Why is Lush in the "Green" category?

[bluntworks]

RFD descriptive for Lush reads as such:

Lush.com Canada sells bath, fragrance, haircare and skincare products that are organically made without animal testing.

Sans animal testing, perhaps...organically made? Let's be realistic, here...

The "organically made" shower gel my ex's daughter gave me as a birthday gift contains sodium laureth sulfate (http://www.google.ca/search?q=sodium+laureth+sulfate&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) (third ingredient after grape leaf extract and water, btw...), parabens (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=wFK&q=parabens&btnG=Search&meta=) and D&C red dye No. 4. Such cheap, widely used additives are little more than cost cutting measures, and considering what Lush charges for its goods, those near the top must be pocketing a decent chunk o' change...

Lush is yet another company that wraps eloquent claims in shiny packaging and pretty bows in order to sell more cosmetics, when they really aren't much better than their less expensive, drugstore counterparts. They should consider spending more money using natural alternatives to the aforementioned chemicals instead of blowing it on packaging stickers showing which cog in the wheel "made" my particular bottle of "The Olive Branch".

Know your product.

i.

[Impossibles]

I don't really understand your argument.

As far as I know, Lush isn't advertised as organic or containing no preservatives. I don't shop there, but I would assume they are considered a green alternative because of the lack of packaging.

I don't think I've ever set foot in a Lush store because the scent is too strong, and my GF doesn't like heavily scented products. They heavy scent is a dead giveaway that the products aren't all-natural.

Check out their FAQ: http://ca.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/faq.html

I personally don't think they are misleading their customers.

[NDman]

I personally don't think they are misleading their customers.

I think it's more of a mis-information on the RFD parts more so than Lush.

Then again, I don't like Lush. It gives me headache with the overwhelming mixture of scents in their store

[bluntworks]

I don't really understand your argument.

As far as I know, Lush isn't advertised as organic or containing no preservatives. I don't shop there, but I would assume they are considered a green alternative because of the lack of packaging.

It isn't an argument so much as an observation...

From ca.lush.com (http://ca.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/faq.html#0):

FRESH...
We believe in making effective products out of fresh organic fruit and vegetables, the finest essential oils and safe synthetics, without animal testing, and in writing the quantitative lists on the outside. We also believe that words like FRESH and ORGANIC have honest meaning beyond marketing.

Companies can not receive organic certification on a product from any certification body (http://www.cog.ca/cb.htm) unless it is shown to contain at least 70% organic ingredients. This is why there is no organic certification label on any Lush products and none of the ingredients on the product label are listed as organic.

And yes, I fully agree that Lush stores smell like heavily-perfumed arse... :cheesygri

So the question remains (their packaging practices aside...) - why green?

i.

[epiphony]

Know your product.



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