Bomb Cosmetics

Bomb Cosmetics is a British bath and body brand based in Bournemouth, on England's south coast. It is best known for handmade bath bombs and related bathing products built around essential oils, and it trades as the consumer name of Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd [11]. The brand is most often dated to 1999, though its parent legal entity was registered the year before [13].

The company remains active. UK corporate filings show accounts submitted in February 2025 and a confirmation statement in June 2025, and the brand published new blog content in mid-2025. By its own account, its products reach more than 70 countries [5].

Bomb Cosmetics grew out of Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd, the legal entity behind the brand, which was founded by James Moore and Robert Philpott [13]. According to aggregated company records, the founders set out to make products with aromatherapeutic properties that were easy to use — a brief that pointed the company toward essential oils and handmade production from the start.

The founding date sits across two figures. Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd was incorporated on 2 June 1998, the date recorded in the UK companies register [11]. The Bomb Cosmetics consumer brand itself is consistently reported as launched in 1999 [13]. The two dates reflect the gap between registering the parent business and bringing the brand to market rather than a dispute over a single event.

The brand operates under Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd, a privately held company registered in England (company number 03573868) with its office in Bournemouth, Dorset [11]. Public filings classify the firm as a manufacturer and list it as unfunded, with no outside investment rounds and a small workforce — 29 employees as recorded in early 2024 [13]. Production and the company's operations are based in Bournemouth.

A separate 2021 acquisition involving a similarly named "Get Fresh" business in Poland concerned an unrelated water company and did not involve Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd.

The company frames its approach around four stated pillars: opposition to animal testing, a belief in the power of essential oils, a preference for handmade production, and the use of natural ingredients wherever possible. Essential oils sit at the centre of this positioning; the brand says pure essential oils are "at the heart of every single product we create" [2].

That handmade emphasis is part of how the brand presents itself. Bomb Cosmetics describes its products as crafted by hand by a team it nicknames the "Bomb-er Lomb-ers," numbering more than 250 people. Its public tagline is "Shower. Shave. Bathe. Repeat," and it sits at an accessible, mass-market price point sold through gift shops, its own site and wider retail channels rather than the prestige beauty segment.

The range centres on bathing. The company says it offers more than 100 bath bomb designs, alongside bath melts, bubble bath, soaps, body scrubs, shower products, body butters, lip balms, solid deodorants, shampoo and conditioner bars, and home fragrance such as candles and wax melts. Hero ingredients recur across the line, including shea butter, cocoa butter, argan oil and avocado butter together with essential oils such as bergamot, eucalyptus and lavender.

Among its signature items are Bath Blasters, which the company describes as hand-pressed and finished with cocoa and shea butter piped on by hand to add a moisturising element [5]. The brand also markets a plastic-free "Bomb Raw" line built around botanical ingredients. Fragrance development is done in collaboration with established perfume houses, according to the company's own description of how its scents are designed.

Sustainability claims feature prominently in how Bomb Cosmetics describes itself. The company has set a target of reaching net zero by 2030 and partners with the conservation charity Trees for Life on tree planting and rewilding in the Scottish Highlands. It reports cutting distance from its supply chain — a stated 63,679 km removed — as part of an effort to source closer to its factory [4].

On packaging, the company says it uses FSC-certified, 100% post-consumer recycled cardboard with water-based inks, and corn-starch packing material it describes as water-soluble and biodegradable in place of polystyrene. It also switched to a biodegradable glitter derived from eucalyptus extract in 2016. The company states it holds no B Corp certification, and no third-party eco-certifications are on record.

Bomb Cosmetics has been endorsed as cruelty-free by the Compassionate Shopping Guide, which lists the company as having passed its endorsement process; that endorsement dates to 2008 [12]. The company states it has never tested finished products or ingredients on animals and that it declines to enter markets where animal testing is legally required [2]. It also describes the majority of its soaps and bottled products as suitable for vegans.

No dedicated Wikipedia entry exists for the brand, and it has limited coverage in major beauty publications, reflecting a positioning weighted toward gift and wholesale channels rather than prestige beauty press.

The brand is operationally active. UK Companies House records show Get Fresh Cosmetics Ltd as an active company, with its most recent accounts filed in February 2025 and a confirmation statement filed in June 2025 [11]. Its blog was last updated in June 2025. The company reports distribution to more than 70 countries on its own FAQ [5]; some third-party summaries cite a higher figure of over 85 countries, a discrepancy the brand's self-stated number does not confirm.