Lush - how do they get away with charging so much?

I'm more bothered about how they get away with pumping that horrific smell everywhere. I couldn't go into the shop with that reel even if I wanted to

Oh, God, I'd forgotten about the staff bombarding you. It must be over a decade since I last set foot in a store. I was barely over the threshold when I was jumped on by some smiling assistant with, "Hellooo.....Can I heelp yooouuu?"
""Umm, no thanks." 🚪🏃‍♀️

I love Lush. Yes, it's expensive, but it's a once in a while treat for me and the kids (yep, both nd).

People are forgetting though that with Lush products like bath foam bars, shampoo and conditioner, a little goes a long way. A Lush bath foam lasts us about 3-4 times longer than a shop bought bottle. Same with their shampoo/ conditioner (which smells amazing).

The shop stinks. I've never liked the smell and I find the sales people a bit full on.

I only go in there on Boxing Day now. Half price gift sets? Yes please! Gets our family through the January blues.

I agree with lots of what’s on here, but I have family who like the products so I buy as presents quite regularly. All my nieces love the bath bombs. Weirdly my DD has sensitive skin but no problem at all with the few lush products we’ve used, she likes the bath bombs too. Though the prices the OP quotes do seem high, I don’t spend quite that much on individual products in there.

Young and clearly, as this thread has demonstated, highly likely to be neuro divergent. It's not hard to see the obvious link with youngsters on the autism spectrum and adoption of trans identity, is it? Either LUSH are cynically exploiting that audience for financial gain or they themselves are helping to create that particular monster by brainwashing vulnerable and suggestible children.

I don't know but it stinks, isn't good and these days I refuse to even go in there due to their politics

I agree very distasteful and where’s the feminist support? after all Thatcher was our first female prime minister.

I’d have like to have asked Thatcher where the feminist support was.

I love the original type of bath bombs, colourful, ultra fizzy and wonderful smell. DH bought me a box of 12 about 4 years ago and I treated myself to a special bath about once a fortnight, every single one was heavenly. He did the same the following year. This time about a third of the bath bombs were something else that didn’t fizz and took ages to dissolve, two were strange herby things with seeds in them and one was white and in scented,He tried again at Christmas but the price had gone up so I only got six, they were even worse with another seedy one and another white one. I have told him not to bother again. I used to buy the odd single bomb as a stocking filler but they are so unimpressive and expensive now I won’t be buying anymore.In short they are rubbish compared to past times and very expensive. I’m quite sad about this.
Not sure who the target market is, I am 69 and frivolous in my choices.

Same! We did a bath bomb workshop at LUSH once and all the attendees (adults, parents, kids) seemed to be ND. They were all so kind and lovely, and my DD immediately clicked with the other girls.

Lucky for them that you weren’t then.

Thatcher wasn’t remotely interested in the interests women or young girls. She was bffs with Jimmy Savile and invited him around for Christmas lunch. She will have known full well what he was doing. Her own father had an unhealthy interest in young girls.

Sorry off topic but I get irritated when I see people describe Thatcher as a feminist. She was a pedophile enabling weirdo.

Knock out a dog with no nose, I haven’t heard that one before 🤣🤣🤣

Target market is the under 30s. Someone pointed out it’s those with a higher rate of disposable income which is maybe true but it’s also those willing to spend it on that sort of thing in the first place which by and large will be younger people.

I used to like the bath bombs for DC as a cheap, cheerful Christmas Eve box gift. They had a little polar bear one for £2 I think, I doubt anything in there costs that now! The stench is overpowering and I hate going into the shops because the staff always bombard you.

🙋🏻‍♀️ yep, this is all true for me (ND adult with ND kids).

I do like some of the products and will treat myself on the odd occasion I’m in a place that has a Lush. I agree it’s expensive though but for me it would be a nice treat.

I was confused by that, too.

Not to mention all the other dubious shit. Making their staff work naked for example.
Nasty cheap stinky products too. Horrible company

I remember one of my (then) teenaged kids getting me some bath stuff from there one Christmas. It smelled of absolutely nothing, produced zero bubbles, simply turned the bath water bright yellow so that it looked as if an elephant had pissed in it. I didn't have the heart to tell them, but either way, I haven't sought any of their products since.

Also Lush are obsessed with Trans ideology, shoving it down the throats of customers, most of whom are young - not acceptable.

I love lush stores and frequently find a reason to treat myself to one of their products. I love their soap bars.

I agree very distasteful and where’s the feminist support? after all Thatcher was our first female prime minister. Quite the feat and Labour have yet put a female in the seat of power.

their ethics are shite but the cost is something else these days.

I like some of their stuff.

I used to like a good bath bomb but at £6+ a bath it’s too costly now and they cost pennies to make.

in the last 5 years they’ve gone crazy expensive. And crazy with their choice of protests so I struggle to spend my money there.

I think a big part for the prices is they have prime store locations that are £££ and they have to pay those bills somehow.

on the upside little bit of googling you can find DIY recipes for some of their products and they are as good imo as well as dupes for their fragrances.

I had to google the Mario showergel. What a fine example of the emperor’s new clothes! Only a fool would pay more than £3/4 for something so pathetic looking. If my child had asked for £20 shower gel, I’d have laughed at them while chucking a bar of imperial leather at them. The world is going mad!

I’m another one who wouldn’t use their stuff if it were free, given their breast binding disgustingness. I once was so loyal that I used to get their product newspaper thingy delivered to my door!