Name: Sad Face
Brand: Lush
SKU: 386-NA

LUSH x Lazy Oaf

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 LUSH x Lazy Oaf

Take wallowing in your feelings to the literal level with this bath bomb featuring Lazy Oaf’s signature sad face and our soothing <a href="https://www.lush.com/%5Buk%5D/%5Ben%5D/c/sleepy-collection">Sleepy</a> scent of lavender oil and tonka absolute.

How to use: Run the bath and get ready to unwind. Gently lower into warm bath water to disperse cozy lavender, and soothe.

How to store: Store in a cool, dry place and use when you want some snoozy self-care.

Fragrancing

Relaxing

Balancing

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Dare we say, the most relaxing scent you’ll ever smell!

The plant genus Lavandula includes about 47 species of flowering plants. Most famous for ornaments and fragrant extracts is the Lavandula angustifolia species, from which Lush’s lavender oil and absolute are obtained. It is a shrub-like perennial that grows long, slender stems topped with a cluster of purple flowers - small yet very fragrant.

René-Maurice Gattefossé, a French chemist from the early 20th century, accidentally discovered lavender oil's soothing and healing properties. Legend has it that he severely burned his hands during tests in his laboratory and immediately immersed them in lavender oil (which was nearest to him at the time). His hands healed so well that he became passionate about the properties of essential oils, and is now recognised as the ‘father of modern aromatherapy’.

Lush sources lavender oils from a couple of suppliers. <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/lavender-under-french-skies">One is based</a> in the warm and sunny region Provence region of France, while the other is an <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/organic-lavender-oil">organic-certified Bulgarian distiller</a>.&nbsp;

We also purchase dried strands and flowers, which may have different origins depending on the manufacturing site where your Lush product was made.

Dare with us!&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/sleep-better">Here’s a selection</a> of Lush products with lavender that should help you unwind before bedtime.

Ingredient

Lavender

Soothing

Comforting

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Benzoin has been used in incense and perfumes for centuries. Its sweet, spicy and slightly earthy aroma brings comfort and calm to the mind.

Benzoin is a natural resin that can be collected from two types of styrax trees: Styrax benzoin, native to Sumatra, and Styrax tonkinensis, which grows in Southeast Asia.&nbsp;

Resin is a natural bandage for trees. It drips from wounded trunks and hardens in the open air, protecting the wounds from possible disease, fungus, and insect attack. Resin is full of potent aromatic compounds, which probably inspired humans to try and make something out of it centuries ago. Some trees produce a lot of it, making it easy to harvest. Once hard, the resin can be burned pure, ground into powder, or refined with solvents to produce a fragrant extract called resinoid.

What does benzoin smell like, and what are its benefits for the skin?

Lush purchases a tincture of benzoin from a UK-based company and a resinoid from a supplier in Laos. The latter works with 80 farmers who collect resin from Styrax tonkinensis trees, using traditional methods and focusing on quality. The trees are grown and harvested sustainably, and the forest is managed according to agroforestry principles. Farmers receive fair payments and labour security and safety.&nbsp;

Find out more about each of our benzoin ingredients on their dedicated pages:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/benzoin-resinoid">Benzoin Resinoid</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/tincture-benzoin">Tincture of Benzoin</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/benzoin-gum-powder">Benzoin Gum Powder</a>

Or browse through two collections of iconic Lush scents: <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/sleepy-collection">The sleepy range</a>, which combines sweet benzoin and tonka with calming lavender, and our <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/gourmand-fragrance">gourmand selection</a> of irresistible fragrances.

Benzoin

Sweet aroma

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The tall camaru tree (Dipteryx odorata) belongs to the legume family (Fabaceae) and grows in Costa Rica, Brazil and Peru. It bears fruits that contain a single seed, oblong and smooth, called the tonka bean. The bean is used as a spice, grated into culinary preparations such as desserts to add a sweet, complex flavour. It can also be subjected to a solvent extraction process to obtain an absolute: a thick, concentrated extract of the bean’s scent that is used in perfumery.

What are the benefits of tonka in Lush products?

Some will say the tonka bean smells like vanilla, but this hasty judgment does not reflect the jet-black bean's qualities. Tonka has its own beautiful fragrance. It is sweet yet fruity, reminiscent of cherries and bitter almonds, and has notes of hay. This complex scent is mainly due to coumarin, an aromatic compound that naturally occurs in tonka in such quantities that, when it dries, it forms a white crystallised coating around the bean.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/tonka-absolute">Read Lush’s perfumer Alina Gliwinska enthusiast take on tonka seed extract</a>, also known as tonka absolute.

As said above, the main aromatic compound of tonka is coumarin. Coumarin is toxic when ingested in high doses, which explains why the United States has banned the use of tonka in food. However, it is considered safe for use in cosmetics, provided that the IFRA (International Fragrance Association) recommendations regarding concentration are followed. Which is what we do!

The tonka beans we purchase are wild-harvested by indigenous and local communities in the Amazon forest, helping provide livelihoods for those who are protecting one of the richest ecosystems in the world. Through these partnerships, we ensure quality products, empowerment and economic support.

Among these communities are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXcV7lxTam4">the Kayapo people of Brazil</a>, who carefully collect fallen tonka fruits and manually crack each one open with hammers to extract the valuable beans. The beans are then sun-dried and gathered in large sacks before being transported to France, where they are refined into an absolute for use in our products.

Tonka absolute reveals its sweetness in some of <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/gourmand-fragrance">our most tempting Gourmand fragrances</a> while complementing the lullaby sung by lavender and vanilla in <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/sleepy-collection">our relaxing Sleepy range</a>.

Tonka

Sensual

Calming

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Ylang-ylang’s flowers diffuse a heady, sweet and floral scent that is often recommended to calm the mind. It is featured in a few of our most popular fragrances, such as <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/p/sex-bomb-body-spray">Sex Bomb</a>, <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/sleepy-collection">Sleepy</a> and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/cbd-skincare-and-beauty">Magik</a>.

The cananga tree, also called ylang-ylang or ilang-ilang, is a tropical plant native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It can grow very tall in the wild, averaging 12 meters (40 feet). In British English, ylang-ylang is pronounced ee-lang ee-lang. In Tagalog, an old language of the Philippines, it means ‘flower of the flowers’.&nbsp;

The tree’s branches are quite flexible and are often positioned vertically and pruned by farmers to ease harvest. Flowers bloom nearly all year round, hanging from stalks. Their drooping, long and narrow petals are thick and wavy - and wonderfully fragrant! They start off green but reach their optimal scent when turning yellow.

Learn more about the <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/ylang-ylang-oil">benefits of ylang-ylang oil on this dedicated page</a>.

Lush uses ylang-ylang essential oil in various products, ranging from perfumes to bath bombs and hair conditioners. The essential oil is steam-distilled from the petals, and the process can last up to 20 hours! We also use a fair amount of ylang-ylang absolute, which is extracted from the petals as well, but using solvents.

We purchase the essential oil and the absolute from the Comoros Islands, but we also produce our own oil in Ghana. Click on the links below to learn more about these different sources:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/ylang-ylang-oil">Ylang Ylang Oil</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/ghanaian-ylang-ylang-oil">Ghanaian Ylang Ylang Oil</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/ylang-ylang-absolute">Ylang Ylang absolute</a>

Are sweet, sensual and tropical scents your thing? Have a go at this <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/floral">collection of floral-scented products</a>.

Ylang Ylang

Take wallowing in your feelings to the literal level with this bath bomb featuring Lazy Oaf’s signature sad face and our soothing Sleepy scent of lavender and tonka.

Lazy Oaf Sad Face | Bath Bomb

Sad Face

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Run the bath, soothe and unwind by gently lowering this sad face into warm bath water.Download the Lush app on Android or iOS to scan naked products using the Lens feature

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Sad Face

Bath Bomb

Calming, lavender relaxation

Ingredients

Lavender

Benzoin

Tonka

Ylang Ylang

Natural Ingredients

Safe Synthetics

*occurs naturally in essential oils.

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