The new Lush Halloween collection has now been released and I took my yearly trip to Lush to see the new pieces. Whenever the ‘-ber months’ roll around, I also think it is the perfect time to indulge in an autumn bath and sink into an abundance of bubbles – with bonus points if it’s paired with candles and a book. If you’re looking at treating yourself to something from the halloween range then I recommend you read on…
Every year I have to pick up Punkin Pumpkin as it’s a yearly favourite of mine – to me the jack o’ lantern exterior and warming scent feels like the epitome of autumn. It leaves a orange tint to the water, but luckily it doesn’t stain the bath at all. It’s got a soft citrus scent with a slight cinnamon twist to it, making it a subtle, yet enticing bath.
Sometimes I feel like Lush’s most simple bath bombs are my favourite, I like a slight fragrance and a subtle colour and the Dancing Skeleton bath bomb felt like it ticked both of those boxes. Scent wise I think this bath bomb is reminiscent of orange sherbet, as it leaves a subtle fragrance on the skin as you bathe in a pale blue hue. At ￡3.50, it’s one of the “cheaper” bath bombs in this line up, but I think it would be easy to chop up into 2-3 pieces if you’d like to get more out of it.
One of my surprise favourites has been The Scream, a bubble bar that I was surprised to find out didn’t have lavender inside as it smelt immediately relaxing. This has a stress reducing, earthy scent due to patchouli and sage oil, so when I smelt it, I immediately had to put in the basket. I could picture myself on a rainy evening, settling into a bath full of bubbles with candles and a book.
I think Lush’s bubble bars are my favourite product of theirs to buy, so I’ve got quite a few in this haul. The next one is Bonehead and despite looking perfect for Halloween, you’d probably never guess what it smells like – mint! It’s unlike anything I currently have in my bath time collection, but there’s something rather refreshing about sinking into a mint scented bubbles. It’s on a reusable stick meaning you can get endless baths out of this, but my favourite way, like with all of the Lush bubble bars, is to slowly crumble it under the bath tap.
Pumpkin Crumble was released again in 2023, but I never tried it out before now. It’s probably a new favourite that I hope they bring back every year as it’s got actual pumpkin in the ingredients! Promising to leave the skin supple with cocoa butter, this feels like it offers up not only the perfect scent for autumn, but also has skin loving properties too. You can crumble as much as you’d like underneath the tap for any amount of bubbles you want – but the adorable jack o’ lantern face may make it hard to do so!