Posted 30 January 2009 - 12:06 PM
Yes, it's time for a Lush-thread.
Maybe I will stop spamming other threads about it (but I doubt it 
).So... What is Lush exactly?
Lush is a handmade cosmetics company head quartered in Poole, Dorset in the UK. There are more than 500 stores in 43 countries. Lush produce and sell fresh hand-made products from fresh face masks, soaps, bath ballistics, hand, hair and body lotions & treatments. They sells their products through stores and through direct mail order from the company.
Lush fosters environmental awareness and use organic fruit and vegetables, essential oils and safe-synthetic ingredients in all products produced. In addition to not using animal fats in their products, they are also against animal testing and perform tests solely with volunteers instead.
Lush makes many products solid to reduce packaging waste and the need for preservatives. Solid products are sold wrapped in paper or in small bags. Some examples of solid products include bubble bath bars, shampoo bars, hair conditioner bars, and massage bars. Lush's founders invented the bath bomb, a solid fizzy ball that dissolves in the bath releasing scent and, in some cases, glitter, confetti, flower petals or seaweed.
They lists their product ingredients in English as well as Latin, and uses fresh fruit, vegetables, other plant products, and safe synthetics. Ingredients are listed in descending order of quantity used in making the product. Fresh ingredients are used for their products, and so inventory is maintained at lower levels to ensure that only fresh products are sold. Many products are labeled with a use-by date. In addition, the company tries to reduce the use of synthetics in their products.
All Lush products are vegetarian, and only 25% contain animal products such as beeswax, honey, free range eggs and lanolin. Products which contain no animal ingredients at all are marked as vegan in Lush catalogues, on store displays, and on the container itself.
Lush does not buy from companies that carry out, fund or commission any animal testing. The company claims that this offers a greater incentive for companies to stop testing on animals than the "fixed-cut off date" approach used by peers. Lush will not boycott a company or ingredient for testing in the past. Therefore, a company that currently tests on animals still has an incentive to cease all current testing. Lush itself tests its products on human volunteers before they are sold.
Lush has also begun to phase out its use of sodium palm kernelate. Sodium palm kernelate is derived from trees in the natural habitat of orangutans. Greenwash, a pine scented soap, is the first soap to be made using palm-free soap noodles, but as of 2008 all Lush soaps are made with palm-free soap base. Lush is currently working on removing all traces of palm oil from the products.
Find a store or online shop near you: http://www.lush.com/
The make-up brand: https://www.bnevertoobusytobebeautiful.com/
Everything smell just so jummy! But they even make up for that by giving away free stuff regularly and if you bring back 5 black pots, you get a free face mask 
But I guess all good cosmetics are. I just usually don't buy them for myself.
, sorry 
