Hey Everyone!
The Body Shop has always been one of my favourite places to go for a bit of a treat, and to find products to really pamper myself. I still love to go for that reason, but recently I have been loving their more makeup oriented products, so I decided to make a post about all of my favourite body shop products and create a full body shop "no makeup makeup" look. I wear this all the time to school as we are not supposed to wear a lot of makeup, so this would be a great option for people in a similar situation to me or who are still getting used to wearing makeup on a day to day basis.
The first product I am going to be talking
about is my much loved body butter. I have the strawberry scent here which is
very sweet and refreshing, but I also love the moringa scent, and the shea
butter one for my face as I feel like having strong scents on my face can be a
little bewildering. It is a thick, nourishing body cream that leaves my
skin silky smooth. I use this in 3 main ways, mostly as a moisturizer after a
bath or shower, then also I made a post on my lash growing tip
here, this is
the product I use to grow my lashes out long and curly. Finally, this is so
great for helping to cure sunburns when on holiday or living in a warm climate.
Basically you can’t go wrong with one or ten of these in your life.
Before After
The next product is a foundation, which may
sound scary to an amateur makeup wearer, but this is a great place to start.
Because it is a powder, it is very easily buildable, doesn’t feel heavy on the
face, and looks more skin-like, not cakey. On oily skin this keeps shininess
down, which is great news. I also think it has the perfect coverage for a
normal day, light but still evens skin tones and conceals blemishes.
Unfortunately I have yet to try a concealer from the body shop, if indeed they
sell one, and I would love to know if they are worth a try. I also think that
the packaging for this product is great, with a medium sized mirror that makes
reapplication on the go a lot easier.
Before After
An alternative, or if you want a heavier
look then you could also wear the body shop all-in-one BB cream underneath the powder foundation to make it
last longer and have a heavier coverage.
I love this stuff to pieces, I wear it everyday and it is also very natural
looking without powder. It comes out as a white cream, and changes into your skin colour as you work it into the skin. I'm not sure it "matches" to my individual skin tone, but the shades work for me. I find it moisturizing, comfortable, that it lasts for hours (but not
quite all day), and overall just really great. This is the shade 00, which is
light for me, I am transitioning from my winter pale into my summer tan, and am
currently mixing the shade 00 (my winter colour) and 02 (my summer colour), so
in the picture I look a little pale but that’s because I wanted to show the
true colour of the product.
If I want to make my foundation last all
day when I’m at school, reduce oiliness, brighten my face, and smoothen my
pores, I use the body shop Insta-Blurr. This was the first priming product I
have ever tried, so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I think that
this is an amazing product. It is like a thick, dry gel, and it melts onto
skin, and just glides over pores and smoothens the skin. I use it by melting
some on my fingers and giving my full face a light coat, then I go in a little
thicker on my oily patches to make sure my makeup lasts. I have noticed a
visible difference in how nicely my makeup goes on and stays during the day.
Overall, just amazing and I really recommend it. Also it is clear, so you don’t
have to worry about shades or matching to your skin tone.
Another product that I swear by is their
clear lash and eyebrow gel. I have quite thick and unruly brows, therefore I
use this everyday to keep them in place. This is probably the one product that
is guaranteed to stay on all day and not budge. The spoolie is plastic, and no
special shape, which I think makes brow application super simple and quick. I
have used this on my lashes, but to be perfectly honest I saw no difference to
how they looked before and after. However, don’t let that deter you from how amazing
it is for the brows, I feel like a different person without my stiff eyebrows!
After loving the body shop for so long, it
felt weird not trying a hair product, so I decided to buy the argan oil spray.
I don’t use this often, as I have very fine, oily hair, but if I know that I’m
staying home for a day, or having a very slick hairstyle, or my hair needs some
serious defrizzing, this is what I turn to. I think I need to take a moment to
talk about the smell, oh my goodness please everyone go to your nearest body
shop and smell their argan oil range, it is divine, so rich and nutty. I love
the spray on this bottle too; it helps to keep the oiliness from getting all
over the bottle, and makes application so simple. If I am using this during the
day and going out, I will spray two (maybe one for short hair) spritzes onto my
hands, rub them together and spread the product evenly though the lengths the
night before, so my hair has time to soak up the oily goodness of the product.
It can also be used as heat defense, which I have done and thought it did a
good job. Every time I use this I can be promised smooth, shiny hair the next
day. I have also used this on my skin, and it feels wonderfully smooth after but I prefer the feeling of the body butters as they are less oily.
Finally, the last product is their lip
glosses. Here I have the shade raspberry which is a beautiful deep pink. These are not my favourite products from the store for a few reasons.
1, they are very sheer, so not much colour comes through which is so sad
because I absolutely love the colour range. 2, they are incredibly sticky,
which feels nice and moisturizing but isn’t great for eating or drinking.
Finally, because they come in a pot your finger gets all sticky during
application. I was quite disappointed with this product, but I still use it on
top of other lip products to add gloss and shine, and it works well for that
purpose as well as a hydrating balm.
So there you have it, a few of my long term
favourites and some fairly new to me products from the body shop, and a mini
review on each. As I write this, I’m realizing I have forgotten their scent
range which is probably my most favourite part of the shop, so I will quickly
say I love the moringa and jasmine scents. If there was anything here you would
like a more detailed review on, or an essential body shop product I should try,
please leave me a comment as I am very interested to know.
