The Pantone Color Institute just named “Tangerine Tango,” a radiant red-orange hue, as the top color for 2012. In fashion, this amped up color is sure to lift spirits and give an energy boost, but if wearing the color is too much for you, give one of LUSH’s tempting tangerine-colored concoctions a try. Karma soap and perfume, which have been cult favorites long before this Pantone announcement, are bold beautifiers, with even spicier scents!

Up your Karma quotient as we head into 2012 with Karma soap, sure to turn a boring shower into a truly groovy experience. The spicy orange, lemongrass, pine and patchouli essential oils will balance a tired mood and transport you back to the days of flower power! The scent lingers long after you’ve washed and is sure to reward you with love and kindness, and if not, at least a lovely smell. One whiff and you’ll be hooked – for this life and the next (sold by weight $7.95 for 3.5 oz).

Karma perfume is an ageless classic. This signature LUSH scent, like its tangerine color, will evoke a sense of euphoria, and peaceful well-being. Karma contains Patchouli, which will make you more objective, orange oil to help revive, lemongrass to lifts spirits and elemi to make you feel joyful when you’ve fallen onto some bad karma. Some fall for it without realizing what’s happening, while others love it from the first sniff (available in 3 sizes: $42.95 1 oz/$14.95 .3 oz/$10.95 solid).

Other Karma favorites include the Karma bubble bar, Karma Kream, Karma Komba solid shampoo, and Karma bath melt. Visit www.lushusa.com to learn more.

Fall is here, and it’s time to turn a dark and stormy night into a fabulously frothy bath time experience! That’s right, LUSH’s limited edition Halloween and Day of the Dead products have arrived and this year we have online only exclusives. Make sure to check them out on lushusa.com as well as our in-store products and get your ghoul on with these clever concoctions:

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

CALACAS SHOWER JELLIES ($5.95)
Supernatural treats for your shower
These colorful fruit-scented shower jellies are designed to represent dancing “calacas” or skulls – an iconic image found in the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations.

LADY CATRINA SOAP ($6.95)
Hauntingly beautiful
This zesty and uplifting hat-shaped soap decorated with brightly colored flowers is a homage to Lady Catrina, a symbolic image for the Day of the Dead (she also wore hats!).

JACKO BATH BOMB ($5.95)
Spooky merriment
Jacko is a brew of cinnamon powder, ground chili and cayenne pepper to warm you up on those chilly fall nights.

COBWEB BATH BOMB ($5.95)
For swirling, sparkling fun in your bathtub
This spiced cobweb-shaped bath bomb magically turns your bath water into a shimmering Halloween night sky.

PUMPKIN KNOT WRAP ($3.95)
Wrap up your very own Jack-o-Lantern this Halloween
Wrap up your Halloween goodies in this little Pumpkin version of our Knot Wrap, or pop in a spooky bath bomb of your choice to create a fabulously seasonal Jack-o-Lantern.

AVAILABLE IN STORES

GHOST SHOWER GEL
($17.95 for 250ml / $27.95 for 500ml)
Spiritually uplifting & shimmery
Made with rose and dove orchid infusions, this shower gel is translucent, lovely and only around for a moment before it disappears.

PUMPKIN SOAP ($6.95)
Our spicy Fall soap warms you up when you’re chilled to the bone
This limited edition soap is pumpkin-colored and shaped with a lovely and rejuvenating scent of cinnamon, good enough to eat.

CALAVERA BATH BOMB ($5.95)
An explosion of vibrant colors to lift your spirits!
Calaveras are an iconic image for Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, and we at LUSH like to fill ours up with marigold petals and zesty lime oil to make your bath time festive, not frightening!

Check out these great items and more at your local LUSH shop, or online at www.Lush.com

The new LUSH toothy tabs are awesome. I wasn’t sure what to think of a dry toothpaste but I love them. You just nibble on one and when you start brushing you get the best foaming action. And my teeth feel really clean after. The flavors are weird and wonderful I like to switch it up each time I brush.

While peppermint toothpaste might be the norm, here at LUSH we challenge what’s expected and encourage our customers to think about the impacts of their beauty routine on the environment. Enter Toothy Tabs, LUSH’s newest invention that takes conventional toothpaste and literally strips it down.

Toothy Tabs are a brand new, patented idea from LUSH, these solid tabs eradicate the need for both packaging and preservatives, and come in a handy 100% recycled box. Each pack contains 40 tabs, you simply pop one in your mouth, crush it a little and continue to brush as normal with your toothbrush and water.

Toothy Tabs come in six fabulous flavours and feature the most beautiful natural ingredients and essential oils to freshen and perfume the breath, but also have antiseptic qualities used for years in dentistry. Only fresh, natural ingredients are used to clean the teeth beautifully, but each Toothy Tab offers something different – from a mouth freshener to a palate cleanser.

Toothy Tabs $3.95 are available at LUSH Shops and LUSHusa.com.

Did you know that the growing demand for shark fin soup and other shark products has fueled a decline in shark populations by over 90% in just a few decades? For some, the thought of sharks is scary but the truth is that they are necessary in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems around the world and their survival is hanging in the balance.

LUSH has teamed up with one of the leading marine conservation organizations, Shark Savers to bring an end to shark fining altogether. Launching today is LUSH’s limited edition Shark Fin Soap ($5.95) with 100% of the proceeds going to Shark Savers’ work to raise awareness for shark conservation. This ocean inspired soap has a decorative paper fin, is packed with seaweed and sea salt and will be available at www.lushusa.com and at LUSH stores across North America while supplies last. Help in the fight to protect our ocean’s sharks by putting down shark fin soup and picking up shark fin soap instead.

Alice Newstead a former LUSH employee feels so strongly she gets hooked for campaign!

Shoppers on Regents Street in central London likely got more than they bargained for this afternoon. In a dramatic illustration of how sharks are caught and killed for their fins, Alice Newstead, performance artist and former employee of LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, voluntarily had her skin pierced with actual de-barbed shark hooks and hung suspended from the ceiling in the window of one of LUSH’s busiest shops for all to see.

As a crowd gathered to watch in horror, Newstead said, “I am doing this because the demand for shark fin soup and other shark products is wiping out the shark population.” Unlike the 100 million sharks who are brutally slaughtered each year for their fins, Newstead commented, “I will be left with scars, but the wounds will heal.”

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LUSH is known for the frothy fun it brings to bathtubs and showers, but we get serious when it comes to giving good hair. All of our hair care products have a trained trichologist behind them, our founder Mark Constantine. Trichology is the scientific study of the hair and scalp, which includes the identification, diagnosis and treatment of hair and scalp conditions. LUSH is interested in TREATING problems, not just masking them – although we do like to mask the hair with nutritious ingredients from time to time. In an effort to help you manage your mane, we’ve created three limited edition haircare gifts launching in LUSH stores and www.LUSH.com on July 18th for the most common hair conditions.

VOLUME AND SHINE ($24.95) –Take hair up a couple of notches with our Volume and Shine set. Our Big shampoo uses sea salt to conjure up more volume than you thought was possible while our lightweight Veganese conditions without flattening hair. Switch it up with our Ultimate Shine shampoo bar and Marilyn hair treatment for shiny hair you can see from miles away.
Contents: Marilyn, Big Shampoo, Ultimate Shine Shampoo Bar, Veganese Conditioner

PROTECT AND NOURISH ($24.95) – If your hair is a frizzy, dry or simply out-of-control, this is the set for you. Curly Wurly shampoo shows hair who’s boss with coconut and vanilla while Jasmine and & Henna Fluff Eaze smoothes with jojoba and Brazil nut oil. R&B revives and balances misbehaving hair and Jungle conditioner keeps everything tame.
Contents: Jasmine & Henna Fluff Eaze, Curly Wurly Shampoo, R&B, Jungle Conditioner

BALANCE AND REPAIR ($24.95) – Wipe the slate clean and start over with the Balance and Repair set. Rehab deeply cleanses while Retread conditioner nourishes hair with yogurt, soy milk and olive oil. The H’Suan Wen Hua hair treatment is an extra step that pampers hair with avocado and eggs.
Contents: H’Suan Wen Hua, Rehab Shampoo, Jumping Juniper Shampoo Bar, Retread Conditioner

LUSH takes the art of bathing one step further by partnering with urban artist Jon Burgerman for a limited edition Bathtime Favourites gift set. The tin which is adorned with Jon’s ferociously fantastic cast of characters holds nine of LUSH’s best-selling bath bombs (Pink, Big Blue, Avobath, Honey Bee, Keep it Fluffy, Geo Phyzz, Sex Bomb, Butterball and Blackberry Bath Bomb). The best part of the bathing experience is that when you’re done you can recycle the collector’s tin a variety of eco-friendly ways. Check it out:

• Store your craft and art supplies, or use it as a bathroom or desk drawer organizer.
• Plants look amazing in colorful tin containers.
• Re-gift it with new contents for a one-of-a-kind, reusable gift wrap option your friends will treasure or re-use again themselves!
• Use it to stash favorite items like love-notes, movie stubs, and other precious mementos.
• Store your favorite vegetarian recipes in it (Burgerman is an outspoken Veggie).

Jon Burgerman, professional doodler

Jon Burgerman is one of England’s most revered cartoonists. His distinctive style has been seen in pride of place at exhibitions from LA to Shanghai. LUSH so excited to launch this very special partnership!

The Jon Burgerman Bathtime Favourites Tin ($49.95) is available in all Lush shops nationwide and online on June 28th, 2011 and for a limited time only.

Love the Dirty collection from Lush! I got a kit for my hubby but love the scents so much I like to use it too. A great gift for your dad or husband to get them clean and leave them smelling great!

LUSH’s Dirty Gift ($19.95)

Whether he’s fixing the car or taking out the garbage, getting his hands dirty is just what Dad does! Tell him how much you appreciate everything he does with LUSH’s NEW! Dirty Gift. This gift has massive amounts of macho manly must-haves with just the right amount of squeaky clean fun.

LUSH’s Dirty Gift includes our tingly mint shower gel, a soothing sandalwood shaving cream, a strong-hold oakmoss hair gel, the innovative Toothy Tabs and a trial size of the Dirty fragrance (only available online). The best part of this gift is, each product contains an element of the Dirty fragrance, so using them together creates a unified, layered scent. From the tops of their heads, faces, and all over their bodies, Dirty has Dads clean and covered with a multi-layered fragrance.

Contains: Dirty toothy tabs 0.09g, Dirty perfume 2ml, Dirty Springwash shower gel 100ml, Dirty shaving cream 45g, Dirty hair cream 15g.

Available at LUSH shops nationwide or www.lush.com

Disclosure: A complimentary sample was sent to me for a honest review.