{"id":74,"date":"2017-11-15T23:52:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sm2017\/?p=74"},"modified":"2017-11-30T00:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T07:10:41","slug":"74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sm2017\/2017\/11\/15\/74\/","title":{"rendered":"LUSH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us must have heard about the beauty brand LUSH. They provide various cosmetic product lines including shampoos, body washes, perfumes, and many more. My personal impressions of LUSH are customer driven, sustainability focused, and creative brand, but I became interested to know more about what they do to establish such brand image. So I have decided to do some research.<\/p>\n<p>LUSH\u2019s value is described as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.lush.com\/article\/lush-ethical-company\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All business should be ethical and all trade should be fair. \u00a0Individual companies should not stand out simply by not being damaging or unfair. \u00a0No company should be trading from an unethical position and society has a right to expect as the norm fairness and resource stewardship from the companies that supply them.<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Above policy is reflected in many of their product lines, but the one which interested me the most was their focus on waste and package.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Waste<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGo Naked\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lush.ca\/en\/Stories-Article?cid=article_our-environmental-policy\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We put our efforts into what goes inside of our products and shops instead of packaging.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of their products are sold without packaging as they believe the most efficient way to reduce waste is not to create the waste in the first place. It also reduce the production cost and allows LUSH to invest that extra money to better quality ingredients for their products.\u00a0 LUSH NAKED product line includes solid shampoo bars, bath bombs, soaps, and solid shower gel that was recently introduced. To learn more about their NAKED products check\u00a0this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.lush.com\/article\/naked-truth-packaging-free-cosmetics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbQRjX4l2eq\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Our new Christmas shower gels have arrived&#8230; with some naked friends ????????! Stick with a classic or ditch the plastic &#8211;  which will you choose?! ????????#lushchristmas #packagingfree<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Lush Cosmetics North America (@lushcosmetics) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-11-09T00:25:07+00:00\">Nov 8, 2017 at 4:25pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Packaging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBe kind to the planet\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Even for products that require packaging, they are committed on reducing waste and using packaging materials that are less harmful to the planet. Their black pots are 100% made of recycled plastic. They also have recycling program where one can obtain free fresh face mask by bringing five used black pots. Package peanuts that are used for their gift products are 100% plant based and Biodegradable, which eliminates waste that goes to the landfill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYWiPSeAR2S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We know you&#8217;ve heard the rumors, and it\u2019s true &#8211; in order to make way for exciting new inventions, we\u2019ll be waving goodbye to some old products this year. Link in bio for the full list of discontinued products.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">Lush Cosmetics North America\u3055\u3093(@lushcosmetics)\u304c\u30b7\u30a7\u30a2\u3057\u305f\u6295\u7a3f &#8211; <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-08-28T21:12:11+00:00\">2017 8\u6708 28 2:12\u5348\u5f8c PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so much more than can be written here\u2026 So I would highly recommend exploring their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lush.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to learn more about good things LUSH does. 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