Snow Fairy shower gel

Every Christmas, Lush Cosmetics release a selection of limited Edition products, including Bath Bombs, Body lotions, Bubble Bars, Shower gels, and Massage Bars

Lush Snow Fairy is an extremely popular shower gel released for a limited time around Christmas. It is bright pink in colour and smells very sweet, a bit different from Lush’s usual ‘natural’ scents.

The bottle is clear with a pink label with Snow Fairy in white lettering. The gel inside is bubblegum- pink and shot through with iridescent glitter. Once poured, it is medium-thick in consistency and you can see tiny pieces of glitter in it.

It lathers up well, especially with a shower puff, and cleanses your body nicely. The scent elevates in the shower and it can sometimes become overwhelming and intense, especially first thing in the morning. It has a very strong sweet, foodie, girlie smell of candyfloss and bubblegum. It also reminds me a little of Calpol, in a good way.

There is no glitter left on you after rinsing, and the scent doesn’t last long on your skin, so if you are looking for a long-lasting scent, you may be disappointed. The shower gel is not particularly moisturising either, so you may need to top up with a body butter, oil or lotion afterwards (I recommend Snow Fairy sparkle bar, which is a solid glittery massage bar with the same scent that can be used as a rich moisturiser).

You can also use this shower gel as a shampoo, which I have tried. It is good, but I prefer using a shampoo for colour-treated hair.

Snow Fairy comes in 100g, 250g and 500g bottles. This shower gel is quite pricey, 100g retails at £3.75, 250g at £7.50 and 500g at £11.95. It is often available between Boxing day and January at half price, but this is when it tends to get snapped up very fast as lots of people love it.

I bought one 250g bottle at full price when it was first released, and in the half price sale I managed to grab four 250g bottles of it to last me throughout the year until it is released again. It seems extravagant but this really is my favourite shower gel.

The downsides of this shower gel is that it does contain a lot of artificial perfume and is probably one of the least natural products lush produce. However, I am willing to overlook this for the lovely unique scent and how clean it makes my skin feel. 

If you love Snow Fairy, make sure you try Magic Wand Bubble bar, Snow fairy sparkle bar, Father Christmas bath bomb, and regular (sold all year) products Godmother soap and Bubblegum lip scrub. They all share the same delicious scent. There was also a Snow fairy perfume released a couple of years ago, you may be lucky and be able to pick up a bottle on Ebay, but you will probably end up paying through the nose for it (a good alternative is the Snow fairy sparkle bar).

Overall, I would definitely recommend this and suggest you pick up a bottle. If you are unsure, go to Lush and ask for a sample- the shop assistants are lovely and are always willing to help. Remember, you can only buy this shower gel between October and January so grab some before they stop selling it.

Rating: 10/10