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I am currently in love with a lot of things from The Body Shop. I received a lot of their products for Christmas and I am really loving everything I have tried so far.
My opinions of some of the products are:
Body Butters:
These are amazing!!! They make your skin feel so lovely and make you smell delicious.
They are really hydrating too, as I have really dry legs practically all year round that become drier in the colder months and get even drier when I shave, so this was a life saver for me.
I really found it difficult to find a moisturiser that sunk in quickly, left my skin feeling hydrated straight away and made my skin feel nice for days. This does just that! My favourite scents are the fruity ones!
Born Lippy/Lip Butters
Just to let you know, that I am a massive hoarder of lip balm, gloss, stain, basically any product that can be put on your lips. I have so many and love to try every product in every flavour and colour out there. But they say the first step is to admit that you have a problem don't they haha.
Firstly, the Born Lippy lip balms. These taste great, they really taste as described whether it be Satsuma, Strawberry, Passionfruit etc. They are slightly tinted, very glossy, but not sticky which is awesome in my eyes! I have one everywhere, one in my bag, one at my desk at work, one near my bed, I love them! They do moisturise, however, I wouldn't recommend using them on super dry and cracked lips as I don't feel they have as many healing properties as say a Carmex lipbalm (which is also one of my faves) as the Born Lippy's are not medicated and not designed for treating dry and cracked lips.
Secondly, the Lip Butters. I'm really not much of a fan of these. They are a lot more nourishing than the Born Lippy's, but again, they would not be much use on dry and cracked lips and they are not designed for this purpose. I don't like the taste of these as much as the Born Lippy's, it seems there isn't as much flavour in these (if that makes sense). They also leave quite an opaque tint on lips, and when the majority of the butters are pastelly colours like white, lilac and peach etc, the white lip look isn't very attractive haha. I feel the best use for these is at bed time, as I always like to slap on a lot of lip balm before bed and wake up to super soft lips. They retail at about £2 each I believe, however there is generally a lot of promotions like 3 for 2 etc.
I received two of the Born Lippy sets for Christmas.
Hand Cream
Again, I love these as much as I love the Body Butters. They are really nourishing and smell beautiful. As dry as my legs are, my hands can get even worse. I am a bit of a germaphobe and wash my hands A LOT and use hand sanitiser when I can, but doing this really dries out my hands. So using these hand creams have really helped. They are really think and luxurious and sink in fast. I have tried all three in the below set and the Cranberry one is my favourite.
Hand Cleanse
As mentioned above, I use hand sanitiser a lot, and I was fed up of the chemical/alcohol smelling ones. So I thought I'd give these a try, and I am so glad I did. Again, they smell really good. They smell of the fruit/nut itself, there's no nasty smell and they do the job and are not super drying!
I hope you've enjoyed today's blog!
Until the next one!
Take Care and have a great day!!
Caroline xx
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