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Ma Bar bubble bar from Lush is basically solid bubble bath. It smells good enough to eat too! The scent is to die for. The bar is toffee scented and smells just like a chocolate bar. There's a sugar cube in the middle and the bar itself is coloured cream and chocolate brown. The bar is easy to use. You simply crumble it up under your running water tap making sure it's the hot water tap as warm water helps the bar to froth up. You can use half of the bar for a standard bubble bath or as an extra treat you can use the whole bar in one go. Using the whole bar is great, there's bubbles everywhere! Perfect after a hard day at work!
After using this bubble bar my skin feels incredibly soft and moisturised. I have quite dry and sensitive skin and this bar doesn't irritate my skin in any way. It actually feels really soothing and I don't need to use body lotion after my bath as my skin is already soft enough. The bubbles last long enough for a good twenty minute bath, although they tend to fizzle out once I start topping up the water. Luckily the bar doesn't leave any residue around your bath after use. Any sign on the bar (any leftover bar that hasn't dissolved) simply washes away without any trouble.
You can also use this bar in a foot spa! I've used a quarter of the bar before to soak my feet and the bar left my feet feeling wonderful! Some of my hard skin disappeared completely and my feet smelt great afterwards too! Also, if you happen to get some of the bar into your eyes it doesn't sting, which is always a bonus!
I would recommend this bar. It's not been tested on animals and unlike liquid bubble bath it doesn't require any packaging so it's very economical too!
Ma Bar is easily one of my all time favorite bubble bars.
It is just so adorable to look at. Half brown, half white, and a little brown sugar cube in the middle. And it's actually a decent size which is nice too since 7.95 USD is not cheap.
It smells amazing. Just like Honey I Washed the Kids. HIWTK is my favorite of all LUSH soaps, so having a bubble bar that smells the same is amazing. I think that my biggest complaint about the smell however, is that once I crumble the bar, I don't smell it in the water or on my skin, no matter how long I soak. It's really quite disappointing.
Bubble wise this produces a perfect amount. I usually break each bar into two pieces and find that I always have enough bubbles this way. I am sure that I could probably even break it into thirds and still not be unhappy with the result. Since I break it in half vertically rather than horizontally, I find it to be a bit messy, and the bar crumbles quite a bit, but I just save it all to get the most out of it. Yes, the water does turn brown, but since I know it is not from me being dirty, I don't mind. Also, stepping out of the bath every time that I use this, I notice how much softer my skin feels. I love it.
I have repurchased this bar many times and will continue to do so.
I do love bubble baths and my favourite products for this purpose are those from the Lush range. Recently I purchased the Ma Bar to give it a go in my bath. This is a solid bubble bar designed to be crumbled into the bath, producing loads of bubbles in the process. The name of this product is very clever, being a play on the Mars Bar name (reflecting the theme of the bar which is chocolate and caramel) and the fact that it was originally brought out as a limited edition product for Mother's Day.
***What is Lush?***
Lush is a store that makes toiletries and cosmetics, using natural and organic ingredients where possible and minimising packaging where they can. It started out as a mail order company called Cosmetics to Go, but this failed and the new store, Lush, opened in Poole, Dorset. Later branches of the shop opened in London and beyond, and there are now Lush stores all over the world. As well as in store, you can also buy products from the website, www.lush.co.uk. There are similar websites for many different countries including the USA, Japan and Germany.
Lush buy ingredients only from companies that do not test on animals. All of their products are suitable for vegetarians and many are suitable for vegans.
Lush say: "We believe in happy people making happy soap, putting our faces on our products and making our mums proud.
"We believe in long candlelit baths, sharing showers, massage, filling the world with perfume and in the right to make mistakes, lose everything and start again."
***A Ma a day...***
As mentioned above, the bar is designed to smell of chocolate and caramel and the look of the bar reflects this, with one dark brown and one light brown half. There is also a sugar cube in the middle, though I'm not sure what the point of this is, other than decoration - I ended up throwing it away. It has a delicious sweet scent that reminds me of chocolate and burnt caramel. I'm not really sure where the scent comes from: though the bar contains cocoa powder, it also contains sweet wild orange oil and bergamot oil, which I don't imagine smell of caramel! Still, it also contains 'perfume' - maybe the scent is part of that. Unlike real chocolate, this bar is suitable for vegans.
Based on previous experience with Lush's bubble bars, I know that half a bar will be plenty in my bath. Therefore I chopped it in half with a knife and saved one bit for later. I wasn't sure whether to use the dark brown half in one bath and the light brown in the other, but eventually I decided to cut it the other way and get a bit of each in my bath.
With bubble bars, I find it works best to crumble them under running water and swirl the water around a bit to create the most bubbles. This is what I did, therefore, and when I turned the water off and got into my bath, I saw that there were mounds of white bubbles on top of the brown water. Brown water sounds a bit gross, and it didn't look as good as, say, pink or blue water - but I just kept imagining the chocolate river from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! The water certainly didn't feel dirty - it felt silky-soft and very pleasant on my skin.
I enjoyed my bath. Sadly the bubbles didn't last as long as they do with some other bubble bars I've tried. However the chocolatey-caramel scent was obvious throughout and the water felt very soft.
When I got out of the bath and dried off, my skin felt very soft and I didn't need to apply much moisturiser. In addition, the lovely sweet scent lasted all evening which was a bonus.
I highly recommend this bubble bar to people who like chocolate and sweet scents. At only £2.50 it is one of the cheaper bars available, though it is about to be discontinued so hurry if you want to give it a try!
Today I am reviewing the Ma bar from LUSH
I got this for my mum for mothers day one year and liked the smell of it so I got one for me too.
This bubble bar is one I like most because it doesn't have the osrt of bath bomb scent you always get from lush. The scent of the bar is sort of cocoa / orange scent. It's quite subtle, but the scent is amazing. I crumble it under the water and then it dissolves in creating lots of bubbles !
The great thing about the ma bar is that the toffeey scent is released more as the bar dissolves and it creates so many bubbles, it's just unreal !!
The idea is that it's bubble bath but not in a bottle. I think this is a really imaginative and original idea which I really like. The scent lingers on my skin really well. It has the same scent as honey, i washed the kids which is a honey / toffee scent which is amazing !!
I really like this bubble bar, yes it isn't a product you'd use every day and it is a bit of a luxury but I really like it and recommend it.
I heard about tha Ma Bar a while ago, but only tried it recently. The Ma Bar was brought out especially for Mother's Day (hence the name), but because of how popular it was, Lush decided to keep it in their stores permanently. The Ma Bar is a Bubble Bar, which is basically a solid bubble bath - to use it, you crumble it up into smaller pieces, drop it into warm water/under a running tap and it produces lots of foamy, fragrant bubbles. The bubble bar costs a reasonable £2.50 for 100 grams of product. It comes in a recycable yellow and green paper Lush bag. The physical appearence of the bubble bar is quite 'lumpy', sort of like an irregular cube shape. It is a little smaller than the palm of my hand, so it's quite a decent size. One half is an off-white, creamy colour and the other half is quite a dark brown. The bubble bar has a cute little brown sugar cube in the middle of it, which also dissolves in the water. I made the mistake of licking the sugar cube and it tasted vile so I wouldn't reccomend tasting it despite how good it smells!
The bubble bar smells delicious, I was expecing it to smell really chocolatey, which it does slightly, but it has a more sweet, honey type smell with an undertone of toffee and creamy vanilla and it reminds me a bit of Star Bucks hot chocolate - it smells good enough to eat. The scent fills up my bathroom, it's so pleasant and relaxing. It also lingers on my skin for a while which is nice, and because the smell is subtle it doesn't overpower perfume or deodrant. This bubble bar can be broken up into pieces to get your money's worth. I cut mine into 3-4 pieces. This is quite a messy process as it's very crumbly, but it's worth it. Once i've chopped it up I get a piece and then run my bath. Once my bath is almost full I crumble the piece of Ma Bar directly under the tap (obviously before you do this remember to make sure the water isn't too hot!) As soon as the product comes into contact with water it starts melting and transforming into lots of bubbles. Once small slither provides alot of bubbles which are all bouncy and foamy. The bubbles don't tend to last as long as the other bubble bars I have tried, i'd estimate that they usually last for around 10-15 minutes before they completely dissolve which despite been quick in comparrison to the other bubble bars, it is a decent amount of time.
As well as creating big, fragrant bubbles, the bar also turns the water very soft and milky - it makes my bath water feel really moisturizing and also makes my skin feel soft and smoothe which is a lasting effect and my skin will stay soft and silky for around 3 days after bathing in the Ma Bar. The water does go a funny colour - a light brown and there is also tiny little gooey lumps that need breaking up. Brown is not the most appealing of colours to be bathing in, but it doesn't bother me at all because the smell and the effect that it has on my skin it is worth it. Overall, reccomended.
Lush is a company who offer freshly made soaps, shower gels and various other body goodies. They don't test products on animals and try to do their bit for the environment by reducing packaging where possible.
*~*Bubble Bars*~*
So many bath treats await you when you enter a Lush store making it a difficult job deciding what type of product you want let alone the design and scent! The Bubble Bars are exclusive to Lush and are just one of the treat options. The current range of bubble bars includes 15 different sized and coloured bubble bars.
So what is a bubble bar? Basically, it is a bar of various ingredients including sodium bicarbonate and cream or tartar plus some perfumes thrown in for fragrance. The idea is to crumble this bar underneath warm, running water and appreciate the mass of bubbles and scent that it creates.
*~*Ma Bar*~*
Ma Bar is just of the bubble bars from Lush. It was originally released for Mothers Day but proved so popular they decided to add it to the all year round collection. It is vegan. This bubble bar is made up of 3 different sections..one large section of chocolate scented bubble bar and the other larger section is honey toffee. There is also a little cube of brown sugar to melt in the bath. The bar can be used all in one go or split for multiple uses.
Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Cocoa Powder (Theobroma cacao), Perfume, Cocamide DEA, Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), *Limonene, *Linalool, Sugar Cube
*~*Availability and Price*~*
This is one of the cheaper bubble bars coming in at £2.50 for a 100g bar.
*~*My Experience*~*
I don't bathe often..that doesn't mean I go smelly but the convenience of a twice daily shower is so much more appealing. When I am feeling a bit under the weather or if an old back injury is playing up, I love nothing better than relaxing in a hot bath with my magazine and a wee candle burning on the window ledge. Having been let down with many of the bath ballistics from Lush, when I was in Glasgow last week, I decided to remember some reviews I had read of a certain bubble bar known as Ma Bar and decided to treat myself. Last night, I used up the final piece of it and decided it was about time I reviewed it.
*~*Why This One?*~*
I bought this purely on recommendation and the fact it was quite cheap compared to many on offer. If I were to base my choice on appearance this wouldn't have appealed as the brighter bubble bars such as The Comforter are so much more vibrant and attractive to my eye. The bubble bar was placed within a yellow paper bag and this kept it together until I wanted to use it.
*~*First Impressions*~*
The bar is quite uneven and is a sort of oval shape. It looks a bit like 2 different coloured pieces of dried clay have been shoved together with cracks visible. It is firm to the touch and the brown/dirty white sections are pretty much even in size. The sugar cube is quite large and nestles right in the middle of the bar. The scent isn't as strong as some bubble bars and is much quieter than many scents from Lush when in solid form. There is a faint whift of creamy chocolate and thats about it.
*~*Its Ma Bar - Not Yours!*~*
Earlier in the week I decided to indulge in a Lush bath. From experience, I knew this bubble bar could last me more than 1 bath and so it should for the price of it! Anyway the simplest option was to split it into the 2 different coloured sections but that didn't suit me. I didn't just want a chocolate bath or a honey toffee bath..I wanted a bit of everything so I used an old knife and split it down the other way so as to have half of each section. I kept the sugar cube for last nights bath!
Splitting the bar proves to be a bit messy..inside it resembles a bit like a cake..a chocolate cake and with added scent to encourage you to go run a bath and experience the delights this has to offer. That is exactly what I planned to do and with my half bubble bar and a magazine at the ready, I started to run my bath. Crumbling this under the running water produces amazing results from the moment it hits the water.
The bar doesn't take much persuasion to crumble and feels soft and creamy as it does. Quite surprised that shea butter isn't mentioned in the ingredients as it feels like its there. Anyway, the bubbles start to form immediately and start of light and airy before mixing with more water and becoming a big sea of fluffy white bubbles. Underneath, the water turns a murky brown colour which certainly isn't the most attractive but if you can see past this aspect then you will be fine. I noticed some of the bar didn't fully dissolve under the water and this results in little soft brown, floaty bits on the surface of the water..that I couldn't deal with as I didn't want to think I was swimming in a sewer! Last night I made sure I got my hands in and made all the excess bar dissolve into the water allowing it to be smooth and lump free!
The little sugar cube barely dissolved on contact with water and decided to bob around before melting and leaving a little exfoliating bundle of sugar at the bottom of my bath which I loved. The scent isn't all that strong even in my small bathroom. It doesn't entice very much but you have to give it the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, I went out the bathroom to get my towel and within a minute, a heap of bubbles had climbed up my tiles around the taps..very thick and luxurious bubbles and I couldn't wait to jump in and chill out. I can only imagine how much bubbles would have produced if I had used the full bar!
*~*Ahhh That's Nice*~*
Stepping into the water, the bubbles barely move which means the murky colour underneath is covered up! The bath water feels incredibly soft and silky and lowering myself into the very hot water proves favourable and relaxing. This isn't a bubble bar that is going to awaken my senses but one that is going to relax me and allow me to experience that rare "me time". The bubbles and soft water caress my skin but never make it feel oily. I lay there for 10mins just relaxing and this is when the scent experience began to take hold.
Whilst relaxing with only my head pokling out of the water, I was totally mesmorised and enveloped into the subtle scent within the bubbles. There was the sweetness of the toffee and honey with a rich, bitter undertone from the chocolate. It is very delicious and whenever I moved in the water, another burst of sweetness would reveal itself making me relax and appreciate my bath even more!
When it came to washing down, I thought I would need a seperate body wash. I noticed the bubbles clung to my skin so rather than rinse them off, I started to massage them into my wet skin and was totally shocked by the thick and ultra creamy lather than they produced. The sweet scent developed further and covered my skin in toffee and chocolate kisses which felt indulgent and above all, made me feel clean as well as pampered. The bubbles remained a thick canvas on my bath for the entire duration of my bath and the water stayed silky soft coating my skin and allowing me to quickly do my legs with no need for messy shaving foam or cream.
Washing myself down and stepping out of the rather slippy bath, I dried off and took in the results. Clean skin was expected and achieved..my skin felt soft to the touch and this lasted most of the night so thats a bonus. It felt so moisturised like someone had bathed me in a bath of shea butter! The main bonus for me was the gorgeous scent that remained on my skin. If I hadn't rubbed the bubbles on, I don't think I would have been as impressed so I am glad I thought to do this! It was so incredibly creamy and sweet that if I could have had a nibble of myself, I could have been mistaken for a choccie from a box of Milk Tray. Using this at night time, allowed me (and the fiance) to experience the delightful aroma in bed..not sickly in anyway and perfectly delectable!
*~*Is It Worth The Money?*~*
Fair enough £2.50 for 2 baths is quite hefty when you consider you can pick up a large bottle of bubble bath for cheaper than this. To me, Lush products are a treat and this bubble bar is no exception. I used it when I was feeling down and in need of a pampering, chill out bath and it worked wonders to relax my mind and body with the help of some very hot water (also helped soothe my achy back). I found my Ma Bar bath very comforting and indulgent to the point where I didn't actually want to get out. Luckily I only needed to rinse the bath quickly to get rid of any residue from the bar!
This bar may not be exciting, bright not eccentrically scented but it is one that you need to try to appreciate in my opinion. Had it not been for the highly recommended review I read, I wouldn't have thought twice about selecting this particular bubble bar but it goes to show that looks aren't everything. This bar gave me a gorgeous albeit weird looking bathing and the addition of creamy and very scented bubbles made the experience even more worth the initial cost of the bar.
Overall I loved my bathing experience with Ma Bar. It was relaxing and indulgent in every way possible. This bar was designed to be given to your Mum on Mothers Day and I would be over the moon if my son or anyone bought me this bar as a treat. On my next visit to Lush, I plan on buying my Mum a wee bar to tell her shes my Ma and I love her!
Ma Bar comes highly recommended by me..you will love it! Thanks for reading :)
I love the smell of sweet things, especially anything chocolate. Think full-blown chocoholic and you're pretty close to imagining me! It was with that in mind that I picked up two of these Ma Bars last time I was in Lush. One half smells of cocoa, the other smells of honey toffee and it has it's own little brown sugar cube right in the middle of the two halves - how could I resist that?
Like most Lush products this comes with no packaging at all except a paper bag stuck closed with a sticky label that's printed with the name of the product. I prefer it this way as I can see and smell exactly what I'm getting before I buy it. It also saves on wasted packaging.
The bar itself is more of a cube then a bar actually, it's square with a brown sugar cube stuck right in the middle. One half is a chocolate brown, the other half is a creamy white.
The directions say to crumble under running water. With most bubble bars I like to break it into either thirds or quarters depending on my mood at the time and then crumble this part under the water. So, this is what I tried with this bar. I split it in half making sure to give myself half the cocoa and half the toffee and then dissolved this in my bath.
It dissolved easily with the sugar cube taking a bit longer then the rest of the bar but this isn't a problem and was actually fun to play with for a while, I'm just a big kid really! As it dissolves it turns my bath water a rather unappealing dirty brown I guess it is chocolate so what more could I have expected. It's not the most attractive colour for a bath to be though. However, the proof is in the pudding as they say! So, I stepped into my bath which by now was full of bubbles.
The bar itself doesn't really smell that strongly to start with, just a little sweet with a hint of chocolate. With half the bar dissolved in the bath it didn't really smell once dissolved either. This is a shame because the smell was really the main reason I bought it.
On stepping into the bath the water is definitely softer but not to the degree that I've come to expect from Lush products. The bubbles however, did live up to expectation and lasted for the duration of my bath.
Since the results from my first try had been a disappointment, on my second attempt at using this I used the whole bar in one bath and just crumbled the whole thing in. This produced much better results. Despite the lack of real scent in the bar itself once it started to dissolve it filled the bathroom with a gorgeously sweet chocolate scent that had something else as an undertone. I'm assuming this is the honey toffee but I couldn't quite place it as anything in particular.
The bath still turned a very unattractive brown colour but the masses of bubbles produced covered the whole of my baths surface and so I couldn't really see the colour anyway making this less of a problem and on stepping into the bath the water felt wonderfully silky smooth. Since there was such a difference in results I would only ever use this as a whole bar again. Usually, with Lush bubble bars splitting it doesn't make a difference in the results achieved but there definitely is with this.
When I got out the bath my skin felt noticeably softer and smoother. This wasn't really affected by whether I used the whole bar or just half. I did need to add moisturiser so it's not as moisturising as some of their other bars but then it doesn't claim to be either so I can't fault it for this.
The scent, when I used only half the bar, didn't stick to me at all but then this wasn't really a surprise since the bath didn't smell either. When I used the whole bar in my bath the scent did linger on me for several hours although not all day. When on my body the honey scent came through a little more making me smell a bit like a sweet chocolate pudding! It's a scent I loved but won't be to everyone's taste.
Other Information
Lush are against animal testing so, like all their products, none of the ingredients in this has been tested on animals.
It is suitable for vegans but does contain SLS so one to avoid if you're sensitive.
Pricing, Availability, Recommendations
This bar is only available from Lush but can be bought both online and in-store. It costs £2.50 for a 100g bar. At that price I would recommend it only as a treat, especially since you get the best results by using the bar all in one bath.
I personally adore the scent, although it may not appeal to everyone as it is quite sweet. The bubbles do last the whole of my bath so it's definitely not a bar product and therefore I will recommend it; it's just a shame it doesn't work so well when it's cut in half and it's because of this that I'm deducting a star.
Ma Bar - Lush Bubble bar
This bubble bar looks rather like a chocolate bar in simple white and brown in a sort of rounded mound shape with a brown sugar lump on the top and is quite understated compared to some of the Lush bars.
I got my first Ma bar from my son for Mother's Day a few years ago and that started my love affair with this very comforting bar. When you first sniff the bar it smells sweet and slightly vanillary with just a hint of caramel like chocolate. It is about 3'5" long and about 2.5"wide and fits just about in my hand with my fingers around it.
It looks pretty ordinary with subtle brown and cream colours but to me looks more like a homemade sweet meat than a soap product. The name is obviously a play on words on Mars Bars.
Lush describe their bar as a "Sweet chocolate treat for your tub" then they continue with "Ma Bar us a happy marriage between delicious cocoa powder and sweet orange oil, topped off with a dab of brown sugar. Tempted? Crumble in your tub to indulge in the biggest, toffee-chocolate bubbles imaginable and experience pure candy bar bliss".
Just in case anyone has not tried a Lush bubble bar, the idea is that you crumble the bar as your bath is filling and then enjoy a huge mountain of luxuriously softening and moisturising scented bubbles. I stored this in my T shirt drawer for a week or two to enjoy the vanilla caramel scent through my clothes first. I keep all my Lush soaps and bubble bars in my drawers as that way I never by any drawer scented liners and my clothes always have a "Lushious "smell about them.
One night I decided I needed a bit of pampering after a hard day babysitting the grand children ( it is great being retired for our children think babysitting is on tap) so I had a little hunt through my drawers to see what treats I could find. I discovered a lovely Ma bar hidden in my bottom drawer so I took it out of its yellow paper recyclable bag and had a sniff. Lovely creamy sweet smells filled my nostrils and I looked forward to enjoying this in my bath. The scent is not that strong for a Lush product in its dry state but strong enough that it has passed a little onto the clothes it was next to.
Okay being a meanie I NEVER use a whole bubble bar in my bath usually I can get two or three baths from one bar so I crumbled about one third of the bar in as it is one of their middle sized bars. I sat and watched as the bubbles began to grow and sniffed in. I was enjoying the distinctly vanilla creamy caramel odour with a very faint hint of a chocolate fragrance. My bathroom was filling with the smell of home cooked chocolate cakes, a wonderfully comforting aroma, a bit like being snuggled in a cosy blanket.
The bubbles from just a third of a bar give me a really bubbly bath; they were abundant and thick as they normally are when I treat myself to one of these. Bear in mind the price of £2.50 I don't think I'm being unreasonable in expecting at least two baths and usually three from that.
Now we move onto the feel in the bath. I am never disappointed with this bar as it always makes the water feel creamy and soft and I needed no soap or other cleaning agent I just soaked in the bath and enjoyed luxuriating in my bath of creamy vanilla and chocolate bubbles and enjoyed the caressing smooth feel of the moisturised water warmingly soothing and caressing my tired joints and oozing into my dried old skin! Strangely when you look at the ingredients there is no vanilla at all in there but I am afraid my nose didn't really pick out the orange and bergamot at all and that is surprising as both are quite citrus smelling. Maybe the combination with the cocoa powder created the creaminess that I associate with vanilla.
What are the benefits of this bar in terms of essential oils? Looking at the list of ingredients these include: Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Cocoa powder, Cocamide DEA, Sweet wild Orange Oil , Bergamot oil, *Limonene, *Linalool and lastly the sugar cube.
Less desirable ingredients:
The sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid make the water soft and the less desirable sodium laureth sulfate is there to make the bubbles. This has been linked to cancer so if this bothers you then I suggest you have a look at this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_laureth_sulfate
The Cocamide DEA is a viscosity, thickening and foam booster but once again there have been stories about links with cancer. The storage and handling precautions are also a little worrying. See http://www.useful-chemicals.com/?p=39 . Furthermore Cocamide Dea should not be used in products with nitrosating agents or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives as then nitrosamines can be formed which are carcinogenic.
So if you are concerned I would suggest you investigate more thoroughly the ingredients just so you know what you are using. Some of the above ingredients can be irritating to skin too, my step daughter cannot use these products as she gets bad eczema if she does.
So all in all what do I think? I really like this bar it certainly one of my favourites. It is not that pretty and feminine, more a chunky and basic looking bar in an old fashioned homemade sweet sort of way .The scent is just perfect creamy sweet and a bit like my kitchen after I have been baking.
The only negative thing is that the bath water becomes a sort of odd sludgy looking colour. It reminds me of bath days when my son had been playing in the mud. The bath tub also gets left with a bit of a brownish tinge after the water has gone too so I always make sure that I rinse the tub straight away to avoid any potential staining of my white tub.
Would I recommend? Well yes I do like this but have concerns over the ingredients bearing in mind Lush's claims about using only natural ingredients.
Thanks for reading. This review may be posted on other sites under my same user name.
© Catsholiday
I have been using this since it first came out, I love shopping in Lush and will try almost anything from there providing it smells nice! This particular bath bar costs £2.50 for 100g. It is half white and half brown and in the middle it has a lump of brown sugar.
For those of you that haven't used a bath bar before you simply break off a small piece and crumble it under running water. I find that I get about 10 uses out of one of these. This particular bath bar has an amazing chocolatey smell this is from a mixture of honey toffee and cocoa that Lush use to fragrance it. The sugar cube in the centre of the bar simply melts in the bath too.
The ingredients are listed as;
Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Cocoa Powder (Theobroma cacao), Perfume, Cocamide DEA, Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), Limonene, Linalool, Sugar Cube.
As with all Lush bubble bars you get a really good foam from a small amount, this is good for people like myself who love to spend forever in the bath relaxing, the bubbles help insulate the water! After using this I didn't really notice that my skin felt any different. However my skin did smell really nice. I would recommend this to be used with Honey I Washed the Kids soap and the Soft Coeur massage bar, they all have similar fragrances.
I would recommend this to anyone with a sweet tooth who loves chocolate, you can indulge in your chocolate cravings minus the extra calories!
For those of you who have never come accross a Lush bubble bar, it is a solid lump that you crumble into a bath, and once the hot water runs it creates a bubble bath! Ma Bar is one of them (probably my favourite.....hard to choose though.)
Ma bar is a square shape, half brown and half white, with a brown sugar cube in the middle. When I first smelt this product I seriously wanted to eat it! It has a gorgeous chocolatey smell and although I've never actually eaten I'm sure it must taste nice.....well maybe not but it smells amazing anyway.
Anyway, as I said to use it you crumble it into the bath whilst running a nice hot bath. You only really need half of it but it's up to you if you want to have one extremely bubbly bath, or break it in half and make it last two baths. Even half of it makes a nice lot of bubbles.
Once you've run your Ma Bar bath and got into it, you should notice how soft and creamy and moisturising the water feels! Also you'll be surrounded by the gorgeous chocolately smell of it and masses of lovely bubbles! That is my idea of heaven! After your skin should feel nice and soft and smell yummy!
==Lush Ma Bar==
this has got to be my all time favourite Bubble Bar from Lush and I couldn't believe I hadn't reviewed it until now. I have been buying this continuously since having first found Lush some years back and I always make sure that I pick one up when ever I pace an on line order or am lucky enough to get to a store.
The Lush Ma Bar is the nicest of bars purely because of the wonderfully sweet and luxurious aroma that comes with it. It is well worth the £2.45 pence which a 100 gram bar of the stuff costs and it is really my beauty vice when it comes to any products.
The Ma Bar is not for everyone though because I have recommended it to quite a few of my friends and they didn't' see the appeal as much as I do. The bar itself has the sweet aroma of honey and toffee with a touch of cocoa thrown in for good measure. It has the same fragrance as my favourite soap from Lush "Honey I washed the Kids".
AS with all bubble bars from Lush the directions for use are very simple in the fact that all you need do is break up and crumble the bar under warm running water. The bar will then melt down and produce masses of fragrant bubbles. It also turns the water a muddy brown colour which isn't the nicest of looks but I can get past that as the smell is so nice. I wasn't best pleased however when I had run a bath of this Ma Bar a few weeks back ready to get into when Himself came back from work and asked if I wouldn't mind getting rid of my dirty bath water. I told him I hadn't in fact gotten in the bath yet and did he really think I was covered with that much dirt! Cheeky monkey!
Not only does the little bar look good enough to eat, but it also smells good enough to eat. I love the fact that the sweet honey aroma stays on my skin for a good while after I have gotten out of the bath and I smell delicious, even if I do say so myself.
My skin feels soft and silky and having a bath in this and although the bubbles are not as much as some of the other Lush Bubble bars I have tried, the bubbles that are their mixed with this gorgeous fragrance is enough to make me feel like I am getting a special treat.
I really cannot rate this bubble bar high enough and I am sure to keep buying them. The smell I love and the feeling of my skin after the bath is lovely too. High recommendation.
A top score of 5 out of 5 star.
Many thanks for taking the time to read.
I do hope that this has been of some help/interest to you.
I love using Lush items and one of my favourite of their products is the Ma Bar Bubble Bar. Bubble bars are basically solid lumps of bubble bath that dissolve when dropped or crumbled into your bath water and create loads of fun scented bubbles!
I pay around £2.50 for a bar, which weighs 100g and although you could put all of this into one bath (if you can handle that many bubbles!) but I split mine into 2 or 3 chunks normally, to make them last longer. This is better value and you still get plenty of bubbles in my opinion!
This vegan bubble bar is half brown and half white, with a cute little brown sugar cube in the middle. The best thing about the Ma Bar is it's gorgeous scent, which is why I bought it in the first place. It's like a gorgeous chocolate shop, with smells of honey, chocolate, cocoa and toffee making it brilliant for those with a sweet tooth. Just don't eat it.
When crumbled into the bath, my Ma Bar produced masses of fluffy bubbles and released loads of lovely aromas. It also turned the bath water brown which is not really the most attractive of colours to bath in, but the gorgeous scented bubbles made up for that.
After a long soak, I got out of the bath and noticed that my skin felt much more smooth after using the Ma Bar. Not only did it feel more moisturised but I smelt amazing, my skin was a sweet smelling mix of honey, toffee and chocolate that I loved! I've been hooked on this since first using it, and can't recommend it enough!
Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Cocoa Powder (Theobroma cacao), Cocamide DEA, Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), *Limonene, *Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Sugar Cube
As a self confessed Lush-ite, it may not surprise you to learn that I have tried pretty much all of their Bubble Bars, and Ma Bar is no exception.
The title "Ma Bar" reflects the fact that this bubble bar really does smell like a Mars Bar! However "Ma" actually stands for Mother, as this product was originally created for Mothers day but after it became so popular, they decided not to retire it (I wish they would do the same with the Snow Fairy range!). The ingredients include cocoa powder, sweet wild orange oil which in turn give off wonderful toffee and honey aromas. The mix of cream/brown with it's design also reflects my idea of a Mars Bar, and what with the sugar cube in the middle, it is bursting with sweet aromas.
As with most bubble bars I tend to break them up so I get more use out of them, as each Ma Bar costs £2.45, which would be expensive to use up in a single bath! I would advise caution over using the brown coloured side in a bath, as it tends to make the bath go an unpleasant brown colour. Even if the smell is off toffee and honey, it still isn't visually nice to look at!
Lush recommend crumbling this under a warm running tap, which will create lots of bubbles however you can also drop it in the bath and let it crumble on it's own. If you rub some of this on your skin, you will find it makes your skin smell just as lovely as the product, and will not irritate skin (even sensitive skin).
I have bought this product for both myself and as a present for people. As it smells so divine, it in turn makes the atmosphere around it smell great too, including bedrooms or indeed present boxes. As Lush is against animal testing and uses all natural ingredients where possible, it also makes for a guilt free present, or treat for yourself. I would certainly recommend trying Ma Bar as it definitely helps me to relax if I have one of these in my bath, and what with the gorgeous candy-esque smell it is guaranteed to put anyone at ease and make them go "Ahh". Definitely one to try!
I really love Lush's bubble bars, and have tried most of their current range. Bubble bars are basically solid bubble bath, and you crumble them under a tap to get a mound of bubble in your tub. Ma Mar costs £2.45, and is a 100g bubble bar, which is the average size.
Ma Bar is brown and white, with each side being a different colour. There is a brown sugar cube in the middle, this disolves in the bath (unless it's a cold one!).
The bubble bar smells quite sweet, and has a toffee type scent. Apparently it's scent is very similar to Lush's 'Honey I Washed The Kids', which I can see. I must admit I do think the scent could be a little stronger.
I usually get two uses out of a bubble bar, and keep the rest wrapped in cling film until I use it. Ma bar created lots of bubble for me, but it turned by bath water a mucky, murky brown colour, and it didn't look very pleasant.
Once I'd had my ma bar bath my skin felt fine, but not overly moisturised or super soft, which was a shame. The bath water didn't stain my bath, which was a relief, and I didn't find any sigar residue. I didn't find that the scent lingered much after my bath.
The bar contains:
Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Cocoa Powder (Theobroma cacao), Cocamide DEA, Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), *Limonene, *Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Sugar Cube (*Occurs naturally in essential oils)
I liked this bubble bar, but thought the scent coult be a lot stronger and the colour could be improved, as it makes your bath water seem a bit mucky!
I am always needing a bit of girly pampering and my latest favourite place to fin the right products to relax and refresh me is the store LUSH. After being enticed in by an exotic fragrance whilst walking past my local shop I've been unable to stay away ever since! If you've never been into the LUSH stores they have an unusual kind of display set up. They sell soaps, bath bombs, hair and skin products and curious shaped things called 'melts'. All of these are piled up on wooden tables and stands as though it's a continental market stall. The product information is sketched onto small chalk-boards which are erected near each item. The thing that attracted me to the product I'm reviewing here, the Ma Bar, was the fact that on the ingredients list and description written on that little chalk board was the word "cocoa". I'm a chocolate addict and if I can't eat it the next best thing is bathing in it, right?
The Ma Bar is described as a 'bubble bar' which is something you add to your bath to create luxurious foam, fragrance and a smooth texture to the water. The Ma Bar is not actually a bar at all but more of a mis-shapen scone shape. It is like a big lump of cookie dough. One side is light, a creamy white chocolate colour which is described by the company as being "honey toffee" and the other side is dark, a brown milk chocolate. If you pick it up it has a squishy feel to it, like raw dough or like a big ball of whey that you have just kneaded. In the centre of the patty cake is a crystalised brown sugar lump. To smell the fragrance of the Ma Bar you have to smell it close up. It's fragrance is very chocolatey with hints of vanilla and sandalwood. There is a slight difference between the aroma of the white side and the brown side, with the brown being more cocoa heavy and musty and the white being sharper and a bit fruity. All in all, it smells good enough to eat, so resist!
I added the Ma Bar to warm to hot running bath water and let it do it's thing. The sugar lump detached almost immediately and I felt it swimming around in the bottom of the bath. I was convinced it wouldn't melt but in fact it was the first thing to dissapear. The rest of the product dissolved more slowly, breaking up into fingernail sized pieces. It had a slight sizzle when melting. The water gradually started to turn muddy brown which was a bit horrible. I didn't think the water would turn as dark and as grotty looking. It was as though I hadn't washed my feet for a year and now they were getting their annual clean up! The dirty colour of the water didn't really remind me of a chocolate river as in the beautiful gardens of Willie Wonka's factory. It was more like a stretch of the polluted Ganges.
The amount of bubbles and foam arising from the Ma Bar could not disguise the horrible water colour underneath. This is because the foam was so slight, with teeny, sloppy bubbles that had a greasy and slimy appearance. It actually reminded me of the scum on ocean waves as they wash up on dirty beaches. This bubble sludge combined with half-melted brown bits of goo is not a nice picture. The texture of the water was quite silky and smooth though and if I closed my eyes it was quite a nice sensation!
I was surprised the fragrance of the Ma Bar was not released into the air and didn't seem to rise up in the steam. I could not smell the fragrances until I smelled my wet skin, and even then it was very faint. I would describe the fragrance on my wet skin as being like caramel.
When I dried my skin after bathing the fragrance of the Ma Bar did not remain. It was not detectable at all after towelling myself. My skin was not softer or moisturised as I imagined it might be. The Ma Bar simply does not leave any impression it has ever been used.
The Ma Bar is vegan friendly and contans such ingredients as Sodium Bicarbonate, Perfume, Cocoa Powder, Sweet Wild Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), *Limonene, Sugar Cube.
When I bought this it was on the cheaper side of LUSH's bubble bars being priced at £2.45 for one 'bar'. I'm not sure about the availability of this product currently though since Lush have a turnover of different products throughout the year. In my opinion there are far nicer and more pampering bubble bars available at LUSH. This does not conjure up a chocolate lovers dream. It didn't feel feminine or pretty to me and I actually was a little repulsed by the appearance of the bath water. I was also dissapointed by the very weak fragrance and the fact it did not linger on my skin after use. The only nice thing was the smoothness of the water after the bar had completely melted. Ultimately, I would not reccommend this bubble bar. It's a let down.
To find out more about LUSH products and see detailed information about the Ma Bar Bubble Bar go to the company website:
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The matchup of aces on Tuesday was extra special for Josh Johnson. The Marlins' No. 1 wants to emulate Roy Halladay and took time last year to watch the two-time Cy Young Award winner go about his business. "I was like a little brother to him. I was following him around, trying to pick his brain about what he does after starts, in-between starts, stuff like that. It says a lot about his character and the kind of guy he is," said Johnson, who admits he was starstruck by the Phillies ace. "As soon as I walked in, he said hi. I was like, 'Whoa! This is the Roy Halladay.' He's the guy you like to model yourself after."(MLB.com). The student may have come out ahead of the teacher this time, but that's OK. In their last matchup, Halladay schooled Johnson and the Marlins by throwing a perfect game. (AP).
Just days after his 27th birthday, Prince Fielder sent a 2-1 pitch into the center field stands for his 200th career home run (MLB.com). Fielder is the 15th-youngest player and just the fifth Brewer to reach the 200 home run mark (MLB.com). Jason Marquis also crossed a milestone off the list, earning the 100th win of his 12-season career with a victory over the Braves (MLB.com). "Who'd ever thought when I first broke in, I would get this?" remarked Marquis, after receiving the game ball.
Jonny Gomes showed off outfield acrobatics (MLB.com) and Paul Konerko made not one (MLB.com), but two (MLB.com) eye-popping plays, while Mariners rookie Mike Wilson gave Camden Yards fans a high-def view of his smooth glove (MLB.com) and brand-new Major Leaguer Eric Hosmer hit an upper-deck round-tripper for his first home run in the bigs as his family watched at Yankee Stadium (MLB.com).
'A' is for attorney? C.J. Wilson coined a new phrase, saying that pitching to the Oakland A's is like playing "lawyer ball" because of their patience and discipline in taking close pitches. Oakland players rebutted Wilson's argument by sending him a signed ball that read "From the law office of..." (San Francisco Chronicle).
Kyle Lohse did his best undercover Tony La Russa impression, complete with wig and shades, while delivering the lineup card prior to the Cardinals' game against the Cubs. (NBC Sports).
David Price paid his Tampa Bay Rays "friendship dues," buying his teammates 60 tins of caramel and cheese popcorn. Joked Rays pitcher James Shields, "That will cover him for about a month." (St. Petersburg Times).
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OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department's 25th Annual St. Patrick's Soccer Tournament concluded last weekend after hosting over 150 teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region for the last month with champions crowned in the signature men's and women's open divisions.
Roughly 150 teams and hundreds of players from all over the mid-Atlantic region have been converging on the resort area the last four weekends for the annual St. Patrick's Indoor Soccer Tournament. From modest beginnings 25 years ago, the annual tournament has grown by leaps and bounds over the years and is now one of the largest events of its kind. The 2013 tournament hosted over 150 teams competing in 12 divisions over four weekends starting in late February.
The tournament got started on the weekend of February 22-24 with the under-18 boys and girls divisions. For the record, in the boys' under-18 division, the Baltimore Spurs beat the Red Storm in the championship game to win the 2013 title, while Rommel's Ace out of Salisbury beat Storm to win the girls' under-18 division this year.
The following weekend, the boys' and girls' under-10 and under-14 tournaments were held. In the boys' tournament, the FSC Five defeated Real Rockville, 5-4, in the title game, while on the girls' under-10 side, the PHWM Fury edged the FSC Chaos, 4-3, in the championship. In the under-14 boys' tournament, the Titans beat D.E. Select, 4-3, to win the title, while on the girls' side, the Fruitland Panthers edged the Riverward Sharks, 4-3, in the championship game.
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Last weekend, the men's and women's adult open tournaments were held to bring the annual event to a successful conclusion. On the men's side, Three Brothers cruised past the Bull on the Beach, 8-1, in the championship game. In the women's championship game, Casey's Bar and Restaurant edged the Taphouse, 3-2.


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Right-hander fans five, scatters two hits over three shutout innings
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Mike Pelfrey turned in a dominant performance for the Twins on Friday night at JetBlue Park, helping to lead his team to a 2-0 victory over the Red Sox.
The right-hander, who is in his first year with Minnesota, gave up two hits over three shutout innings while striking out five.
"I had a really good sinker tonight," said Pelfrey, who has a 3.52 ERA in three Grapefruit League starts. "I think I should've realized that earlier. I think it was all I threw in the second and third inning. It was really good tonight, and I think I can have days like that where it's my strength and I can throw it 90-95 times."
Ryan Dempster, Boston's new rotation member, gave up five hits and two runs over 3 2/3 innings, walking none and striking out two. The righty has yet to walk a batter in three Grapefruit League starts.
"I feel really good," Dempster said. "That just comes with me trying to repeat it as much as I can on the side, and obviously in the game. I just feel like even behind the count I can make a pitch where I want to throw it, or get softer contact."
Aaron Hicks, who is developing into the story of Spring Training for the Twins, had a run and a hit from the leadoff spot. Ryan Doumit went 2-for-3.
It was a quiet night for the Red Sox offensively. Jacoby Ellsbury, Ryan Sweeney and Jonny Gomes each had a hit.
Up next: Right-hander Cole De Vries is set to take the mound for the Twins on Saturday against the Pirates in a 12:05 p.m. CT game airing live on MLB.TV. De Vries, who is competing for a spot in the rotation, has yet to allow a run in four innings this spring. Right-hander A.J. Burnett is scheduled to start for the Pirates in Bradenton.
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Marijuana can also be used to brew tea and, particularly when it is sold or consumed for medicinal purposes, is frequently mixed into foods (edibles) such as brownies, cookies, or candies. Stronger forms of marijuana include sinsemilla (from specially tended female plants) and concentrated resins containing high doses of marijuana's active ingredients, including honeylike hash oil, waxy budder, and hard amberlike shatter. These resins are increasingly popular among those who use them both recreationally and medically.
The main psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical in marijuana, responsible for most of the intoxicating effects that people seek, is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The chemical is found in resin produced by the leaves and buds primarily of the female cannabis plant. The plant also contains more than 500 other chemicals, including more than 100 compounds that are chemically related to THC, called cannabinoids.2
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Marijuana consists of THC, which is a mind altering ingredient. When one abuses marijuana, the THC enters the bloodstream and targets the brain. Certain brain cells that influence memory, coordination, thought process, sensory perception are targeted.
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• Withdrawal symptoms
Who requires a treatment?
People who get enrolled in marijuana treatment programs have been using the drug for at least 10 years and it could be possible that they must have tried to quit using the drug several times.
It is reported that in the year 2010 about 353,000 people were admitted to treatment centers. Latest reports from January 2014 to January 2015 shows that the treatment centers received 3, 572 calls for synthetic marijuana and there were also reports of 15 deaths related to marijuana addiction. (Resources used for the statistics – www.whitehouse.gov; www.cdc.gov; www.drugabuse.gov)
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The most common treatment of marijuana addiction is therapy.
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10. Recovery First Treatment Center, Hollywood, FL
11. Solutions Recovery, Las Vegas, NV
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13. Resolutions – Sober Living, Las Vegas NV
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A bird in the hand is worth, well, in this case it's worth 2,000 belly laughs, and for a couple of reasons. First, a quail hunter uses his bare hand to catch a quail that inexplicably flew directly at him, and it was caught on video. Second, the video is posted in the most unlikeliest of places: A church's YouTube channel among gospel messages. We found out why, but first, check out this incredible video of Senior Pastor Matt Carter making an amazing catch while on a quail hunting trip with NFL quarterback Colt McCoy in South Texas:
When GrindTV Outdoor contacted The Austin Stone Community Church on Monday to get the story, Travis Wussow, executive director of teaching ministries, asked us, "Do you think it's real or fake?"
Initially, we thought it was real, then thought maybe it was staged, but then thought it was real since it was posted on a church YouTube channel.
"It is totally real," Wussow said. "While filming [the church uses creative storytelling, including films, to spread the gospel], inexplicably this bird takes off and stupidly flies right at Matt, and he grabbed it. It's unbelievable….
"I was there and watched it happen. It's totally unbelievable."
The friendship between McCoy, who was recently traded from the Cleveland Browns to the San Francisco 49ers, and Carter began six or seven years ago when the two started hunting together. McCoy went to church at Austin Stone, where Carter is a pastor.
The two eventually collaborated on a biblically based book for men entitled, "The Real Win: A Man's Quest for Authentic Success." You can see a plug for the book at the end of the video.
"We went back and forth, and decided to put it on our site," Wussow said about the church's decision to put the hunting video on its YouTube channel.
As seen in the video, Carter was alerted to the flying quail, being told, "Coming at you." With three cameramen surrounding the bird as they got three angles, the quail flew straight at Carter, who nonchalantly transferred his shotgun from his right to left hand, then stuck out his right hand to snag the quail.
McCoy then said what he no doubt has told many of his wide receivers over the years: "Sweet catch."


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The complicated nature of that relationship is steadily becoming apparent as Beebe and the rest of the state are adjusting to the first Republican legislative majority in 138 years.
Beebe's told lawmakers that they're in charge of the money and the policy, a statement Republicans have been all too happy to repeat as Beebe opposes an idea to cap state spending growth. He's called a proposal to ban most abortions in the state "patently unconstitutional," but the lawmaker behind that measure is also the Senate sponsor of Beebe's grocery tax cut.
He's praised the Republican lawmaker behind a 20-week abortion ban as a man of a character, while assailing the state's GOP lieutenant governor for offering to sign that bill while the governor was out of town.
The comments show just how carefully Beebe and Republicans are approaching each other after last year's election.
That balance for Beebe was on full display last week, as he talked with reporters about a 20-week abortion ban that he ended up vetoing later that day. While citing concerns about the measure, Beebe went out of his way to praise the lawmaker behind the ban for declining an offer by Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Darr to sign the bill while Beebe was in Washington.
"That showed a lot of character and class on his part," Beebe said. He echoed those remarks later in his letter vetoing the measure, a veto that the Republican-led House and Senate moved quickly to override.
He had much less love for Darr, saying he'd be more careful about leaving the state after the Republican lieutenant governor signed a bill concealing the state's list of concealed handgun permit holders. It's a measure that Beebe opposed, but planned to let it become law without his signature.
"You can't turn your back now," Beebe said.
The disagreements Beebe and Republicans have had since Republicans won control of the Legislature last year have been tame so far compared to the ones that GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee had during his 10½ years with a Democratic-led House and Senate. The House and Senate vote to override Beebe's veto on the 20-week ban was the first he's had since taking office. In Huckabee's first session, Democratic lawmakers overrode 10 of 16 vetoes.
Though Beebe has signaled he's likely to veto a 12-week abortion ban lawmakers sent him, he's avoided directly criticizing Republican Sen. Jason Rapert for backing the idea. Rapert, who's the chief Senate sponsor of Beebe's proposed grocery tax cut, has even offered Beebe an out on the contentious issue.
"The governor has his own conscience," Rapert, R-Conway, told reporters. "I think probably the best route would be that he just simply not sign the bill and let it become law, if that's what he decides to do."
Both sides are approaching each other delicately, and with good reason. Republicans realize that Beebe remains popular in the state despite GOP victories at nearly every level in recent years.
Beebe knows his push for expanding health coverage to low-income Arkansans - an idea that has shifted from expanding Medicaid to using private insurance on the health exchange - is dead unless he can win over a party that has based its campaign the past two elections on opposing the federal health care law. The disagreements over social issues may also pale in comparison to the late-session wrangling over the state's budget and a GOP push for tax cuts that the governor says the state can't afford.
That's why Beebe used his State of the State address to the House and Senate to remind lawmakers that he's a product of the legislative branch.
"The legislative branch of government is the first branch of government for a lot of good reasons," Beebe, a 20-year veteran of the state Senate, told lawmakers. "Our founding fathers set it up that way. You're in charge of the public policy of this state, and you are in charge of the money."
Beebe is also making it clear he won't let Republicans have their way on everything, criticizing a GOP-backed plan in the House to put a cap on state spending growth. It's an idea that Beebe warns would "wreak havoc" on the state's budget.
"We've got a great budget system. Why they'd want to monkey with it after it's been good for, what, 70 years and some guy that's been here a little while wants to change something like that because he doesn't like what's going on in Washington, I just don't see that as appropriate," Beebe told lawmakers.
House Majority Leader Bruce Westerman, the "some guy" Beebe referenced, said the disagreement between him and Beebe over the bill isn't personal.
"I think he doesn't like it because it puts more of the budgeting control in the legislative hands and takes it out of the executive's hands," said Westerman, R-Hot Springs. "He's the governor and I respect him. By most people's standards, he's done a good job, but we happen to be in total opposite disagreement on this."
With questions remaining about the state's budget and Medicaid that won't be resolved until the session's final weeks, the biggest tests of the relationship between Beebe and Legislature are yet to come.


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Kitty and the Midnight Hour
by Carrie Vaughn
Review by Steve Sawicki
Warner Books Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 0446616419
Date: 01 November, 2005 List Price $6.99 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
Another entry in the spate of revamped werewolf/vampire novels. There's not a lot of new ground broken here but I'm not sure that was the intention. I think Carrie Vaughn was shooting for the post adolescent teen market, and those who read that market, when she wrote this. There's a bit of sex and lot's of violence all mixed in with some version of S/M, D/S. The basic story line is that Kitty is somewhat of a rebel, a non-pack werewolf, in a pack focused community, who wants to make something of herself, other than the obvious wolf on a moonlit night. She gets involved with a vampire, a cop, an assassin and radio station manager who's not quite sure what's going on at the station but likes the upswing in ratings. Kitty uses the radio show to give advice to those struggling with the fact that they were made werewolves/vampires against their will. She also deals with the wannabes who flock to such a crowd.
Kitty struggles to come to grips with hew new found fame, her new found radio format and what appears to be a rift among the vampire family and the werewolf pack. There's also a killer on the loose who appears to be a rogue werewolf and who is killing women. The assassin, originally hired to kill Kitty provides some comic relief that's not too forced and the book wends it's way from beginning to end without too much effort on the part of the reader to keep up with what's going on.
There were a lot of different directions Vaughn might have gone in the novel and she chose to remain fairly straightforward in keeping the focus on Kitty and ignoring what could have been either interesting or distracting side jaunts into social mores and a deeper exploration of the werewolf/vampire communities. The supporting characters are all a bit cardboard but they serve their purpose and I ended up reading the book in a single sitting which speaks to it's entertainment value if not to the pacing. Not a bad effort and you could certainly do worse when trying to get your latest neo-changeling, blood sucker fix.
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Motorist plays Saturday at the Satellite near downtown Wilmington.
Winston-Salem's Motorist grew out of former band members with a specific vision for a new group. As they wrote music together that vision became more organic. The result is melodic, punk-infused hard rock music both nuanced and occasionally epic sounding. Formed just last year, Motorist recently released "Days of Young."
Motorist plays Saturday at the Satellite near downtown Wilmington.
"Jay (Smith) and Grant (Meadows) have played together for years, (giving) the group a solid foundation to work from," bassist and lead singer Eric Swaim said. "Jon (Tuttle)'s history with the bass really helps to keep a newer bass player like myself in check."
Guitar and drum interplay between Smith and Meadows is one of the strengths on "Days," an album built on lush, crushing guitars, frantic percussion and a webwork of varying guitar sounds. The music is like '90s hard rock merged with the bombast of glam rock. Swaim's vocals are frazzled and sinewy – think Alice Cooper meets Scott Weiland.
The heavy, flowing "Days" has eclectic influences, though politely buried. Coarse melodies recall Stone Temple Pilots and "Furious Way" has an '80s New Wave feel. Influences exist like an older brother's musical sway. Humbly, Motorist sees their sound as "nostalgic yet fresh."
"When forming, we were essentially throwing back to faves of the recent past," Swaim said. "However, when songs really started coming together we felt a very new, exciting element rising to the surface."
Recorded over three days in a flurry of live tracking, overdubs and vocals, the intensity of "Days" comes through as partly introspective and partly a story about coming of age. Swaim describes it as the vulnerable human as hero, "merely for his/her ability to survive and move forward."
"Days" closes with the big sing-along chorus song "Kings of Our Time," one that feels like release.
"(It) was, in a way a sense, of purging. Anytime you can close things out with an exclamation of some sort is energy well spent."


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Wegscheid, VanOrsdel advance
Wadena-Deer Creek wrestlers Trey VanOrsdel and Tony Wegscheid won their first-round matches to advance to Thursday's quarterfinals in the Class A Individual State Wrestling Tournament in St. Paul.
VanOrsdel scored a 8-3 decision over Frazee's Jake Schermerhorn in the 140-pound bracket.
Wegscheid pinned Aitkin's Nathan Cummings at 5:26 in the 189-pound class.
The quarterfinals were slated to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center.
VanOrsdel takes on Browerville/Eagle Valley's Brian Denny. Wegscheid battles Aaron Norgen of Maple River.
Section 6A team champion New York Mills takes on Aitkin at 5 p.m. Thursday night.


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The Edmonton Oilers began their rebuilding project two years ago when they made Taylor Hall the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft. Now, Edmonton has ensured the skillful winger will be there to finish the job.
Hall agreed to a seven-year, $42 million contract extension with the Oilers on Wednesday, a deal which will run through the 2019-20 season. Hall still has one year left on his entry-level contract and would have been a restricted free agent next summer.
"It's been something I've been thinking about for a while, so it's really exciting to get this new contract done," Hall said, via the Oilers' Twitter feed. "Obviously I want to be here, so I'm thrilled. I'm comfortable to be here for that long."
In two seasons, Hall, 20, has scored 49 goals with 46 assists in 126 games. Injuries have been an issue for Hall, who is listed at 6-1 and 194 pounds. He played 65 games as a rookie and 61 last season.
Getting the deal done with Hall now means that neither he nor the Oilers will have to worry about the possibility of contract limits in a new collective bargaining agreement. The NHL has proposed capping contracts at five years, which has led to a flurry of long-term deals around the league.
Next up for the Oilers is an extension for their 2008 first-round pick, Jordan Eberle, who led Edmonton with 34 goals, 42 assists and 76 points last season.
"His (extension) should be pretty soon," Hall said. "He wants to be here, too, and him and I are following the same path."
Hall was the first of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Oilers, who selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the top pick last year, and Nail Yakupov two months ago.
While Edmonton has used its high draft position to add forwards, the Oilers signed Justin Schultz as a free agent after the defenseman failed to reach an agreement with the team that drafted him, the Anaheim Ducks.
The Oilers, who finished 21 points out of the playoffs last season, did not have a player signed beyond 2015 until Hall's extension.


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Just as assorment of quilts---I love to see others quilts so I can get excited to quilt more.
Halloween house....will probably do Easter houses for Grandkiddies next Christmas
Warm Wishes ocean quilt for nephew
Japanese postcard quilt
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Still, Caltrain Deputy CEO for Finance Gigi Harrington said that historic ridership growth, savings from prior budget years, and/or one-time-only stopgap funds could aid the agency in the years ahead.
Caltrain's long-term financial future is hampered by the agency's lack of dedicated funding, even as ridership demand continues to grow.
Recent expenditures, including stopgap funding, have been used to repay SamTrans the purchase of the rail right-of-way used by Caltrain. SamTrans has used that funding to cover its share of the operating deficit, which, in turn, has allowed Caltrain to maintain a robust level of service to meet the growing demand, Caltrain said. But those funds are exhausted, and Caltrain will need to either identify a new funding source or consider service reductions for FY15.
"Caltrain is vital to the rebounding economy of our region, and demand for the service has never been higher," said Ken Yeager, chair of Caltrain's Joint Powers Board. "These historic ridership levels look like they will remain on track, so there will be no fare increases or reduction in service levels in this year's budget."
Caltrain's total proposed operating budget for FY14 is $120 million, up 7% over the previous year's budget. Ridership has grown 11% each year for the past three years, and is nearly double the number of riders recorded in 2004.
High demand has resulted in service constraints during the peak-hour commute, with some trains reportedly operating at 130% of capacity.
"Caltrain is straining at the seams," said Chuck Harvey, deputy CEO of operations, engineering and construction. "We need to look for ways to add capacity to the existing system to take some pressure off the most popular trains and to provide a more comfortable ride for our passengers."


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Dear Straight Talk: I have two daughters in college. Due to the recession, our economic situation changed drastically since they were in high school, where they enjoyed private schools, lessons, cars, trips abroad, etc. How do I get through to them the duty and joy of pulling their own weight?
— Overwhelmed father in Monterey
Brandon, 20, Mapleton, Maine: Many kids of relative affluence go into shock on their own. My parents completely spoiled me through middle school with "whatever-you-want" treatment. I'm happy they weaned me off or I wouldn't be where I am today.
Some parents think that once college hits, it's too late to influence their kids. Wrong. The first thing to do is insist they earn money. It's nice to help with tuition, but don't instill dependence. Direct them toward work-study, internships, or other part-time jobs that will provide spending money. They might not take the change well, I know I didn't. But it was either that or give up my "spoils". Plus, getting a regular paycheck is definitely rewarding. Keep your foot down on this.
Akasha, 18, Los Angeles: My family was also hit hard. Even though I took AP high school classes, I worked 15 hours a week to fund all my simple needs: clothes, makeup, gas, outings. If my mother had hidden our situation, I would've felt terrible! Plus, without earning money, I wouldn't have been able to do things that make high school fun. I not only enjoyed high school, I also felt more capable than my peers and learned how to spend both money and energy wisely. Your daughters are adults! Tell them the way it is.
Taylor, 15, Santa Rosa: My parents don't want to worry me, but I find it more frustrating to be left in the dark when I know we are struggling. My mom has actually told me she doesn't want me to work. Yet I am bursting to join the workforce. It makes no sense! They expect me to pay for my own stuff (movies, outings, etc.), but at the same time I am forbidden from having an income? I think some parents have too much pride.
Lara, 21, Concord: We never had much, so I was always conditioned to pull my weight. I'm putting myself through a private college, working several jobs, driving a super old car that I bought — oh, and no iPhone. Yet I feel empowered, happy and successful. Seeing the money leave my bank account to pay for school makes my ambitions stronger than ever. Some friends feel sorry for me, but, honestly, I feel bad for those whose parents pay for everything (well, I do envy those with paid tuition). After college, they won't know how to function or be happy with life's simple things. It might be hard to give your daughters less, but their reward will be independence and maturity.
Dear Overwhelmed: They probably got the "sex talk". Now they need the "money talk". Quick, before they catch a case of narcissistic entitlement. Oh, they already caught that? The best cure is to pull back the curtain (see kids, no wizard). They're big girls, at least that's what you're hoping for, and you don't want them dependent upon a fantasyland male figure anyway.
Call a meeting and do a thorough family balance sheet together. Do this lovingly, matter-of-factly, and without fear-mongering. No sugarcoating or martyring allowed either — all are terrible role-modeling. Let the numbers talk. Once the balance sheet sinks in, problem solve together. Better they offer to get part time jobs, sacrifice luxuries, and adopt a DIY mentality, rather than you having to insist. But be prepared to insist. Be the CEO holding the company together through the storm. That'd be you. — Lauren
More from Lauren Forcella:
What makes a successful adult? Sound management of love, sex, drugs, money. Today's families don't spend enough time, nor do our high schools, on money. Families and schools do a lot on drugs and sex. But little on love and money. Hmmm, now this has me wondering… luckily, I'll spare you those thoughts.
High school is a great time to introduce deeper principles of money and raise financial IQ. Parents: For the home "money talk", if you don't already do a balance sheet, it's a great time to start — for the kids, right? As I said, it's important for them to see that there is just a regular man and/or woman behind the curtain, working to keep roof patched and automobiles in tread, not a magical mysterious force.
Hopefully there are at least place-holders on your balance sheet for old age, disability, and premature death. And that your "money talk" includes ideas of "enough", "value", "happiness" and "giving" versus a "big lots" mentality. Finally — and hopefully you've been inculcating this from early childhood — there is that part about the duty and joy of everyone pulling their weight. A good CEO knows that fortunes can come and go. What lasts is one's character.
Good books on money are "The Richest Man in Babylon" and "The Soul of Money". To learn things beyond a balance sheet, a great money game is "Cashflow 101".


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South Africa eagerly awaits AFCON 2013
South Africa once again stands poised to attract international football headlines, when the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations takes place early next year in 5 cities.
[quote]"While we have the infrastructure and the experience to host the matches, we will spare no effort to make South Africa proud hosts of the tournament in a safe and secure environment in our province – Thandi Modise, Premier, North West province "[/quote]
There is much excitement around the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which takes place early next year.
Johannesburg, Durban, Rustenburg, Nelspruit and Port Elizabeth were selected as AFCON 2013 host cities. The 32-match tournament will run between 19 January and 10 February 2013. Opening and closing events will take place at Soweto?s FNB Stadium, (formerly Soccer City), which was revamped to the tune of millions of rands for the 2010 FIFA World Cup?.
Tickets for the continental tournament are now on sale, affordably priced between approx R50 and R200. Fifteen African nations will participate in the biennial event, last won by Zambia. The championship is organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the winner qualifies for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup? taking place in Brazil, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup?.
The provincial governments involved in the tournament are urging support from football fans in their regions. Gauteng plans a public viewing of the tournament draw, scheduled to take place on 24 October in Durban. It is also publicising weekly 'Magnificent Fridays', days on which supporters are encouraged to wear national team colours.
Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, was recently quoted in the press as saying: 'As we join millions of South Africans in celebrating this milestone, I would like urge all Gauteng citizens to get ready for the tournament, buy tickets and rally behind the tournament to ensure that it becomes a success.'
North West Premier, Thandi Modise, told an AFCON local organising committee (LOC) delegation: 'While we have the infrastructure and the experience to host the matches, we will spare no effort to make South Africa proud hosts of the tournament in a safe and secure environment in our province.'
The North West?s venue for matches is the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, where new dressing room facilities are being constructed with a R5 million donation from the Bafokeng people.
The 3 other stadiums that will be used were also venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup?. They are the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit and the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.


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She was born Aug. 3, 1922, at Russellville to William LaFayette and Chloie Amanda Freeman Henderson. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was in the Cumberland Presbyterian Women and the Women's Tuesday Quilting Club. She was a member of the Democratic Women and worked for the election committee. She received the Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Award and was a member of the Dames Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, LaVerne Cole.
Survivors include her husband of 68 1/2 years, Troy Burris; two daughters and sons-in-law, Vickie and Ed Stingley, and Troylynn and Roy McSpadden, all of Russellville; two grandchildren and their spouses, Stephanie and Steve Barker, and Ed and Dixie McSpadden, all of Russellville; one great-grandson, Rhett Barker; four great-granddaughters, Meredith Barker, and Clara, Chloie and Anna Kay McSpadden; with one great-grandson on the way.
The memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, officiated by the Rev. Steve Mosley. Private burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. The family will receive friends today from 4:30-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Troy Burris Rotary Scholarship Endowment, Post Office Box 663, Russellville, AR 72811.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.