Ahhh...baths....
It conjures up an image of glamour, luxury, sensuality...
When I think bath, I think of a lovely, big clawfoot tub, with mountains of bubbles frothing over the surface of the water, soft candlelight and romantic ballads playing quietly in the background. There would be a glass of champagne of course, and in the best of scenarios, a handsome hunky man to wash your back...
And then...back to reality.
Recreating it in my dinky bathroom with a builder basic bathtub definitely falls short from the yardstick of my daydreams.
That's where bath products come in.
Question becomes, bath oil or bath bomb? More specifically, "splurge" out for the expensive oils or make do with the not-going-to-condemn-you-to-a-month-of-instant-noodles bath bombs?
Here are my thoughts:
There's no doubt about it, this item is luxury packed up in a pretty box. I am a complete sucker for packaging. And they made sure that I fell for it hook, line and sinker.
At $65, this is NOT cheap. However, when one really thinks about it, one can reasonably get 12-15 baths out of the bottle, and at a price per bath of <$5, it is actually not eyebrow raising at all.
Yes, this is the data analyst in me that reared its mathematical head.
The product itself is....okay. The scent was lovely and it didn't really require much for a bath (I guess a cap-ful was sufficient. But I am known to be an extremist. So three cap-fuls it is)
There were no angels breaking into chorus, no light showing me the right path, no hunky man appearing to wash my bag...but to be fair, those were not promised in the product description.
The bath oil is a solid, steady, meet-all-normal-expectations kinda product.
Lush products are whimsical, creative, different...gimmicky, for a lack of a better word.
How else can they explain product names like Sex Bomb or Fox in the Flowers or Lord of Misrule? Or product descriptions like "kick tub time into warp speed" or "an enchanted forest full of possibility"?
It is cute. I dig it.
Perhaps it is because I amuse myself with out-there scenarios sometimes I am easily amused, and enjoy creativeness.
Their products definitely try.
With flower petals, gold dust, and sound effects being the normal stuff to expect when one pops a bath bomb into the tub, it provides a level of entertainment. "I wonder what this bath bomb will do?"
Priced at $4 - $10 per bomb, they are an affordable treat in a pick-me-up-after-a-bad-week kinda way...IF you have a store around your area. And even more affordable if you split the bombs in half to last for two separate baths.
But if you don't have a local store, and you have to stock up because you're buying it online or from the nearest store 2 hours away, it can quickly add up.
These are fantastic for people with short attention spans who like to try different things in short periods of time and like to mix it up according to their mood and fancy.
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