Name: Banana
Brand: Lush
SKU: 1064-NA
Price: 19 USD
Availability: InStock

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100g

MENA

Wet your co-wash and work into hands to create a hydrating lather, then apply to wet hair. Co-wash twice or more to thoroughly cleanse hair and scalp, then rinse thoroughly.

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Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate

Stearic Acid

Water (Aqua)

Fresh Banana

Glyceryl Stearate & PEG-100 Stearate

Cocamidopropyl Betaine

Perfume

Ethyl Macadamiate

Aquafaba Powder

Behentrimonium chloride

Tonka Absolute

Vanilla Absolute

Gardenia Extract

Citric Acid

Cetrimonium Chloride

Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

Coumarin

Colour 19140

Vanilla

Tonka

Tofu

Curl Power

Revive

Super Milk

Uplifting

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Vegan

Naked

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Fruity

Fresh

Send to FSMS: Yes

Protein-rich and reparative

Co-Wash

Yellow 5

Shampoo

Plastic Free

Vegan Hair Products

Hair Care

Natural Care For Textured Hair

Gourmand

For the Nature-Lover

Fruity 

Travel-size Essentials

If you find that your hair desires durability, slip this banana-based co-wash into your routine. Bananas are one of the highest protein fruits around, and we’ve used plenty of fresh ones in each batch to rebuild hair and provide it with beautiful condition. To make this product extra apeeling we’ve fragranced it with the sweet scent of vanilla and tonka which will linger in your freshly washed locks!

-&nbsp;Ethyl macadamiate protects hair from heat and humidity

Massage into the scalp, then work through to ends before rinsing off for soft, hydrated hair.

Melt Warning:&nbsp;This product was made to melt on contact with skin which means it also melts easily in warmer weather. We recommend picking it up in-store rather than having it delivered.

Soothing

Sweet aroma

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Natural

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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 give them a sweet, complex taste. It can also be subjected to a solvent extraction process to obtain an absolute: a thick, concentrated extract of the bean’s scent.

Some say that tonka smells of vanilla, but the bean has its own perfume. It is sweet but also 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 it creates a white crystallised coating around the bean when it dries.

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>.

Ingredient

Fragrancing

Comforting

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Vanilla is the unmistakable, uplifting and sweet scent we all know and love.

Vanilla beans (pods) are the fruits of the orchid Vanilla planifolia. Centuries ago, one could only purchase vanilla from Mexico, as the flowers required a local bee to pollinate and grow the precious pod. Thanks to the discovery of a hand pollination technique in 1841, orchids can now be cultivated in most tropical areas close to the equator. This step requires crucial know-how and must be carried out a few hours after the flower opens; otherwise, it wilts.

Each blossom produces a single bean that is normally harvested after eight or nine months and then passes through a complex curing process before resembling the black-brown fragrant spice we all know. This process usually involves four steps: soaking in hot water, sweating in a warm environment, drying for a few weeks, and conditioning (packing in boxes) to develop flavours.

Since Madagascar, the world's first vanilla producer, stopped regulating vanilla prices in the 1990s, its trade has seen ups and downs. The latest struggles began in 2012 when very low harvests made demand higher than supply. Since vanilla is a rather rare natural delicacy that cannot be rushed, the situation quickly snowballed into crazy price increases (over 100%), poor quality and crime.

In 2016, the situation in Uganda (where we buy our pods) became critical and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/not-such-sweet-deal">was reported to us in an article</a>&nbsp;by Lulu, owner of the Ndali farm. Resellers and agents working on commission began buying vanilla that was not even cured properly yet. Vanilla pods must reach maturity and undergo the full curing process to obtain all the notes of their wonderful taste and smell and to avoid mould. During price crises, crops are sold far too early and pods can even be stolen from the fields before they're ripe. Farmers try to expand their crops to meet demand, and governments implement drastic measures. Eventually, when things finally calm down, farmers find themselves with too much production and prices drop tragically, as has been the case since 2019.

We love natural vanilla so much that we couldn't stop using it despite the market’s turmoil. Thanks to our dedicated team of creative buyers, we found solutions year after year and month after month. Find more information on each source in the description of the main vanilla ingredients we use:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-absolute">Vanilla Absolute</a>, a powerful extract found in perfumery and skin-soothing cosmetics.

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-pod-infusion">Vanilla Pod Infusion</a>, made in-house from beans soaked in hot water.

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-pod-extract">Vanilla Pod Extract</a>, for which humectant propylene glycol serves as a carrier.

Want to dive straight into our range of vanilla-scented products? <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/vanilla-scented">They're ready for you</a>.

Wash and condition with this protein-rich banana shampoo, available in select stores.

Banana | Co-Wash

Banana

Synthetic

Aqua

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Musa paradisiaca

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Cicer arietinum

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Dipteryx odorata

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Vanilla planifolia

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Gardenia jasminoides

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A gentle hair repair shampoo and co-wash for wavy hair. Packed with fresh banana and hydrolysed wheat protein for a deep hair conditioning and repairing cleanse.

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