LUSH
At LUSH, we believe in protecting people, animals and the planet. We take our commitment to this seriously.
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LUSH are are fantastic company who have such inspirational beliefs and prospects. I would highly recommend anyone to make sustainable changes to their toiletry routine by investing in LUSH and their products. You'll be supporting a lot more than you think. Check out their amazing Environmental Policy above and please read further to find out even more about why LUSH is the future.
Who are they?
Founded in 1995, LUSH is a cosmetic retailer who has always had the planet's interest at heart. As well as promoting sustainable practices such as eliminating packaging and using locally sourced raw ingredients for their products, they are also active in supporting an array of charities and make their voice heard in important campaigns. For example, LUSH run a Charity Pot scheme where the money used to purchase certain products is donated to charities who are working in areas of animal, environmental and human rights protection.
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It is possible to still look and smell wonderful but in an ethical, justified and humane way. LUSH is the way forward.
What's so LUSH about them?
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When you don't need packaging, don't use it. In their words; we love it naked. When packaging cannot be eliminated completely, all materials used are recyclable, biodegradable and compostable where possible. This includes plastic tubs and bottles which are BPA-free and post consumer recycled i.e they have been produced from old products. All paper bags and paper wrapping is biodegradable and their packing tape is even eco friendly too!
Packaging
Did you know?
If you collect five black pots and return them to any store, you will receive a free face mask!
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LUSH only invest in suppliers who are respectful of workers rights and are supportive of animal and environmental protection. For example their Fairtrade shea butter supports 400 women in remote areas of Ghana, over 70 tonnes of their annually sourced fruit and veg is local and organic. Palm oil is also a big no no and is replaced by earth-friendly oils such as almond and olive. 50 tonnes of palm oil has been removed from their products in an effort to save the Orangutan and its fast disappearing Indonesian forests.
Buying
Did you know?
In 2017, LUSH's responsible buying from sustainable suppliers helped the planet to save over 300 trees, 500,000 litres of water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 28,000 of CO2 equivalents!
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To maximise efficiency, LUSH always try to create their products from the raw material level first before moving onto local factories. Produce is always sourced locally where possible and local markets are continuously supported. After monitoring and reporting their carbon emissions in 2011, LUSH launched an Air Travel and Carbon Tax Scheme which encourages efforts to produce low levels of carbon, whilst any money produced from the scheme is used to fund charities and climate change support groups.
Transport
Did you know?
The source of the little plastic black pot supply has now moved from China to Poole UK, meaning the pots are manufactured one mile away from their contents, greatly reducing their carbon footprint!
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Monitoring your energy use and impact is incredibly important and is one of the best ways to reduce your contribution to climate change. 100% of all electricity consumed by LUSH is replenished with renewable energy sources such as wind and hydro power. To this day, LUSH make a continual effort to optimise energy efficiency throughout product development from their supply chain through to the finished package!
Energy
Did you know?
In 2010, LUSH successfully reduced their overall energy consumption by 14% after taking on the Energy Challenge!
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We're stuck with what water we've been given; 326 million cubic miles of the stuff. Sounds like a lot but this resource is incredibly precious and evermore people are finding it difficult to access fresh water supplies. Fresh water use at LUSH is constantly monitored throughout their factories, where for example, their linen service providers actually treat and reuse their own water on site, saving a substantial amount of both energy and water.
Water
Did you know?
The lack of packaging at LUSH contributes to reduced water use where their solid shampoo bars save over 450,000 litres of water annually compared to the bottled stuff!
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No ingredients, no finished products and no suppliers test on animals. They want to show the world that you can bring to the market an array of safe and reliable products without ever harming an animal. And I say PREACH! As expressed in my Animal Testing section, exploiting any creature for cosmetic use is barbaric and completely unnecessary. LUSH have been active in their cruelty free campaigns since the early 90s and have greatly contributed to the EU ban of animal testing products and sales in 2013.
Animal Testing
Did you know?
LUSH offer an annual prize of £250,000 to passionate innovators who pitch anti-testing ideas in order to receive funding for appropriate training in scientific research and public awareness.
What can I buy?
Everything!
It's true! Anything you normally buy from your common retail store you can get at LUSH - except this time you'll be contributing positively to the planet.
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Here is just a tiny sample of what you can get your hands on in store. Not sure what that ingredient is? Simply click on its link and you will find a very handy description by LUSH so you know exactly what you are using on your body.
Click on me and I'll take you on a LUSH adventure!
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- Natural ingredients
SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Water (Aqua), Agar, Argan Oil, Glycerine, Perfume, Rose Absolute, Geranium Oil, Rose Oil, Sicilian Lemon Oil, Limonene, Coumarin, Citronellol, Geraniol, Colour 17200
£6.50 for 55g
Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol & Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate & PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Perfume, Soya Lecithin, Fresh Avocado, Fresh Figs, Fresh Organic Fair Trade Banana, Passion Fruit Juice, Fresh Kumquat, Behenyl Trimethylammonium Chloride, Ylang Ylang Oil, Vertivert Oil, Cypress Oil, Cedarwood Oil, Chrorophyllin, Limonene, Cinnamal
£6.50 for 50g
BODY WASH
Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Sodium Bicarbonate, Perfume, Fine Sea Salt, Spearmint Oil, Menthol Crystals, Thyme Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Linalool, Colour 42090
£4.95 for 100g
Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Shea Butter, Ground Coconut Shell, Perfume, Honey, Ground Almonds, Coconut Oil, Bermagot Oil, Brazilian Orange Oil, Amyl Cinnamal, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Limonene, Linalool
£6.95 each
BATH BOMBS
Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Popping Candy, Perfume, Cream of Tartar, Water (Aqua), Peppermint Oil, Grapefruit Oil, Vetivert Oil, Cedarwood Oil, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Limonene, Linalool, Snowflake, Lemon Ice and Gold Glimmer Lustre (environmentally friendly glitter), Colour 42090, Colour 45410
£4.50 each
Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Sodium Sesquicarbonate, Perfume, Soya Milk Powder, Synthetic Musk, Jasmine Absolute, Clary Sage Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Propylene Glycol, Limonene, Linalool, Butyphenyl Methylpropional, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Colour 17200, Colour 42090, Colour 14700, Colour 45410
£3.75 each
MAKE-UP
Oatmeal Infusion, Orange Flower Water, Almond Oil, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Triethanolamine, Organic Jojoba Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Colour 77491, Colour 77492, Colour 77499, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
£12.50 per 20g
Kalahari Melon Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Organic Castor Oil, Candelilla Wax, Titanium Dioxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Orange Peel Wax, Sunflower Wax, Glycerine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Rose Wax, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), Colour 45410:2, Colour 42090:2, Colour 17200
£13.50 each
DEODORANTS AND FRAGRANCES
Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar, Apricot Kernel Oil, Blue Wax, Tea Tree Oil, Magnesium Carbonate, Lemon Oil, Juniperberry Oil, Lemongrass Oil, Fresh Green Grapes, Blue Cornflower Petals, Citral, Eugenol, Geraniol, Citronellol, Limonene, Linalool, Perfume
DRF Alcohol, Water (Aqua), Perfume, Glycerine, Lemon Oil, Lime Oil, Bermagot Oil, Lavendar Oil, Citral, Limonene, Linalool
£15.00 each
£5.95 for 90g