Lush Guantanamo Garden Ballistic

A limited edition bath ballistic from Lush, made to highlight the conditions of prisoners kept at Guantanamo Bay and in conjunction with a charity that offers legal advice to the prisoners. This bath ballistic is one of my favourites and is scented with a beautiful combination of orange, chocolate and jasmine. It is a lovely vibrant orange colour and has a small dove of peace on the top of it. When you drop it in to your bath, the smell from it is absolutely amazing, a lovely heady orange musk scent that lingers long after you come out of the bath. Unfortunately, this was only available to buy for a limited period of time so stocking up on them was necessary. One of the ...  Read the complete review

Lush pride themselves on their ethical approach and periodically come up with products that make a statement. Guantanamo Garden Ballistic is sold in the support of Reprieve, a UK charity set up by human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith in 1999 which gives legal support to prisoners denied justice. They say: "While you soak in your orange, jasmine and chocolate scented bath, count your blessings. There have been 776 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, held without a trial and around the world Reprieve estimate that the US holds around 26,000 "ghost" prisoners in secret locations." I say: There has ...  Read the complete review