Mini Review: Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb

It’s been a few years now since I’ve written a ‘Mini Review’ for the blog, a category previously reserved for Toy Cleaners. But recently I’ve acquired a few items as gifts, that while I’m under no obligation to write about and that aren’t even really substantial enough as a product to give a regular review to, I still want to share my thoughts on. As such, Mini Reviews are probably something that will become a bit more regular on the blog now! First up is a product I received from Lovehoney recently to celebrate Sexual Happiness Week, the Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb.

I am a bit obsessed with bath bombs. I haven’t had my own tub for a few years now, which is probably a good thing since I use to spend most of my money at Lush when I did. But I still always make sure to buy myself one whenever I am visiting my Mum’s house (who does have a tub). So when I saw Lovehoney had sent me their very own version, I was beyond excited. Plus, not only is it a bath bomb, but it also has a “sexy surprise” inside for extra fun once the bomb has done its job.

There are two versions of the Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb, For Her, and For Him, and I received the For Her version. I really hate this gendered language and think it’s very unnecessary. Essentially the difference between the two versions is that the For Her comes with a clitoral style finger-vibe, while the For Him comes with a cock ring style vibe. Then, in keeping with the out-dated gendering of the toys, the clit vibe is pink whilst the cock ring is blue. Both have what looks like the same simple bullet vibrator made from ABS plastic, but the difference stems from the TPR sleeve that the vibe fits into.

The Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb is part of the Lovehoney Oh! collection, which is their fun gift style range. As such the packaging for the product is designed to look like a gift, with a colourful wrapping paper style design, and printed bow and gift-tag style logo. It’s not obvious from the box that this product includes a vibrator, and this is only something you find out upon reading the fine-print on the back of the box, which makes it pretty discreet. Inside the box the bath bomb is first wrapped in bubble-wrap, to ensure it stays in one piece during transport, and it is then wrapped in a tight plastic to ensure it stays fresh until opening.

Dropping the Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb into my bath was a little lacklustre, and didn’t have any immediately crazy effects like some do. According to the box the bath bomb has a “sensual fragrance [that] will soothe your senses, while the blissful bubbles will reveal a whole new world of relaxation”. In terms of fragrance I didn’t experience much, other than a slight musky smell, and in regards to bubbles there was barely any (which you can see from my photos). There was no effect on the water colour either, although it did make the water a bit more soothing on my skin which left it feeling soft. Overall this bath bomb didn’t come close to the Lush style ones I am so accustomed to, but it was better than nothing.

About five minutes after putting it into the water I could start to see the vibrator peeking through the bomb, which was inside a little plastic egg to keep it safe. The anticipation as to what the toy would be (I had not looked into this product online as I wanted to be genuinely surprised) was very exciting, and I really enjoying slowly watching the bomb dissolve until I could finally get to the toy, which happened around the ten minute mark. I was really happy with the style of toy that was inside, as a clitoral vibrator is definitely what I was hoping for. While the jelly-style material the sleeve is made out of was a little disappointing as it’s not body-safe, for a Lovehoney product only costing $25 I was not at all surprised by this. One thing that did make me a little nervous however, was that to turn the toy on I had to open the battery compartment to remove the safety paper, which is not a fun activity to do in the bath!

Even though this type of vibrator is the sort I would never normally go near even if you paid me (literally), I really enjoyed using it in this novelty setting. The bullet vibrator only has one setting, which is buzzy as hell, but I enjoyed using it anyway and even managed to orgasm with it. The sleeve also felt great, and I found that I really enjoyed using it with my finger inserted instead of the vibrator. I’ve long wanted a silicone finger sleeve to aid masturbation, and so if this had been made from a body-safe material it would have been a real winner for me. One thing I also enjoyed about the bullet vibe is that you didn’t need to fully ‘click’ the button to turn on the vibrations, instead you could just lightly press it to turn the vibrations on and off instantaneously. As I mentioned before I had to use this product at my Mum’s house to access the bath tub, so having the ability to turn the vibrations off quickly was fantastic. On the topic of discretion, the vibrator also wasn’t too loud, so you need not worry about using this if you’re in a similar situation to me.

Overall, both of the products in the Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb were pretty lame. But, in using them together in this novelty setting? I really enjoyed it. I would 100% recommend this as a fun gift for someone, especially if they don’t already own any sex toys, as it would be a really playful and relaxed way to introduce it to them.

Sadly, the Lovehoney Oh! Bath Bomb For Her has now been discontinued.

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Last updated: 9/4/24

Price at the time of writing: $24.95 AUD / $19.99 USD

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