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Mo Constantine OBE | |
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| Born | 1953 |
| Occupation(s) | Co-Founder, Cosmetics Product Inventor and Businesswoman |
| Organization | Lush Ltd |
| Spouse | Mark Constantine OBE |
| Website | lush |
Mo Constantine (nee Kenyon) OBE[4] (born 1953)[5] is a British cosmetics product inventor and businesswoman. She invented the bath bomb and co-founded the British cosmetics retailer Lush.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Constantine was born in 1953 in Dorset.
Constantine spent her early years in Dorchester, Dorset, attending secretarial college in the 1960s. From 1970 to 1973 she lived in London, before moving back to Dorset and living in Bournemouth and Poole. She married Mark Constantine on 2 June 1973, and the couple have three children, daughter Claire and sons Simon and Jack.[citation needed]
Mo and Mark Constantine were appointed OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours[7] for their services to the beauty industry.[8]
In 2011, Mo Constantine was selected to carry the Olympic Torch through the Upton area of Poole ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games.[9]
Career
[edit]Early beginnings
[edit]Constantine began her career working in London, and following this worked as secretary to the Clerk of Courts in Poole, Dorset.
In 1977, Mo joined her husband Mark Constantine[10] and his business partner Liz Weir[11] in their cosmetics manufacturing company Constantine and Weir, which invented and supplied products to other cosmetics brands, including The Body Shop.[12]
Business owner and co-founder
[edit]Mo Constantine's career grew as a full time cosmetics manufacturer and product inventor.[13] After Constantine And Weir was sold to The Body Shop owner Dame Anita Roddick, Mo and Mark Constantine reinvested into Cosmetics To Go,[14] a mail order sideline that they had already started. In 1995,[15] after the Cosmetics to Go venture ended, Mo, Mark and three other colleagues co-founded Lush.
By 2024, there were over 800 Lush stores in 52 countries, with a turnover of £816 million.[16]
Mo Constantine is the director of Lush Manufacturing.[17] Lush Manufacturing operates globally, with factories in the UK, Canada, Japan, Croatia and Australia.[18] Products in Lush's factories are made using fresh ingredients, and handmade techniques.[19]
Product inventor
[edit]Throughout Mo Constantine's career in manufacturing cosmetics, she has also been an inventor of products,[20] including the bath bomb and the shampoo bar. Constantine has also worked with soaps and fresh face masks creating new formulations and techniques used by Lush.[21]
Invention of the bath bomb
[edit]Constantine invented the bath bomb in 1989 in her garden shed in Poole. She was inspired by the fizzing effects of Alka-Seltzer tablets in water. It was first sold as part of Cosmetics To Go's product range, and remains a bestselling product for Lush Cosmetics. The original bath bomb was patented in 1989[22] under the brand name 'Cosmetics To Go'. However, when the company went into administration, the couple lost the patent. In 2014, a new patent was issued to Cosmetic Warriors Ltd (the proprietor of the Lush Cosmetics trademark), protecting the process of creating a bath bomb with distinct layers.
Invention of the shampoo bar
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Solid shampoo bars were invented by Mo Constantine and Stan Krysztal (cosmetic chemist) in 1987, for Cosmetics to Go.[23] Shampoo bars are a solid alternative to traditional liquid shampoo and do not require plastic packaging.
References
[edit]- ^ Siegle, Lucy (2010-05-30). "Innovator: How Lush Cosmetics Went to War over Palm Oil". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Lush Cosmetics: Fighting for the Environment". BBC News. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Mark and Mo Constantine on the 20-Year Success of Lush". Bournemouth Echo. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "OBE for Dorset couple who founded cosmetics firm Lush". BBC News. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Teather, David (2007-04-13). "Lush couple with a shed load of ideas". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Times, The Sunday (2023-05-19). "Mark and Mo Constantine net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2023". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "New Year Honours List 2011". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "OBE for Dorset couple who founded cosmetics firm Lush". BBC News. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "Olympic Torch Relay: Upton". Bournemouth Echo. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ "Mark & Mo Constantine: Most important is fairness". Vogue CS (in Czech). 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Matters, Business (2008-07-07). "Profile: Mark and Mo Constantine Co-founders of Lush". Business Matters. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Lush awash with hippy profitability". Financial Times. 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "Mark and Mo Constantine on the 20-year success of Lush". Bournemouth Echo. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ Prevett, Hannah (2013-09-04). "A partnership that's heaven scent". Elite Business Magazine. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ Ribbeck, Michael (2024-05-28). "Lush slips to a £28m loss as a result of tough trading environment". South West. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Diprose, Andrew (2021-03-12). ""To all women interested in a manufacturing career: just go ahead" says Lush high-flyer". Dorset Biz News. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "Many hands make Lush work: A look inside the factory". The Manufacturer. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ "BBC One - Inside the Factory, Series 8, Bath Bombs". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "Cosmetics couple enjoying smell of success". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ Siegle, Lucy (2010-05-29). "Mo Constantine's innovation: finding an alternative to palm oil". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ EP0330435B1, Constantine, Margaret Joan & Krysztal, Stanislaw, "Solid shampoo composition", issued 1994-02-02
- ^ "6 reasons to ditch plastic bottles and try a shampoo bar". The Independent. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2025-01-27.