Everyone's favorite self-care line, Lush, most popular for their colorful bath bombs and creative bath products, is often known for raising awareness through their products about current social issues and the environment. If you are unfamiliar with bath bombs, they are circular "bombs" that, when placed in water, become fizzy and emit colors and pleasant smells, varying from product to product. Lush has other innovative products such as shampoo bars, shower jellies, and different bath oils. Most products come unpackaged, which produces less waste and unnecessary plastic. For example, the shampoo bars are a solid bar of shampoo, which negates the need for a plastic bottle. Purchasing a product from Lush is one tiny way to help the environment.

In the past, Lush released a lotion called "Charity Pot", described on their website as a "philanthropic skin softener". This lotion has a cocoa butter base with a scent of ylang-ylang and rosewood oils. The lotion also features fair-trade shea butter. Not only does this lotion smell like heaven, but with each purchase, this lotion donates 100-percent of proceeds to smaller grassroots organizations that aim to conserve the environment, animal welfare, and human rights. This lotion was the start of Lush's aim to help while providing rejuvenating products.

The company's latest innovative product was the creation of the Turtle Jelly Bomb. The Turtle Jelly Bomb resembles a small sea turtle with colors from green to blue. This bomb fizzes and makes your bathtub water feel jelly-like. The goal of the release of this product is to raise awareness for the high number of sea turtles dying due to consuming plastic in the ocean that they mistake as food. My favorite part of the jelly bomb is that agar agar strands are released from the bomb that float in your bathtub, which resemble the threats to sea turtles (like plastic). Don't worry, these strands will not harm our waterways, but rather remind us of the damage humans can cause to our ocean and wildlife. With cypress-sandalwood-pine, this jelly bomb smells like a refreshing pine tree. If you are looking to make a difference in our ocean but are unsure where to start, stop at your local Lush and pick up one of these bombs today!