Lush Cake of Soap

Looking for a great Christmas present with a low ecological footprint? Have a look, or do I say better, have a smell, at the Lush products. My whole office is smelling of fresh soaps because my friend from New Zealand send me a whole stack of little soaps yesterday, I've tried the Karma one today, yummy!
Lush started producing hand made bath products from fresh ingredients in 1995 and is trading in 42 countries now, also in Australia. They belief in making effective products out of fresh fruit and vegetables,the finest essential oils and safe synthetics, without animal ingredients.
They only buy from companies that test for safety without the involvement of animals but test their products on humans. They believe in making fresh products by hand, printing their own labels and making their own fragrances. All Lush products are still handmade; when they expand they employ more people not machines.
And best of all; you buy a slice which is wrapped in paper and closed with a sticker with the ingredients on it and how to use it, like if you buy a slice of cheese. No waste on packaging! I use their solid shampoo bar for a year now and I am very satisfied, one bar of 100 grams lasts me for half a year while I normally needed a bottle a month; shampoo and conditioner. So I save a lot of plastic bottles. And the solid deodorant lasts for a year! You are getting used to wash your hair with a solid piece of soap in no time, after a few weeks you don't even want to go back to the slimy stuff out of bottles! Unfortunately Lush has only one shop in Perth; Garden City Shopping Centre in Booragoon, but you can order by mail.
There is also the company Cake of Soap in South Fremantle and on the Fremantle markets. I haven't tried any myself yet but they look great on the pictures. Cute cakes and even some soap candy! They are organic and natural, and handcrafted. All soaps are gift wrapped and do not contain SLSs, EDTAs or detergents. There is a Christmas special on the moment: Buy 2 soaps and get the 3rd for half the price to the value of the lowest price soap.