There are bath products, and there’s Lush. Lush produces some of the most innovative bath, soap, lotion and cosmetic products you can buy. Unlike the mass cosmetic companies, Lush is completely friendly to the planet. They use the freshest organic ingredients which are sourced in a ethical and renewable way, products are hand-made, products are never tested on animals, and packaging is environmentally friendly. And all their products, from their “bath bombs” (think Alka-Seltzer, but for your bathtub) to their lip balm, to their shampoo is unique and a ton of fun.

Their Charity Pot Body Lotion is one of their body lotion products. It contains natural oils and fair trade cocoa butter with fragrance of ylang ylang, geranium and marigold essential oils. You’ll be hard-pressed to go to your local department store and find a product so natural, which of course is best for your hands and body.

100% of the retail price, not just the profits but the whole price you pay excluding taxes, is donated directly to a number of great charities, including Opportunitas Aequa, Sea Shepherd, Clean Ocean Action, Amazon Conservation Team, Tree People, UNICEF’s Unite for Children, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Watercan, Ocean Conservacy, Oceana, Bicycles for Humanity, ECOVA MALI, Tall Ship, and Earthroots.

Back by popular demand, here’s the LUSH Charity Pot. This is LUSH Cosmetics‘ hand and body lotion where a FULL 100% of proceeds goes to help a number of great organizations, including:

• Clean Ocean Action
• Amazon Conservation Team
• TreePeople
• UNICEF
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
• WaterCan

This luxurious hand and body lotion is made with cocoa butter from projects in the Ivory Coast and the Dominican Republic that adhere to “Fair Trade” principles (offering fair wages and good treatment to workers in developing countries). It contains a blend of geranium, tagetes and ylang ylang essential oils to heal and cleanse, and almond oil to leave skin soft and smooth.

Charity Pot nourishes the skin and also leaves it smelling wonderful. They use only fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, essential oils, and the safest synthetics, which is better for your skin and ultimately more effective than standard cosmetics. All of their products are hand-made in their factories, and none are tested on animals.

LUSH Cosmetics is a company that really takes “socially responsible” selling to the next level. If you haven’t heard of them, you will soon. Their products are among the nicest smelling, feeling, looking cosmetics in the world, and have a growing following. And unlike many of the big cosmetics companies, they are extremely rigrous about selling only a socially responsible product. For example:

• They use only fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, essential oils, and the safest synthetics, which is better for your skin and ultimately more effective than standard cosmetics.
• Products are all hand-made in their own factories.
• Many of the products are vegan.
• None of the products are tested on animals.
• They use minimal or recyclable packaging.
• They use “Fair Trade” principles, ensuring that workers, especially in developing countries, are treated with dignity and paid a fair wage.

The company sells cosmetics, shampoo, soap, shower gels, moisturizers, bubble baths, or lip balm, all natural and handmade. The company gives generously to animal rights, humanitarian,and environmental charities.

The Charity Pot Body Lotion is extremely unique, in that a full 100% of sales (minus taxes) go directly to worthy causes. It is made with pure cocoa butter from the Ivory Coast and the Dominican Republic gathered under fair trade principles. It also contains geranium, tagetes and ylang ylang essential oils to heal and cleanse, and almond oil to leave skin soft and smelling wonderful.

While I recommend every product on the site, this is a special one. It’s not often that one jar of lotion goes so far.