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Pin ItLUSH Cosmetics is celebrating massage for Valentine’s Day 2013! I like Lush Cosmetics view that “Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about spending the big-bucks or grand, over-the-top gestures.” The following are available online, and at your local LUSH store. You may want to call ahead if you’re looking for a specific item, since I’ve found that seasonal items can be sold out quickly.
LUSH products are 100% vegetarian, 82% vegan, 60% preservative-free, and no animal testing being done on LUSH products or ingredients.
Tender is the Night Massage Bar ($7.95) Vegan
A heart-shaped massage bar that you can either break off a small pieces from, or simply crush the whole thing in your hand to get to the soft centre This uses fair trade shea and murumuru butters. Inside is the soft core of almond oil, agave syrup, cupuacu and glycerine. Scented with vanilla absolute, jasmine and ylang ylang.
From Dusk ‘Til Dawn Massage Bar ($7.95) Vegan
Shaped like a cone, you can use the pointy end to rub out any knotted muscles. This is made with moisturizing and softening cocoa and shea butter, and moringa oil. Scented with a blend of sweet wild orange oil and lemon oil. Also has ginseng and ginkgo powder.
The Kiss Lip Gloss ($8.95) Vegan
This is a preservative free lip gloss. This softening, moisturizing gloss is said to feel lighter than the other balms because of it’s new aerated formula. It leaves a delicate pink hue on the lips, and has sweet candy taste.
Willow Pattern Soap ($9.00 for ¼ lb.)
This soap resembles a Willow Pattern china plate, which portrays star crossed lovers in a carving in blue on the top. The soap base has cornflour and talc which will soften dry, sore skin. There is also rose absolute, rose oil and rosewood oil, which make it very moisturizing.
Magic Mushroom Bubble Bar ($5.95), was a favorite in 2012, and LUSH has brought it back:
Love this toadstool! If you crumble this strawberry and cream-scented bubble bar under running water, you will get tons of bubbles.
Sexy Fun Times: $26.95
This gift contains the new Tender is the Night massage bar for a really decadent massage, and the recently launched pink FUN, which is vanilla and tonka scented. The sugary scent is said to remind y0u of trips to the corner store to buy your favorite penny treats. You can break off pieces and mold them into shapes to put into your bath water for tons of candy smelling bubbles. This box contains the Sex Bomb bath bomb, FUN pink, Tender is the Night massage bar, and the You Snap the Whip body butter.
Heart of Gold: $49.95
All of the products are encased in a large red box with a gold heart, tied with black ribbon. There is a blank tag, so you can write a message. This contains the French Kiss bubble bar, Sex Bomb bath bomb, Charity Pot hand and body lotion, Soft Coeur massage bar, From Dusk till Dawn massage bar, and the Willow Pattern soap.
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Pin ItI purchased a LUSH Cosmetics shampoo called Cynthia Sylvia Stout. LUSH Cosmetics. I wanted to try this shampoo as I have read that beer is good for your hair if you use one that has ale hops and yeast. Well, I am here to report that it is not a myth, and LUSH has formulated Cynthia Stout with organic vegan stout beer from a local brewery, and it contains protein to give your hair weight, smoothness, and a really beautiful shine. What they told me in the LUSH store was that this is the shampoo to use if you have hair that gets frizzy-looking when there is damp or humid weather conditions. This shampoo, though, can be used for all hair types.
3.3 fl. oz is $9.95
8.4 fl. oz is $19,95
16.9 fl. oz is $29.95
This LUSH Cosmetics product is Vegan, which means that it does not contain animal products of any kind. As you might expect, the shampoo does have the smell of a fine ale. However, LUSH does add fresh organic lemon juice, lemongrass oil, and cognac oil, to provide a richer and very pleasant aroma overall.
Stout (Beer), Water (Aqua), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Fine & Coarse Sea Salt (Sodium chloride), Lauryl Betaine, Propylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Fresh Organic Lemon Juice (Citrus limonum), Cognac Oil (Vitis Vinifera), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogon citratus), Balsamic Vinegar, Yeast Infusion (Yeast betaglucan), *Citral ,*Geraniol , Perfume, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
Almost finished with the bottle! (My husband and son also love the shampoo and use it.)
I love that LUSH Cosmetics products have the photo on the back of the product with the person who made it and the date. Also, the date of expiration.
Yes, I really wish that it did not contain Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate.
In case you were wondering:
My children and I love Shel Silverstein! One of his poems is about a girl who refused to take the garbage out, and her name was: Cynthia Sylvia Stout. That’s where LUSH got the name for their shampoo (along with the clever play on words with “Stout” in the name and beer in the shampoo).
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Great news! LUSH Cosmetics, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International now have a global campaign to end cosmetics testing on animals.
“The beauty industry continues needless animal testing and it’s time for it to stop,” said Kate Willett, director of regulatory toxicology, risk assessment and alternatives for The HSUS. “Consumers are largely unaware that some shampoos and lipsticks still involve chemical poisoning of animals such as rabbits and mice. Science has moved us beyond this and there is no place for cosmetic testing on animals in modern society.”
Please, I ask you to show compassion to innocent animals and sign the national petitions! You can do this while you’re purchasing cruelty free products at your local LUSH stores, online at humanesociety.org/becrueltyfree, or http://www.fightinganimaltesting.com/NA
The following quotes are from the global campaign:
“U.S. law requires companies to assure that their products are safe, but does not require animal testing, since safety can be assured by using established, safe ingredients and available non-animal test methods. However, some companies continue to produce new cosmetic ingredients and test them on animals.
“Animals should not have to rely on voluntary codes of conduct but should be protected by robust laws that force all companies to adopt humane methods to bring their products to market,” said Brandi Halls, North American campaign manager for LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics.
LUSH, The HSUS and HSI believe that testing on animals to produce new cosmetic products or ingredients is unjustified. Animals are subjected to considerable pain and distress during toxicity tests. A large proportion of the animals used in cosmetic testing are laboratory-bred rodents, who receive no protection under the Animal Welfare Act.
Animal toxicity tests are also scientifically unreliable for assuring human safety because animals and humans can respond very differently to the same chemicals.”
Ban cosmetics testing in the USA!
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Available now, and exclusively online, nine new fragrances from the Gorilla Perfumers, Mark and Simon Constantine, who a father and son team. They created all of their perfumes for Lush Cosmetics to be, “an antidote to boring, mass-market scents.”
I have not yet tried any of these fragrances from Lush Cosmetics, but I wanted to call them to your attention. The only downside I can comment on, at this time, is that I’m sure it will disappoint some fans that these are only available online.
1000 Kisses Deep
($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/ $12.95 solid/ $3.00 2ml)
This is described as, “An exquisite and delicate apricot-note from osmanthus blossoms, combined with a touch of mandarin and deep resins, expresses the complexities of true love.”
B Scent
($42.95 30 ml/$16.95 10 ml/$12.95 solid/$3.00 2 ml)
This is described as, “A stylish and utterly feminine combination of rose tempered with notes of lemon, bergamot, fennel and sandalwood.”
Cocktail
($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/$13.95 solid/$3.00 2 ml)
Mark Constantine writes that this is,“a beautiful dress-up fragrance; a final gesture in the ritual of preparing to go out for a special evening. The leading lady in this scent is ylang ylang followed by notes of jasmine, rose, orange blossom, oakmoss and sandalwood.”
Dear John
($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/$3.00 2 ml)
This fragrance contains a splash of pine, cedarwood and vetivert with a strong coffee note.
Ginger
($12.95 solid)
This is, “a crisp and true ginger with the addition of mimosa, rose and jasmine to enhance the vibrant complexity. The matching Ginger lotion is available at Retro LUSH (online).
Ladyboy
($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/$12.95 solid/$3.00 2 ml)
Ladyboy is unisex. “With notes of banana, seaweed, violet and oakmoss, it‟s not your average perfume.”
Love
($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/$12.95 solid/$3.00 2 ml)
”Love opens with a bright green apple note and develops into a spicy fragrance with cinnamon and cassia to remind you of the exhilaration of romance.”
SuperWorldUnknown
($49.95 30 ml/$19.95 10 ml/$12.95 solid/$3.00 2ml)
The description for this fragrance is: “If you’re feeling down and lost, follow Swedish/Norwegian singer Karin Park’s advice and enter the SuperWorldUnknown. Karin’s title song was written for someone who had lost a loved one to make them see the world as a wonderful place again. Fittingly, the combination of citrus notes and chocolate in SuperWorldUnknown is like a surrealist dream of running away to the circus and escaping ties.”
The Smell of Weather Turning
($49.95 30 ml/$19.95 10 ml/$14.95 solid/ $3.00 ml)
”A countryside thunderstorm in a bottle, it opens in reverse. Starting with the fresh smell of rain on greenery after the clouds have passed, it develops a darker, smokier character as it warms on your skin. In the final stages, the smell of sweet hay and woods comes through. Contains notes of oakwood, hay, beeswax, nettle, English peppermint, mint and Roman chamomile.”
Has anyone purchased any of these new fragrances? Will you please leave a comment if you have. Thank you!
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