Ingredient

Rose Water

Rosa damascena

Rose water is a popular gentle facial cleanser, a delicate touch of Damask rose on the skin.

What are the benefits of rose water for your skin and scalp?

• Soothing
• Reviving
• Hydrating
• Cleansing

Upcycled rose petals

Lush UK, Australia and New Zealand* purchase rose water from a Bulgarian producer. Roses are hand-picked around May and sent to our supplier’s production facilities. First, they distil the petals to produce rose essential oil; then they collect the spent rose biomass (the boiled petals) and create rose water from it. Why waste?

Our supplier is located in the heart of the beautiful Rose Valley near Kazanlak, Bulgaria. The fertile and rich land allows them to grow lavender, pine, mint and different varieties of roses and chamomiles, from which they produce various raw materials like essential oils and floral waters.

*With seven manufacturing sites across the globe, this information may vary depending on where your Lush products were made.

The Lush way

We are troublemakers, aren’t we? Sometimes, you’ll see rose water on one of our ingredient lists, which won’t be from essential oil distillation. In fact, we sometimes disperse rose absolute in water and call it ‘rose water’. It is done with the help of a few other natural materials—all declared in the product’s ingredient list. It is our way to get a lighter, gentler version of our very fragrant absolutes. The absolutes are purchased from Turkey and Pakistan.