Lush‘s Christmas collection is always incredibly massive, and while I have my usual staples (that Shoot For The Stars bath bomb is incredible and I stock up every year), it’s always fun to try out some of their new offerings!

I knew right off the bat that I was going to love the Satsuma soap, and it really did not disappoint. I cracked mine in two (the middle section is made up of a softer soap that binds the two halves together) and put half of it in my shower immediately. I’m a sucker for anything orange scented, and this one did not disappoint – it smells refreshing and wonderful and I love using it in the mornings when I’m showering to wake me up with that burst of citrus.

The Happy shower gel on the other hand… is definitely not a scent for me. I’ve heard a lot of people raving about it, but the combination of neroli, lemon and orange oils didn’t appeal to me that much – in fact, it’s rather revolting. Which is really sad, because the product itself lathers well and it looks beautiful! It’s this beautiful greeny-blue product shot through with glitter! But don’t worry, the glitter doesn’t stick to your skin.

Editing Chelle 2019/12/17: I was so confused by how bad this smelled to me in the shower, that I went in to Lush today to get it another sniff on site. The one in the store smelled COMPLETELY different, and very appealing. I spoke with one of the sales reps there and they told me it’s entirely possible that I got a bad batch, even if it was sent by PR (they said it may even be more likely since those batches would’ve been made first), and told me to bring in my PR sample for an exchange at their store. That’s INCREDIBLE customer service – especially for a product I didn’t even purchase to begin with. It hadn’t been my intent to get the product exchanged, I only wanted to know more about how it was possible I got one that had potentially gone rancid. I’ll be taking in my PR sample for an exchange for new Happy shower gel.

I was really excited to try out the Cookie Dough shower scrub because I’m a total sucker for cookie dough *anything*. The scent was a bit different than I was expecting – more of a chocolatey-type dough with the scent of the almond and hazelnut oils really coming through. It smells wonderful though, and I love how the scrub felt really thick in my hands, but spread onto my body really nicely.

I’ve always wanted to try one of these! This is the Santa’s On His Way bath oil tablet and you use it by melting it into your bath water. You can likely just drop the whole thing in, but I found the little rope at the top was great for hanging it from the faucet while the water poured over it and into the tub. The oil tablet softens the water, turns it pink, and has a wonderful tangerine scent. I used the whole tablet for this bath, but I’d probably split it up next time and have it last over two baths.

Polar Bear Plunge bubble bar, like all of Lush‘s bubble bars, is really lovely. I get massive amounts of bubbles with only the smallest amount of product (also helps that I have a jacuzzi tub that really pumps up the bubble volume), and this little guy will last me easily 10-12 baths. The scent is very minty and reminds me of the gum my mom always buys (lol). Lush says it’s peppermint scented, but I definitely get more of a true mint scent.

Chris the Camel bath bomb is the only product I wasn’t able to try, but he’s next on my list to use. This one is a bit heavier scented – it’s chockful of spicy black pepper, cinnamon and cloves. AND? It’s got tiny little gold stars sprinkled into it which are going to look really neat in the tub!

And lastly, I tried out the Rudolph bath bomb, and WOW – the colour explosion on that made my smile so much. I removed the little paper horns (they easily pulled out, but they did break the top a little bit), and then dumped it in my tub and watched the pink and orange colours swirl together. I couldn’t quite put my nose on the scent – it was kind of soft and sweet with a touch of flowers? Lush says it’s scented like marzipan, but I really couldn’t even tell you what marzipan really smells like!

Every year I look forward to Lush‘s Christmas offerings – not only to pick up my returning favourites (if they ever discontinue Shoot for the Stars I’m going to be so, SO sad) but also to discover some new ones. Out of what I tried here, my favourites were definitely the Cookie Dough scrub and the Satsuma soap.

So now it’s your turn! Tell me what Christmas items you love by Lush – I want to check out even more!

The products featured in this post were sent to me for consideration.