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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 Hmm 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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MackerelOfFact · 26/04/2011 16:08

OMG. I need one.

(Yes, I am some kind of glitter masochist, the kind of person who buys shiny confetti and chucks it in birthday cards/Christmas presents and revels finding it in strange places 3 years later Grin).

Becaroooo · 26/04/2011 16:12

Good luck OP!....I used a glittery one years ago and I still occasionally find sparkly glitter in my erm...bits Blush

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 16:12

mof if you're feeling particularly evil kind you could bestow some on friends as gifts.

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BitOfFun · 26/04/2011 16:18

I hVe got a massive craving for one of these now. I can't be arsed to go into to town though. I wonder if the local shops will do anything like this? Hmmm.

WuzzAndBuddy · 26/04/2011 16:24

We went to a Oktoberfest at DHs work one evening.
I decided to have a bath with a lush bath bomb beforehand... I ended up stood spread eagle against the wall of the bath while DH hosed me down with the shower on full blast.
Every time I went to the loo while we were out I'd pull my jeans down and gold glitter rained down on the floor around me... it was everywhere...
Never again.

topsyturner · 26/04/2011 16:29

Oh this post has made my day Grin

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 16:42

bof don't. Seriously. It'd be more cost effective to just roll yourself in the kids' glitter glue. It is that troublesome. I sneezed earlier and some more puffed out of nowhere. I'm going to tackle the plug hole once ive had a sit down and a recover from my experience.

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BitOfFun · 26/04/2011 17:52

Well, I went out and bought a chocolate orange bath bomb, as that is all the crappy discount store local emporium had. So I will no doubt look like I am bathing in liquid shite. On the plus side, I got some new pyjamas and slippers too, and am looking forward to a night of peaceful bliss Grin

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 17:58

Chocolate orange eh? Sounds exotic Grin at least you won't end up looking like you've got a pound shop vajazzle sigh

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BitOfFun · 26/04/2011 18:05

Last time I got one from the same shop it was strawberry. It looked extraordinarily ghoulish, and I had to be careful not to snooze off in case one of the children came in and thought I'd killed myself...

Justfuckingdoit · 26/04/2011 18:05

Genuis. Post of the day.

Had a similar incident with some glitter glue and a bra once (long story)...still find glitter on my office chair to this day!

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 18:10

bof Grin Some of them smell so potent in Lush as well. I went in to buy a couple, sniffed one and I was so strong I sneezed on it. The shop girl was watching me so I had to buy it, so now ive got a germ infested bath bomb with seaweed in it. That I don't even want.

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 18:13

it was so strong I sneezed on it

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PoweredbyTea · 26/04/2011 18:19

I hear ya! I used one of these a couple of weeks back before going to bed and had a glittery face for an important meeting the next day. Felt like a twat as it reminded me of stuff I used to apply deliberately to go clubbing in my yoof.

GandTiceandaslice · 26/04/2011 18:21

LUSH is the shop of the devil.
Now, I am full of sympathy for you snigger but I do think this thread should go in Classics.

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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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 18:31

GandT I'm flattered Blush 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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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.

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.

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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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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...

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 Grin.

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JazzieJeff · 26/04/2011 19:17

laweasel I am a disco ball. Sigh.

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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 Grin

StickThemWithThePointyEnd · 26/04/2011 19:41

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

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