I’ve got to admit that Lush isn’t one of my favourite brands – everytime I get a bath bomb through the post it makes me sneeze. Funnily enough, when I phoned the Lush Press Office to check on a couple of details about these soaps, as soon as they answered at the other end – I sneezed! So, now I think maybe it’s psychological.
Anyhow, that’s neither here nor there. What I really AM loving from Lush are these gorgeous, coconut scented soaps that are made with all proceeds going to a charity called Peace Boat (www.peaceboat.org) who are organising teams of volunteers, transporting aid and cooking hot meals in the disaster zone. What I really like about this is that the only part of the money that doesn’t go directly to Japan from the £5 cost price is the VAT, which by law has to go to the government. Meaning it’s a pretty good chunk that goes where it is most needed.
If there is one thing I can’t stand, it’s when brands give let’s say 10% of profits or 20% of proceeds because basically what that looks like to me is not enough. It happens all the time, too. Brands who are financially stable enough to be able to donate more give a very small proportion of the cost price – it happens every year with Pink Ribbon products. Slap a pink ribbon on it and hope that sales go up enough to cover the cost of the donation. Psh. That’s marketing, not charity.
However, let’s support Lush, who have 145 shops in Japan as well as a 1,600 strong staff some of whom have lost absolutely everything. http://www.lush.co.uk/shop/product/product/id/1165/keyword/japan/japanese-aid
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I bought one of these at the weekend and they smell absolutely gorgeous 🙂
A great way to raise some money x
These look lovely, I will pick one up next time I am back in Dubai. No lush here 🙁
What a lovely idea… I will definitely be purchasing this (it’s also a bonus that I LOVE coconut scented products!)
And I totally agree with you about brands that donate 5-10% – when you’re paying £25 for something that’s not really a huge amount is it?!
This soap does smell amazing!
I sometimes ask what proportion of charity product sale price goes to charity, and get a lot of funny looks, as if it’s strange I should care. Rubbishness. Yay Lush. Also for the yummy Charity Pot and other nice charity products they have done. And it’s not as if they are a massive conglomerate with loads of spare cash either.
I absolutely ADORE LUSH!!!!!!! They also have a Charity Pot moisturizer which donates proceeds to charity and it’s a gorgeous smelling, effective moisturizer. I’m never without it! I love Lush because they’re products are amazing, all-natural (so not harmful), beautiful and they encourage recycling with their bring back 5 empty pots, get a free face mask scheme. And the soaps don’t dry out my skin! THanks for sharing this… gonna try to pick up a few of these soaps!