Name: Alban Elfed
Brand: Lush
SKU: 4164-NA

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Vegan

As the power of the sun wanes, we celebrate the fruits of the harvest that will feed our bodies and souls in the cold, dark days to come. This sweet apple juice soap is made with sacred oakwood, finely blended portobello mushrooms and simmered hazelnuts. Inspired by the art of Jamie Reid, it's handmade with fresh, seasonal ingredients and is one in a series of four soaps that celebrate holy festivals from the Druidic calendar.   

-&nbsp;Organic apple juice cleanses and tones skin

- Oakwood absolute adds a sweet, earthy aroma

-&nbsp;Fresh portobello mushrooms condition and protect skin

Keep this bar somewhere dry and draining between uses. For travel, pop it in a sealed container.

Your order will be expertly protected against impact during transit by biodegradable Eco Pops, compostable packaging nuggets made from potato starch! They're easily dissolvable in water or soil.  

Handled with care

It's better naked. 66% of products sold each year are packaging-free.

Packaging-Free

Reviving

Refreshing

Antioxidant

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Natural

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Cut loose, fruit juice, kick off the vitamin boost!

Of all the wild ideas Lush inventors have had since 1995, adding fresh fruit juices to their creations is probably one of the most iconic. They were inspired by the research of Alan Hopking, a medical herbalist, particularly his piece on the benefits of enzymes. Using fresh fruit on the skin seems so logical after all, but it took a while to make it work because they rot so quickly and can spoil the whole formula. Don’t we love a challenge!

It takes a lot of elbow grease but as far as possible we press the fruit ourselves at the factory. Sometimes, however, we have to buy them from other companies, as some fruits require specific machinery and skills that we don't always have.

What are the benefits of fruit juices on the skin and hair?

Each Lush manufacturer has its own fruit and veg supplier, very much like a supermarket! Depending on the time of year, they source products from different countries to try and have availability all year round. They work hard to supply as much organic products as possible and provide the highest quality available the rest of the time. Each producer must comply with our strict policies, just like any of our suppliers.

Want to know more about fruit juices and their mysteries? Browse your Lush product page to find the list of ingredients. Then click on the ones you’re curious about and get more detailed information!

Ingredient

Fruit juice

Antimicrobial

Warming

Spicy

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It’s cold outside. The tip of your nose is freezing, the sky is grey, and you could really use something comforting and warming. Well, here comes cinnamon!

Cinnamon is a spice harvested from the Cinnamomum verum, also called the ‘true cinnamon tree’. It is a shrub-like evergreen tree of the Laurel family, considered native to Sri Lanka and India. Its leaves and outer bark are fragrant, but it's the inside of the tree that is most sought after. Indeed, it contains an aromatic inner bark that peels easily and in thin layers. These precious sheets are tied up and left to dry so that they form the brown curls that we know. It can also be sold in small pieces or powder.

The whole cinnamon tree can be used! Traditionally, the shredded outer bark is used to fill the cinnamon curls. The bark, leaves and flower buds can also be distilled to obtain essential oils of different intensities.

What are the benefits of cinnamon in cosmetics?

Cinnamon was once one of the rarest and most expensive items in the spice trade. Its powerful antimicrobial properties had been noticed by the ancient Egyptians, who used it for embalming and to preserve their food. It was prized during Antiquity and the Middle Ages to flavour food, in religious rites, as medicine or perfume… and that hasn't changed today! Interestingly, some parts of the world view it more as a spice for savoury dishes, while others will pair it with sweets.

Cinnamon

Moisturising

Conditioning

Mouth-watering

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A key ingredient in chocolate making, cocoa is also a staple on Lush shelves for its amazing effect on the skin, body and mind.

The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) grows in warm, humid forests near the Equator. It yields large dark red or yellow pods containing up to 50 seeds each, coated in soft, edible flesh. The seeds, also called cocoa beans, are covered to ferment and then dried. During this process, they lose their acidic taste and develop their familiar chocolate scent.&nbsp;

To obtain cocoa butter, the prepared beans are cleaned, dried and roasted and then ground into a thick, oily paste called chocolate liquor. The liquor can be used as such for chocolate-making or subjected to high pressure to separate the cocoa powder from the butter. An additional step can be carried out to deodorise the butter. This often happens for its use in cosmetics as it could interfere with the other scents of a product. The powder, which contains almost all of the scent and flavour of cocoa, can be used pure or put through solvent extraction to obtain a fragrant absolute.

What are the benefits of cocoa-derived ingredients?

In 2017, a new type of chocolate was patented, called ruby cocoa. It has a dark pinkish colour, due to a special variety of cocoa trees that produce ruby-coloured beans.

The sources will vary depending on the ingredient, but we make sure that they never involve child labour. The Lush buying team always tries to make purchases that contribute to the well-being of people and the planet’s regeneration. To find out more about each of the cocoa suppliers, browse your Lush product’s list of ingredients and click on the ones you are interested in. This should take you to a page full of details!

Cocoa

Enjoy the aroma of sweet apple juice and simmered hazelnuts in this soap inspired by the art of Jamie Reid and the autumn equinox.

Alban Elfed Autumn Equinox Soap

Story: Jamie Reid Collection - Alban Elfed - (Autumn Equinox) - Soap

Alban Elfed

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Cleansing 

Multi

100g

Lather up under running water, wash, then rinse, to leave you feeling squeaky clean. Download the Lush app on Android or iOS to scan naked products using the Lens feature.

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Water (Aqua)

Rapeseed Oil; Coconut Oil

Glycerine

Propylene Glycol

Organic Apple Juice

Perfume

Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

Sunflower Oil

Wheatgerm oil

Tangerine Oil

Cinnamon Leaf Oil

Oakmoss Absolute

Oakwood Absolute

Fresh Portobello Mushrooms

Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter

Hazelnut Milk

Titanium Dioxide

Sodium Chloride

Citric Acid

Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium Bicarbonate

EDTA

Tetrasodium Etidronate

Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone

*Benzyl Benzoate

*Citral

*Citronellol

*Eugenol

*Geraniol

Hydroxycitronellal

*Limonene

*Linalool

Colour 15510

Colour 19140

Colour 42090

Colour 42053

Coconut

Cocoa Butter

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Comforting

Uplifting

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Apple juice for the autumn equinox

Soap

3.5 oz.

Fragrance

Sodium Carbonate

*Hydroxycitronellal

Orange 4

Yellow 5

Blue 1

Green 3

Aqua

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Brassica napus; Cocos nucifera

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Pyrus malus

Cocos nucifera

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Helianthus Annuus

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Triticum vulgare

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Citrus reticulata

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Cinnamomum zeylanicum

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Evernia prunastri

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Agaricus bisporus

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Theobroma cacao

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Corylus avellana

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4164-NA

3200g

7 lb.

Quercus robur

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4165-NA

This sweet apple juice soap is made with sacred oakwood, finely blended portobello mushrooms and simmered hazelnuts.

Alban Elfed

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Apple juice for the autumn equinox.

Ingredients

Fruit juice

Cinnamon

Cocoa

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Alban Elfed

Soap

Apple juice for the autumn equinox.

Ingredients

Fruit juice

Cinnamon

Cocoa

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*occurs naturally in essential oils.

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Fighting animal testing

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