getting three uses out of it. This one is pretty greasy as well, but it makes the water a very lovely pink and very moisturizing. It smells kind of like the fake cherry Laffy Taffy smell, but I like that. This wasn’t irritating to me, and the smell lingers for a while. ($6.95/2.1 oz/3 uses)
These next two bath melts are my favorite because the consistency is very milky. The above bath melts are more greasy, but these get frothy and foamy when you plop them in and don’t leave the water oily, just moisturizing. You still don’t need lotion afterwards, but they’re lighter. I also got four uses out of both of them.
My favorite of these little cupcake-y bath melts, and favorite bath melt in general, is Floating Island. I smelled this before in a Lush store and didn’t like it, probably because there are so many conflicting scents in the Lush store, and I couldn’t smell it properly. However, upon second whiff, I was in love. It smells even better in the bath, good and creamy. It has sandalwood and lemon in it. Yum. It makes the water a nice milky white. ($7.95/3.5 oz/4 uses)
The last bath melt I’ll review for now is MMM Melting Marshmallow Moment. This has the same effect as Floating Island, except it turns the water pink. It also smells sweeter. It’s a similar scent to Creamy Candy and Rockstar, but not as strong and peppery. I think it’s better than Creamy Candy and Rockstar, really. It’s still very girly though. Again, cut this into four. ($7.95/3.5 oz/4 uses)
If you get dry in the winter, I definitely recommend giving these a go. They’re really lovely and moisturizing, and I don’t know about you, but I hate having to put on lotion after a bath, so these eliminate that step. You can also get quite the bang for your buck with these.
Do you have a favorite moisturizing bath product?
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