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Lush bath bomb and glitter = trouble.

190 replies

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.

OP posts:
ChildofIsis · 28/04/2011 20:26

I just had an image of a van load of kitchen fitters searching through OP's 'garden' for glitter!

This has to be the best thread ever.

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JazzieJeff · 28/04/2011 20:32

wmmc I don't have fridge magnets; my fridge is one of those new fangled ones that isn't sticky to magnets. My best friend has an awful lot of fridge magnets though; she's one of those people who gets one everywhere she goes. If this carries on, I shall shoplift one from her (obviously not going to tell her the reason) and hoover my 'area' with it.

Still quaffing wine. Cannot find any sellotape either. Only have brown type parcel tape.

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chrisonabike · 28/04/2011 20:41

Gaffa tape and half a bottle of Malibu.

whomovedmychocolate · 28/04/2011 20:43

Nitty Gritty nit comb and conditioner might work.

specialmagiclady · 28/04/2011 21:36

Can I suggest, vajazzie Jeff, that you place a call to these guys They are absolutely tip top at removing stubborn bath stains....

ilovesprouts · 28/04/2011 21:39

chrisonabike love your thinking Grin

RubberDuck · 28/04/2011 23:51

"It's made of zinc, glitter isn't it - can't you just get it off with a magnet?"

Erm, it's IRON that's magnetic... FERROUS metals. Grin [facepalm] (someone wasn't paying attention in physics)

bestemor · 29/04/2011 00:24

How about a nit-comb and some hair conditioner? Any good? Just for the hairy bits I mean, might not work for the plug-hole ...

TwoNoisyBoys · 29/04/2011 09:17

My friend gave her husband a massage with the gold glitterbug the day before yesterday.........she says he still looks like Edward Cullen GrinGrin

bebemooneedsabreak · 29/04/2011 11:18

Oh yes... had a glittery bath bomb once.. Still find glitter and it's 2 years later...dh was not quite amused having to go into work with bits of it stuck to him (after it rubbed off me and onto the sheets)... I found it amusing Grin to think of his mates taking the mickey out of him tho.

KateMiddletonsMum · 29/04/2011 13:49

Oh dear me.
Perhaps buying our Kate a fizzy lush bomb wasnt the best wedding present.
Still, I'm sure our Bill won't mind.

StanHouseMuir · 29/04/2011 15:52

Give it a blow dry.

JaneReynolds8 · 29/04/2011 17:18

Like with Christmas tree needles, you'll be finding it all over the place for weeks. Try not to cough or sneeze while bending over - or at Yoga/Pilates for a while.

Indaba · 29/04/2011 17:52

There is a lovely audio clip of Chris Tarrant trying to read out a story for a good 30 minutes on Capital Radio, a London radio station......... but he kept giggling and having to break to a record as he literally couldn't talk. Must have been back in the early 1990's.

It was being played live over the speakers at my work gym. I remember sitting in the gym changing room with loads of strangers as no one would leave until Chris could eventually got the story out, despite his laughing.

It was sent in by a teenager whose mother had borrowed her roll-on deodorant/skin freshener which had added glitter just before going to see her GP. In a wish to "freshen things up" before a smear test (or something similar) her mother had given herself a quick "wipe over" unaware it had added glitter.

It wasn't till she got home and had a bath that night that she understood her male GP's very strange looks, his uncomfortable demeanor and very wry smile.

WhereamI · 29/04/2011 19:04

what about the hoover..could be interesting...set it on 'high'

MrsKwazii · 29/04/2011 21:37

I love this thread - brilliant! I'd just resign yourself to a very sparkly future OP Grin

On a very boring and very practical note, popsocks really are the way forward to avoid bathbomb carnage

Amiable · 29/04/2011 22:35

Love this thread - have to say the idea of "hoovering" up the glitter with a fridge magnet just finished me off!

CheerfulYank · 30/04/2011 05:12

Can you imagine if someone you didn't know (or someone you did , come to that) came upon you drunkenly smearing your glittery bits with peanut butter?!

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying... "No, but, it's organic!" :o

Indaba · 30/04/2011 08:11

Popsocks?!.............please elaborate........

matekiddleton · 30/04/2011 09:52

put bath bomb in a popsock?

BillBrysonsRucksack · 30/04/2011 14:16

Cheerful Yank Grin, my pelvic floor can't take much more of this!

brambleschooks · 30/04/2011 15:11

I've just been and bought one. My 11 y/o is covered in glitter from just being in the shop. Quite what it'll do to the pipes on my spa bath but will bring a whole new meaning to clearing out me pipes...

MrsKwazii · 30/04/2011 19:16

Yep, pop the bathbomb into a popsock and tie a knot it in. Chuck into bath and hey presto! All the loveliness goes into the bathwater and all the gunk stays in the popsock.

jimmijam · 30/04/2011 19:52

this thread has made me smile, not sounding good on lush-but the shop does smell lush as u walk down the street! :-)

brambleschooks · 30/04/2011 19:52

Ok. Should I have some peanut butter and paintstripper on hand for afterwards?