Name: Big Bang (Create Your Own Universe)
Brand: Lush
SKU: 61836-AU

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Have a blast, a burst of inspiration, and explore the cosmos with this multi-purpose mouldable soap, shampoo, and bubble bath. Uplifting and stimulating grapefruit and peppermint oils are the driving force behind the scent, shared with our best selling bath bomb, Intergalactic. Topped off with a healthy dose of plastic-free glitter, you’ve got a one-way ticket to a stellar experience however you plan to have Fun.

How to use: Create your own asteroids, planets, and moons. Then use as soap or shampoo, or, hold under the tap as you run the bath to create mounds of soft bubbles.

How to store: Store in a cool, dry place until you're ready for the dawn of a new universe.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Refreshing

Aromatic

Antimicrobial

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Natural

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Each species of mint has its unique subtleties, but it’s their typical fresh and energising scent that brings them all together.

Mint is a genus of plants that includes many different herb species. Fast growing and quite resistant, anyone with a herb garden knows that mint will spread everywhere very quickly if left uncontained. This fast propagation has allowed the spontaneous and natural creation of many mint hybrids over the centuries. At Lush, we use a few of these varieties, such as peppermint (Mentha x piperita), wild mint (Mentha arvensis, also called Hakka in Japanese), and spearmint (Mentha spicata).

Most mints contain menthol, in different proportions. Menthol is an aromatic compound that gives the herbs their distinctive scent. The stronger the aroma, the higher the menthol content. Extracts such as essential oils contain a lot of it as they are very concentrated.

Not only it is super fragrant, but menthol also has great properties for the skin, scalp and mouth such as:

To harness the power of menthol, Lush uses wild mint oil and lots of peppermint – fresh, dried, in oil or absolute form. With these species, our products get a strong minty scent and a stimulating effect on the body and mind. Spearmint, on the other hand, has a very different profile. Indeed, it does not contain menthol but has high levels of carvone and limonene, giving the oil a still minty, but also anise-like and sweet scent, with citrus notes.

Depending on the type of mint, sourcing information may vary. To find out more about each of them, browse your Lush product’s list of ingredients and click on the ones you are interested in. This should take you to a page full of details!

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Mint

Sparkly scent

Uplifting

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Sweet and zesty grapefruit takes you and your skin to paradise!

Grapefruit (Citrus x paradisi) is a hybrid between an orange and a pomelo that is native to the Caribbean island of Barbados. There are many varieties with different skin and pulp colours, the best known to consumers being pink and red grapefruits as they have the sweetest taste.

At Lush, we use fresh pink and white grapefruit depending on our product inventors’ wishes but also availability on the food market. The essential oil is made from white grapefruit only; a variety with a yellow pulp that is a favourite in the juice and perfume industries.

What are the benefits of fresh grapefruits?

What are the benefits of white grapefruit oil?

Grapefruit’s sweet and citrusy aroma is about 90% limonene, an aromatic antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties. This is why the oil is thought to have skin-firming properties. It really is a terrific fruit!



Finding a good, direct source for grapefruit oil has been a challenge over the years as the white grapefruit variety is often overshadowed by food industry trends, which can influence the quality and availability of the oil. Fortunately, after some research, Lush buyers found an essential oil processing company in the USA that can meet our production needs.

The fresh grapefruits are purchased from specialist distributors. Depending on the time of year, they source products from different countries to try and achieve availability all year round. They work hard to supply as much organic product as possible and provide the highest quality available the rest of the time.

Grapefruit

Antibacterial

Relaxing

Fragrancing

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A woody scent that adds great depth and elegance to perfume blends.

‘Cedarwood’ is an umbrella name for oils and absolutes distilled from the wood of many different conifers, belonging to the Cupressaceae or the Pinaceae families. Traditionally, the oil is distilled from the Atlas cedar, a very tall tree native to North Africa. It has a rich and warm woody aroma, almost sweet. It is extensively used in perfumery and cosmetics, especially in products branded ‘for men’. Essential oils distilled from other species help get a greater scent scope with different nuances to play with, such as smoky or dry notes.&nbsp;

What are the benefits of most cedarwood products?

To find out more about each of the cedarwood types we use, their scent specificity and supplier info, browse your Lush product’s list of ingredients and click on the ones you are interested in. This should take you to a page full of details!

Cedarwood

Explore the cosmos with this multi-purpose, grapefruit and peppermint-scented mouldable soap, shampoo, and bubble bath.