An Escondido woman was one of four Lush Cosmetics employees chosen from across the world to help contribute to their Día de Muertos collection this year.

The company recently released the limited-edition line as a way to commemorate the Mexican holiday which is celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2. It includes a Calaverita Bath Bomb, Horchata Body Scrub, Postrecito Bar, and an Aliento de Colibri Shower Gel.

Jailene Cuevas, who currently works at Lush Cosmetics in Escondido, designed the Postrecito Bar in honor of her grandfather who passed away a couple of years ago.

“I remember being seven or eight years old when my grandpa introduced me to the holiday. We actually drove down to Mexicali where he’s from and we got to explore all the graveyards there,” Cuevas said.

“He would turn into a different version of himself and he would talk to all of his family members one by one and our car would be stacked with flowers and treats and candies and he would go one by one saying, ‘Hello, I’m here to visit you.’ “

This is not the first time Cuevas has designed a product for Lush. She also designed their Concha Bubbleroon Bubble Bar for their Día de Muertos collection last year.

“Postrecito was something that sometimes I would eat in the mornings before going to school at my grandpa’s house,” said Cuevas. “All kinds of sweet treats always remind me of my grandpa which is how I got the inspiration for this year as well as last year.”

 “I’m just so thankful and it’s a very, very beautifully humbling experience for sure,” she said.

The collection is part of Lush’s Co-Create program, a product creation internship for Lush staff.

Co-Create is an initiative that works to bring new minds, voices and cultures into the product creation process, according to Lush’s Co-Create site.

People within the company are given the opportunity to come together and design product ranges that represent their cultural or religious celebrations, with the aim to connect to more customers, said the site.

It is now available worldwide, online and in stores until Christmas.