Have Yourself A Lovely Lush-Filled Christmas

I just love browsing through the Christmas specials that my favorite brands have during this festive season. You might say it's a way to wring us dry during the holidays, but I think all the limited edition stuff that they come up with are so irresistably cute, so worth the price, has both function and form... and I like buying myself Xmas presents anyway. =)

Plus, Lush is having a very exciting "Willy Wonka-esque" experience this Christmas! Whenever you buy one of their Xmas giftsets, you will see get a code (scratched from some barcode thingy inside the gift). You log in to their website and you get to see what you've won! The grand prize is really something like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory --- a Golden Ticket to the Lush Factory in Vancouver! There are 10 Golden Tickets to be given away! If you don't get it, fret not as there are 500 other "instant prizes" to be won. Oh my, I wish I had a Lush store just next door, I would be buying and scratching the codes throughout November and December! You can find out more details here.

As this is not happening, I will content myself with lusting over the Lush Christmas innovations for 2011. Keep in mind that most of these gifts are only good for friends who love to take a soak in the bathtub. If they don't own one, it's pretty darn useless. :( I wish they had more soap sets and less bubble bar / bath bomb sets!!

1) 12 Days of Christmas - USD79.95
A Christmas bonanza for sure! "Inside this bountiful box is ten of our limited-edition bath treats and two of our seasonal soaps. We included three of our latest inventions, Superstars Bubble Bar, which produces mass amounts of strawberry-scented bubbles, The Melting Snowman Luxury Bath Melt (he has the same almond-icing fragrance as our Snowcake Soap) and Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, which is full of surprises. If you know someone who loves to bathe, get them this one! Enough bath treats to get you through the holidays and into the new year. Golden Wonders Bath Bomb is a gift in itself; a shiny gold bomb with a present inside."

This insane gift contains : Cinders bath bomb, So White bath bomb, Christmas Eve bubble bar, Satsumo Santa bath bomb, Snow Globe soap, Candy Mountain Bubble Bar, Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, Li'l LUSH Pud bath bomb, The Melting Snowman Bath Melt, Superstars Bubble Bar and Candy Cane soap.

2) The Golden Collection - USD$59.95
I love the classy gold and black tin that is part of this gift set! The fact that the box is golden and the contents are also similarly colored makes it a visual treat. :) It contains "eight shining, gold products to delight friends and families alike. We put in three Bath Bombs and three Bubble Bars, a bar of our almond-scented Snowcake Soap and the Ultimate Shine shampoo bar so you'll be sparkly clean from hair to toe."

Contains : Three Gold Rings Bubble Bar, Cinders bath bomb, Dragon's Egg Bath Bomb, Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, Snowcake Soap, Sunny Side Bubble Bar, Superstars Bubble Bar and Ultimate Shine Solid Shampoo.

3) Billy Bonkers Bathtime Favorites - USD59.95
This one contains sweet-sounding favorites like Candy Cane soap, Candy Mountain Bubble Bar, Gingerbread House bubble bar, Li'l LUSH Pud bath bomb, Ma Bar Bubble Bar, MMM Melting Marshmallow Moment Bath Melt and is also one of the few giftsets to contain the Magic Wand re-usable Bubble Bar. The tin is also kooky, cartoony and most Willy Wonka-ish of them all! So sweet it could give you diabetes!

4) Christmas Bathtime Favorites - USD49.95This one is for the bath bomb lovers! "Three of our year-round favourites are paired up with six limited-edition, seasonal Bombs so you've a bath for every mood." The bath bombs, in no particular order, are : Avobath, Big Blue Bath Bomb, Cinders, Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, Honey Bee Bath Bomb, Li'l LUSH Pud bath bomb, Rocketeer Bath Bomb, Satsumo Santa bath bomb and the So White bath bomb.

Personally, one of the most meh gifts on the list because I don't think the tin is interesting enough either, haha. Oh gosh, packaging really *is* everything, innit?

5) Happy Christmas - USD$44.95
Contains both bath bombs and bubble bars for a fizzly good time. Instead of a tin, it comes in a shiny, reusable box. (IMHO - meh!) Contains Christmas Eve bubble bar, Cinders bath bomb, Candy Cane soap, Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, Three Gold Rings Bubble Bar and Snowcake Soap.

6) Christmas Star - USD$39.95
If you're thinking of getting Lush sets, I really do recommend you get the ones in a tin. It just looks so much better, and is definitely more reusable than the cardboard boxes one. No doubt it still looks lovely, but I think for a few dollars difference --- just get the cute limited edition Christmas tins! "Six bathing beauties are to be found inside this gorgeous, re-usable gold box. Christmas Star is a gift we've had for many Christmases here at LUSH, but it's always so popular that we keep bringing it back! This year's incarnation contains three of our returning Christmas favourites, and three of our newest inventions. It's sure to brighten up the holidays for the shining star on your gift list. "

Contains : Cinders bath bomb, So White bath bomb, Li'l LUSH Pud bath bomb, Candy Mountain Bubble Bar, The Melting Snowman Bath Melt and Superstars Bubble Bar.

You can check out the rest of the stuff here, but I really have no idea how long they'll keep them in stock! Probably going to yank them off the shelves once Xmas is gone! *negative nancy*