Name: Sticky Dates
Brand: Lush
SKU: 62575-UK
Price: 22 GBP
Availability: InStock

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250g

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Water (Aqua)

Sunflower Oil

Vanilla Pod Decoction

Organic Jojoba Oil

Glycerine

Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter

Stearic Acid

Organic Illipe Butter

Perfume

Triethanolamine

Carob Resinoid

Benzoin Resinoid

Sandalwood Oil

Gardenia Extract

Cetearyl Alcohol

*Benzyl Benzoate

*Cinnamal

Jojoba

Cocoa Butter

Vanilla

Syrup

Cocoa

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You asked, we listened. Enjoy our bestselling Sticky Dates scent in a base of luxurious and moisturising organic cocoa and illipe butters. Vanilla pod decoction, sandalwood oil and benzoin resinoid create a decadent vanilla-caramel aroma that lasts on your skin. For the full Sticky Dates routine, start by <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/p/sticky-dates-shower-gel">lathering up with the shower gel</a>, <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/p/sticky-dates-body-scrub">exfoliate with the body scrub</a>, then apply this body lotion and turn heads all day long with your scrumptious aroma.

What's in it for you? - Vanilla pod decoction adds a comforting scent. - Fair Trade organic cocoa butter softens and moisturises. - Benzoin resinoid lends a sweet aroma.

Leaving the world Lusher than we found it This self-preserving product is formulated to stay fresh and effective without added synthetic preservatives listed under Annex V of the EU Cosmetic Regulations (EC) No 1223/2009. <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/beginners-guide-self-preserving">Find out more here.</a>

How to use: Apply a generous handful and massage into skin to feel smooth and moisturised.

How to store: Store with the 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.  

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There are many different syrups: ones you drink, ones you glaze on your pancakes, ones you pour in your batter. At Lush, we love them all.

What is common to every kind of syrup? A very high sugar content. Dates, maple, agave, sugarcane, corn… all these plants contain natural sugars. Their fruits, sap, kernels, or fibres are processed, generally by simple boiling and filtering, in order to concentrate these sugars until a dense and velvety liquid is obtained. Another way to make syrup is to mix pure sugar with water and infuse the sweet liquid with fragrant flowers, leaves or bark. However, most of the time, it’s done with artificial flavours and colourants.

What are the benefits of syrups in Lush cosmetics?

We purchase a lot of different syrups, in small or large quantities, so the country of origin will depend on the product, stocks, and the Lush manufacturing site where your product was made. For more information on each syrup, <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i">search for them in our ingredient hub</a> or have a look at this selection:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/organic-date-syrup">Organic Date Syrup</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/organic-agave-syrup">Organic Agave Syrup</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/maple-syrup">Maple Syrup</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/rice-syrup">Rice Syrup</a>

You’ll find date syrup as the sweet base of all our gourmand <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/sticky-dates">Sticky Dates products</a> and much more in our <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/skincare">skincare</a> and <a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/hair-care">haircare</a> ranges.

Ingredient

Soothing

Fragrancing

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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>.

Moisturising

Conditioning

Balancing

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Jojoba (pronounced ho-ho-ba) is a good friend to your skin and scalp!

Jojoba oil is obtained by pressing the seeds of the jojoba shrub (Simmondsia chinensis). The plant is native to the Sonoran Desert in Northwest Mexico and Southwest USA, and its deep root system and leathery leaves make it well suited to droughts and intense heat. It can also be cultivated in areas suffering from soil erosion to help improve soil quality.

To find out more about our jojoba oil 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!

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!

A decadent lotion full of luxurious cocoa and illipe butters and warm vanilla, loaded with our fan-favourite scent that'll keep you moisturised and smelling sweet 24/7.

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