Bomb Cosmetics- Chocolate ballotin collection

I was recently gifted this pretty box of mini bath bombs by a friend, and after using them up, decided to do a review on the set.

Bomb cosmetics is a handmade cosmetics company,who specialise in creating soaps, bath bombs and melts, shower soaps and more. All of their products are available at very reasonable prices, cheaper than similar cosmetic brands such as Lush. They also sell gifts sets, such as the one I am writing about today.


I haven't bought much, due to the fact that there aren't many Bomb Cosmetics stores near me, however these products are available online here on their own website, and are also available from Amazon UK.

The packaging consists of a fairly small white box, tied with a silky brown ribbon with the Bomb cosmetics branding on it. It also has a little folded label on it, detailing the different bath bombs and what they are scented of. It really does remind you of a chocolate box, and ties in nicely with the theme of chocolate-scented bath bombs.

However- this product is a lot smaller than I initially expected. The box is around 15cm by 4cm (estimation), and each of the bath bombs and bath creamers are also small. The largest are around the size and weight of a golf ball. If you are expecting large bath bombs, you may be disappointed, however, I decided to try them out anyway and see how they performed in the bath.

The scents of these bath bombs are all very similar, and you may be hard-pressed to tell one from the other. However, if you have a look at the label included you will be able to differentiate between each of the different products, and pick one to suit you.

The bath bombs and creamers included are;

Vanilla Bath Creamer

Chocolate Orange Bath Creamer- 

Coffee Mocha Bath Meltz
Chocolate Bath Mallow

Double Choc Chip Bath Gem

Chocolate Buttercup

The design of these bath bombs have obviously been well thought out to coincide with the chocolate box theme- each of them really do look like cute little gourmet chocolates you might find in a chocolate, One even has a little paper case on it.

Each bath bomb available had it's own different scent if sniffed separately, but together, they really all merged into one. There was a slightly soapy undertone to these bath bombs and melts, which wasn't ideal, however I hoped as I used them that the chocolatey aroma would come more to the forefront.

I ended up using these melts in 2 lots, as they were a little small and my bath is quite big. Each set of melts gave a pretty similar experience. The water turned silky and moisturising, and the chocolate-based scent lasted on my skin for a few hours afterwards, which was nice. 

Sadly, the colour wasn't the best; a translucent, beige-brown hue, however due to these being chocolate scented, brown bath bombs, this was certainly expected. 

The added extras in the scent such as vanilla, orange and coffee did not really come through though, and all I could smell was the chocolate scent, which had dampened slightly after adding in a big of stronger bubblegum-scented shower gel to create some bubbles.

I've heard of people complaining about the edible chocolate that decorates some of these bath bombs decorating the water, but mine just went down the plughole. The only thing I had to fish out was the paper case on one of the bath creamers, and this was easily done.

Overall, I would recommend this pretty gift set as a stocking filler gift, or maybe for kids who want to try out sweetly scented inexpensive bath bombs for the first time. 

However, for the price, I reckon I would rather splash out on 2 or 3 larger bath bombs from Lush Cosmetics. I am far from ungrateful for this gift, though, and it has encouraged me to try out more from Bomb cosmetics, to try and find something which suits my taste a little more. I would not purchase this set again for myself, but it is a nice gift and I may buy it for other chocolate-lovers.

7/10