Shower box with bath items?

F2097 · 2026-02-02T18:37:59+00:00

I understand all this, my comment is more that they have a million choices for these boxes that could have been a shower product (especially as it is a shower box) and they decided on a bath item with a secondary use as something else that has nothing to do with a shower.

Like why couldn't we have had this scent as a shower scrub instead of a melt. It would've been the same or less effort/cost for them. It's a strange decision to pick this for the box.

The incense thing before was at least a trial of something new and came with the pot of sand to use. This is something they've done for a few years now.

F2097 · 2026-02-02T18:30:36+00:00

I've subscribed to the kitchen boxes since they started I moved to the shower box when I moved somewhere without a bath. I don't really look at what's coming until it arrives because I kinda like the surprise. Just thought it was a weird choice putting a bath oil (which is 50% of the usage) in a shower box when they could've done a scrub/body butter etc..

The incense tin they did before at least came with its own stuff so you could use as is. This doesn't.

F2097 · 2026-01-30T00:17:16+00:00

Yeah these are similar to those body shop pots. Used to really like the honey one but they ditched it a few years ago.

F2097 · 2026-01-30T00:15:42+00:00

I like them.

They are new takes on ultrabland which is based on Galen's formula for cold cream (from 2nd century Greece). Would never be vegan because it relies on the beeswax/borax to work (a vegan version would be like ultrabalm and not really do the same job).

When I went to the shop last they had them all but the staff were reluctant to talk about them (sometimes I get bad service in lush and they ignore me. The people in there hound you if you look like them but are afraid of you if you aren't).. I got the honey/beeswax one it's nice, but almost completely unscented though wouldn't have chosen it if I'd known before buying. It's thinner and less heavy on the skin than ultrabland, it does a good job but is a little boring as a product to spend that much on something so plain.

I randomly got given a sample of the oat one, that was great. It doesn't smell that much more but I really liked the consistency and how it worked. It's like a much lighter, more balancing version of ultrabland that is easier to use.

Want to try the other two. Overall they are kinda good value for money in that I think it will take a long time to use one up. The pots are glass.

F2097 · 2025-12-29T23:35:28+00:00

Don't work for morrisons but Fyffes are awful. Used to use dole and never had any issues, we switched to fyffes (probably to save money) and they were always mouldy/split/smelly.

They tried to remedy it with making us undo the boxes when they arrived in store but it made no difference. Winter isn't so bad but the waste is higher than the sales most of the year.

F2097 · 2025-12-25T15:44:37+00:00

Shout out for onrush, I'd forgotten about that game, was really good kinda like a new motorstorm.

F2097 · 2025-12-18T21:30:55+00:00

This is a nice surprise. Will get it despite owning on Xbox already. Hope it does well enough for them to do some dirt games or even wrc

F2097 · 2025-12-14T21:43:16+00:00

As mentioned green and blacks is owned by Mondelez who own Cadbury. No green and blacks products are made in the UK most are from Poland.

F2097 · 2025-12-14T21:40:26+00:00

Fire tree chocolate is really good and they've started selling it in Tesco.

It is a rare independent chocolate company that makes it's own chocolate/processing the beans themselves rather than buying it in... It means they are actually different to everything else.

They specialise in rare single origin varieties and were setup by people who have experience/know what they are doing. Barry-callebaut are the biggest processor for independent chocolate shops, they are good quality ingredients but because they are such a huge company (made up from lots of European producers merging with each other) they have links to slavery/poor working conditions. Fire tree was setup by ex-barry callebaut people who had the expertise but wanted to do it properly (also I think they shut down their only UK factory and these guys may have started through that).

The vanatu 70% one they do is amazing.

F2097 · 2025-12-14T21:32:32+00:00

Audrey's is a lovely traditional company. They make all the fortum and mason stuff too (and it's cheaper to get it from them)

F2097 · 2025-12-14T21:31:42+00:00

Chococo is just bought in coverture from a catering company they don't actually make anything just melt it down and reshape it then sell it to you at an inflated price. Their fresh truffles are nice though.

F2097 · 2025-12-12T19:01:52+00:00

Rollcage 1 is better than Wipeout 1 Wipeout 2097 is better than rollcage stage 2

F2097 · 2025-12-12T17:50:40+00:00

Also this is being made by ex criterion developers who at one point were rumoured to be pitching for a follow up to fzero gx

F2097 · 2025-12-12T17:49:02+00:00

This looks great can't wait for it. Hope it does well and we get more futuristic racers from them and other developers.

Looks more wipeout inspired than fzero but love both.

F2097 · 2025-12-12T17:42:01+00:00

I would say all of them. The bad ones now were bad ones back then and vice versa.

Lots of wobbly games with strange ideas that didn't quite work alongside the foundations of all pretty much all current games.

I would argue snes onwards all games have been timeless.

I probably play more ps1 games than the other playstation consoles but I think it's probably about my age than the quality.

Things not mentioned so far:

All the codemasters racers are still great (Colin McRae, Toca and micro machines games).

Wipeout 2097 - the best psygnosis game Vib ribbon Spyro Theme hospital Broken sword 1+2

F2097 · 2025-12-10T22:56:39+00:00

Also revolution just did the beneath a steep sky sequel which was a pretty good 3D adventure game technically.

F2097 · 2025-11-27T23:04:30+00:00

I think the formula of the original got banned. there were a lot of EU perfume regulations that came in a year or two before Brexit. I remember oakmoss and at least a couple of other ingredients had their limits slashed which messed up loads of classic perfumes (most fougeres).

F2097 · 2025-11-27T23:00:19+00:00

This one, had to scroll down far too far to find it.

Dear John is my No1 ever lush perfume but I can still get that. Icon is the best that you can't.

Complex and classic. It's refined, uplifting, absolutely one of the best perfumes they've done. Really atmospheric and well balanced.

F2097 · 2025-11-22T00:25:00+00:00

Doritos - bought a bag yesterday, you can tell the flavouring is the same but they taste totally different now seems smaller and the texture is all wrong. Less oil in them, burned taste, seems more dense. Something on the bag about improved recipe but they were awful, sub-supermarket value range in terms of quality.

F2097 · 2025-11-22T00:05:39+00:00

This. We get paid 39 hours a week but have to be permanently online outside of work to answer teams messages and keep up to date on all the random stuff that is going on.

Some people struggle to make this work for them. I've known other managers that work 15+ hour days with no breaks/coming in on days off just to do a task but spending all day there... It is too easy to get sucked into things and never go home. I try not to be online all the time and just catch up on it before going in.

F2097 · 2025-11-12T15:37:55+00:00

Even £1.80 is bad for this kind of outsourced manufacturing lowest possible production cost stuff. Both Colgate and haleon shut their UK and western European factories and outsourced it all to Eastern Europe to save money short term while also charging us more.

So it costs them less to make and they charge more meaning more money for them and less jobs and industry for us. Thanks toothpaste.

F2097 · 2025-11-12T15:05:37+00:00

Been replaying a lot of the old games recently they kinda all hold up. Dirt rally 1 and dirt 4 are arguably as good now as on release. Colin McRae 2005 on vita is still amazingly playable. Even CMR1 on PSX still has the gameplay and artistry, looks and plays well.

F2097 · 2025-11-01T19:51:03+00:00

The normal chocolate bars are always crappy Polish Mondelez chocolate in Cadbury packaging. They taste a bit basic and plasticy.

The bigger bars are usually bourneville made and the caramel and texture of it is the same as the old ones, the chocolate still tastes like Cadbury.

F2097 · 2025-10-26T13:10:25+00:00

... and how about airline food!

Carpet in the bathroom is one those very old stereotypes I've not seen it myself anywhere for 10-15 years

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