Lush launches a brand new range of hair products – shampoos, conditioners and treatments – to care for, nourish and generally restore your mane to its very best.
SHAMPOOS
Blousey shampoo (£18.00 for 240g) … a gentle shampoo for treated, dyed or coloured hair that will revitalise and put some life back into it. Nourishing bananas are emollient to hold moisture on the hair, making them extremely softening and conditioning. There are also spices like pimento and anise to stimulate the scalp and hair growth and cocoa and cupuacu butter (from Brazil) will moisturise and add shine to it. Hair is left feeling incredibly loved and looked after and scented with rose oil, blackcurrant absolute and juniperberry oil, with a little stimulating thyme oil and rosemary oil thrown in to look after the scalp. Vegan
Fair Trade Honey shampoo (prices start at £7.00 for 100g) … this bottle is full of the power of flowers, collected and concentrated for you by the bees. The base is over 50% fair trade honey and 20% linseed mucilage, both of which will moisturise and add shine and lustre to your locks. Using so much honey means that we can make this shampoo preservative free, as honey is such a concentrated form of sugar that bacteria can’t grow in it. It also means we can support fair trade suppliers from around the world. Vegetarian
If you live in a hard water area the calcium in the water can build up and be harsh on your hair. This softens and cleanses in a perfect balance for hard water areas. Honey suits most heads of hair too; it gives you shine, lustre and volume. This is a good moisturising shampoo for nearly everyone.
CONDITIONERS
Big Solid Conditioner (£9.00 for 100g) … inspired by the fantastically popular Big shampoo, this is a complementary solid conditioner. For all hair types, this conditioner comes in big slabs and you buy the weight you want, just like fresh produce. It contains 17% sea salt to help give the hair volume and shine, without weighing it down. There’s also lots of super softening coconut oil to condition the hair and help tame fly away tresses; candelilla wax and jojoba oil to nourish and add shine; lemon oil to help the cuticles lay flat; vegetable glycerine to coat the hair and seal in moisture; and an incredibly beautiful uplifting perfume of vanilla absolute, vetivert oil, jasmine absolute and bergamot oil. Leaves hair soft, silky and smelling divine. Use it with Big shampoo for a double whammy of volume. Vegan
How to use: After you’ve shampooed your hair, gently stroke this onto your locks. There’s no need to work up a creamy lather in your hands like with Jungle. Then rinse out carefully for fragrant, bouncy tresses.
Happy Happy Joy Joy conditioning hair perfume (£9.00 for 100g ; £18.00 for 250g) … your hair will be feeling happy, happy, joy, joy after being conditioned with this one! There’s almond milk to moisturise and strengthen hair; jojoba oil to add shine; and grapefruit andlime oils to refresh and provide even more shine. But what really sets this conditioner apart is the fragrance, it’s based around neroli and grapefruit as these oils bring the happy happy. The joy joy is what you spread as you float through your day! Vegan
Use this as the perfect accompaniment to Blousey shampoo.
HAIR TREATMENTS
Roots healthy scalpcream (£9.95 for 225g) … a treatment for thin and fine hair.
The route to mighty fine hair! Fine hair needs careful looking after, this treatment is packed full of ingredients to revitalise it from root to tip. There’s honey to soften; fresh eggs to add protein to the hair and scalp and to add shine; along with some extra virgin olive oil to strengthen and condition the hair. It’s one of Mark Constantine’s trichcology creams from the early days when he worked at a well-known West End hair salon and really needed to sort people’s hair out. Roots works on the scalp to make it beautifully healthy, which in turn makes your hair healthy, strong, shiny and voluminous. He added lots of menthol to the recipe, which stimulates the scalp and encourages hair to grow to its full length, giving the appearance of thicker hair. Vegetarian
How to use this one … Get someone to apply to dry hair for you and give you a lovely head massage! Get this one onto the scalp first and gently massage, then coat the hair and leave it on for 20 minutes. Gently shampoo out andcondition as normal. Use 3 times a week for a couple of weeks to see real improvement.
Seaspray hair mist (£9.95 for 100g) … There’s a sea mist rolling in – but this one leaves you fresh, uplifted and perfumed. A salty spritz that gives body, volume and hold. Sea Spray can be used in many ways to give hold and style, apply before blow-drying or apply to dry hair and work through for beach waves. Gives shine to the hair and has a beautiful perfume of orange flower absolute, grapefruit, neroli and rosewood oils. Vegan
Shine So Bright split end balm (£4.50 for 10g) … a balm to transform split ends and make your hair shine so bright. This will repair split ends with a plethora of strengthening ingredients, such as Extra Virgin olive oil, fresh free-range eggs and fair trade coconut oil. Coconut oil also adds condition and shine. Fragranced with an uplifting blend of orange flower absolute, grapefruit, neroli and rosewood. Vegetarian
How to use … Just like a lip balm, use your finger to melt the butters and oils, then stroke it onto the ends of your hair to help repair split ends and perfume your hair beautifully.
Superbalm For Scalps (£12.00 for 45g) … this is exactly as the name suggests, a super soothing balm for serious scalp problems. When the scale builds up on the scalp and can’t be removed by shampooing, or when hair comes out in clumps with flakes of scalp attached to the root – this is when you need Superbalm.
Based on Lush’s Ultrablam, this is a type of ointment used in Trichological treatments to soothe a red scalp, eczema, dermatitis and dandruff. Coconut oil, chamomile blue and candelilla wax works to soothe and moisturise, while lavender oil is a general tonic on skin irritations. Vegan
How to use … For anyone with a troubled dry scalp, take a small amount on your fingertip then gently massage into the scalp – it’s not really for the hair so try to be careful to apply it directly to the scalp. Leave for about 20 minutes and then wash out, before shampooing and conditioning as normal. You will be left with a nice residual amount to soften and soothe the scalp.
To pick up these and many more ethical, cruelty free cosmetics visit Lush shops nationwide. For shop details and Lush Online please call 01202 668 545, or order at
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