Cocoa Butter

Cocoa has been used for many years, dating back to the Aztecs! Cocoa butter comes from the seeds of the cacao tree in tropical America (also named ‘the food of the gods’). To make the butter, the seeds are fermented, cleaned, roasted and cracked to form cocoa nibs. These nibs are ground to a thick oily paste called chocolate liquor which, when the fat is removed using high pressure, becomes cocoa butter. Unlike most fats or butters, cocoa butter is solid at room temperature.

What does it do?

- Cocoa butter is a amazing carrier of essential oils, delivering them to the skin.

- Cocoa butter is softening and soothing, helping to prevent skin irritation.

- Cocoa butter is super moisturizing and nourishing for the skin. Some people even say it can reduce the appearance of scars and stretchmarks.

- Cocoa butter is a natural emulsifier, keeping our creams stable and fresh.

Products it's in:

- Celestial, Cosmetic Lad, Imperialis, Enzymion, Skin Drink, Skins Shangri La

- Cupcake

- Feeling Younger, Charisma

- Lip service

- Dream Cream, Charity Pot, Karma Kreme, Sympathy for the Skin, Vanilla Dee-lite, Lovely Jubblies

- From Dusk till Dawn, Peace, Hottie, Each Peach, Soft Coeur, Therapy, Wiccy Magic Muscles

- Black Stockings, Shimmy Shimmy

- Tiny hands, Helping hands

- Stepping Stone, Fairtrade Foot Lotion

- Silky Underwear

- Ambrosia, Prince Triple Orange Blossom

- Dirty Hair Styling Cream

- Curly Wurly, Godiva, Blousey, Jungle

- All the hennas - Caca Brun, Marron, Noir and Rouge

- All the body butters - Aqua Mirablis, You Snap the Whip, Buffy, King of Skin

- Turkish Delight, Ro's Argan Body Conditioner

- Butterball, Phoenix Rising

- Creamy Candy

- Ceridwen's Cauldron Floating Island, Dream Time, MMM, You've Been Mangoed

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This buying video, all about our Columbian Cocoa Butter.

Oat Milk

Cultivation of oats for food began in the Bronze Age. Although oats for cosmetic use was mentioned in Roman times, it only became popular around the 1930s when it was found that oats can relieve itching. To make our oat milk, we steep oatmeal and rolled oats in hot water.

What does it do?

- Oat milk is anti-inflammatory, relieving itchy skin.

- Oat milk is great on allergic reactions, acting as an antihistamine.

- Oat milk is soothing and calming.

- Oat milk is also a gentle moisturizer,

Products it's in:

- Ambrosia, Dirty Shaving Cream

- Jackie Oates

- Dream Cream

- R&B

- King of Skin

Honey

Honey is the sweet, gooey liquid made by bees from the pollen they collect from flowers. The color, smell and taste of the honey all depend on where it comes from in the world! Honey has been used for thousands of years in hair care and skincare. Legend has it that Cleopatra bathed in a mixture of honey and milk to soften her skin! Our honey comes from a variety of sources including Zambia, Canada, Hungary, Greece and, of course, Great Britain! It our aim to produce more of our own honey in the UK.

What does it do?

- Honey is a natural preservative, keeping products fresher for longer.

- Honey is antiseptic/antibacterial, helping keep the skin clean, reducing the possibility of infection.

- Honey is antioxidant, making it a good skin healer. Honey is often used to treat acne prone skin.

- Honey is a natural humectant, meaning it gently retains the natural moisture in skin and hair.

Products it's in:

- Cosmetic Warrior, The Sacred Truth, Love Lettuce, Brazened Honey, BB Seaweed

- Ultrabland

- Mask of Magnaminty

- Vanishing Cream

- Jackie Oats

- Roots Hair Treatment, Fairtrade Honey Shampoo

- Dirty Shaving Cream

- Helping hands

- Soft Coeur

- Flying Fox, It's Raining Men

- Whipstick, Honey Trap

- Honey Bee

Rose Oil

'Rose' comes from the arabic word meaning perfume and is assumed to be the first essential oil ever to be distilled. Rose oil is made up of over 300 parts which creates a complex fragrance. Our rose oil comes from the Damask rose, grown in Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, India and China and is extracted by steam distillation. Rose oil is more expensive than rose absolute as the extraction produces less oil.

What does it do?

- Rose oil is considered to be an aphrodisiac. Sexy! But it's also a symbol of love and innocence.

- Rose oil has been used to balance the mood since ancient Greece

- Rose oil is very smoothing, making it great on mature or dryer skin

- Rose oil also helps reduce redness

Products it's in:

- Breath of God, Imogen Rose, Euphoria, The Voice of Reason

- Rose Jam

- Full of Grace

- Turkish Delight

- Chou Chou I Love You

- Ro's Argan Body Conditioner

- Happy Happy Joy Joy, Blousey

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Lavender Oil

There are nearly thirty different types of lavender, but we just use a few of these. Our lavender oil is made from the flowering tops of the plant, using steam distillation.

What does it do?

- Lavender oil is relaxing, can help reduce stress and aids restful sleep.

- Lavender oil is healing. A French chemist, Gattefosse, burnt his arm and put it into a vat of lavender oil, thinking it was water. The burn healed much quicker than normal!

- Lavender oil is soothing on sore or irritated skin, helping to reduce redness

- Lavender oil is antiseptic and antibacterial, preventing and reducing infection

- Lavender oil is also deodorizing, leaving a sweet, floral scent.

Products it's in:

- Angels on Bare Skin

- Fresh Farmacy

- Dream Steam

- Grease Lightning

- Vanishing Cream

- The Sacred Truth, Love Lettuce

- Dream Cream

- Dreamwash

- Helping hands, Lemony Flutter, Putty for your hands

- Shimmy Shimmy

- Rehab, Soak and Float, American Cream, Superbalm

- Buffy, King of Skin

- Sugar Scrub

- Sea Vegetable

- Blue fun

- Think Pink, Big Blue, Iccle Baby Bot, Twilight

- Ceridwen's Cauldron, Dream Time

- A French Kiss

- Dirty Shaving Cream

Chamomile Blue Oil

Chamomile blue oil is extracted from flowers using steam distillation and is a vibrant blue colour. The more vibrant the blue, the fresher the oil! We use a combination of Roman and German chamomile blue in our products. Chamomile blue is suitable for children and people with super sensitive skin.

What does it do?

- Chamomile blue is anti-inflammatory, great for soothing sore skin and scalps

- Chamomile blue is a natural antiseptic, reducing the likelihood of infections of the skin

- Chamomile blue is a sedative, helping to calm the mind, reduce stress and induce sleep. It's even been used by aromatherapists to ease period pain!

- Chamomile blue is often referred to as 'the oil for everything'!

Products it's in:

- Angels on Bare Skin, Herbalism

- Fresh Farmacy

- Full of Grace

- Dream steam

- Catastrophe Cosmetic

- Tiny hands, Handy Gurugu, Lemony Flutter, Putty for your hands

- Dream cream

- Dreamwash

- Squeeky green, The Hair Doctor, Superbalm

- Dream time bath melt

- Iccle Baby Bot

- Blue fun

- Ambrosia

Glycerine

Glycerine is a clear, mild, ‘gooey’ liquid. Traditionally, it was obtained from animal fat but Lush get ours from rapeseed oil grown in the UK and EU. When an alkaline ingredient is added to a vegetable oil, glycerine is born!

What does it do?

- Glycerine is a humectant, which means it helps retain moisture in the skin and hair!

- Glycerine is an effective ingredient carrier, taking all those beautiful ingredients deep into the skin

- Glycerine is skin softening and super smooth - which makes it perfect for our Emotional Brilliance cream eye shadows to glide on

Products it's in:

- All fresh facial cleansers

- Ultrabland

- Fresh farmacy, Coalface

- All fresh face masks

- Mask of Magnaminty, Ocean Salt

- All moisturisers except for Skin Drink

- Enchanted eye cream

- Sympathy for the Skin, Vanilla Dee-lite, Charity Pot, Dream Cream, Karma Kreme

- Helping Hands, Handy Gurugu

- Soft Coeur

- Volcano, Fairtrade Foot Lotion

- Lovely Jubblies Breast Cream

- Ambrosia, Dirty Shaving Cream, Prince Triple Orange Blossom

- Dreamwash, Turkish Delight, Ro’s Argan, Dirty Shower gel, Sweetie Pie, Whoosh

- All five colours of fun

- All the soaps

- Washing up Fairy, The Mum, Mum Tulip, Madame Butterfly, The Carrot

- New, R&B, The Hair Doctor, Sea Spray, Big Solid conditioner, Happy Happy Joy Joy, Blousey

- All colour supplements

- Charisma and Feeling Younger

- It Started with a Kiss lip tint, all the lip balms

- Emotional brilliance eye colours: Focus, lifted, sophisticated, calm, wise, quietly motivated, control, success, dynamic, feeling secure, healthy, in charge, motivation, happiness, intuitive