Name: The Olive Branch
Brand: Lush
SKU: 63076-UK

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Aqua (Water)

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Sodium Cocoamphoacetate

Glycerin

Vine Leaf Infusion

Olea Europaea Fruit Oil (Olive Oil)

Parfum

Lauryl Betaine

Fresh Mandarin Juice

Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil (Bergamot Oil)

Citrus Limon Peel Oil (Lemon Oil)

Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Extract (Orange Flower Extract)

Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil (Mandarin Oil)

Lactic Acid

Hexyl Cinnamal

Hydroxycitronellal

*Limonene

*Linalool

Colour 14700

Citrus

Olive

Orange Flower

Mandarin

Bergamot

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Uplifting

Grounding

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Bottle - Small

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Story 2026: How to personalise a shower gel bottle - Web version - The Olive Branch

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Give dry skin an olive branch

Shower Gel

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275g

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550g

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Shower Gels

Vegan Shower Products

Shower Products

Summer Essentials

Keep Clean

Awake 

Travel-size Essentials

Zest is Best

Customised Lush Gifts

Steadying arms wrap around you, full of sweeping citrus notes and gentle, reassuring warmth. Delicate vine leaf infusion and freshly squeezed mandarin juice quench skin’s thirst and evoke a sense of peace.

What's in it for you? Made with uplifting bergamot oil sourced from small-scale citrus farmers in Calabria, Italy. We’ve partnered with the same family producer for over a decade – one whiff of this fragrantly fruity oil and you’ll see why!

How to store: Store with the lid closed in between uses.

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/bring-it-back-our-new-look-recycling-scheme">It pays to recycle with us!</a> Return the packaging for this product to any a Lush shop and receive money towards your next purchase. Alternatively, return 5 qualifying items packaging for a free fresh face mask.

Bring it back

Your order will be expertly protected against impact during transit by biodegradable <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/wed-rather-have-box-eco-pops">Eco-Pops</a>, compostable packaging nuggets made from potato starch! They're easily dissolvable in water or soil.

Handled with care

Fresh cosmetic ingredients are more effective on skin, hair, and mind than heavily preserved beauty products. 65% of our raw material spend is on natural ingredients.

Fresh is best

Moisturising

Antioxidant

Shine-enhancing

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An ancient remedy for dry skin and hair, olives contain a rich, moisturising oil bursting with antioxidants.

The European olive tree (Olea europaea) has thrived for millennia under the hot sun of the Mediterranean basin. It grows the famous small, green fruit known as olive, prized for its taste and richness in oil. Olive trees are slow-growing and can have a very long lifespan. Indeed, the oldest known in the world are in Lebanon and are believed to be 6,000 years old. SIX. THOUSAND.&nbsp;(gobsmacked emoji)

What are the benefits of olive oil for the skin and hair?

The oil’s lightweight feel is due to its <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/squalane">squalene</a> content, a compound that can also be found in human sebum. ‘Accepted’ well by the skin, it allows the oil to help restore a healthy level of moisture.

Olive oil contains some of the most potent antioxidants in the world, namely vitamin E, hydroxytyrosol (a plant polyphenol) and oleic acid. These compounds are thought to help the skin cells fight against the oxidising action of free radicals. This means that they could help the skin stay firm and healthy for longer. Besides, olives, olive leaves, and olive oil have shown very promising anti-tumour action and protection against cancer when used at a certain level and in specific conditions.

Sources: Boss, A., Bishop, K. S.,&nbsp; Marlow, G., Barnett, M. P. G., Ferguson, L. R., (2016)&nbsp; <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306333223_Evidence_to_Support_the_Anti-Cancer_Effect_of_Olive_Leaf_Extract_and_Future_Directions">Evidence to Support the Anti-Cancer Effect of Olive Leaf Extract and Future Directions</a>, Nutrients 8(8):513

Melguizo-Rodríguez, L., González-Acedo, A., Illescas-Montes, R., García-Recio, J. Ramos-Torrecillas, E., Costela-Ruiz, V. J., García-Martínez, O. (2022) <a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/uk-ua/content/articlehtml/2022/fo/d2fo01945k">Biological effects of the olive tree and its derivatives on the skin</a>,&nbsp; Food Funct., 13, 11410-11424

At Lush, we use a lot of moisturising olive oil, but we also purchase the lesser-known olive leaf absolute to complement some of our perfumes. Extracted by solvent from the green-grey leaves of the tree, it has a refreshing herbal scent with a hint of fruity aroma and bitterness.

Lush purchases olive leaf absolute from Egypt, where the leaves are trimmed off the trees after the fruit’s harvest. All the other olive-derived ingredients that you can find in our products have different stories and origins. To find out more, browse your product’s list of ingredients and click on the ones you are interested in. This should take you to a page full of details!

Ingredient

Fragrancing

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Orange flower has an intensely floral aroma with fresh green notes and is one of the most popular essential oils used in perfumery.

Lush uses a few different types of orange flower (or orange blossom) in products, with varied purposes and perks to them. They’re all derived from the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium amara), which is an evergreen member of the Rutaceae plant family. The fruits flavour food and drinks, the flowers provide neroli oil and orange flower absolute, and even the leaves and twigs can be distilled to obtain petitgrain oil.

Orange blossom honey can also be found in Lush products. This is produced when bees collect nectar from the flowers of the bitter orange tree. The honey retains some of the beautiful floral-citrus flavour and fragrance. It is considered luxurious and exotic.

Where does Lush source orange flower from?

Lush purchases orange flower absolute from a producer based in the north of Tunisia. The business is run by three siblings, whose father started many years ago. They have been supplying Lush since 2005. To find out more about the other orange flower-derived ingredients and the suppliers, 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!



Vitamin-rich

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Full of sugar and sunshine, the mandarin fruit may look small but it has big qualities.

Mandarins look a bit like small oranges, but their taste is usually slightly stronger and more acidic. The evergreen mandarin tree can grow up to six metres tall and belongs to the Rutaceae plant family.&nbsp;

Depending on the ripeness of the fruit when it’s harvested, the oil will taste and smell different. When the peel is still green, the fruit is low in sugar, and therefore the oil has a rather green and citrusy scent. When the peel turns yellow, the oil gets much sweeter, and, finally, when it's orange-red, it even takes on a floral note close to neroli.

Since 2005, Lush has sourced bergamot, lemon and mandarin essential oils directly from a family business producing citrus oils for three generations. Grown under the Sicilian sun without pesticides, the mandarins are collected by hand and pressed entirely with their peel.

We also sometimes purchase fresh fruits that can come from various locations. To find out more about them and their supplier, 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!

Sweet aroma

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Bergamot is a citrus fruit grown in Southern Italy and is known for perfuming Earl Grey tea. It yields a delightful essential oil that smells like ‘sunshine in a bottle’.

The bergamot tree doesn't like extremes. On the contrary, it enjoys a well-balanced environment and is consequently known as the most delicate citrus tree. The soil must be just right (not too dry, moist or chalky), and the weather must be temperate (not too hot, cold, or windy). If those conditions are met, the tree grows yellow-green fruits whose appearance and taste are a bit like an orange and a lime combined.

Since 2005, Lush has sourced bergamot oil from a family business in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/bergamot-oil">This dedicated page explains more about our supplier</a> and the scent profile of bergamot oil.

Bergamot is featured in many Lush products with various scents! It would take too long to give you a complete list, but here is <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/citrus">a selection of products if you are into citruses</a> and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/mood-boosting">a collection of scents that lift the mood</a> (in our opinion)!

Steadying arms wrap around you, full of sweeping citrus notes and gentle, reassuring warmth.

The Olive Branch

Shower Gel

Give dry skin an olive branch

Ingredients

Olive

Orange Flower

Mandarin

Bergamot

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*occurs naturally in essential oils.

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