Lush has come out with a bath robot that’s changed the way I unwind forever
To say I’ve been obsessed with Lush for years feels like a massive understatement. I can remember visiting the birthplace of bath bombs from when I was a little girl and I’m at my local store often enough the staff know me. I’ve been swearing by the solid perfume Vanillary (£12) for as long as I can remember and the eternal lasting body sprays.
I recently had the privilege of heading down to Poole where I was able to take a look behind the curtain about how bath bombs are really made and I even got to meet Mo Constantine – the company co-founder and creator of the bath bomb. During my tour behind the scenes, Ruby West, Lush Bathing Category Lead, told me all about some of the latest innovations at Lush. There’s a new type of bath bomb fast approaching, which we can see initially with Cold (£5.50).
This bath bomb has all the smells we’d reach for when trying to ward off a cold and there’s even a cocoa butter insert that we can rub on our chests to breathe a little deeper. It’s not medicine but I can see myself reaching for it when I next start to feel stuffy. Ruby also showed me the Bath Bot which is an innovation from the creators of the bath bomb that I hadn’t heard of before.
The Bath Bot is a digital bath bomb, that is described on the Lush website as ‘your ultimate bathing companion’. At £150 it is on the more expensive side when it comes to self care items, but as someone who finds comfort in a bathtub rather than behind an LED mask, which regularly costs hundreds, I can see the allure.
The Bath Bot provides ‘immersive colour and 180-degree sound for a super-powered sensory bathing experience’. I had to put it to the test myself. On the Lush app it’s easy enough to pair the Bath Bot and look through options. There are some routines designed specifically to popular bath bombs, such as Big Blue, Twilight, Intergalactic and Sex Bomb while other options like ‘ASMR Day Dream’ and ‘The Orange Orb’ leave a little more room to interpretation.
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There’s also the option to create custom light sequences that can be paired with any bathing experience. The speaker is designed to work in water although Lush doesn’t recommend using it in a hot tub or swimming pool. As someone who is unfortunately quite acquainted with YouTube videos that promise to remove water from my phone speakers from the amount of accidental splashes I deal with, a speaker that’s actually designed to work in bath water is ground breaking.
The bath routines seem to be for around 24 minutes on average, but I can easily spend upwards of an hour in the tub. There’s also the option to sync it up to play any music you like. I listen to a lot of audiobooks when in the bath so I wanted to try this.
I normally gravitate towards sweet scents but when looking at the ‘Awake’ menu I had the options of Big Blue, Bathe in Nature and Chelsea Morning. I love Chelsea Morning as a scent but I sadly didn’t have the bath bomb to hand. I store all of my Lush bath bombs in an old Lush advent calendar box in my bedroom and I did find Big Blue.
Big Blue is best summed up as a bath bomb that brings together salt, seaweed, lemon and lavender. Although I would usually associate lavender with night-time scents I must admit I felt ready to seize the day after this. Even without lotion my skin felt really soft afterwards and I smelled both clean and like I’d taken a dip in the sea.
The Big Blue experience reminded me of a spa treatment. While I do love listening to Fletcher and Kehlani while I wash my hair there is something deeply soothing about the soundtrack curated by Lush. They were songs that perfectly matched the scent and vibe of the Big Blue bath bomb that elevated the whole experience.
I can see my Bath Bot becoming something of an essential now, it made bath time so transformative. I felt like I was at a spa and I can honestly see it becoming part of my daily routine. It also has pushed me to step outside of my comfort zone. Big Blue isn’t a bath bomb I’d have naturally gravitated towards but now I can see myself buying it on repeat.
In terms of charging time, it took about 45 minutes to charge 10% so it’s possible this is like a phone where I would want to leave it on overnight. That said, using the bath bot for around 30 minutes only used 16% of the battery so I’d say if you’ve got an hour before bath time there’s a good chance there’s enough time to charge.
Speaking on the device, Adam Goswell the EU Digital Lead at Lush said: “In a world dominated by algorithms competing for our attention, Bath Bot offers an escapism to slow down. No feeds and notifications, just an immersive space to unwind. Bath Bot represents a new kind of an everyday spa moment combining creativity, wellbeing and technology to transform a simple bath into something deeply immersive and personal with sound, colours and scents to change into your desired mood.”
For those really wanting to set the scene Lush also has a range of candles that could be used to make the bath time fragrance experience even stronger. Now I just to get a bath pillow (£12.99) and it’s going to be hard to get me out of the bathroom.
