The Body Shop New Products

The Body Shop New Products

New launches for today from TBS include this Fresh Nude Tinted Beauty Balm with SPF30. I don’t know about you, but the more veil-like the coverage of make up SPF the less I feel it’s doing its job properly. I’ve mentioned many times that I use the bareMinerals Complexion Rescue almost every day for just going about my daily life so I’m not completely bare-faced in the park with the dog and for the time that I’m out, which is about an hour, it’s fine. But, I’m not under the illusion that it’s giving me the longevity of a sunscreen. In terms of modern SPF formulations, you couldn’t say that TBS Fresh Nude is weightless – it isn’t, but it’s that very thing that makes me feel it’s going to give longer protection last.

The Body Shop New Products

Actually, it made my skin feel very soft because it’s nicely hydrating although Medium Fair isn’t quite the right shade for me. At £14, you’re getting a good level of SPF in a hydrating formula with a decent tint level that makes you feel you’re not quite bare-faced. As it’s sweat resistant, it’s a good running or outdoor sport mate. It’s HERE.

The Body Shop New Products

I know exactly what’s going to happen to this in the next few hours – my son, Max, is going to spot it and nick it. The Himalayan Charcoal Purifying Clay Wash is ideal for boy skin or for anyone who needs oil busting. It’s got a dash of tea-tree if you like that nearly-medical scent in a wash while feeling gentle on the complexion and properly cleansing. At £9.50, it’s a great value cleanser if you’re prone to oil, and it’s HERE.

The Body Shop New Products

I love citrus scents, so the new Pink Grapefruit Body Yoghurt is right up my street. Formulated in a gel consistency, you don’t get any residue or stickiness with this; if anything, it’s gone too soon, but the zingy grapefruit fragrance stays long after you’ve applied the yoghurt. One of my bugbears is citrus body products that have a kind of ‘dirty’ back smell – they start off beautifully and gradually begin to give off a chemical smell that’s not very pleasant. None of that with this – all I can smell is grapefruit. The only thing I don’t like is that because of its texture, it’s quite cold feeling when you apply; not what I want in winter but bring it on for spring. It’s £8.50 HERE.

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7 responses to “The Body Shop New Products”

  1. Hannah

    Does the clay wash have a texture? Husband currently uses their 3in1 Tea Tree wash/scrub/mask and I worry it’s too gritty.

    1. Jane

      it’s completely smooth 🙂

      1. Hannah

        Cheers!

  2. That Pink Grapefruit body yoghurt would go nicely with the matching body mist I already have in that scent – love it!

  3. The Charcoal wash sounds right up my street so I might order one tomorrow as a payday treat Jane.

  4. Cal

    I’ll never get my head around this SPF business! (To get this of out of the way….I avoid them like the plague, and search out foundations etc with little or none. Tedious to explain why!)
    But….given that an independent SPF layer comes somewhere in the layers (top?) of pretty much everyone’s morning routine now, what’s the point of a •30 tinted balm on top of that? It’s not as though the SP factors are cumulative.
    Or do you dispense with the other product instead (which seems sensible)? (Reminds me…..one could generally rely on Chanel not to be too SPF heavy, but their recent, divine looking CC balm/thingy is really high! Aaargh. )

    I was a Body Shop fan right at the ’70s start, but drifted…..never tried their cosmetics.
    Thanks for this update: I’ll nip in tomorrow and have a damn good browse around. 🙂

    1. Jane

      There’s a difference between daily SPF for incidental sun exposure and sun cream for sun bathing in that the first is not equipped for or built for heavy sun exposure. You’d use a ‘proper’ sunscreen for beach/long walks/sunbathing and not a make-up/spf hybrid, but for daily incidental exposure.. walking to the bus or train, nipping out to the shops etc you can easily use an spf tint that will cover you perfectly well for that. When I walk my dog, it’s usually about 8am so the sun isn’t strong so I just use my bareminerals complexion rescue for that and I’m not neurotic about avoiding the sun … pigmentation isn’t something that bothers me particularly. So, no, you don’t need both and if you are only exposed to incidental sun, a decent foundation gives you a certain level of protection whether it’s got spf in it or not. I like the SPF mists (bioderma does one) that means should you suddenly get worried that you’ll be exposed too long and you’ve got a face full of make up, you can just mist over and that will give you very short term protection. Hope that helps!

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