Lush Cosmetics Easter Collection 2015 (overview)

It's Lush Easter time! That's right Lushies, the Easter bunny is here to treat us to some new products.  The Easter Range launched on the Lush Cosmetics website on 26th February and in most stores 27th February.  
Today, the 27th, my local Lush had the newly released Easter Collection.  It really is always so exciting when new products arrive at Lush.   Lets get started :)

Fluffy Egg (£2.95):

The beautifully pink Fluffy Egg returns to us this year and my heart beats a little fast for it.  I wasn't so big on this bath bomb last Easter, but due to its sweet candy floss Snow Fairy scent - which I'm still suffering withdrawal from - I'm snuggling this against my face whilst humming.  Fluffy Egg is a welcomed return for so many reasons, just look at it!

The egg fits in your palm so delicately, nowhere near the size of Immaculate Eggception.  

I like the added detail of the baking flower topping and you can see that there are red ones and blue ones in the picture above.  A part of me wants to throw this thought out there... Would anyone else have liked to see the actual egg different colours, kind of like Immaculate Eggception? I'm thinking maybe orange, green? Might sound awful to others but I'd have liked to have seen this idea.  Overall, Fluffy Egg (it really should be called the Spring Fairy bomb) is a really lovely looking bath bomb, it's fairy cheap and would be an appreciated gift.  Particularly for Snow Fairy lovers.   

How many Fluffy Egg's I've bought so far: 2

Somewhere Over The Rainbow Soap (£4.25/£10.62/£21.25):

There's always a product from seasonal collections that disappoints people and for me, it's Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  Despite its beautiful and vibrant rainbow colour, the fragrance is absolutely horrid but sickly likable.  I don't like it but on some occasional sniffs I do.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow smells like chocolate mixed with cigarette ash.  There's a smokiness to the soaps fragrance and if you don't smoke, associate with smoke or like being around it then this may pose a problem for you.  It is absolutely disgusting.  But, then you smell the kind of chocolate smell and a sweetness that makes the soap very likable underneath the smokiness.  So I begin to like it... Then when I go away and come back to it, I have to go through the process all over again.  Smell a disgusting smoke ash and then finally a sweet chocolate aroma which I do like.  But weighing it up, I won't be buying this regardless of it being new.  

Hoppity Poppity (£2.50):

I love this little guy! He is adorable.  I love his white design with a little tinge of green specks and pink details.  When I first saw Hoppity Poppity on Instagram I was immediately imagining what he'd smell like.  HopPop has the same fragrance as Lush's newly released Kerbside Violet perfume.  He also kind of smells similar to the Mother's Day Ultraviolet bubble bar but HopPop is much sweeter and doesn't have Ultraviolet's earthy base. (To see the Mother's Day Collection overview click here)  

For £2.95 HopPop is good fun and is at least worth a one time purchase.  His design is great for Easter as it not only compliments the other egg designed bath bombs, it compliments the Bunch of Carrots (we're getting to them beauties) and the Carrot soap.  It all ties in so well.  Whether you're 5, 25 or 55 HopPop is going to have you falling in love with him. 

How many Hoppity Poppity's have I bought so far: 4

Golden Egg (£3.75):

IT'S BAAAAAAAACK! The Lush Easter Product that makes us want to cry as we love it but can loathe it just the same.  I'm rather surprised at how much I missed the glitter that comes from Golden Egg.  The glitter that just happens to go on your face, clothes, hair and sometimes even in your mouth.  The glitter goes EVERYWHERE.  You just happen to look at your cup of tea and see it on the cup's ridge.  It even floats about in the store (you can't miss this).  All the Lush's that have sunshine shinning through the store windows... What a treat.

With it's caramel fragrance (the same fragrance as Honey I Washed the Kids soap and It's Raining Men shower gel) this will soothe any sweet tooth who is passing on chocolate this Easter (you go Glen coco!).
Golden Egg's caramel colour also adds to its pleasant seduction.  The only problem with Golden Egg is the glitter.  Man, this can be a real challenge to clean your bath.  My first tip? Don't just get of the relaxing bath you've just had with this treat, unplug the bath and go get a cuppa or a drink.  We've all done this at some point and thought; 'I'll clean it later'.
This bath bomb's residue must be dealt with right away if you want a hassle-free clean up.  Simply get your shower head and spray down your bath to get rid of the glitter as the water is being drained.  

Some people may read that and won't understand why I'm basically telling people how to clear a bath, and that's fine, but bloody hell I wish someone had told me.  I just let the bath drain and the glitter stuck all round the sides and Flash couldn't even get rid of it.  It took me half an hour to clear and I had to bin a cloth since the glitter would never come out! So I just wanted to add that bit even if it's only helpful for one person.
BUT before I wrap up Golden Egg I haven't even mentioned the best part! This isn't just a bath bomb.  It's a bath MELT! A Bath Melt! You're getting the treat of a bath bomb whilst your skin is being loved by goodness.  When you plop Golden Egg into your bath, the bath melt gets to work until it layers away and the bath bomb gets to work.   It really is the best part of the Easter Collection for me...... That's why I've already bought four! Hehe! Click here to go to my Instagram where there is a demo video of Golden Egg in my feed.

How many Golden Egg's have I bought so far: 4

Bunch of Carrots (£5.95):

Heeeeeeeeey, what's up Doc? What's Bugs doin' now without his carrots? Too bad I don't give a damn because they're making my baths blooming lovely.  Bunch of Carrots is also a returner from last year and I'm rather pleased.  I only got one bunch of carrots last year and I spent months regretting not buying more.  These are 'reusable' bubble bars.  So, basically, you can repeatedly use these to make bubbles until there is no longer any carrots left.  Simply hold underneath the water stream until you're happy you've got enough bubbles in your bath and then you're done and all you need to do is set them aside for their next use.  Repeat process.   However, my recommendation would be to split them so they are individual and use one at a time.  Personally, I see no need to hold all three under the water.  Just use one, even if it means you'd hold it under longer as it is only one.  It doesn't waste product even though they're meant to be reusable.

Bunch of Carrots are rather fruity and sweet but nowhere near anything like Fluffy Egg.  It's just a fruity fragrance, kind of tropical, like mangoes.  Just slightly!  These orange bubble bars have the same fragrance as Carrot soap so they'd be a really good combo.  The tropical fragrance of Bunch of Carrots and Carrot Soap is most likely produced by their ingredient Buchu Oil, and may I say, it's gorgeous.  It's only in these two products so they stand alone on fragrance.

How many Bunch of Carrots have I bought so far: 2

Pot O'Gold (£3.50/£6.95):

 It's the new kid on the block!  Pot o'Gold is a new product for this Easter Collection and it's interesting.  I bought the small £3.50 as I don't really like shower jellies but my curiosity had to see what this was.  Its gold colour and shimmer is truly enticing particularly when it wobbles.  I really don't know how people wouldn't be sold on this jelly just by looking at it, even when you aren't a jelly person.  Me being an example.

But that's kind of where my like for it ends.  This has such a strong sweet smell it actually makes me feel overwhelmed when smelling it.  I immediately smell the vanilla, but what I also smell is weird.  I smell butter popcorn.  You know, popcorn covered in butter... I smell the Gardenia Extract and a weird powdery scent.  It's not bad... It's just not what I expected.  I'm kind of disappointed but to be fair I wasn't expecting a lot from it anyways as I'm not a jelly person.  But the smell... I'd say it's almost like It's Raining Men with a hell of a lot of salt and vanilla thrown into it.   It's vanilla and salt I smell, a mixture of all the ingredients I suppose.  I can't determine it other than it isn't really my cup of tea.  I'm glad I've got a pot for some reason and that is as far as it goes.

How many Pot o'Gold's have I bought so far: 1

Immaculate Eggception Pink/ Immaculate Eggception Yellow (£6.95):

Missing Love Locket? #Don'tPanic - Lush has all you need right in these two bath bombs. Just like Love Locket, these are extra big compared to Lush's other bath bombs and can have up to at least 3 uses.  Heading to your Lush to get this?  Getting it delivered soon? Pick these two up and give them a gentle rattle... There's a little surprise.
SPOILER ALERT IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW.... If cracked you'll find another hidden bath bomb inside! Surprise! Better than a chocolate Easter egg, right?? Same idea as Love Locket. Pink and Yellow Immaculate Eggception have the same fragrance which isn't bad, it gives customers the choice of which outcome they want for their bath water.  One is a calmer yellow with green and orange and the other is a bolder pink with blue and yellow.  Look below!

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Look at how good they are.  They're good right? The main scents in these two bombs are lemon, grapefruit and vanilla which pretty much sums up how they do actually smell.  I bring the bath bomb to my nose and instantly smell the lemon and grapefruit but there's a faded sweetness to these citrus scents... That's where the vanilla comes into play.  The addition of vanilla brings this bath bomb back from citrus grounds to a level of balance between the two.  Instead of citrus VS sweet, it's citrus AND sweet.  They blend well together.
What can I really say about the design of these bath bombs?  The pictures and colours speak for themselves.  I think the Pink egg looks more exciting and inviting whereas the Yellow egg looks more peaceful and mature.  But the real determination is in the bath.  I predict these to be sure Lush winners of the Easter Collection.  I have seen people hesitant to get these because of the price and I've also seen people argue over the last one.  My bit of advice is - just get them.  You can get at least three uses from buying one of these bath bombs so in a long term you're actually saving you're pennies (at least in the UK you are - this might be misleading or incorrect for other countries).  They're good fun, smell incredible, look fantastic and they are seasonal goodies so it's a treat! Treat yourself, you're worth it!

How many Immaculate Eggception's have I bought so far: 4

Carrot Soap (£3.95/£9.87/£19.75):

Carrot soap returns to Lush again this Easter, why wouldn't it? It's lovely, fits in well with the other products, it's liked and one of my favourite Lush soaps.

 Carrot has the same scent as Bunch of Carrots which of course is driven by the Buchu Oil - it's only in these two products! It's a really fresh, fruity, tropical smell.  Imagine cut carrots but 10 times sweeter.  The amazing design of an actual carrot for the largest size of soap makes this soap really stand out from all the others in store.  The rest are all round and big whereas this is laid out like a loaf of bread.  It's just so cool! And cute.  Picking up a piece of this soap, you can really feel how nourishing it is as it has a creamy soft outer finish and kind of sticky, opposed to a dry outer finish.  

Carrot soap is really softening on the skin which makes me really like it.  Using this whilst showering or using it as a sink soap (which I used it for) especially during the colder months really is a must have.  I felt the change in my dried hands after using this only once.  So after a couple of uses, your hands are in heaven.  Now, let's talk a little more about the design.  I already complimented it's shape and form... But I really love the hopping bunny in the inside of the soap.  In the picture above you can see this, and I like how it's a peachy shade and blends well with the overall orange of the carrot design.  It's very smart and well done to Lush for thinking of wee things like that.   I can't wait to restock on Carrot - I'm still hoarding some Carrot Soap from 2014!

How many Carrot soap's have I bought so far: 1

Annnnd that's the overview wrapped.  Here's a list summary of the Lush Easter Collection:

• Fluffy Egg bath bomb
• Hoppity Poppity bath bomb
• Bunch of Carrots bubble bars
• Immaculate Eggception Pink
• Immaculate Eggception Yellow
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow soap
• Carrot soap
• Golden Egg bath bomb
• Pot o'Gold shower jelly

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