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Original poster

Lush bath bomb and glitter = trouble.

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 13:47

I've got glitter in my lady garden. It isn't coming out. Ive tried everything, hopping in the shower, towelling it vigourously, it's not cutting it.

It was one of those royal wedding bath bombs with ticker tape and festive glitter in it. I was enjoying it ever so much up until I started washing, and discovered to my dismay that the glitter went much further than previously anticipated. The stuff is hanging on for dear life. Its like having shiney crabs. (not that ive ever had crabs, but if they were shiney, I bet this is what they'd look like).

For God's sake I thought I'd spruce myself up on my afternoon off to look nice for DH when he gets back from work. Instead, I've got some sort of accidental vajazzle.

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SoupDragon · 26/04/2011 20:54

I think I may have a glittery one lurking in the bathroom somewhere... I could do with some sparkle in my life.

BubblesMyBubbles · 26/04/2011 20:51

I think I am going to try one just to see what happens.
Courtesy of your Vejazzle, I have has such a laugh and just what I needed after a very non glittery day, so thank you. :O

sprinklingsparkles · 26/04/2011 20:30

This is amazing! just what i needed after a very long easter holidays!

Good luck OP, sounds like you will need it.

DarciesmumandBump2 · 26/04/2011 20:28

threelittleducks @ your uk version of CSI hehe

Honeydragon · 26/04/2011 20:26

Soupdragon

Threelittleducks · 26/04/2011 20:24

Ha ha, could you imagine if you dies in odd circumstances right now, and they found your body and the CSI folk were having a look for clues, and there were no marks or anything untowards about your body... except the glittery vag!

[imagines uk version of csi where they are seriously-facedly tweezing glitter from a ladygarden and are thinking of some crazy glitter-bath motive after they dust down your plug hole]

[not a euphemism]

[touch wood on the dying in mysterious circumstances bit]

SoupDragon · 26/04/2011 20:24

"dd sneezed and a load of gold shiny snot with stars in shot out her nose."

That's how they make Lelly Kelly shoes.

DarciesmumandBump2 · 26/04/2011 20:21

I brought the lush snow fairy equivalent for my mother in law at xmas and she only used it a couple of weekends ago and shes still finding glitter so is my father in law he said he never wants to see one again

Honeydragon · 26/04/2011 20:21

I got one for ds with gold stars in, dd joined him in the bath. At no point did she ingest any water. They were covered, I was finding bloody glitter and gold stars everywhere.

Days later we were sat having dinner when dd sneezed and a load of gold shiny snot with stars in shot out her nose. Dh (who had only just got back from a trip and was not present for initial glitterpalooza) was and clearly wondering whether to dial 999 or call the Daily Mail (Toddler in cosmic snot miracle! Exclusive!) and Ds and I were rendered incapable of sensible explanation as we were laughing hysterically.

DontGoCurly · 26/04/2011 20:16

'accidental vajazzle' heheheheh

OP have you tried hoovering it off ?

It could look bad though if DH walks in and sees you hoovering your fanjo!

KurriKurri · 26/04/2011 20:14

Hollywood.
Merkin.

Scootergrrrl · 26/04/2011 20:12

at "looking like I've had a pound shop vajazzle"

SoupDragon · 26/04/2011 20:09

I think it was the Fairy Jasmine one that chemically bonded with the surface of my enamel bath and is still there, perhaps seven years later.

the ones with the stars in were less permanent.

KateMiddletonsMum · 26/04/2011 20:06

What's the purple one that smells sexy and divine and makes bubbles?
I had it on our wedding day, would like to surprise DH with smelling like it again!

balia · 26/04/2011 20:02

Well...you could not tell him and just enjoy your evening (know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink) and then your problem would also be his problem.

Also - towels aren't ruined as such, they'll still dry your skin - they'll just keep coating you in odd bits of glitter.

StickThemWithThePointyEnd · 26/04/2011 19:41

thank you, this thread just made my day. I really needed that. :o

FriggFRIGG · 26/04/2011 19:37

i used to work there and had all manner of bath bombs soaps and shampoos in our bathroom,
one day DP thought he'd help himself and hop in the bath,he jumped in chucked in a bomb,and started reading the paper...

about an hour later he got out and shrieked,he was head to toe in glitter!

it was 'fairy jasmine' the most glitter ever contained within a bath bomb.
the poor sod looked like glitter ball for weeks

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 19:17

laweasel I am a disco ball. Sigh.

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startail · 26/04/2011 19:15

DD1 gave me a gold glittery one and warned me not to unwrap it till I want to use it because it was rather messy. I have been warned. I won't open it until I don't mind looking like I did after Christmas card making .

LaWeasel · 26/04/2011 19:07

I think the glitter would particularly fetching by the light of a disco ball. g'wan, you know you want to...

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 18:58

balia is there really no saving my towels?

Still haven't unleashed my erm... Area on dh. Not sure how I'll tackle that one as yet. Perhaps I'll just whip my things off and say 'ta daaa!' mind you, that's easier said than done. Every time I nip to the loo more glitter rains down.

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balia · 26/04/2011 18:39

Two words.

Online shopping.

And in case anyone thinks I am recklessly letting small children eat soap products, my neice is 27.

fishandlilacs · 26/04/2011 18:38

I used to work for lush-I love them and I love all thier stuff, but I almost ruined a scientist friends experiment by staying overnight at his-somehow some glitter managed to transfer onto him (this is a platonic friend btw, I was there with DH) and it blocked a tiny screw thread in his lab -it took them days to figure out what it was that was messing with thier vacuum.

I have avoided glitter ones since then.

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 18:31

GandT I'm flattered I think...

Oooh now the massage bar things aren't half bad. There is one that smells like mint aero and it's got brown things in. Had it when I was pg with ds. However, even that particular trip was frought with Lush style disaster; the girl massaged some into my hand (I don't know why, but tbh I was 8 months pregnant and really didn't give a shit by that point) and said 'isn't that so much better than perfume?' again, I'm not sure why. What I do know is that when I'd finally waddled my boat sized self back to the car and started to pull away, the steering wheel slipped out of my hand because it was all greasy from the massage bar and the car almost lurched into a pillar. I'm telling you, it's lucky I'd double-parked or I'd have knocked the car and the air bags would have gone off.

Looking back on this, I've never actually left that store filled with positivity.

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balia · 26/04/2011 18:22

Embrace the glitter! Lush stuff is fabulous - I had some from my DD for my birthday, and DS (4) has been glittery for weeks! (Not sure what mine was, a sort of soft mauve-y violet, he looked like a little china fairie figure from Collectables.) Dry cloth is quite good for getting it out of the bath, but your towels are beggered. Sorry.

On a side note, I introduced my lovely neice to their massage bar range, and she loves them, specially the therapy and anything vaguely chocolate-y. But she says they smell so good they must taste good, so she tries some.

Every time.

Even if I tell her they are not edible and give her an Aero Easter egg to eat instead.

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