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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Mark Constantine of Lush: ‘Nothing is ever finished, either positively or negatively’

Portrait of Mark Constantine in a colourful jacket, running his hand through his hair while sitting on a sofa, with a large vase of colourful flowers in the background
Mark Constantine: ‘The high street’s problem is that large complicated capitalist organisations have bought up all the big retailers.’ Photograph: Ben Gurr

Mark Constantine is a man on several missions. Not satisfied with bringing the bath bomb to the world, the co-founder of Lush wants to put a rocket under recycling, chemicals testing, asset-stripping on the high street and numerous other issues.

Unsurprisingly for someone who has made a fortune from turning bathing into an art form at an ethical beauty brand, the centre of operations is his bath, where he likes to relax – at 4pm if at all possible. Constantine, who is 70 but looks a decade younger, with his colourful jacket and snow-white locks, says he is not a great sleeper, and if he misses that bathing moment he can find himself mulling over business issues at 3am.

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