I would browse and browse over their products but never really got myself to purchase because I couldn't stand the cost of shipping. The closest Lush shop around where I live is almost three hours away. I was really sold by the idea of naturally handmade cosmetics and the boatloads of hype and raves on how great Lush products are for all different skin types. I have friends who swear by Lush products.
Now onto the bad news:
This picture above shows you the first and the only product I've ever personally bought for myself from Lush. While trying the item in the store, I was amazed at how a gel could lather up and even more in awe with the amazing citrusy smell of this product. The fact that a gel could act as a soap was beyond me. I had to get it! So, I got it.
According to the website, here is what the product claims:
The invigorating citrus shower jelly.
Anti-jetlag jelly for keeping you calm, cool and focused. If deadlines pass you by and you're left spinning at the end of each day, you need a pot of WHOOSH! It's an ultra-refreshing essential oil blend of lemon, lime and grapefruit juices with revitalizing rosemary and balancing geranium, which we put in there to wake you up a bit.
Fresh, organic lemon juice
Lemon juice is antiseptic and astringent and contains high levels of Vitamin C. It cleans away dirt with natural fruit acids.
Keeps your mind alert and your body refreshed.
When you wash with Whoosh, you're transformed into a single-minded, driven person that can take on the world.
Sounds great doesn't it? Oh yeah, don't worry because I was fooled too. Fooled into thinking that a product could do all these amazing things for me. First, it does not do what it claims, I do not feel ready to take on the world after my shower and was of Whoosh!, Actually, I feel terrible for even being so decieved by this product because when I got home and looked at the ingredient list (which I failed to do before and after purchasing it because I assumed it was natural, fresh, organic etc.) guess what it has in it!?
PARABENS! Oh my goodness, can you believe it?! All those awesome claims, the fantastic smell, the extraordinary idea of turning a soap into a gel... wow! And to make it even worst, it wasn't just one kind of paraben. It was two! Both methylparaben and propylparaben. What a disappointment, I tell ya. See for me - yeah, I justified my use of the product by telling myself I couldn't let it go to waste because I purchased it with my hard earned cash however, what about those poor workers who are making these freshly with their own bare hands! PUTTING PARABENS in all these products.
So, take home message for this post. READ THE LABEL! Don't be fooled by all these false claims. Try not to purchase online, especially for Lush products because their website does not contain a full list of ingredients.
I was so disappointed in the fact that many of my favorite products contain parabens! :(
ReplyDeleteI understand your frustration, but consider that even if that might be true, LUSH is still largely a homemade/vegetarian&vegan friendly company...&that is a pretty difficult feat for a global company.
ReplyDeleteYou'd be hard pressed to find a company of this nature with similar or better results and, to be honest, I think there's a VERY narrow market for people who are after TOTALLY organic/handmade bath products.
Still, I understand the argument that they should be more transparent about their claims. But, the FDA doesn't have any formal regulations for what constitutes as "all natural" for food products and, I'm guessing, handmade products like these that are made mostly from happy, safe ingredients.
Don't cancel LUSH out just yet! They're awesome &their sales associates are always so amazing &they have a pretty positive, engaging online presence.
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ReplyDelete"Did you know you've consumed a paraben today? Probably on your apple this morning, or in the pasta sauce you ate at lunch, or even the preservative in your bread that you ate with the preservative in your soup? There's also a difference between manufactured preservatives, and non-manufactured. Lush's parabens (methyl and propyl) are the same as the ones naturally found in nature on a molecular level. Plants such as carrots, blueberries, and soy use preservatives to prevent their fruit from rotting while the plant grows and matures. Lush also uses parabens well BELOW half the legal standard of the amount of parabens on can put inside a product. They have been on the market for over 7 decades. If you're worried about parabens, you'd have a higher chance of being harmed by eating smoked meats, or using make-up that contains mineral oil, which comes from oil fields. And those chances are extremely low (unless you were insane enough to consume smoked foods on a high level, every day, for the rest of your life). Remember that anything in excess can cause problems. Too much food, water, and even oxygen (pure) can kill you. Obviously, if you decided to sit yourself down in a tub full of parabens for the rest of your life and scooped the stuff into your mouth continuously forever, you'd most likely die, if not from starvation first. Still concerned? There are companies that do not have preservatives in their products, including Lush."
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