Lush has launched the perfect addition to your relaxing bath time routine, with the calming Bath Bot helping create a spa-like experience at home
If you’ve ever had any type of spa routine, you’ll know that the second you step into the treatment room, you can feel tension leaving your body. From the dim relaxing lights to calming music and relaxing scents, the whole experience is enough to get rid of stress before your treatment has even begun.
So imagine my joy when I found possibly the quickest, easiest way to replicate that at home, with minimal effort required. The Lush Bath Bot launched earlier this year, and two minutes into my first use I knew this was the answer to recreating my favourite dreamy spa experience at home.
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The Lush Bath Bot is simple – it’s essentially an electronic device that floats in your bath, emitting calming, soothing music and relaxing colour changing lighting. It lights up your bath water to give an immersive feeling, and you can choose from Lush’s pre-set sound and light combinations, or play your own music (or even a podcast or audiobook) through it.
Priced at £150, it’s definitely a little more pricey than Lush’s usual bath offerings, but unlike the brand’s single use bath bombs, this is something you can use time and time again. It is, however, just as simple to use. Simply pop it on the charging dock to fully charge, then pair the bluetooth with your device via the Lush app. Then pop it in your bath and you’re good to go.
I decided to pair mine with one of my favourite Lush bath bombs (the peppermint-scented Intergalactic one, in case you were wondering) and you can choose a pre-made setting on the Lush app that matches your bath bomb of choice. The Intergalactic one matches the colours found in the bath bomb, with a playlist of calming music that matches the vibes.
There’s a mode for every mood, too, so whether you want something super chilled and relaxing, or a more upbeat, happy vibe, you can pick whichever setting you want. Or you just need to press and hold the play button, and it’ll automatically start a light show whilst you play your own music of choice through it.
I was taken aback by how powerful both the speaker and the lights were, and both offer a really immersive feeling that helped me totally switch off when using it. Although the Lush Bath Bot is waterproof, you’re not meant to submerge it completely, so I was a little nervous about it getting too wet on the top where the speaker sits. I also found it tended to move quite dramatically at the slightest movement in the water, so if you do lots of moving around you might find it gets in the way occasionally.
However I was so pleasantly surprised with the quality – usually waterproof speakers aren’t very loud or super clear, but the music was incredibly sharp and had a good volume range. I loved experimenting with the different presets on the app too, and they kept playing continuously so you don’t have to keep drying off to select a new one on your phone.
It’s not suitable for things like hot tubs or jacuzzis, however, so if you’re planning on taking it into one of those you might want to pick up the Floating Waterproof Wireless Bath Speaker for £18.54 instead. If you don’t have a bath, the Bluetooth Shower Speakers, which is currently on sale down from £32.99 to £25.99, is a great alternative.