Lush products are a little too hardcore for me anyway. They guarantee a flare up for eczema, rashes, and itchiness in the cooter. No thanks.

That's in poor taste.

There's nothing like getting into a warm bath with a delightful bath ball and having an image of a prisoner appear... "OH! Why Hello Binyam!"

Now, if only they could do this with Jake Gyllenhal. Then bathtime would be perfect...

wha? for reals? I mean, that is a neat idea and all, spreading knowledge about human rights... but in a bath fizzie? That is like religeous fanatics printing bible verses on condoms. (kinda)

To be honest I don't want the sad little face of a prisoner bobbing up between my naked legs as I enjoy a relaxing soak.

Making your own bath bombs is more fun than buying theirs. Plus, that glitter is bad - you don't know where it could end up and cause nasties.

heavy? oh, come on.

I didn't know if you were being sarcastic about the name or if that's what it really does. I cant believe it really does that!
its crazy, but if it'll draw attention to the cause...

@hamburgerhotdog: They put glitter in their bath products? I always assumed their products were more sophisticated than those in the Mary Kate & Ashley bath line.

@petuniacat: And every Macys in Chicago that has a huge Lush display inevitably gives me an enormous migraine from the smell. There are some days I swear I can smell it when I'm walking outside on the sidewalk in front of the store.

No thanks, I'd rather have bath time with Mr. Bubbles and my vibrator. Actually, now that I think of it. Are Sami and Binyam hot?

plus having a photgraph of some poor abused prisoner pop up between my legs in the middle of my bath is disconcerting.... sorry if someone said that. I can't see comments.... :(

Oh Lush, you and your over-enthusiastic salespeople! Of course your products are over the top.

like I have time to edumacate myself while I'm bathing. I'm too busy drinking and masturbating. so unless said Guantanamo prisoners come with a vibrating attachment, I'm not sold.

@Muffyn: ha! personally, I'd love to know exactly which biblical taboo I'm violating.

oh dammit. NOT original Muffyn. stooopid comments lol.

this is from lush's site:

Guantánamo Bay is a story of both despair and hope. Both Sami and Binyam have been tortured and held without trial for over five years. But even in the most hellish of places the human spirit can survive. Risking his own life, Sami has bravely gone on hunger strike until he is given a fair trial. Other prisoners waiting to be released from a low-security section of the camp have managed to create life, literally, by taking seeds from their meals and planting them in the scorched earth of their outdoor holding cell, making their own secret garden of watermelon, peppers, and a single two-inch lemon tree.

The feck? Do not want to think of waterboarding while submerged. K thanx.

also, Lush, it's one thing attempting to be a socially-conscious corporation, but this is taking it a wee bit too far, wouldn't you say?

Yes, but will I get a handslap for drinking champagne at the same time?

@charlotte corday: is a 2 inch lemon tree really considered a "tree"? like "a 2 inch lemon twig..... with pin head sized lemons".

@blueberrypancake: ha. we're terrible people.

Surely the 'balistic' isn't a new product. It's fucking annoying and leaves crap in the bath.

Bathrooms should be free from political issues.

Lush is one of those companies that I really wanted to like when I first heard about them, but after a few trips into the shop, realized that I don't so much want their products. The glitter does get everywhere, and lasts several days. Plus, you have to scrub it out of the tub after. And the scents are tooooooo much.

WOW. all this righteous indignation for silda wall spitzer, but none for a couple of guys being tortured and held WITHOUT TRIAL for FIVE years?!

animals rights, ok

human rights, notsomuch?

@I, SBJ, A Fucking Dyke: Ah, there you go again, bragging about your luxurious baths and being waited on by your hot girlfriend. Dammit, I just want a tub big enough to soak in, and I'd even use a depressing bath bomb if that's what it took to get one.

When I'm in the bath, I only want knowledge of two (possibly three) things. Gitmo prisoners do not come to mind.
Plus, don't they make these at Bath and Body Works in the form of ice cream scoops? They leave you filmy and itchy.

@beastybeatsy: The product has been called a bath "ballistic" for a while. Not a new thing. And I agree that stressing out about Guantanamo Bay is the opposite of the effect I'd like to achieve in the bath.

I love lush-- and to make this a little less creepy, all of the bath fizzies are called "bath ballistics"-- but this is weird. I'd rather they donate the proceeds from a product to a cause that enforces human rights regulations, than like, actually bathe with photos of men in guantanamo.

@TheFormerJuneBronson: Agreed. Plus they put harsh cleansing agents in their conditioners for reasons I will never understand, and a good portion of their customer base are totally nuts. I think they might put crack in those bath bombs or something.

Their Coalface soap is pretty decent, though.

i don't know, i love lush products.

whenever i use honey i washed the kids, i get kissed and frisked by every guy i know. the soaps are stunning.

and a tip: if you want to use the bathbombs without all that crap going everywhere, put it in an old stocking and drop it in. works like a charm.

@samethingwedoeverynightpinky: the money goes to reprieve. have a look: [www.reprieve.org.uk]

@Muffyn: yeah. its a bit of a smack of "while you are enjoying a bath you elitist first worlder this guy is suffering."

@TheFormerJuneBronson: Try telling Larry Craig that.
Too late?

Hey, anyone know any good bubble bath/soaks that won't cause a yeast infection? Some of this shit really irritates my vadge, yet I love baths. Help?!

@charlotte corday: I think it is more like we don't want to have weird floaty prisoners bobbing in amongst our bubbles.

@charlotte corday: I have enormous amounts of outrage with regards to the Gitmo situation - I can't even put into coherent words the way I feel about our government's bastardization of justice and justification of torture. It's utterly dispicable, disgusting, and contrary to the way a democratic government should work.

I just don't like Lush products, and don't think putting pictures of prisoners in bath products is going to do very much for the situation.

i wanna relax, not be emotionally waterboarded

@pink_orchid: hahahahaha zing!

@blueberrypancake: I used to sometimes use Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap in their mild baby formula. I miss having nice, sudsy, sweet-smelling baths, too. Usually, I just use epsom salts, which are the polar opposite of sexy.

Because when I'm sitting in the bath, the first thing I want to think is, "God dammit, we've gotta DO something!"

yeah, well, this euro-commie thinks it's a good way to raise awareness and money for reprieve. outrage doesn't really pay any bills, does it?

@charlotte corday: I just think they could do it in a less creepy and relaxious-bath-ruining way. like, print that stuff on the wrapper instead of having it suddenly emerge from the bath bomb while you're trying to enjoy your bath.

@charlotte corday:

Yeah, I think it's great that they're donating the proceeds, but I still think maybe the product itself is a little misguided? I mean, the olive branch shower gel they sell that has the proceeds go to the palestian/israeli cooperative doesn't come with pictures of bulldozers in gaza and bomb wreckage.

I don't know, I appreciate the attempt to put a human face on torture and the violation of international law, but I'm not sure that turning these men into bath toys isn't just another way of dehumanizing them, while patting ourselves on the back for caring.

I love LUSH, but this is ridiculous. Stupid.

@charlotte corday: Well, that's definitely true. If a company made a product that I could use without my skin peeling off, I'd buy it in support of this cause. I'm also skeptical of how much of the proceeds will actually go to the cause. Ever since I started learning about how little of the proceeds of sales from breast cancer research products (shirts, makeup, jewelry, etc) actually goes to the foundations & charities, I've been skeptical. I'd rather give my money straight to the organizations that are providing the assistance.

@charlotte corday: Their hearts are in the right place, but their heads are up their asses. They could just donate a portion of their general proceeds to Reprieve instead of creating a creepy product that belittles the situation.

wow, you people are SOFT.

I have only recently been introduced to Lush. I still don't own anything of theirs, but my friend has their beer shampoo and a wonderful conditioner block that smells like nature that I constantly sniff when I'm in the store with her.

Also, according to the supergay shop assistant who was at the Providence Place store, the face masks are edible. Not that you'd want to eat them. My friend was just curious.

Say what you want about Lush, but their Cynthia Sylvia Stout shampoo is the shizzle. Though terrible when hung over.

@charlotte corday: I'm soft because of my Social Justice super moisturizing lotion.

I enjoy a bath bomb but not a prisoner of war in my bathtub.

I don't know if this has been brought up yet but Lush has always called it's fizzy bath products "Bath Ballistics/Bath Bombs". This is not new or Iraq-war related at all...

i'm glad someone's willing to raise awareness despite the publics unwillingness to investigate an "ugly" topic. . . regardless of whether you will buy the products, enjoy the company or not, you now are aware of the dire situation abroad. their point is made in my mind.

@funnyface: sounds like something i could get onboard with.

i guess i'm surprised that apart from petuniacat, not one word of outrage, or "what can we do about this" from my fellow jezzies.

i guess the govt and the media's manufacture of consent re: america aka the land of the free's gulag archipelago is more convincing than i thought.

and shananigans-- they're not prisoners of war, they're being illegally held without trial. bush gutted the geneva convention, remember?

@blueberrypancake: I just make sure to wash my cooter after the bath and then I'm fine. When you drain the bath, kneel up by the faucet, turn it on and give yourself a little splish in the old splash. Gets all the soap out and you're good to go.

@funnyface: Oh, stop pussyfooting around and just jump in!

@charlotte corday: Honestly, I can only work up the concern so many times in a day. It doesn't necessarily mean people don't care just because this post about a strange bath product didn't inspire them to post and say so. We can't possibly go crazy over every cause that Jezebel blogs about. Clearly this is one you care a lot about, and that's awesome.

I'll just wait for Lush's Extraordinary Rendition shower gel.

@LadyNo: The splish to the spalsh doesn't work when the stuff in the bath products is already causing irritation. I wish a rinse-out would do the trick...but unfortunately the only thing that helps is claratin (I don't have problems with yeast infections - I have problems with allergic reactions to fragrances/colors/harsh soaps).

Wow. I love Lush lots and lots - I use trichomania on my curly locks religiously, but that's a little much. O.o

@Sukie in the Graveyard: why can't a picture of clive owen pop out of the bath bombs? i'd be down with that.

@rednrowdy: we should pitch this to Lush. And for those so inclinded... Angelina Jolie!

Bath Buddy Bombs.

@charlotte corday: I think it's unfair to say that because we think this particular product is a bad idea that it means we don't care about Bush's war crimes happening at Gitmo.

In my case, it means I think this is an ill-conceived product. I get the idea behind it, but I think the execution is flawed.

@Sukie in the Graveyard: SOLD! i could see a line featuring celebrity hunks - christian bale, clive owen, george clooney. we could call the bath bombs "get naked"! i am so trademarking this.