Review of 'Matryoshka'
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alextiefling & I recently acquired a Matryoshka, a new(ish) Christmas gift product, so the very welcoming baths we had on our return from Europe seemed like a good opportunity to test it out.
The Matryoshka is a rather charming seasonal gift in the key of apple; it is two halves of So White soap, one red and one green, each moulded into the shape of the traditional Russian doll. Inside the smiling shell, one half contains a small So White bath ballistic and the other half containing a mini-Cinders. The whole is wrapped in a patterned square of reusable cloth wrapped around the soap doll like the classic peasant shawl.
So, visually, it's an aesthetically delightful ensemble, a clever idea which looks adorable and fits together well. Children would probably love it, but it's not childish, even if the Cinders ballistic is cinder toffee-scented. It goes almost without saying that this is not a good product for those who don't love apple, as everything other than Cinders is the delicate green apple scent of So White. Fortunately, we both love the stuff. One slight downside if the Matryoshka is that it's not separately wrapped and can be very prone to suffering in a damp environment, so it needs to be kept extra-dry or used quickly. Both the ballistics we tried were slightly lacking in fizz, which was slightly disappointing as I remember the full-size Cinders I tried previously as being a touch more exciting, but I fear we may have failed to keep it in optimum conditions. Nevertheless, it's one of the more toothsome bath treats in Lush's current stocks, being sweet but not sickly.alextiefling had the So White mini-ballistic in his bath and thought it was moderately good, being in his own words "gentle, inoffensive and calming". It is only a little frothy, not getting near bubble bar territory, and is overall pleasant without being overpowering. The slight trick with both is getting them out of the soap shell into the bath without breaking either; this needs a bit of careful bending, wiggling and shaking, and should be done BEFORE you get in!
In my bath, I also used the green half of the soap. It smells lovely, but has no particularly outstanding qualities (eg exfoliating, moisturising, etc) and is also a slightly tricky shape to handle in the bath, though oddly it seems better suited to the shower. I'd say it's more of a hand soap really, and the red half in particular is an excellent guest soap, with its cheery little face smiling at all comers.
alextiefling & I recently acquired a Matryoshka, a new(ish) Christmas gift product, so the very welcoming baths we had on our return from Europe seemed like a good opportunity to test it out.The Matryoshka is a rather charming seasonal gift in the key of apple; it is two halves of So White soap, one red and one green, each moulded into the shape of the traditional Russian doll. Inside the smiling shell, one half contains a small So White bath ballistic and the other half containing a mini-Cinders. The whole is wrapped in a patterned square of reusable cloth wrapped around the soap doll like the classic peasant shawl.
So, visually, it's an aesthetically delightful ensemble, a clever idea which looks adorable and fits together well. Children would probably love it, but it's not childish, even if the Cinders ballistic is cinder toffee-scented. It goes almost without saying that this is not a good product for those who don't love apple, as everything other than Cinders is the delicate green apple scent of So White. Fortunately, we both love the stuff. One slight downside if the Matryoshka is that it's not separately wrapped and can be very prone to suffering in a damp environment, so it needs to be kept extra-dry or used quickly. Both the ballistics we tried were slightly lacking in fizz, which was slightly disappointing as I remember the full-size Cinders I tried previously as being a touch more exciting, but I fear we may have failed to keep it in optimum conditions. Nevertheless, it's one of the more toothsome bath treats in Lush's current stocks, being sweet but not sickly.
alextiefling had the So White mini-ballistic in his bath and thought it was moderately good, being in his own words "gentle, inoffensive and calming". It is only a little frothy, not getting near bubble bar territory, and is overall pleasant without being overpowering. The slight trick with both is getting them out of the soap shell into the bath without breaking either; this needs a bit of careful bending, wiggling and shaking, and should be done BEFORE you get in!In my bath, I also used the green half of the soap. It smells lovely, but has no particularly outstanding qualities (eg exfoliating, moisturising, etc) and is also a slightly tricky shape to handle in the bath, though oddly it seems better suited to the shower. I'd say it's more of a hand soap really, and the red half in particular is an excellent guest soap, with its cheery little face smiling at all comers.
