I recently arrived home one evening to find this parcel from The Body Shop waiting for me. An unexpected arrival, I wondered what on earth it could be, but didn’t get round to opening it until a couple of days later. When I did open it up, what I found inside was a preview of their upcoming new products – plus a cheeky Willy Wonka style note!
(Excuse the initial photo quality. I took a few of the pics with my phone as I was minus a working camera last week!)
However, I was met with a scent which was more reminiscent of the existing Shea Butter Body Butter than a box of Dairy Milk! This suits me just fine, as I don’t like heavily scented cocoa-infused scents at all. Chocomania melts into the skin and leaving it feeling well moisturised and smells lovely. I really, really like this, although I’m more likely to use this in the evening after a bath or shower as I wouldn’t want the scent to affect my choice of perfume.
It’s not suffocating and leaves me smelling teasingly edible if I say so myself! The 48hr hydration claim tickled me slightly as I can’t imagine a scenario where I’d be going 48 hours without a shower for me to put it to the test in the first place. I’m a daily body moisturiser!
Next up, the lip balms. The Body Shop are releasing a new range called Born Lippy which consists of lip balm pots and sticks in 12 flavours:
The sticks come in the following flavours and are priced £3.50 each:
Pomegranate
Pink Berry
Plum
Lychee
Toffee
Strawberry
and the pots will cost £2.00 each be available in:
Satsuma
Watermelon
Pink Guava
Raspberry
Passion Berry
I tried the lip balm stick in Pomegranate. It smells nice, tastes nice, was fairly moisturising but the packaging really took me back to my school days and it looked even cheaper when I took the cap off and swivelled it up out of the tube. It has the slightest tint of colour to it, but don’t expect them to transfer to the lips very well. It took at least six swatches to get the colour to show up on my hand.
The pots are cute (if you’re nine years old, I suppose), but again I find the packaging childish and unimaginative. The packaging is reflected in the price, which is easy on the pocket. They taste lovely though, very fruity! I was sent Passion Berry and Satsuma. They’re apply sheer but are super glossy on the lips. I noticed Satsuma has very fine shimmer in it and both are quite sticky – so you’ll need to a tissue to hand after application, unless you’re really gonna try and wipe your fingers on your clothes on the sly!!
The born lippy lipbalms are so sticky, I have them too. The packaging is very childish and some of the scents are sickly sweet. Don't think I'll repurchase again and lucky you. I love Starbucks, who doesn't? 🙂
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I ordered my Chocomania body butter while it was online for the 48 hour period this week! I can't wait to get it! 😀
lmao i was so excited reading this!! I saw chocomania on the site a couple days ago and like you, I was a bit hesitant because I cannot STAND the aroma of chocolate cosmetics, but I may take a trip down to the store and try on a bit.
Great post!
I am a bit fussy as well with chocolate stuff. It is smells of cheap cold chocolate drinks: aaaaaaaaa I can't cope but this looks nice. Oh I wish they had done a tiny little tub (travel size) of 50ml and I would have indulged. Got too many body moisturisers as it is.
liloo/@tsunimee xx
I like the Body Shop, but I really don't like anything that smells like food. Chocolate? No thanks!
My husband bought me the Chocomania Shower, Moisture & Scrub Luxury Gift set a couple of days ago and I haven't got the chance to try it. I think it's time to indulge in a chocolate bath tonight. 🙂
cool post! I love the born lippy sticks! but I really wished they showed up more. How did you get a free package? and why?!! you are one lucky gal.