Mayfair Shopping Centre hosts Mother’s Day Lush bath bomb workshop, $5 tickets for charity

Mayfair Shopping Centre is turning Mother’s Day into a hands-on bath bomb outing, with a Lush mini-workshop set for Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the centre court at 3147 Douglas Street in Victoria. The $5 ticket is a small entry point for a family-friendly event that lets participants make their own Lush bath bomb while backing Women In Need Community Cooperative.

The centre is urging early registration because supplies are limited, and the Lush store is not handling registration or event coordination. The listing also frames the workshop as all ages, in person, with free parking and refunds available up to seven days before the event, details that make it easier to plan as a short holiday weekend stop rather than a specialty class.

Beyond the novelty of pressing a bath bomb on the spot, the event comes with a built-in product discovery angle. Every participant is promised a selection of Lush bestseller samples while supplies last, which gives the workshop the feel of both a make-and-take session and a first look at the brand’s most familiar scents and formulas. For longtime fans, that makes the outing more than a retail demo. For newcomers, it offers a low-cost way to compare products before buying a full-size item.

The event also fits neatly with the way Lush has built its reputation around experiential retail. The brand says it has been making bath bombs since 1995 and has described itself as the original inventor of the bath bomb. Lush’s Mayfair Victoria shop page highlights fresh, handmade, cruelty-free and vegetarian products, along with a range that is more than 35 percent naked, or packaging-free. Cosmetics Business reported that Lush sold 1.5 bath bombs per second globally in 2025, or 40 per minute, a sign of how far the category has traveled from niche bath-time add-on to mass-market staple.

The charitable piece gives the workshop a stronger community anchor. Women In Need Community Cooperative says it is a non-profit community service cooperative serving women, trans, non-binary and Two Spirit people and their families, and it has been part of Greater Victoria for 28 years. With three resale stores and one online shop in Victoria, WIN adds local reach to an event that blends Mother’s Day gifting, maker culture and mall-based family activity in one compact afternoon.