Goddess Washcard

It's become normal now to see wash cards accompany nearly every one of Lush's regular perfume releases, and I'm hard-pressed to remember a time when that wasn't the norm within the community. Yet I also remember the time when the introduction of the wash card itself brought about a lot of confusion for consumers.

On the surface, the concept behind these little cards of apple pulp is a great one. For a mere £2, customers can opt to buy one of these cards and try out the smell in the shower, before they decide whether or not they wish to invest in a more expensive bottle of the actual fragrance itself. When you look at these cards in this light, they appear to be a great idea.

Another great fact about these wash cards is that they're perfect for travelling with, as they can slip in a side pocket, or somewhere equally as small, and there isn't a worry that there'll be any leakages during transit. I've even been known to take them on planes in my hand luggage and then used them to freshen myself up in the toilets during my long haul flight. Again, another great reason for the existence of these little cards.

All of that aside, for somebody who doesn't wish to buy any of the perfumes, or has any plan to travel abroad, these little wash cards are simply novelties that don't exactly give you much for the money you spend, no matter how little that may be to you.

As with all of Lush's new innovative wash sheets/cards, this one is made up of apple pulp and an array of essential oils. Simply tear off a small piece (about the size of the circumference of one of Lush's solid perfume tins) and add a little water to the mix. The sheet will foam up rather quickly and produce a creamy lather that can then be massaged across the body.

Being greedy, I opted for using the whole sheet in a single shower, and I can honestly say that it created enough foam to last across several showers - as it claims to do. However, the fragrance was very weak throughout my shower, and every time I used another product, I was no longer able to smell this on my skin or hands. As you can imagine, there wasn't any trace of this on my skin after I had towelled myself down, and neither was it moisturising enough to say that it made much of a difference as well.

Ultimately, I would only buy this again if I was going for a short weekend break and wanted to take minimum items with me. This certainly doesn't replace a shower gel, cream or indeed a soap, and is only really worth the money if you're unsure whether or not your want to buy the solid perfume.   

Quantitative Ingredients: Fresh Apple Pulp, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Hydroxy propyl methyl, cellulose, Perfume, Sodium polyacrylate, Jasmine Absolute, Osmanthus Absolute, Rose Oil, Sandalwood Oil, Oudh Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Cornstarch, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, DRF Alcohol, *Eugenol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 77491, Colour 17200, Colour 42090.

Vegan?: Yes.

2019 Price: £5.95 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2019.

Ectoplasm Washcard

When Lush announced that this year's Halloween range would be highly dominated by the Ectoplasm scent, I was initially super excited. While not the most original of fragrances, there is something rather scrumptious about the smell of the bath bomb, and I was super excited to try anything as soon as it arrived. Unfortunately, I found that while nearly all of the products smelled good, not one of them truly replicated the aroma was hoping for. 

As a shower gel girl, I find it difficult to transition onto anything else unless I'm forced to. With the number of new naked shower gels and soaps that Lush are constantly releasing, I found that not very many products are as good as the original bottled liquids, and the same could be said for wash cards.

Now on the surface, the concept behind this little card is a great one. Created first as a limited edition novelty during a couple of the seasonal releases, Lush went on to create a scented wash card for each and every single one of their perfumes. This way, fans can part with a mere £2 and try out the smell in the shower before they invest in a more expensive bottle of the fragrance itself.

Another great fact about these wash cards is that they're perfect for travelling with, as they can slip in a side pocket, or somewhere equally as small, and there isn't a worry that there'll be any leakages during transit. I've even been known to take them on planes in my hand luggage, and then freshened myself up in the toilets during my flight. 

All of that aside, as somebody who doesn't wish to buy any perfumes, or has any plan to travel abroad, these little wash cards are simply novelties that don't exactly give you much for the money you spend, no matter how little that may be to you. 

Given its due, Ectoplasm Washcard is definitely on par with its shower scream and naked shower scream sisters, and near enough a perfect replica of the solid perfume that came out at the same time. Containing both grapefruit and litsea cubeba oils, this little strip of dried apple pulp smells like a fruit juice diluted a little with water. Imagine pouring yourself a glass of freshly squeezed tangerine juice, squirting in a little grapefruit zest as an afterthought, and then diluting it slightly so it's not as acidic. This is what the wash card smells like.

Compared to its siblings, this washcard is obviously not as strong overall, but then there wasn't anything from this range that I would describe as being particularly strong anyway. However, this did match up with the smell of the solid perfume, after it's been massaged into your pulse points, and so this little wash card is a good investment for those unsure about how the perfume will smell on their skin.

As with all of Lush's new innovative wash sheets/cards, this one is made up of apple pulp and an array of essential oils. Simply tear off a small piece (about the size of the circumference of one of Lush's solid perfume tins) and add a little water to the mix. The sheet will foam up rather quickly and produce a creamy lather that can then be massaged across the body.

Being greedy, I opted for using the whole sheet in a single shower, and I can honestly say that it created enough foam to last across several showers - as it claims to do. However, the fragrance was very weak throughout my shower, and every time I used another product, I was no longer able to smell this on my skin or hands. As you can imagine, there wasn't any trace of this on my skin after I had towelled myself down, and neither was it moisturising enough to say that it made much of a difference as well.

Ultimately, I would only buy this again if I was going for a short weekend break and wanted to take minimum items with me. This certainly doesn't replace a shower gel, cream or indeed a soap, and is only really worth the money if you're unsure whether or not your want to buy the solid perfume.  

Quantitative Ingredients: Fresh Apple Pulp, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, *Limonene, Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose, Tangerine Oil, Sodium polyacrylate, Perfume, Grapefruit Oil, Litsea Cubeba Oil, DRF Alcohol, *Citral, *Linalool, Colour 47005, Colour 42090:2, Colour 77499.

Vegan?: Yes.

2018 Price: £2.00 for each.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.

Scent Family:
Ectoplasm Jelly Bath Bomb
Ectoplasm Liquid Perfume
Ectoplasm Naked Shower Scream
Ectoplasm Shower Scream
Ectoplasm Solid Perfume


Ectoplasm Washcard

Kiss Me Quick Washcard

Nowadays, Lush are keen to bring out as many different scented wash cards as they can possibly get away with. Easy to make and inventive at the same time, these first made an appearance at Oxford Street for their opening day, and have since been featured in nearly all of the seasonal ranges since then.

Working in the same way as soap does, these little cards are to be used in the shower - foaming up to create a lather that cleans your skin and leaves you smelling wonderful. While they act like a soap, the ingredients act more like a shower gel, so these cards are far less drying and much more appealing to me.

Kiss Me Quick was the name of the 29 High Street-scented wash card that came out during last year's Valentine's Day range. This year the name has remained the same but the design and the fragrance is different. While last year's definitely smelt better in my mind, this year's is still lovely, and the new design is far better this time around. 

Containing clove, mimosa and tonka, Kiss Me Quick is surprisingly a rather subtle smelling product. While you might expect the clove to be domineering here, you'll instead find a gentle and mildly spicy note that is really warming when used in the shower. Alongside this, the mimosa adds a delicate floral note while the vanilla absolute sweetens all three components and merges them altogether. 

While I would have liked the scent of this to be a little stronger, as I found that it didn't stick around on my skin afterwards at all, I did appreciate the gentle sweet nature of the fragrance, and how it strengthened when in contact with the heat of the water.

So why bother investing in a wash card to begin with?

Firstly, the size of this card means that this will slip easily into a purse or a side pocket of a bag/suitcase - making it a great travelling companion that wont weigh you down. Due to their format not allowing for any sort of spillages whatsoever, this solid rendition of a shower gel also guarantees to be leakage-free, and suitable to take on board a plane as part of your hand luggage.

Secondly, the lack of any active moisture means that the sheets are preservative free, which means that they should have a much longer shelf life, and are also able to be utilised much further when it finally does come into contact with water. Furthermore, they don't contribute to package waste in the slightest, making it far more environmentally friendly than their other shower counterparts. 

So in a sense, I do actually recognise their true worth as a product, and can honestly see the merit of using them in replacement of other liquid alternatives. However, I'm still not convinced that these could or will ever be able to rival the jelly and gel variations that Lush already do so well.


What is different about this wash card, when compared to previous renditions, is the fact that the base ingredient featured here is fresh apple pulp as opposed to melon. Known to contain antioxidants and vitamins that both nourish and refresh the skin, apples are naturally full of malic acid, which gently removes any dead skin build that may be causing your skin to appear dull and uneven, and adds radiance almost immediately.

Kiss Me Quick is again another novelty product for this year's Valentine's Day range, but that's not to say that it doesn't have its merits. Despite its size, it does produce a thick, creamy and very generous lather, so you need a very small piece if you wish to conserve it for as long as possible. Secondly, the wash card is rather moisturising on the skin as well, which is always a bonus for me.

Overall, this is not a product I feel like raving about or one I feel the need to stock up on. However, it was lovely to try something different than the naked shower creams I've been inundated with, and the scent was enjoyable while it lasted. A cute little release for fans to indulge in during the season of love.

Quantitative Ingredients: Fresh Apple Pulp, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Perfume, Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose, Sodium polyacrylate, Clove Bud Oil, Mimosa Absolute, Tonka Absolute, DRF Alcohol, *Benzyl Alcohol, *Eugenol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Cinnamyl, Alcohol, Coumarin, Colour 73360, Colour 77499.

Vegan?: Yes.

2018 Price: £2 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2018.

Karma Wash Card

Back when the flagship store on Oxford Street first opened, the 'Shower Sheet' was a brand new product that excited Lush fans around the world. For those not content with shower gels and shower jellies and shower smoothies and buttercreams, here was a brand new, innovative design that challenged the concept of 'normal showering' once again. 

Yet, after recognising their many merits, there was still a part of me that felt as if I wasn't getting as much value from a £13.95 sheet as I was for a similarly priced bottle. Therefore, once I had tried all of the sheets to review on my blog, I settled back into the routine of using my favourite gels and jellies once more.

However, after the Kiss Me Quick Business Card made an appearance earlier this year as part of the Valentine's Day range, I began to recognise other purposes that this format was able to offer, and I found a newfound appreciation of the product. So when Karma Wash Card was one of many new cards to showcase themselves at the Lush Summit event on February 8th, 2017, I was far more optimistic about picking myself up a handful.  

Firstly, the size of this card means that this will slip easily into a purse or a side pocket of a bag/suitcase - making it a great travelling companion that wont weigh you down. Due to this format not being able to create any unwanted spillages whatsoever, this solid rendition of a shower gel also guarantees to be leakage-free, and suitable to take on board a plane as part of your hand luggage.

Secondly, the lack of any active moisture means that the sheets are preservative free - meaning that they should have a much longer shelf life than their liquid counterparts. In addition, the lack of moisture means that they are far more densely packed with ingredients. For this reason, when used in the shower, the theory is that they'll be able to create much more of a lather from far less of the product because of this. Furthermore, they don't contribute to package waste in the slightest, making it far more environmentally friendly than their other shower counterparts.

Seeing the cards placed next to their perfume partner made me also realise that these are a great way of trying out a fragrance before you invest in a jul-size bottle. While £2 initially seems rather expensive for what roughly equates to about 6-10 showers worth of product, I feel as if this is worth doing rather than spending £30+ on a bottle of perfume that you realise you are not so keen on a few weeks later. 

While Karma Shower Gel and Karma Shower Jelly are both available fairly often in the Lush Kitchen, these are not products that are accessible to every Lush fan at any given moment. Once these cards make a permanent feature in stores, it'll mean that fans of certain fragrances will be able to have full time access to shower products in their favourite scents.

Sharing its scent with the popular Karma range, Karma Wash Card is exactly what you'd expect. Probably being closest in smell to the shower jelly format, this patchouli, pine, lemongrass and orange-scented aroma is beautiful in every way.

Karma is an ambient fragrance reminiscent of the sixties. Spicy orange oil is definitely the heart and soul of this fragrance - with warm, earthy and slightly spicy hints of patchouli to compliment the main scent. An occasional burst of lavender gives it a herbal touch and pine oil seals the deal, making this a multi-layered festivity of smells. The scent is both sweet and citrusy, and reminds me of those old-fashioned cola bottle sweets you used to get when you were little; or summer days where the smell of burning incense can be found wafting out of shop windows.   

What is great about this wash card is that it can also be used as a shampoo, which helps to lighten your load even more when you're travelling. Having only tried this out once, I can honestly say that it left my hair feeling silky-smooth and incredibly clean - not to mention the fact that the scent radiated from my locks for hours afterwards. 

While it lathered up quickly, and was equally as generous as a regular shower gel in terms of the amount of 'foam' it produced, I was a little disappointed to discover that the sheet near-on disintegrated when coming into contact with the running water. This is definitely not a product you should use in one go. Instead, to get the most out of it, I would recommend that you break off a small piece (1cm), add a little water away from the direct flow of the shower, and then massage it across your skin in a circular motion. 

The wash card produces a light, fluffy and very fragrant lather, and you can easily clean your entire body with the recommended size piece. In that sense it is equally as effective, if not more so than the shower gel variation, and works as a great top up for those who love the scent but don't have the privilege of owning the shower gel or jelly.  

As a gift, or as a product to store for future travel plans, this is a lovely limited edition to invest in. Although I won't be replacing my shower gels anytime soon, this business card has definitely sparked my interest in the shower sheets a little more, and I would definitely consider carrying these with me on trips rather than storing the usual bottle of gel. While a part of me considers £2 to be a little expensive for the size of the item, I can also see how its price tag makes it easily accessible for those on a budget, and who perhaps don't wish to invest the amount it costs for a full-sized version.

Quantitative Ingredients: ?

Vegan?: Yes.

2017 Price: £2 each.

Year Of Original Release: 2017.