Name: Monster Octopus
Brand: Lush
SKU: 62019-UK
Price: 10 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Monster Octopus - 185g

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Glycerine

Fresh Passion Fruit Infusion

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Propylene Glycol

Carrageenan Extract

Perfume

Titanium Dioxide

Vanilla Absolute

Blackcurrant Absolute

Sweet Wild Orange Oil

Tagetes Oil

Water (Aqua)

Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone

*Benzyl Alcohol

*Citral

*Limonene

Colour 14700

Colour 17200

Vanilla

Citrus

Orange

Seaweed

Playful

Uplifting

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Pot - Large

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The jelly, the myth, the legend

Shower Jelly

Octopus Prime - 395g

Pot - Extra Large

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Frightfully fruity Monster Octopus uses its wobbly tentacles to envelop you in its sweet, refreshing scent. Let this little terror into your bathroom and unleash the skin-softening powers of carrageenan extract. Fresh passion fruit infusion, vanilla and blackcurrant absolutes create whimsical suds to cleanse your skin and brighten your mood for a kraken good time in the bath and shower.

What's in it for you? - Carrageenan extract softens and hydrates - Fresh passion fruit infusion cleanses and nourishes skin - Sweet wild orange oil adds a bright note

Leaving the world Lusher than we found it The glycerine in our products is completely palm-free and vegan-friendly.

How to use: Sweep the whole jelly over your body and hair. Use at room temperature, cool in the fridge or even in the freezer for the ultimate spooky and gloopy Halloween shower.

How to store: Pop this jelly in the fridge or freezer before showering for an invigorating wake-me-up. Store with lid closed between uses.

It pays to recycle with us! Return the packaging for this product to any a Lush shop and receive money towards your next purchase. Alternatively, return 5 qualifying items packaging for a free fresh face mask. 

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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

Soothing

Fragrancing

Comforting

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Natural

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Vanilla is the unmistakable, uplifting and sweet scent we all know and love.

Vanilla beans (pods) are the fruits of the orchid Vanilla planifolia. Centuries ago, one could only purchase vanilla from Mexico, as the flowers required a local bee to pollinate and grow the precious pod. Thanks to the discovery of a hand pollination technique in 1841, orchids can now be cultivated in most tropical areas close to the equator. This step requires crucial know-how and must be carried out a few hours after the flower opens; otherwise, it wilts.

Each blossom produces a single bean that is normally harvested after eight or nine months and then passes through a complex curing process before resembling the black-brown fragrant spice we all know. This process usually involves four steps: soaking in hot water, sweating in a warm environment, drying for a few weeks, and conditioning (packing in boxes) to develop flavours.

Since Madagascar, the world's first vanilla producer, stopped regulating vanilla prices in the 1990s, its trade has seen ups and downs. The latest struggles began in 2012 when very low harvests made demand higher than supply. Since vanilla is a rather rare natural delicacy that cannot be rushed, the situation quickly snowballed into crazy price increases (over 100%), poor quality and crime.

In 2016, the situation in Uganda (where we buy our pods) became critical and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/not-such-sweet-deal">was reported to us in an article</a>&nbsp;by Lulu, owner of the Ndali farm. Resellers and agents working on commission began buying vanilla that was not even cured properly yet. Vanilla pods must reach maturity and undergo the full curing process to obtain all the notes of their wonderful taste and smell and to avoid mould. During price crises, crops are sold far too early and pods can even be stolen from the fields before they're ripe. Farmers try to expand their crops to meet demand, and governments implement drastic measures. Eventually, when things finally calm down, farmers find themselves with too much production and prices drop tragically, as has been the case since 2019.

We love natural vanilla so much that we couldn't stop using it despite the market’s turmoil. Thanks to our dedicated team of creative buyers, we found solutions year after year and month after month. Find more information on each source in the description of the main vanilla ingredients we use:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-absolute">Vanilla Absolute</a>, a powerful extract found in perfumery and skin-soothing cosmetics.

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-pod-infusion">Vanilla Pod Infusion</a>, made in-house from beans soaked in hot water.

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/vanilla-pod-extract">Vanilla Pod Extract</a>, for which humectant propylene glycol serves as a carrier.

Want to dive straight into our range of vanilla-scented products? <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/vanilla-scented">They're ready for you</a>.

Ingredient

Astringent

Cleansing

Cheerful

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Orange is a very well known and delicious fruit. It’s one of your five a day - but has many other benefits to your skin and wellbeing!

An orange is a well-known fruit within the citrus family that grows on trees all around the world. The sweet orange is a flowering tree with glossy, evergreen leaves and thorny branches, and it is thought to be native to China, and East Asia. The trees now grow all over the world. Botanically, their juicy, edible, orange-coloured fruits are a type of berry called a hesperidium.

Orange peel wax is considered a good vegan alternative to lanolin as it has similar emollient, moisturising and emulsifying properties, with a lightweight feel.&nbsp;

Where does Lush source the many types of orange from?

We use orange in many different forms (essential oils, juice, peel, wax…) for different products, and each of them can be purchased in different places around the world. To find out more about our 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!

Shine-enhancing

Softening

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Under the sea, forests of slimy algae grow, and they’re full of benefits for the skin and hair.

What are the benefits of seaweeds in cosmetics?

On this last point, it should be noted that certain seaweeds have gelling properties, especially <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/agar-agar">agar-agar</a> and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/irish-moss">Irish moss</a> (from which <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/carrageenan-extract">a powder called carrageenan</a> is extracted). When combined with the right ingredients, they can help create a wide range of textures and shapes for our products such as <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/shower-jellies">our shower jellies</a>.

Lush was founded in Poole, a coastal town in southern England where it is still strongly rooted in today. Outside the headquarters, massive seagulls soar and cry, and salty waves crash onto the quay. No wonder the seaside has been such an inspiration for our products! It's also why we're not afraid to use strong-scented <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/seaweed-absolute">seaweed absolute</a> in some of our fragrances.

Saying that we source them from the sea would probably sound a bit vague! At Lush, we purchase a lot of different algae from around the world - fresh, dried, powdered, and even distilled. To learn more about each of these, you can go through your product’s ingredient list and click on the one you’re interested in. You can also click on this list of curious names below for a sneak peek:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/toothed-wrack-seaweed">Toothed wrack</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/dried-bladderwrack">Bladderwrack</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/dried-sugar-kelp">Sugar kelp</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/wakame-seaweed-powder">Wakame</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/kombu-seaweed">Kombu</a>

Let this frightfully fruity Halloween shower jelly loose and unleash its wobbly tentacles, enveloping you in its sweet, refreshing scent and the skin-softening powers of carrageenan extract.

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Shower Jelly

The jelly, the myth, the legend

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Vanilla

Orange

Seaweed

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Natural Ingredients

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*occurs naturally in essential oils.

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