I've had it with Lush

God. Lush really do treat women like shit.
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I'd been wondering whether it was worth getting a couple of those, Juzza, so thank you!

Ugh. How tedious. Tbf, I’ve boycotted lush for ages for a few reasons but I do miss their solid shampoo in a tin. Some great links here for shampoo but I need a tin!! Any ideas?

I'm gutted
Truly
But I shall never darken their doorway again
I've used bomb cosmetics stuff in the past...its often on offer on Amazon
Iirc it's owned by mark Constantines old cosmetics to go partner?
I'm going to use up the lush stuff I have and then check out neals yard for skincare
No idea where I can find a substitute for daddy-o shampoo

Absolutely gutted to hear that Lush are supporting Mermaids who are dodgy af, and using nonsense, anti-women words like 'cisgender'. What a naive, bandwagon jumping, virtue signalling load of bollocks. Will be shopping elsewhere, unless this pull this campaign in the UK

Maybe tweet them & ask, Yet?

OMG, the arrogance of a shop that lectures its individual customers on politics even as they are trying to by its products.

Mind blown. Wallet shut.

Thanks Empress. I do need SLS free because of my skin, but I have to say their products looked amazing!

Thanks for the recs, everything looks amazing!
I’ve just found these guys too (don’t know about being palm free or not):
soulandsoap.co.uk

Yet Vegan & palm oil free, which is what I was looking for. I don't know for definite about SLS free but I'd guess so. And I'd much rather support a small business.

Empress - are they animal free products and also SLS free? They look amazing!

I've ordered soap & shampoo bars from www.wild-sage.co.uk/. Really looking forward to getting them & trying them out.

loopsdefruit. It may seem silly to you. Obviously there are many here it doesn't.

Between Lush:
· Supporting political causes we don't like.
· Exploiting its workers sexuality.
· Having to almost physically drag its assistants to serve me (okay, that one's from me)

It's pretty normal to drop it. I used to buy massage bars from there. It's easy enough for me to find alternatives elsewhere. And this thread is helping others do so for things they used to buy from Lush.

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Ok, Lush UK support Mermaids which equates to endorsing homophobia & child abuse. So glad I found that out before giving them any of my money.

Wow bomb looks awesome. Will also check for local options. Thanks all!

Lush was my “go to” for Christmas and Easter presents. I also recently bought a few products and was unhappy with how much packaging they used when I had said that I was buying the bar soaps, shampoo and deodorant to avoid packaging (something I hadn’t previously prioritized).

I don’t think I could shop there again now I have seen this thread. I wonder if they’ll see any loss in sales?

I usually go home, fume for hours and come up with a beautiful riposte 48 hours later

Me too. As in the fab French phrase, l'esprit d'escalier - the spirit/courage of the staircase - you think of what you should have said, and work up the nerve to say it, after you leave

Maverick - that's insane! Ask for men's shaving products - get a lecture on gender politics? I'm not even sure how I would've reacted to that - I'd have been flustered too, because I just wouldn't have been expecting it. You did well, I think.

Was that in the UK?

Pep another vote for Etsy. Or google plus name of your county/town. Loads of small businesses do bath bombs and the like.

Usually without SLS, better packaging, no bloody glitter and better thoughts about ethics.

Turns out there was an amazing maker of soap just down the road from me - no palm oil, lovely solid shampoo, no plastic packaging, everything I'd been going to Lush for but in a small business.

There are loads of them out there.

sorry meant to say I didn't use them personally so can't comment on skin issues.

I bought a load of Bomb Cosmetics smelly stuff a few years back as Xmas presents when they did some bargain Black Friday deals.

They were lovely and beautifully gift wrapped.

Pep have you ever tried Bomb Cosmetics? Their bath bombs are cheaper than Lush, and from what I've read this morning, BC don't test on animals and have a wide vegan friendly range of products. I've never used them before, as I'm always wary about sensitive skin issues. Anyone got any feedback on BC?

Maverick - hop on over to the Lush website. Look up 'shaving'. There are three products. One is pink and strawberry scented. The video shows a woman shaving her legs with it. The others are white and one is called 'dirty' and the other 'prince' and the video shows men using them!