Grandparents Horrified By Saucy Message On Back Of Lush Bottle

I'm guessing most of us are yet to have the pleasure of buying a plethora of products from Lush. At most we've probably had to follow our girlfriends around the shop as they pick out bath bombs.

Our lack of knowledge of what jasmine smells like and why organic tea tree oil is the way forward was equalled by Richard and Tracey Shiner's knowledge of Lush's sense of humour.

In fairness, you shouldn't expect to have to check labels to make sure bath products are kids friendly. However, it's fair to say these grandparents from Stanford-le-hope, Essex, were a bit shocked at what was written on their eight-year-old granddaughter's bath gift set.

After buying young Macy the 'Little Snow Fairy' set, Richard Shiner found that the shower gel encouraged the user to invite someone into the shower with them.

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"They opened their bits and pieces on Christmas night, and Macy undid her one. It was called 'Little Snow Fairy' which to me indicates it's ideal for kids," Richard told The Sun. "I happened to pick up the bottle and was reading aloud how to use it.The instructions on the shower gel says: 'How to use: If you really don't know how to use this, then we suggest you find someone you really like and invite them into the shower with you to demonstrate.'

"I didn't know what to say to her, so I had to pretend it meant she could bath with [her five-year-old brother] Buddy. But that's not really appropriate either.

"It was the only thing I could think of to say to her at the time."

Swallowing his pride Richard decided to phone up Lush and put in a complaint, something he's never done before.

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"I phoned up and a girl answered the phone and although she didn't actually laugh, I could tell from her tone of voice that she thought it was fine," he said. "She put me on to the manager and he said, 'They're meant to be tongue in cheek.'

"I said to him: 'It's wrong. If I wanted something like that, I'd have gone to an Ann Summers shop."

He reckons not a lot will be done about the print on the label, and I agree. How many eight-year-olds are reading the back of a shampoo bottle? Most of them have access to the Internet - that's far more worrying.

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.