LUSH has launched a new collection inspired by a 90s fave beauty cult brand.
Dubbed a “fresh take on the Body Shop‘s greatest hits”, Lush’s new collection was inspired by the brand’s best-selling products.
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The Lush Version is a fresh take on old friends and Body Shop classics.
The new products reformulate more than a dozen of the vegan beauty chain’s top sellers across hair, body, and skincare.
Lush founder Mark Constantine started his career as a supplier to Body Shop, which collapsed into administration earlier this year.
He previously worked with Body Shop founder Anita Roddick on several of the formulations which went on to become the brand’s best-sellers products.
Despite their wild success, Body Shop and Constantine, along with beautician Elizabeth Bennett (nee Weir), ultimately parted ways and went on to forge different paths.
Lush said: “When news broke that Body Shop had entered into administration after another change of hands, it stirred up all kinds of feelings for the Lush co-founders.
“While the working relationship was over several companies ago, the two businesses shared history and often even ingredient suppliers.
“Those who still remember making creams for Anita in Mark and [wife] Mo’s shed wanted to revisit those earlier formulas: the ones that got away.
“The Lush Version is a tribute to the hippy path we forged decades ago when Anita gave our very first formulas a chance.”
One product set to make a comeback is the fan-favourite body butters.
Lush Co-Founder and product inventor Helen Ambrosen said: “Body butters really became a genre!
The Lush Version
Looking to replace the iconic Body Shop faves? Look no further. Lush has released a fresh take on the iconic brand’s products.
- Olive Body Butter £22
- Coconut Body Butter £22
- Brazilian Body Butter £22
- Cocoa Butter hand and body lotion £20
- Mostly Face Wash £22
- Pineapple Facial Wash £22
- Peppermint Foot Lotion £22
- Banana Shampoo £16
- Ginger Shampoo £20
- Banana Conditioner £16
“Back in the day, they were invented by the Lush co-founders and our colleague cosmetic scientist Stan Krysztal but found a home elsewhere.
“So, it’s fitting that they are coming back to where they started.”
Mostly, another old favourite being reinvented (and renamed) by Lush also has a place in Helen’s heart.
She said: “Mostly Men was a range The Body Shop did.”
The Lush Version is now available online and will be stocked in larger stores from November.
The price is slightly more expensive than the Body Shop, with the iconic body butters costing £22 compared to £19.
The range includes an updated take on The Body Shop’s ginger shampoo, banana conditioner, and cocoa body butter among others.
It always pays to compare prices so you know you’re getting the best deal.
Who was The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick?
DAME Anita Roddick, born October 23, 1942, was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner.
Throughout her lifetime, Anita was best known as the founder of the Body Shop – a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products.
Anita opened her first Body Shop in Brighton back in 1976.
The brand first started as a small shop providing quality skincare products in refilled bottles, with the belief that the business could be a force for good.
Following this, the Body Shop went on to become a global retail business serving over 30 million customers worldwide.
As a keen campaigner, Anita was involved in activism for environmental and social issues, such as involvement with Greenpeace and The Big Issue.
In addition to this, in 1990, the late entrepreneur founded Children on the Edge – a charitable organisation which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.
In 2007 Anita, who also worked alongside her husband Gordan, sold the company to L’Oréal, but still played an active role in the business.
French firm L’Oreal paid £625million for the company, providing Anita and her husband Gordon with more than £100million for their 18 per cent share in the business.
In September 2007, Dame Anita Roddick passed away at 64 from a brain haemorrhage after being admitted to St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex.
Her husband Gordon, and her two daughters, Sam and Justine, were at her side.
Before her passing, Anita had revealed that she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2004.
The late founder’s illness was first discovered during a routine blood test for a life insurance policy.
She had lived with the illness for more than 30 years before it was discovered – by which time she was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.
In 2008, a year after her passing, Anita’s will revealed that she had given away all of her £51million to charity and the rest to tax.
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