BUTTER BUBBLE SOAP SPONGES · LATHER LAGOON · Nº 0105

Bubblegum Soap Sponge

£10

Smells like the vending machine that funded your entire childhood.

Playgrounds ran on one currency: pink gum, traded for favours nobody remembers now. This sponge lathers up sweet and sharp, buffs the skin, then rinses clean. Hang it up. The rush was only ever the smell.

Kept for

nostalgic showers
one-puck buffing
sugar-bright bathrooms
playground flashbacks

Format Soap sponge

Size 230g

Scent Bubblegum, citrus

Colour Pink, blue

230g

SMALL-BATCH FREE UK OVER £50 UK DISPATCH

THE PLAIN ANSWER

What this actually is

Second strongest opening. Behave accordingly.

BUTTER BUBBLE SOAP SPONGES · LATHER LAGOON

A 230g soap-filled sponge in pink and blue, carrying a sweet bubblegum fragrance. Wet it, squeeze until it lathers thick, massage over the body, rinse, then hang it to dry. Cleans and buffs in one candy-bright puck.

Pink. Blue. Aggressively cheerful.

WHAT IT IS

What has been snapped into it

Note by note, and what it gets up to.

Note by note

Bubblegum sweetness

Citrus snap

Thick lather

Buffing texture

Plain Bar Soap

What it gets up to

Arrives sweet and synthetic on purpose, snaps into citrus, and leaves the shower smelling like a playground that ran entirely on pocket money.

THE PARTICULARS

The facts, and everything in it

The plain facts, and every last thing inside.

INGREDIENTS · INCI

Aqua, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Oleate, Sodium Myristate, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Glyceryl Laurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Sodium Thiosulfate, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil*, Limonene*, Linalool*, Eugenol*, CI 77891, CI 42090, CI 45100, CI 74160. (*Derived from Parfum.)

ALLERGEN ADVICE

Contains fragrance allergens: Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil, Limonene, Linalool, Eugenol. If you have sensitive skin, patch test first.

THE CASE FOR IT

Why you want it

Reasons, not filler.

Wash and buff, one puck

No separate cloth, no second implement, no drawer of damp textiles going stale. Work the sponge, build the lather, buff the skin. One candy-bright object, doing the whole job.

Properly bubblegum, not a hint

Not a polite gesture toward sweet with one shy note fighting for attention. Loud, synthetic on purpose, unmistakably a vending machine memory.

Lather with a sugar rush

Builds thick and fast, holds its shape, rinses clean without leaving residue behind. All the fizz, none of the dentist appointment.

Dries between rounds

Hang it up, let it air dry, use it again tomorrow. No soggy cupboard scent, no mystery puddle by Thursday.

FILED BY THE MOOD IT KEEPS

ENERGY for mornings that start without consent

INDULGE for treating yourself like a guest you actually like

FROM THE KEEPERS

The sugar-bright wash routine

Four steps. Nobody’s watching.

Nobody reads these. Then everybody reads these.

Wet the sponge fully under warm water.
Squeeze until a thick lather builds up.
Massage the lather over your body in the shower or bath.
Rinse well, then hang the sponge up to air dry.

SAFETY NOTICEPATCH TEST FIRST FILEDTHE SENSIBLE DESK

The sensible bit

For washing skin in the shower or bath, with water. External use only. Wet the sponge, squeeze until it lathers, massage over the body, then rinse well; Avoid contact with eyes; if any gets in, rinse with clean water; Leave the sponge to air dry between uses and keep out of reach of children and pets. Contains fragrance allergens (see Ingredients); if your skin is sensitive, patch test first and stop if any irritation occurs.

FOR GIVING AWAY

Who it is for

Who lights up, and who to spare.

TO: THE SECRET CANDY TINFOR THE ONE WHO STILL HOARDS PENNY SWEETSThey keep a secret tin somewhere in the house. Give them a sponge that admits the habit out loud in the shower instead.Habit, made visible.STRING INCLUDED · WRAPPED ON REQUEST

TO: THE TUCK-SHOP VETERANFOR ANYONE WHO MISSES THE SCHOOL TUCK SHOPThe shop shut years ago, the queue is a memory, the coins are long spent. Hand over the smell without the homework attached.No detention risk.STRING INCLUDED · WRAPPED ON REQUEST

TO: THE INTERROGATION ENTHUSIASTFOR HOSTS WHO ENJOY A GOOD INTERROGATIONAnyone leaving your bathroom asking pointed questions has met the right sponge. Let them wonder why it smells like recess.Answers stay optional.STRING INCLUDED · WRAPPED ON REQUEST

DO NOT GIFT TO: Anyone who still owes the tuck shop money for penny sweets. THE DESK ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY

BELOW THE SURFACE

From our Wurld

The part the catalogue cannot explain.

Bubblegum takes the tap ledge

In the Lather Lagoon, a pink and blue sponge rolled in smelling like a tuck shop and refused to queue politely for the rail. It lathered fast, snapped citrus through the steam, and left the tiles smelling like a playground paved over years ago. The Desk filed the incident under Sugar, Unregulated.

TORN FROM THE LATHER LAGOON LEDGER

“Blew one bubble in the shower. Set off no alarms. Disappointing, honestly.” — now audits bathroom shelves for unclaimed sugar debts.

ENTERED BY Pip Chewsworth, Retired Tuck Shop Economist

LAST CHANCE ONE LAST LOOK BEFORE THE HATCH

The sponge remembers the vending machine.

You have read a great deal about a pink and blue sponge. That is no longer idle scrolling, that is involvement. Add to basket. Wet it. Build the lather. Rinse and briefly relive a playground economy long since collapsed. Or return to the plain bar and let the memory fade quietly. The sponge will not judge you either way.

May cause unreasonable nostalgia before school pickup.

LATHER LAGOON

Bubblegum Soap Sponge · ONE SIZE £10

IN STOCK Free UK delivery over £50 · 30-day returns

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