(new for Christmas 08)

Mmm, a new favourite!

This is an experience of a bath. As you drop the ballistic in, it fizzes madly and turns the water a bright turquoise, releasing a turkish delight-esque rose (and marjoram) scent. However – surprise! – under the turquoise layer there’s a vivid pink core, this time with basil and peppermint essential oils. As the two mix, the water turns a fantastic deep inky-blue indigo colour.

The smell is quite sweet (I thought it was geranium, rather than the more girly-floral rose), but with a herby undercurrent that stops it being at all sickly. The pink layer alone (if you fish it out for a sniff!) is rather overpowering, but the mix is fab. More, it completely cleared my lingering sinus-y headache – hurrah! That alone would have put me in a great mood, regardless of the mood-enhancing qualities of the essential oils.

Definitely getting more of these! It’s classed as a Christmas ballistic (why, I don’t know – surely more Halloween?!), so make sure you stock up before they go ‘poof!’ and disappear in a cloud of dry ice ;)