50% off LUSH xmas gifts instore from tomorrow

looby75

debsjc wrote: »

LUSH aren't Vegan, some individual products are vegan but not everything. Some use Honey for example. However, you are correct that they do not test on animals at all.

oh I realise they aren't all vegan but it is something they advertise heavily that they stock some totally vegan products and never test on animals.

Tinsley1

catslovelycats wrote: »

No. not a hat box just a brown box with 'random' things in for free.
The glogg was 100g.
Still v happy!:rotfl:

Ah that's good though, sounds like they had some great stuff in this year :T

Tinsley1

I've never heard it mentioned that Lush as a company don't support cancer charities, maybe it was just that store? Before I've been into stores who've basically told me to shove off when I've taken back a product that isn't right until you ask to speak to the manager or ring up Mail Order about it, maybe its on a more individual basis and the shop in question made that decision?

I would be quite surprised/shocked if the company as a whole were against it.

Charliezoo

Went into the St Albans store just before closing and was surprised to find they had a couple of those big gold gift boxes half price so £50 instead of £100! The lady said they'd literally just found them in the stock room and realised they were meant to be in the sale.

I bought one but I expect the other one will still be there in the morning as they were closing up. They also had some small Snow Fairy's and large Gloggs left and lots of Chillin with my Gnomies gift sets as well as lots of soaps. Also the Buche de Noel cleanser was half price.

In Watford yesterday they had pretty much all of the perfumes at half price as most of them were pre Oct 2010 and they still had quite a lot of small gift boxes and Snow Fairy lip tint left in the sale.

HTH someone

Magpie27

Charliezoo wrote: »

In Watford yesterday they had pretty much all of the perfumes at half price as most of them were pre Oct 2010 and they still had quite a lot of small gift boxes and Snow Fairy lip tint left in the sale.

HTH someone

Did you notice if any of the soaps or bath bombs were left in the sale they had some on Tuesday

macaud

Lots of gift sets left in the Stirling branch today. I bought a candycane box reduced from £20 to £10 and there were snow fairy sets, gingerbread houses, white ones with a ribbon and red ones with a ribbon all for £5. On the bottom they do have 2010 but I'm sure I can cover that with a Christmas sticker if I manage to keep them long enough to use as Christmas pressies for next year!

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

dmg24 wrote: »

Does finding a cure for cancer not override any anti animal testing argument?

Erm... no.

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

Tinsley1 wrote: »

I've never heard it mentioned that Lush as a company don't support cancer charities, maybe it was just that store? Before I've been into stores who've basically told me to shove off when I've taken back a product that isn't right until you ask to speak to the manager or ring up Mail Order about it, maybe its on a more individual basis and the shop in question made that decision?

I would be quite surprised/shocked if the company as a whole were against it.

Of course they aren't against cancer charities - however, (arguably) rather justifiably they don't wish to lend support to ANY organisation that conducts invasive testing on live animals, which is definitely a plus point in my eyes, whatever the reason behind the experiments. That's their whole ethos after all, being animal friendly and not testing their products on animals. Why would they then support other organisations that do?! :cool:

I don't see why the fact that they don't advertise / donate THEIR money to cancer charities bothers people that much - by all means donate money yourself, it's not a remit that any business should have to do so, Lush are just concentrating their charitable efforts to other spheres. It's not even as if they are campaigning AGAINST said charities - not supporting something, or opposing something entirely, can be two very different things.

Tinsley1

It doesn't bother me, or that many I doubt seeing as the founders (Mark and Mo Constantine) have been awarded OBE's which is nice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-12094204

angel316_2

ALILYN wrote: »

The issue was,when i was working there a lady came in from macmillan nurses and asked if she could leave some leaflets,the manager told her no,as we (LUSH) do not support cancer charities! when i asked why she said because they test on animals,unbelievable!!:mad:

Can I just say something before everyone gets up in arms about this. This is actually the stance of many companies, particularly retail companies. I used to work for a large supermarket as customer services manager and was frequently approached in this way - often several times a month. Each year the company nominated its only charity nationwide and the staff instore would nominate a local one to support. The manager also had a certain amount where he was able to gift prizes to local organisations for raffles etc... but it was only a small amount of money. After that the stance had to be 'no we don't support that charity' whatever charity it was and however emotive it was. The other problem is for large companies is that one charity leaves leaflets or puts something in the window then so does every other charity. We tended to gift prizes to charities that affected the employees who worked there, but these might not be the same ones as the customers would like - helping charities is incredibly subjective.

I was also on the receiving end of this when I did some canvassing for prizes for a local charity and also trying to promote awareness of them where the door was 'slammed' in my face but because I had been a customer services manager I did understand the company policies and this doesn't mean the companies don't support charities at all - they will have their chosen charities. Lush seems to do quite a lot for fair-trade and amnesty issues - some quite controversial that other companies wouldn't touch. I can totally understand their stance but the person concerned was one person who has probably misunderstood and just heard the words 'cancer charity'- most of the other cancer charities do test on animals which does raise the debate should they or shouldn't they? Of course they shouldn't because animal make up is not the same as humans and we have all heard the stories of drugs tested as safe on animals but caused problems for humans when licensed - but tell that to the mother with a child dying of cancer, and there would probably be a different answer.