Project 10 lush items 1&2

First 2 items completely used. I did the "apple cider" bath cocktail. You use so white and cinders bath bombs and it literally looks and smells like apple cider. I decided I wanted bubbles (I usually do) and so I also used half of holiday bubble bar which went really well. This was one of my favorite baths ever. It smelled so delicious and my skin was so soft I stayed in the bath until the water was cool! I am very disappointed I didn't buy more of these products. I have enough left for 1 more cider bath. This year I was not prepared for the sale and didnt know of it until a few days in when stuff was gone. Next year I will be more prepared.

On to the individual item reviews.

So White bath bomb-lush project 10 pan item #1

It's normally completely white but as it was in the gift box with holiday bubble bar..it got a little stained. This is one of the smaller sized bath bombs so I used the whole thing, you probably could get away with half but i find the small bathbombs are more difficult to break so I don't bother. I ended up with 3 from the boxing day sale, I have 2 left.

Claims: to smell like fresh apples and create a frothy blanket of "snow" on your bath due to having bubble bar pieces in it.

Reality: I wouldn't say it smells like "fresh apples" but it does have a distinct, yummy apple scent. It smells absolutely amazing. This bathbomb didn't fizz like a normal bath bomb, it defiantly frothed. There was a layer of "snowy" froth on the water which was fun but you still need a bubble bar to have "real bubbles". It also dissolved very slowly, it took twice as long as a large size bathbomb typically takes. Also it floats. An added bonus, I found it kind of silky and moisturizing. The scent lingered on my skin (along with cinders) for about an hour.

Rating: 5/5 There is nothing I dislike about this bathbomb at all, except that it's a holiday item.

Repurchase?: YES!

This is my favorite bathbomb. I'm typically more of a bubble bar rather than bathbomb person, but I love this. I wish I would have grabbed up more. 2 will not last me until next season!


Cinders bath bomb-lush project 10 pan item #2

I ended up getting 2 of these from the boxing day sale, I have 1 left. This is also a smaller sized bath bomb. It has poprocks on the top and throughout the whole bomb.

Claims: To have a sweet cinnamon and orange fragrance. Is supposed to make your bath "crackle" like a fire.

Reality: It does smell like sweet cinnamon and orange. However eventhough I do like how it smells it can be sickening if I smell it for too long. So I'm not sure I would really like to use this alone. Also it turns the water the color of....pee. Because I added in the holiday bubblebar, my water was darker and literally a cider color. It dissolves much faster than so white, but probably what I would consider normal for a bath bomb. It sinks. And yes, It really does crackle. I've heard mixed reports about whether or not it really crackles. Well mine did. It started about a minute after i put it in. and lasted for about 3 minutes. It's actually really cool.

Rating: 4/5 because of the pee colored water and the scent being a little sickening after awhile (to me anyway).

Repurchase?: Yes!

Very fun bath bomb. I wish I had bought more. The "cider cocktail" really is nice.

Although I also used holiday bubble bar, i'm not going to post my review of that yet since I only used half.

In future, I think I might try to post a picture of the tub after the products have dissolved.

Lush storage+boxing day haul

I store my lush stuff in a plastic bin, each item (or groups of the same item) in a ziploc bag...in some cases double bagged for strong items...with the name written on it. This cuts down on the smell quite a bit, however if I open the lid I can still smell it, but it's not sickening.


I have the items separated by cheesy ripped cardboard. Soaps on the left, bubblebars in the middle, bath bombs on the right. It's kind of organized chaos.



I didn't take a picture of ALL of the items I got in the boxingday sale, like the individual items. But I did take pictures of the boxes while they were wrapped, and cute.

Lush

I know i've been neglecting this blog (not that anyone follows, that's okay) but to be honest I forgot it existed. Until I decided recently I wanted to post some product reviews and found I already had a blog. I'm just going to post random whatever stuff here. Some will be Japan related some entirely not. If anyone follows this, you'll just have to deal with the posts not all having a common theme or being of interest to you. I know that some posts will be japan related, some beauty related, and some neither.

I am really obsessed with Lush. I have been for about a year. In addition to the items I pick up here in tokyo, I've also made several UK lush hauls and 2 huge boxing day sale hauls in the US. After the boxing day hauls I realized I just have way too much, it's kind of ridiculous. Not that I don't love it. I bought a decent sized bin which i thought would be plenty big for all of my lush stuff but when the christmas haul arrived It became completely full.

So I've decided to start project 10 lush. Project 10 pan is a blog/vlog shopping ban project for people with too much makeup. You have to use up 10 items before you buy something new. The idea is to help you use up your items and also to "shop your stash" and rediscover items you forgot about. Eventually i'm going to go on makeup 10 pan, but not right now since I haven't desired to buy makeup lately it would be kind of pointless. I still have lush UK order i'm waiting to arrive but since i've ordered that i've bought no lush and so as of that order 10 lush has started. This isn't for all lush items, because some items like masks and shampoos etc I use constantly and constantly have to repurchase. It's going to count for soaps. bath bombs, bubblebars, showergel, and lotion.

I took pictures of all of the items as of right now, so when I use them up I'll have a picture to post with a review. Keep in mind, I do cut up most of my items because they are just too strong to use all at once, most of the time. Also I cocktail items often, using 2 or 3 items in a bath. So it usually takes between 1 and 4 baths to use an item. That aside I suspect this ban will go pretty quickly, so I may allow myself to by 1 or 2 items (depending on how long it takes) when I finish before starting again. I might also post up reviews of items i've used before that are not counted in 10 lush.

Also I just want to mention that I have items from Japan, US and UK. Although the items are exactly the same in looks, scent, and function, the name, packaging, and size may vary (for example, normal US and UK bubble bars are 100g, in japan they are all 80g.) I will use the english names on the US website to refer to items, even if they have an entirely different japanese name.