For Black Friday 2016, Lush teamed up with Access, a charity made to inform others of internet shutdowns worldwide. All around the world, governments are limiting access or completely blocking internet connections "during protests, elections, and even school exams." (https://uk.lush.com/article/error-404-fighting-internet-shutdowns) In December 2016, governments from all over the world are joining together to discuss internet shutdowns and Access have created a petition to let our voices be heard that we want the internet to be kept on. The petition ends December 7th, 2016 so sign the petition!
To find out that Lush were releasing the bath bomb on Black Friday, I wasn't best please. However, upon my arrival of the Liverpool branch, I was happy greeted with fast service and plenty of Error 404s to go around. Error 404 is a bath bomb I've wanted to try for quite some time, so I was happy to splash the cash on multiple bath bombs and I didn't feel guilty for my bank account due to 100% of profits (excluding tax) went to Access.
To look at, Error 404 is beautiful. It has a lovely bronzy, gold lustre covering the bright blue bomb. The lustre shifts quite fast and doesn't sink to the bottom of the bath and floats through the water for the entirety of the bathing time. The water turns an intense blue with lots of shimmer and makes the bathing experience mentally uplifting as well as relaxing. If very glittery products are not your thing, this may not be for you, although the glitter does not stick to the skin and is easily cleaned from the bath unlike some other products.
Error 404 is neither a fast fizzes or a slow fizzes, it quietly fizzes away and doesn't last for longer that 3-4 minutes but creates a beautiful blue and green patterns in the bath with bronze swirls between. As a big fan or green and blue baths, this bomb definitely made me happy. After the bath bomb has fizzed away, a little note is left for you in the bath:
Error 404's scent is a new one; I can only describe it as a sophisticated vanilla scent. This is due to the combination of vanilla absolute and gardenia extract that fit beautifully together to create a sweet scent with a warm edge. Vanilla absolute is a popular ingredient that carries a sweet, distinctive scent that is uplifting and has aphrodisiac elements. It adds a creamy scent to the bath bomb whilst balancing the skin as well as being antibacterial. Gardenia extract is great for the body due it being used in Chinese medicine for anti-inflammatory purposes amongst other things.
The scent is strong out of the bath which may put some people off. However, it softens in the bath and is not overpowering, although the scent is apparent during the entire bathing experience. The scent is evident on the skin after bathing and stays in the room for a few hours which is wonderful.
Overall, I am a huge fan of this bath bomb and if you are lucky enough to be able to pick one up either of the #KeepItOn batch or when it next appears in the Kitchen, I can assure you, you'll be very pleased you did. I couldn't recommend it more, especially due to it being sold for a great cause.
Price: £4.04
Vegan
Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Vanilla Absolute, Gardenia Extract, Water (Aqua), Laureth 4, DRF Alcohol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Hydrocyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carbonxaldehyde, Perfume, Antique Gold Lustre; Brine Splendour Lustre, Glacier Blue Lustre, Colour 42053
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