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Employee Profile: Meet Chainsaw
Meet Chainsaw!
Another one of our cast of characters living the LUSH life, Chainsaw (otherwise known as Shannon), works in Manufacturing Management in Vancouver. While she won't reveal where her nickname comes from, you can find out about her various roles in the company, what her secret wish is, her favorite memories working at LUSH, and all about the return of Goat Snake!
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LUSH Quick Tips: Mother's Day
Just in time for Mother's Day, Jeff and Erica are back with their Quick Tips to help you pick out the perfect products and gifts to tell your Mum just how much you love her. Thanks Mum!
We've got a lovely bunch of limited edition products just for Mother's Day. It only seems fitting that we create a special range to show our appreciation for all that Mum's do. Erica's back and this time she's got a very special guest - her mum! Find out all about our blooming reusable bubble bar, The Mum!
We put special care into each gift we lovingly wrap by hand - we believe in making our Mums proud! Want to know the best way to make your mum happy? (Besides you of course.) Happiness: A bright cheery gift filled with uplifting citrus scents for spring showers. Plus, it has a functioning pinwheel... most of the time.
Want to see more LUSH Quick Tips for Mother's Day? Check out our YouTube channel.
...Employee Profile: Meet Dan Dresser
When Dan first came to LUSH, it was as an intern in our Marketing department.
He loved the LUSH Life so much he decided to stay (and we're so lucky to have him!) and now he's currently working as the MIT in our Massage room. Find out more about his LUSH experience, and why he works hard to make his mum proud.
Oh, and his best dance move? Priceless.
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DIY Terrariums: Grow Your Own Piece of Nature
Here at LUSH HQ, our spring months are often filled with gray rainy days that leave us longing for sunny afternoons spent outdoors. In an effort to bring a little of the outdoors inside (while staying out of the rain), we decided to make terrariums for our office!
Terrariums are fantastic little ecosystems that are simple to create and manage. Trust us: even the most gardening-inept can tackle making one! They provide us with a little piece of nature that will flourish on a desktop, bedside table or bookshelf in our homes or offices and create a connection with the environment that can be difficult to attain for the city-dwellers among us.
Not only do terrariums help to foster a deeper connection with the natural world, they also have positive effects on our health! NASA's studies in the eighties proved that houseplants improve interior air quality, and studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences show that indoor plants decrease incidences of dry skin, fatigue and coughing. If you're a business owner or manager, take note: a study by the same university concluded that offices with have living plants report less sick time taken by employees and higher productivity. Nobody wants to play hooky if they've got a terrarium to look after!
With all these benefits to owning a terrarium, what's holding you back? Not sure how to make one yet? Let's do it together- you'll be an expert in no time.
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Take A Hike
None of us realize how simple it is to celebrate the earth in our every day lives.
There is a sense that we are obligated to do something very different from our daily routine to honor our earth during the month of April each year.
The problem is that simply one day a year is not enough.
It isn’t sustainable. If you thought of it like a marriage, like maintaining a friendship that you truly cherish, would you dedicate more than only one day a year towards that effort? I know you would.
In Gibran’s quote, you see how simple it is to be one with the earth; to commune her and to celebrate the gifts she brings to us. In observance of this time of year, it might even be more fulfilling to take a day off from work (yes, I advocate working less), go out to the beach or to the forest, and spend a day feeling the vibrations of the earth in an ...
