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| Dammit - You know I cannot resist your pretty smells!! |
I'm just going to say it: The Body Shop (henceforth shortened to TBS cause it's quite a keyboardful)
has got the best fruity scents around. They are subtle and have a
natural sort of fragrance, as if you're smelling the real fruit. My
favourite has been the Vineyard Peach range for over a year, but I think
TBS have knocked it out of the park with the newly released Early
Harvest Raspberry products. I bought these goodies on The Body Shop UK
and my darling mother was kind enough to send them to me all the way
from old blighty!! In NZ TBS products are pretty expensive, they have no
online store, and their promotions are *KINDALAME* Shopping on the UK
website they had a deal which was 'Get £25 off with a £50 Spend ' which
allowed me to get everything my little heart desired at what equated to
50% off.
LOTIONS:
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| Early Harvest Raspberry and Vinyard Peach Body Lotions |
Early Harvest Raspberry:
This
body lotion is the exact consistency that I want lotion to be: thick
enough not to run everywhere but thin enough to get absorbed immideately
and not leave me with a greasy feeling. The fragrance is subtle which I
appreciate as I am a bit oversensitive to smells. I prefer to wear
something like this than perfume.
Link here
Vinyard Peach:
Aaaah
the original favorite! I can never get sick of this smell, it is so
gentle and makes me think of nectarines. Side by side with the Rasberry
lotion, I noticed that the Peach formula is a bit more thin and runny.
Still, it's a small negative to such a yummy product! (Sorry I cannot
remain faithful! You are still my first love!!)
The lotions are in the same type of bottle with a really great pump-style cap that distributes the product perfectly.
Link here
BODY MIST:
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| Vineyard Peach Body Mist |
This body mist smell
just as good as the other peach products: if you like one, you will
like them all! I prefer to lightly layer fragrances because I get sick
of one individual smell. I already own the Vanilla Body Mist from TBS,
which is also gorgeous. I think the two layer really well together. A
lot of other reviewers will confirm that the smell dissapears quite
quickly but for someone like me, that is a good thing haha!
Link here
BODY BUTTER:
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| Early Harvest Raspberry Body Butter |
This
body butter is rich and delicious - perfect for areas that need more
hydration and for colder months. The smell is like raspberry froyo. With
the thick consistency and the edible fragrance it feels a little like
you're using a dessert as a moisturiser!
Link here
CLEANSING OIL:
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| Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil |
When I wear make-up I
usually use baby oil to get it off so I'm used to using oil as a
remover. The best thing about cleansing oil is that it does not irritate
my fragile skin. They have all these instructions about how you should
use your ring finger for putting on cream around the eyes to be as
gentle as possible, but then if you use mascara you end up tugging at
that same tender skin with cotton pads - it just doesn't feel right!
This cleansing oil gets all my makeup off and leaves my face feeling
silky smooth as well. The fragrance is very mild and pleasing - but I
have to say that it does not smell like camomile at all!
Link here
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| Almond Hand & Nail Cream |
I
truely needed this cream for my poor little hands. They do so much for
me and put up with such hardships like accidental contact with
superglue, acetone and other things that skin does not like. The
almond hand cream goes on so smooth and smells faintly of almond
blossoms. The only issue I had with this product is the packaging.
The lid doesn't fit back on the tube easily, and as you might be able
to see from the picture I managed activate the dreaded
continuous-flow-of-product even with the most gently of squeezes! After a
few uses I realised that this must have been caused from the pressure
of the flight over here, as the product has stayed where it belongs
since :)
Link here
All
in all I am really happy with this haul. TBS is normally a bit
overpriced, but their sales and promotions (in the US and UK at least)
make up for it and allow grubbs like me to get our mitts on these
delicious products. I spent £26.50 on this whole haul which is pretty
good considering I could spend that amount on a single item from TBS in
NZ. I am not knowledgeable enough to say whether TBS is truly a socially
responsible company, especially since I know that they got bought by
L'oreal, but I really, really like the idea that they are a good
company.
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