Friday 24 August 2012

Lush's Dragon Egg Bath Ballistic

Hello! So the other day I had my first bath ballistic experience. I know, I'm 19, it should have happened long ago, believe me when I say I'm as embarrassed for me as you are! I LOVE passing Lush while I'm shopping, it always smells divine and makes me want to go inside and, well... buy things! But I do find the sales staff in there quite scary, they're so persistent, I always feel really shy when they approach me and it just makes me want to run for the door.. If you can't tell, I'm the sort of shopper that likes to be left to browse at my leisure, so the service in Lush really isn't my cup of tea, don't get me wrong, I know the staff have to do that and they probably don't want to, but I just feel really uncomfortable when I go in!
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I had some lush vouchers to spend so I braced myself and went in! I wandered around looking at all sorts of bubble bars and body butters (anyone else thinking that Lush is obsessed with B alliteration?)  I could see the lady that worked there watching me, but I think she sensed that I was a bit awkward and she didn't come over, which I was greatly relieved by!
In the end, amongst other things I decided to try the Dragon Egg Bath Ballistic, I pretty much just played it by what I liked the smell of rather than what I wanted from my bath so what to expect was a complete surprise!

Dragon Egg is pretty big! It's white with colourful sort of discs (which the lush website informs me are supposed to be dragon scales, clever!) and has a citrusy scent which is what I was drawn to.


I cut mine in half because it was sooo big! I thought I could make it go a little further and make 2 baths out of it. Inside I discovered the different layers that make up the Dragon Egg, there's orange with a gold core! I dropped half of the ballistic into my bath after I had finished running the water and stood watching it fizz, there was white creamy foam with swirls of orange that all ended up as gold, glimmering water, and it smelled amazing!


There weren't any bubbles and I was worried that the glittery water would leave me looking like a disco ball, but it hardly transferred at all! And I've got to say that I wasn't bothered by the lack of bubbles at all because the iridescent gold water was so mesmerising and beautiful!



the water looked prettier than this in real life, I promise
After the bath, my skin felt so soft and the smell of Dragon Egg lingered all day! I kept sniffing my arm to check whether I could still smell it... weird I know...
I also found out from the lush website that their ballistics contain essential oils and butters to moisturise the skin, and that they were originally invented because bubble bath actually irritates the urinary tract in some women and children! Gross I know, but it's nice to learn new things! Lush also only use vegetarian friendly ingredients which I think is great! And of course everyone knows that hey don't test any of their products on animals!
This is definitely not like anything I've tried before and I can see that now I've tried a ballistic there's no going back, I really loved dragon's egg and I can't wait to use up the other half. I couldn't recommend this enough if you haven't tried it, it's my birthday soon and I know exactly what I'll be asking for!

Have you tried Dragon Egg? What did you think of it? I'd love to hear other people's favourite Lush products to give me an idea of what to try next!
Eleanor x

12 comments:

  1. Aw Lush do make some lovely cute products, this looks like one of their nicest ones! I'll be looking out next time I pop in x

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    1. yes I'd really recommend it! It was really lovely! I couldn't fault it at all :)
      Eleanor x

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  2. I tried my first Lush product the other day and loved it! It was a bubble bar and I split it into pieces because it was so big and about a quarter of it gave me SO many bubbles! It was a gift, so I've never been into Lush myself, I'm like you and like to browse in peace, the sales assistants scare me off! xx

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    1. I've been eyeing those up!! I like the look of the pink one, it smells like sugar and candyfloss, I really want to try one now! Haha, I'll have to be brave and go back in the shop! And they are so big aren't they?! I feel like it's a waste putting whole one in one bath, you need to make the most of them! haha :)
      Eleanor x

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  3. I've never tried a lush product, shock horror!!! Bad me ;)
    X

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    1. You definitely should, just sniff a few things and try something you like the smell of, that's what I did and I'm really happy with what I got! :)
      Eleanor x

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  4. i've never tried a LUSH product either! lol, and given that i live in Pakistan (where there is no LUSH) I doubt I'd be trying something for a long time :(

    I'm a new follower btw :) www.nayabloves.blogspot.com

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    1. Aww that's such a shame, you should check if they ship to Pakistan on their website? If not, I think you've got a pretty good excuse for a holiday to a place where there is LUSH! haha :)
      And thanks very much for following! It means a lot :)
      Eleanor x

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  5. I need to try this! Great blog! I'm a new follower. Hope you can follow back!
    Thank,
    Gina

    http://beautyloveandlipgloss.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thanks so much! I'll definitely check out your blog :) I'd really recommend the ballistic too, it was really nice! :)
      Eleanor x

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  6. This is by far my favourite Lush bath ballistic! I've repurchased it so many times:)

    Beth xo

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    1. it's so nice, I can see I'm going to be repurchasing it lots too! I'll just have to make sure I try other things as well! haha :)
      Eleanor x

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