<![CDATA[The Beauty Of War - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I love quite a few Lush products, like the Karma bubble bar, Karma Komba solid shampoo, and Big shampoo. I think I may have even cried a little when they discontinued their Arabian Brights hair treatment, which I loved mainly because it made me smell like a Middle Eastern prostitute (for some reason I'm really into that). Other products of theirs I'm not so fond of.

That being said, count me in among the people who vehemently DO NOT want to see somber reminders of human rights violations in their bubble baths. I admire that Lush is all about being environmentally and socially conscious, but a line must be drawn somewhere. And dumping pictures of Gitmo prisoners into my happy-place tub is, I daresay, over that line.

WhitneyGH

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I love the Godiva solid shampoo but it's never made me want to ride a white horse through the streets of Coventry in the nip...

fishwife

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @ShoplifterOfTheWorld:

"They can afford a guilt trip between the legs."

This needs to be LUSH's new advertising push.

batmonkey

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @sarahrose: I like Lush products too, actually. The soaps are really great.
I dunno, kudos for trying. I imagine that this does intersect with a portion of their (kinda fanatical) target demographic anyway so the message gets out. Plus, Lush is expensive, it's most likely the moneyeds who will spring for a Guantanamo Bay ballistic (as opposed to those of us clutching a wad of singles representing that week's food money before it goes towards a block of HIWtK), ergo, can donate substantial funds to the cause.
They can afford a guilt trip between the legs.

ShoplifterOfTheWorld

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @rednrowdy: For a while they had a Black Pearl bathbomb made for Johnny Depp, and when he heard about it he went in and bought a bunch for himself and the Pirates cast. Some libido-less douche decided to discontinue them but I have a small stash for when I need to take a bath with Johnny (and sometimes also Orlando).

Inkymonkey

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> As a recovering Lush addict I'll stick with my Avobaths and Big Blues, thx.

File Guantanamo Bomb (and they've all been called ballistics and bombs since day one, good job there, fact checker at WWD) under: kind sentiment, tasteless execution.

Inkymonkey

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> They get an A for good intentions, but an F for cultural ignorance. Traditional Islam teaches modesty and propriety for both men and women. Devout Muslims are going to find this offensive in the extreme.

Neopatra

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I worked at LUSH for like two weeks until a friend of mine came in and heard me giving their sales pitch (from their 80 page manual) and told me i sounded like a crazy high-pitched zombie. and then i realized how weird my voice sounded and how it was weird that i was swearing by bath bombs (WHICH ARE SO UNNECESSARY FOR SIX DOLLARS) obsessively.

However, they really are an awesome company with really, really good politics. They support all these fair-trade organizations and pay living wages to the African women who supply the shea butter. But only 7.00 to me. So basically i earned one bath bomb for every hour there. Can't live on that! and it was smelly!

truthandfactz

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @petuniacat: A few of them, but thankfully, not everything.

@hugnkiss: That sucks! Although, I have a similar problem with The Body Shop and their sickly sweet orange/satsuma home infusion oils or whatever they're called. I guess they're trying to counteract the stench of the homeless panhandlers that glut up the streets nearby. (Oh, the joys of San Francisco...)

@SisterSonny: Agreed. I'll stick with their Charity body lotion - at least with that, I don't have to worry about a POW popping up in my bathtub.

scarletvirtue (Sadie, Sadie Married Lady)

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I love lush. I hate torture. But this is a little bit um...extreme? Nice try but no.

HoboQueen

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 1) They've always called them ballistics.

2) I'm allergic to damned near everything but can use about a third of Lush's bath products.

3) That is, indeed, a little heavy for bath time, when those of us who are tired of daily life and the attendant horrors are trying to get a wee bit of relaxation.

4) Even were the above not true, and while I admire the activist spirit, this is a bit too much like "profit through guilt trip" for me.

batmonkey

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @petuniacat: itchiness in the cooter

Actually I've found some of their soaps to be the best in preventing yeast infections.

richcreamerybutter

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Has anyone cracked the inevitable waterboarding joke? I'm too world-weary and depressed to read all of the previous comments.

ihateyourescalade

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

rednrowdy

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

Sassette

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @rednrowdy: we should pitch this to Lush. And for those so inclinded... Angelina Jolie!

Bath Buddy Bombs.

Sukie in the Graveyard

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Wow. I love Lush lots and lots - I use trichomania on my curly locks religiously, but that's a little much. O.o

Mama Kinn

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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).

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I'll just wait for Lush's Extraordinary Rendition shower gel.

Cookie Guggleman

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

funnyface

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @funnyface: Oh, stop pussyfooting around and just jump in!

buggeroff

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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?

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

emayumi

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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...

Jezebabe

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I enjoy a bath bomb but not a prisoner of war in my bathtub.

shananigans

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @charlotte corday: I'm soft because of my Social Justice super moisturizing lotion.

funnyface

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Say what you want about Lush, but their Cynthia Sylvia Stout shampoo is the shizzle. Though terrible when hung over.

skittlbrau

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

CollegeCamel

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> wow, you people are SOFT.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

Sassette

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> I love LUSH, but this is ridiculous. Stupid.

SisterSonny

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

samethingwedoeverynightpinky

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

funnyface

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Because when I'm sitting in the bath, the first thing I want to think is, "God dammit, we've gotta DO something!"

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @pink_orchid: hahahahaha zing!

sarahrose

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> i wanna relax, not be emotionally waterboarded

pink_orchid_martini

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @charlotte corday: I think it is more like we don't want to have weird floaty prisoners bobbing in amongst our bubbles.

treecut...will cut a beech

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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?!

blueberrypancake

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @TheFormerJuneBronson: Try telling Larry Craig that.
Too late?

PhoneticLorin

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @Muffyn: yeah. its a bit of a smack of "while you are enjoying a bath you elitist first worlder this guy is suffering."

pink_orchid_martini

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @samethingwedoeverynightpinky: the money goes to reprieve. have a look: [www.reprieve.org.uk]

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

sarahrose

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

Sassette

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

samethingwedoeverynightpinky

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

Hooplehead

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

theladyvanishes

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

funnyface

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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?

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

TheFormerJuneBronson

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Surely the 'balistic' isn't a new product. It's fucking annoying and leaves crap in the bath.

beastybeatsy

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @blueberrypancake: ha. we're terrible people.

cupcakesofdeath

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @charlotte corday: is a 2 inch lemon tree really considered a "tree"? like "a 2 inch lemon twig..... with pin head sized lemons".

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Yes, but will I get a handslap for drinking champagne at the same time?

buggeroff

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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?

cupcakesofdeath

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> The feck? Do not want to think of waterboarding while submerged. K thanx.

JessicaLovejoy: Heart of Dykeness

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> oh dammit. NOT original Muffyn. stooopid comments lol.

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

cupcakesofdeath

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> Oh Lush, you and your over-enthusiastic salespeople! Of course your products are over the top.

NoInheritance

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.... :(

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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?

blueberrypancake

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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.

hugnkiss

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> @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

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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...

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> heavy? oh, come on.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

Phalene

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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)

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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...

Sukie in the Graveyard

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> That's in poor taste.

VioletFirth

]]> <![CDATA[The Beauty Of War]]> 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.

petuniacat

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