ROSE JAM…
Limited edition in Shops now!
A Kiss from a Rose
Lush’s
Rose Jam shower gel with its sweet, addictive scent is back by popular demand as a
limited edition product and is NOW available in shops worldwide. Usually
exclusively available online Rose Jam is now in stores for a limited time only
for you to get hold of. With a vanilla pod infusion, goji berry juice and
vitamin rich, nourishing argan oil, this shower gel is truly indulgent. People
who love Rose Jam Bubbleroon and Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner will love this too
as we use the same floral, fruity-smelling combination of Turkish rose absolute
and geranium!
Where do we get our Rose?
Our
Rose absolute, wax and oil is made in Senir, Turkey by a family business that
have been making rose products for 4 generations. Senir is in the heart of The
Valley of the Roses.
210,000,000
individual roses are used to make the 600 kg of Rose Absolute we use every year
in our products! For each kilo of Rose Absolute we pay an extra 50 euros for a
school on site for the children of the rose pickers. This is our way of giving back
to the community in a long term sustainable way.
May
is the only time you can harvest roses, and they must be picked in the morning
before the sun evaporates the essential ingredients in the rose flowers to get
the best quality product- an experienced picker can pick up to 50kg in one
morning!
The
absolute is made using solvent extraction which takes 2 hours. Roses are washed
in either hexane or alcohol to extract a very dark coloured rich ingredient and
rose wax, which we use in our liquid lip colours and Ultrabalm! Rose oil is
lighter and extracted using steam in 30 minutes, giving it a sweet honey
fragrance. Used roses are then left in the sun to ferment and turn into compost
for the rose bushes.
Every
year during the harvest season the family business funds a concert and family
festival for the rose pickers.
Where do we get our Argan Oil?
The
Berber people of Morocco have been producing Argan oil for thousands of years.
It is produced from the fruit of the Argan tree, which grows naturally in the
desert and mountain surrounding Agadir. Although the oil is traditionally
produced by hand, the majority of Argan Oil is now produced entirely
mechanically (not so for our oil).Argan trees are native only to Morocco and
the trees can live up to 500 years! They can be traced back more than 20
million years.
Our
Argan Oil is produced in rural Arganeraie near Agadir in Morocco. The oil is
produced by the women’s cooperatives of UCFA
(the Union of Women’s Cooperatives in the Arganeraie).
Between
the 22 cooperatives, they are able to produce approximately 30 tonnes of Argan
Oil per year. There are more cooperatives wishing to join UCFA, but new
cooperatives are only accepted when more oil is re-quired than can be produced
by the existing members in a year. This helps ensure that all oil produced by
the cooperatives will be bought. There are certain criteria that people must
meet to become members of a UCFA cooperative:• They must be female• At least 18
years old• Have knowledge or experience of producing Argan oil• Must
participate in a literacy course, provided at each cooperative.
To purchase this limited edition Shower gel and many more
cruelty free products visit Lush shops in the region in UAE and Lebanon. Order
on-line at www.lush.ae ( UAE) and www.lushlebanon.com (Lebanon).
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