my body shop experience.

 

I recently paid a visit to my local Body Shop as they were doing a special event evening. Members of the loyalty card got a discount on top of any current promotions in the store as well as a free gift. I am a huge fan of thier body butters and I am constantly stocking up when they have sales and promotions, but surprisingly enough, I didn't have a loyalty card.

 

As well as wanting to try out something from their new Honeymania collection, I was also on the hunt for some new skincare, so I took this opportunity to go into store and try my luck. 

I have to say, the girls in the store that day were AMAZING. I had three girls telling me about a whole range of different products; telling me about their experiences, explaining how they would benefit my skin and letting me test out the products. I didn't feel as though they were pushing me to buy products (which I hate!), but they were genuinely asking about that type of skin I had and what problems I had with my skin, then using this information to recommend products from different ranges within the store. 

I did end up signing up to the Love Your Body rewards card and getting a bunch of stuff so I thought I'd also do a little haul.

 

honeymania body butter - £13 £6.50 / tea tree night lotion - £9 / vitamin c microdermabrasion - £13 / tea tree facial wash - £5 free

And these were my free gifts:

 

chocomania body scrub - £12.50 free / vitamin e moisture mask - £12 free / vitamin c face spritz - £9 free

As this is my first time really using a lot of Body Shop skincare products, I'm very eager to try all of them and see what the results are.

Do you use Body Shop skincare? Would you recommend their products? How is your Body Shop experience?

the skincare junkie, jayj x.

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an empty review - steamcream.

A beauty post...finally! Apologies, it's been a while.

I know I am probably a bit late to jump on the Steamcream bandwagon, but since I bought it and started using it, I am in complete and utter love. I first heard about Steamcream…maybe a year ago now, and I was intrigued to try it as moisturisers are one of my favourite things to experiment with. You may have seen when I bought it as I featured it in a haul, and since then, I cracked it open and started using it as my daily morning moisturiser. 

First off, for the size of the tin, I think it lasts a pretty long time. The secret is; a little goes a long way. It doesn’t have the thickest consistency and therefore you do not need a lot to cover the whole of your face and your neck. Also because of the consistency, it does not feel like you have a lot of product on your face, so when it comes to applying makeup it doesn’t really feel like an additional ‘layer’. 

I’m not entirely sure of the science of how it is made and everything but I will include information from their website, and you can also do more research for yourself.

"It’s STEAMCREAM’s unique STEAM process that makes our cream much more effective on the skin. The force of the STEAM fuses the ingredients instantly - holding them together in a very gentle and loose emulsion. When it touches your skin, the naturally moisturising ingredients and pure, calming essential oils are released..."

...and so on and so forth.

I only ever use it in the morning as I have a different moisturiser for the night time, but it most definitely serves its purpose as a daytime moisturiser.


Have you ever tried Steamcream? What are your thoughts on it?


I have steam on my face! jayj x.    

the body shop - body butters.

There is no other way to describe my feelings towards moisturisers than to say I absolutely LOVE them. I’m one of those people who simply buy moisturisers because they smell nice, or maybe I’ve heard some good things about a particular brand so I will go out and get it. Another reason I buy so many different types is when stores have them on promotion, so I have no choice but to get them.

Recently I’ve mostly been buying facial moisturisers, but that never stops me from getting body lotions…which brings me to the topic of this post. 

One of my all-time favourite brands of body lotions are from The Body Shop, and their body butters are what I always go for. I don’t go through them all that quickly, but every time they are doing an offer or I just smell one that I love I can never walk past the store and not buy one.

 my current collection.

There are many reasons why I always go back to Body Shop for their body butters. There is such a vast range of scents to choose from, so you will always find something that you like, whether it is sweet or fruity. I also love how moisturising they are. I am a big fan of thick moisturisers as I find them to be the most moisturising (I’ve said that word a lot haven’t I? lol.), but body butters are not too thick as is doesn’t take ages to rub them in…I find it very annoying when body lotions are like that. I like how you can get them in a few different sizes too. I either get the big ones (200ml) to have at home, or the smaller ones (50ml) to keep in my handbag.  

I do find them a tad expensive with the RRP of a big tub being £13.00, but as they are often doing half price promotions on them, or sometimes Buy 1 Get 1 Free, then I always take full advantage and stock up on my collection.

passion fruit / lychee blossom / strawberry (200ml)

strawberry / sweet lemon (50ml)

Are you a fan of the body butters? What is your favourite scent?

jayj x.