Friday 12 August 2011

The price of ethics

Wandered into Body Shop the other day looking for a new hairbrush. Found one of gorgeous, simple design, fashioned entirely from fast-growing ethically sourced bamboo. It was a bit pricey, but I considered it to be worth the extra investment.

However, it transpires that the stylishly chunky bamboo bristles cannot penetrate hair at all, and the brush simply rebounds off your head. Quite like trying to comb your hair with a plank. The quality ethical hairbrush has now been binned and replaced with an unstylish but functional model, sourced from fast-growing forests of plastic and harvested by child labourers.

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