Sweetie pie shower jelly

Lush are often known for their limited edition products grabbing the most attention from customers, and the other, year-round items being pushed aside as they are constantly available. This shower jelly is one of Lush's permanent line, that I feel often gets overlooked in favour of other products.

Shower jelly is Lush's invention as an alternative to shower gel (although they do still sell shower gel). They come in a plastic container, and only a couple are available all year round to try, although they often bring out seasonal ones in their limited edition collections.

Sweetie pie is a girly, fruity scent, which shares it's fruity blackcurrant aroma with the popular comforter bubble bar, as well as seasonal favourite, Reindeer rock soap.

Although it does smell deeply of blackcurrant, it is certainly not a sour smell- far from it. It reminds me of Ribena and jam. It is quite sugary, but not in an overpowering way. I think it would be the perfect smell for someone who doesn't like a traditional citrus aroma, but doesn't want something as candy-sweet as Snow fairy.

Sweetie pie is deep purple in colour, with silver lustre running through it. Fortunately, the lustre doesn't stick to your skin or the shower or bath when using it, although this could be seen as a disadvantage for the bath, as several Lush customers enjoy glittery bath water.

Shower jelly by lush can be used in several different ways. Firstly, you can rub the whole slab or a torn-off piece onto your skin to create a lather. Personally I find this method difficult, as the jelly tends to fall out your hands as it is so slippery.

Secondly, you can rub the slab or a piece into a shower puff and rub this on your skin. This for me was the most successful way of creating a soft, cleansing lather.

Last of all, you can chop the jelly into pieces and use each one to create bubbles in your bath. I find this method average, as although it does create bubbles, the scent becomes pretty weak and it doesn't soften the water in the slightest.


Shower jellies by LUSH can also be frozen, and used as an ice-cool treat to wash with in the summer. They never freeze completely solid, so they are still able to be torn or chopped up after being left in the freezer overnight. However, they do change colour once frozen to a more opaque shade

I found that with Sweetie pie shower jelly, the lather was only easy to create if I used the shower-puff method. It cleansed well and left me squeaky clean, however my skin felt a little dry afterwards so I used a body lotion to put some moisture back in.

 In the bath, it created a few bubbles, but not many, and the glitter didn't float in the bath water either.  Also, the colour of the bath water didn't change either, which I found a little disappointing.

The scent didn't linger, so you would be able to use a perfume afterwards without it clashing. However fans of this scent might be disappointed, and if that is the case, I recommend you seek out Limited edition comforter body lotion or perfume to top up on the smell.

5.5/10