Back in 2012, whilst rooting around eBay for rarities, I stumbled upon a listing for two of these bubble bars. Without reading up on their scent, I made for the highest bid and ended up winning them for an amount I would rather not divulge. Unfortunately, when they arrived, I was rather underwhelmed with their scent and appearance, and hoped that they would win me over in the bath.
Turbo Bubble Bar is not much to look at. Sporting a very pale shade of pink - so pale in fact that it looks almost white, this bar is one of the least attractive bath products to come from Lush. To make it slightly prettier, Lush have decorated the surface with iridescent lavender glitter, but it does't make much of an improvement.
This bubble bar shares it's scent with the Silky Underwear range, which includes a dusting powder, Fairy Jasmine Ballistic and Alkmaar Soap. All of these products sport a jasmine and vetivert scent, which gives an overall musky vanillary, floral scent. The vetivert has a very earthy, almost smoky aroma which is what I first detected on this product. The jasmine absolute offers a gentle and naturally sweet element to the fragrance, which when combined with the ylang ylang, gives off a musky, coconut fragrance. While the smell is not in any way bad, it's not a scent I would naturally gravitate towards. I like fragrances that have clear pronounced notes, whereas this scent is more for those who like very delicate, gentle aromas. It's definitely more of a feminine smell but it's not strong enough that it couldn't be used by men as well.
To use any of Lush's bubble bars, you can either crumble it under running water, or as I sometimes do; hold it directly under the flow of the tap, which I find creates just as many bubbles. As soon as the water hits the bar, lots of bubbles start to form and disperse throughout the tub, creating mounds of beautiful, soft foam and turning the water a beautiful light purple colour.
I found that Turbo produces quite an impressive amount of bubbles so I would suggest that you divide a bar into 3-4 pieces and spread it across as many baths. The bubbles that are produced are very light and soft and they seem to remain with you for quite a while.Unfortunately, as the overall scent of this bubble bar is rather gentle to begin with, the smell that accompanies you in the bath follows suit. This product is perfect for those who don't enjoy overpowering fragrances and perhaps want something a little more subtle. The soothing musky, floral scent does have longevity in the bath - however, the scent wasn't strong enough to make much of an impression on me to begin with.
Despite the lustre decoration on top, you won't look like you've bathed in glitter - I only detected two pieces of the stuff on my body once I have dried myself down.
As the smell was quite weak to begin with, I didn't detect any on my skin after I had left the bath. While the bubble bar did leave me feeling relaxed and I would say the whole experience was highly soothing, my skin didn't feel overly moisturised and there was nothing particularly spectacular about this bubble bar at all. For these reasons, it's not a bubble bar that I would invest in again, although I can see why fans of Silky Underwear would probably appreciate this a lot more. Quantitative Ingredients: Sodium bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Perfume, Jasmine absolute (Jasminum officinale), Vetivert oil (Vetiveria zizanoides), Ylang Ylang oil (Cananga odorata), Titanium dioxide, Colour 18050, Colour 61585, Iridescent sparkles. (Polyethylene terephthalate & Acrylates copolymer).
Vegan?: Yes.
