Inside the Atlantic City Pier is a small, bright, cheerful store with an assortment of wonderful scents literally pouring out of their doors. If you happen to meander inside, you will find yourself surrounded by colorful bins of soaps and bath balls, small jars with a disturbing resemblance to ice cream tubs full of scrubs and baskets of other beauty products. You are inside Lush, a store full of fresh, hand made and eco-friendly cosmetics.
from http://www.lush.com
Lush prides itself on many eco-friendly practices, including using recycled paper and vegetable dyes for their packaging, if they use packaging at all. Many Lush beauty products are in tins or are “naked.” They don’t believe in animal testing, and they are all about living green and getting people to contribute to helping the planet in small ways, because together it will lead to big things.
In their About Lush section, they have tips for green living, and how to keep a green bathroom.
The staff in the Atlantic City Lush are knowledgeable, kind, and helpful. Any question you have, they can answer. The girl that waited on me also sent me away with free samples of soap, which I have to admit, I am now hooked on.
Sometimes it is hard to realize how many different ways you can be eco-friendly, you hear so many big ideas like buying solar panels for your home or buying electric or hybrid cars. But there are also little ways you can help like using eco-friendly cosmetics and soaps in your bathroom. It is like running a race, you can take small strides and still reach the finish line with everyone else!
by Jessica Westerland
Green without the scene 