The Happy Pill Bath Bomb

Posted by Jennifer W. Miner Jul 1, 2006

Oh, happy day! One of my favorite stores for luxury bath treatments, Lush, is having a promotion: Bring back the same Lush bag four times, and get a free Lush organic Happy Pill bath bomb. This should be easy enough, considering that I find myself walking by Lush at least once a week. Lush is like a bakery; its great smells come wafting out, pulling the innocent passer-by (in this case, me) into the store despite the rolling eyes and sarcastic comments of my usual companion. I earned that free Happy Pill bath bomb easily.

The Happy Pill, an orange and yellow disc shaped Lush bath bomb, didn't change the color of my bath water in the pleasing way the Avobath (green) or Black Pearl (dark grey) did. The bath water looked very light yellow, if it changed at all. The orange side seemed to dissolve faster than the yellow, and both sides foamed up instead of fizzing. This may be due to the organic olive oil in it. Other organic ingredients of the Happy Pill include grapefruit oil, lemon oil, and orange flower, and gardenia extract. The yellow side of this bath bomb is Lush's trademarked, grapefruit scented Happy Hippy, and the orange side is the store's Olive Branch scent, which is also largely a citrus scent. I was really looking forward to my free Happy Pill bath bomb, because I like both fragrances and thought that the bath would be invigorating.

All that organic oil did not make my tub greasy, yet I was surprised to find the usual skin softening effects of most Lush bath products missing from this bomb. Also, the scent was fainter than I've come to expect from the citrus lines of Lush. The Happy Pill had a strong smell in the store, but it had a weak scent once in my bathtub. Now, Lush has a signature scent, Karma, which appears in several Lush products. I have the Karma soap, which by and large I love. It has a strong patchouli/citrus scent, and is extremely invigorating and clean-smelling. If I were to get another Happy Pill bath bomb, I think I'd pair it with some Karma soap or even the to-be-discontinued (sob!) Karma bath bomb. That way, the citrus scent may be less subtle, and be longer-lasting.

So, that's my experience with the Happy Pill bath bomb. Can't win 'em all! Lush bombs are very popular with the luxury bath treatment crowd, as seen in the Lush Bath Bomb message board.