Ingredients

Honey is a fragrant, sweet, sticky liquid made by the hard-working honeybees. Where does Lush purchase honey? The clear honey found in the Lush products that are made in the UK,...

In our quantitative ingredients lists, if ingredients are listed with an ampersand, it means they are combined together to make one material. Cetearyl alcohol and sodium lauryl sulfate make an emulsifying...

The orange is full of vitamin and antioxidant-rich juice and essential oils. With a sweet and cheerful scent, it makes skin and hair shine.

Strawberries are so tasty that we rarely associate them with anything other than food. But that’s never stopped anyone at Lush! These vitamin C-rich fruits certainly make sense in cosmetics. ...

The herbaceous, medicinal and sweet scent of thyme absolute refreshes and clears the mind. A common kitchen herb, thyme actually has a great history of use as an antiseptic, disinfectant and...

A reassuring and grounding scent, that creates the base of many beautiful perfumes. Where do we get it? Lush purchases this oil from New Caledonia, where the local government grants...

A plant that was once called ‘the dragon herb’, tarragon cleanses and soothes the skin while spreading a peppery and herbaceous scent all around. When inhaled, it is thought to...

Fresh, invigorating, cool, pungent... We all have our own way of describing the very popular spearmint taste and smell. Although less potent than peppermint, the Mentha spicata variety is thought to share the...

Alcohol replaced vegetable oils in perfumes around the 14th century. It carries the fragrance well and disappears almost instantly when applied to the skin, leaving a fresh sensation.  Where do...

Dare we say, the most relaxing scent you’ll ever smell! What is lavender? The plant genus Lavandula includes about 47 species of flowering plants. Most famous for ornaments and fragrant...

Sandalwood is a distinctly reassuring and grounding scent; it creates the base of many marvellous perfumes. What is sandalwood? Sandalwood is an umbrella name for many scented trees, all belonging...

Each species of mint has its unique subtleties, but it’s their typical fresh and energising scent that brings them all together. What is mint? Mint is a genus of plants...