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| LUSH V&A Cape Town |
What an exciting time in South African retail with all these international brands arriving...the latest being LUSH which opened yesterday at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
LUSH is a handmade cosmetics company headquartered in Poole, Dorset in the UK. In 1994, husband and wife Mark and Mo Constantine opened the first Lush store in Poole under the name Cosmetic House Limited. LUSH adopted its current name on 10 April 1995. There are now 830 stores in 50 countries.
LUSH produces fresh-made soaps, shampoos, shower gels, lotions, moisturisers, scrubs, and other cosmetics for the face, hair, and body using 100% vegetarian recipes. It also produces unique products like solid or dry shampoos, "Shower Jellies", gelatin-like semi-solid shampoo and body wash; "Toothy Tabs", solid toothpaste tablets; and "Bath Bombs," solid balls made of sodium bicarbonate that fizz with different scents and colours when dropped in the bathtub.
LUSH products are handmade in factories around the world (including Poole, Dorset and Vancouver, Canada), and are made in small batches based on orders from individual stores to ensure the freshness of the product.
LUSH stores do not sell products older than four months and most products have a total shelf life of approximately 14 months.
LUSH uses fruits and vegetables, essential oils, synthetic ingredients, honey and beeswax in their products. In addition to not using animal fats in their products, they are also against animal testing and perform tests solely with volunteers instead.
I have been into several Lush shops around the UK and they are an absolute "awakening" for many of the senses as soon as you walk through the door.
Firstly your sense of smell is immediately aroused with the mix of every product on display, your eyes just fall upon a feast of different products which look good enough to eat, which in turn gets your taste buds going, your sense of touch is soon put through their "paces" as the assistants offer you treatments and demonstrations and your sense of hearing is also given a work out from the explanations the assistants soon impart on you, about the benefits and uses of all their products.
My purchases at the time were from the "Happy Feet" collection and this exfoliating foot is not what it seems.It is not an foot shaped pumice stone but it's the actual product , as you break some of the foot off and mix with water and it turns into a great foot exfoliater....and I also bought a peppermint and menthol foot and leg cream.
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| Happy Feet |
Do not even try to walk into a LUSH shop unless you have time to really browse and take on board all that they have to offer otherwise you will miss many of these fun funky products....Capetonians you don't know how lucky you are to have their first shop in SA.
I'm turning a "LUSH CIOUS" green as I write....
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