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Posted Jun 19, 2003 by Reefgirl
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 | | I buy all my bath stuff from a company called Lush (www.lush.co.uk), all their stuff is made by hand with safe natual ingredients, some of their products are even suitable for vegans and of course they are kind to the little furry ones on our planet. I have been using their stuff for over a year and to be honest I haven't used a chemical shampoo, soap or hair colour since. My Mum does her bit to by buying her teabags from a company called Traidcraft which is run through the Church (but don't quote me in that.
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Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Beatrice
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 | | oooh, have to register support for Lush products
It's one of my "must-do" ports of call on visits back to the UK. But they also do mail order, rather conveniently
The Body Shop started from a similar standpoint, and always had a "bring back your empty bottles", and "do you really need a bag?" policies.
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Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Beklet
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| | Ah yes...Lush!
Have not used a 'mainstream' deodorant or shampoo since I started using Lush.
They used to be 'Cosmetics to Go', and have since bought the company back.
Lush has a slightly different take on animal testing than most companies. If a supplier stops using animals, Lush will order their stuff. If they star, Lush will buy elsewhere. None of this waiting five years stuff.
The ingredients are listed on the packaging, very few ingredients are synthetic, and their Fresh range has to be tried to be believed! (And it is really fresh - keep in the fridge for three weeks - any longer and it DOES go mouldy!)
I could obsess for ever, or you could go to www.lush.com and pick a country.
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Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Reefgirl
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| | I find that the staff are very helpful and knowledgable, I used their Caca Marron hair colour for the first time and the girl serving me told me exactly what to do and passed on a few personal hints too, Every time I go shopping in Southampton with my daughter the first stop is Lush with a long list of stuff for everyone even my BF uses the shaving gel
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Posted Jun 26, 2003 by Cakewalker
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| | *goes and adds that to his List Of Ways To Kill An Otherwise Promising Thread  *
Sorry - should really have learned by now to only post daft comments in the pub... If anyone is still reading I'm afraid I can't add to the list of responsible toiletry manufacturers, but I'm glad to see that the places you mention live up to the hype. There should be stricter rules (and taxes?) on products sold by the more unscrupulous manufacturers, claiming their products are something they're not.
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