Lush...urghhh

mippy

Apologies, perhaps I was thinking of Aroma.

madget_2

blackribbongirl wrote: »

well, I worked for lush for a fairly long time,... so i might be slightly biast in my answer here because i love it! :P
But we had quite a lot of people come in and complain about this topic,... and i always have to think to myself how do these people live if they worry about chemicals so much? EVERYTHING has chemicals like SLS in,.... what do you wash your clothes with? what do you brush your teeth with? what do you wash dishes with? - take a look at the ingredients list on some of those things!!!
Also, i think i would much rather worry about some of the so called "safe" chemicals being used in our food and drink products that we are all INGESTING, rather than something that i will put onto my hair and wash out in 30 seconds.
Not that there is anything wrong with trying to find more natural products/enviromentally friendly ways of living, but if you believe everything you read about how every single thing nowdays gives you cancer then hey,.... looks like no ones living very long!...

Unfortunately, you're right about SLS being in most things. It is an irritant which can cause havoc with skin, and can even cause people to develop a sensitivity to it completely out of the blue. I and many other people with eczema avoid it like the plague because it can cause nasty flare-ups.

Companies tend to use it because it's cheap and because so many people are used to products which produce a lot of foam. There are kinder, alternative surfactants are less "foamy", but still work well.

dizziblonde

Lush is like Marmite - you're either a fan or hate their shops - I love them, just fear the damange it does to my bank balance when I go in (and I tend to avoid the shopping centre anyway as a general rule). I've got eczema and their stuff works for me - and I love the smell of the place and fact the staff aren't total misery gutses but genuinely do believe in the products they're selling (and leave you alone if you ask them to just let you browse).

It's rare I get to go in these days, and since we've got the world's most stupidly located bath, I don't have the excuse to buy nice bath bombs and things - but the stuff I buy from there are my basic standbys I know do the job for me - Karma perfume, butterball bath bombs, and I'm hooked on their lip balms and have them in every coat pocket I wear.

Still haven't forgiven them for discontinuing Flying Saucers though