I want moisturizer, not a lecture, please.

[Flying Grype]

Since everyone is ranting and raving here, can I get a comparison to The Body Shop?

The Body Shop is now owned by Clairol or some other big evil cosmetic empire, and it's just the corner of their business that catches 'green' shoppers who won't buy the rest of their animal-tested and unethically-manufactured products. I think Lush is actually a more ethical company, like TBS used to be.

Ingredients-wise they're probably on par with each other, with some natural ingredients and some unpronounceable synthetics. I am not sure if they guarantee that everything will be veg*n.

Lush specializes in soap, shampoo, skin care, and bath products, whereas TBS branched out into perfumes and cosmetics as well. I have never had a problem with either brand in terms of scent sensitivity or skin irritation, whereas the big drugstore brands do bother me on both counts. I rarely buy soap at Lush because it's so expensive, and there are other local brands that are cheaper and better on my skin, but I love the solid shampoo bars. One bar costs $7-12 CAD and lasts me about six months, and if you buy two you get a free can to store it in.

My experience with Lush staff is that they're attentive to the point of being slightly annoying when I go into the shop already knowing what I want. But they're not as pushy as TBS staff.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

The Body Shop ran me out of the store with their constant "greeting" me. They greet you in Lush, too, but they also are willing to leave you alone to explore and shop. They don't force themselves on you.

I am not in love with their shampoo bars. The one I have is okay, but if I use it twice in a row, my hair is kind of limp. I think I have too much hair to get the shampoo in thorougly or something, because it does not suds much and I can't tell how much is in there.

Here's my take on the bubble bars and bath bombs: I used one every day, sometimes more than once for a week in Vegas. I had no problems. I basically used myself as a test subject. I then bought one for my newphew, who had no problems. And my daughter, who at some point during the following week, after using it a lot, developed a slight burning in her girl parts that went away without incident after rinsing off the bubbles. (My husband is a little heavy handed putting bubbles in, and he used it a lot drawing her bath. And she's four. So too much suds to often on baby skin=bad idea.)

[Lady Legira]

The women was idiot and will never encourage a second visit if she keeps going on like that.

That said, I would like to be able to walk into Lush. I can barely walk past on the street because the scents from the shop are so intense which sets my asthma off. *sigh* So I wont buy the products online because they may well have the same effect at home.

[Flying Grype]

Lady Legira, yeah, I do know at least a couple of people who have that reaction to Lush.

RecoveringKinkoid: I just remembered that my sister once applied for a job at our local Body Shop, but she was turned right off it by how aggressive and pushy they wanted their sales staff to be.

[Ironclad Alibi]

RecoveringKinkoid: I just remembered that my sister once applied for a job at our local Body Shop, but she was turned right off it by how aggressive and pushy they wanted their sales staff to be.

When I read this I was wondering why an auto repair shop would have an aggressive and pushy sales staff?!?!? Then I realized that Body Shop referred to the store in the mall.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

RecoveringKinkoid: I just remembered that my sister once applied for a job at our local Body Shop, but she was turned right off it by how aggressive and pushy they wanted their sales staff to be.

Well, now, they did decend on me when I entered, and greeted me and offered help, but I didnt feel like they made pains of themselves. It seemed that they all knew that the one girl was helping me and they didn.t all need to pounce on me, like they do in TBS. She offered help, answered some questions, and gave me the space to look around on my own in peace. She was actually quite helpful, as I'd never seen products like theirs before and frankly would not have known what to do with them at first.

They were friendly, and I was in a social mood anyways, so the experience was actually quite fun for me.