---Why I Buy These---
Last year I can across many good offers with Body Shop online and stocked up on items for my gift drawer. These little bags of soaps were so cute I bought loads to give with presents as a little extra, and still have some left for myself.
---The Product---
These small fruit soaps come in a cellophane packet. The back of the packet is green but the front is clear to allow you to see the fruit soaps inside.
The packet is sealed by the top being folded over and a round Body Shop sticker in place to hold it closed.
The pack contains five fruit soaps of 25 grams each.
The bag is made in France while the soaps are made in the UK.
The small back label states they have a 12 month shelf life and the label can be peeled back to reveal the full list of ingredients.
The soaps are:
Tangerine - 1.5 inches with rough 'peel' and orange colour.
Banana - 3 inches long and a bright yellow colour.
Lemon - 2 inches long and with a rough 'peel'.
Strawberry - 2 inches long and with dimples to represent seeds, a dark red colour.
Apple - 1.5 inches, smooth 'peel' and a sage green colour.
---Cost---
£3.50. This is full price but I always try and buy my Body Shop stuff when on offer on their website.
---My Opinion---
The only difference to what is currently on offer on the Body Shop website and the items I have bought and which is shown above is that the back of the packets are now red while mine are green.
I think these are so cute and smell lovely. They are perfect minatures of the the fruits represented and made ideal little gifts. The smell coming from the packet is divine, but I must admt that once opened it is mostly the tangerine soap that has the storngest smell, while the others do not have such a strong smell at all. However I think the fact of their cuteness outweighs the fact that the strawberry and apple do not smell very much. The lemon and banana do have faint smells, but it is hard to distingush as after they have been in the bag with the tangerine one the smel sort of rubs off on all of them. For the money I think they are very good and are nice to just have out on display or even use in drawers to fragrance underwear or hankerchiefs.
These are novelty soaps and are therefore made more for their appearance rather than being a long lasting bar of soap, but everyone I have given them to has been pleased with them.
Body Shop also make a similar product which is a bag of five animals for the same price but I have not tried these at all. I find the little fruits are great for adding in with Birthday or Christmas gifts and suit any age - and if people don't want to keep them as novelties they can always just use them!
These soaps are also great for kids party bags or if travelling as they are nice and small for your luggage.
The soaps are made from glycerine and oils and are of the same quality as the larger size Body Shop bars on sale.
I am sure children would love to keep these as novelties, I know years ago one of my sons had some little squirrel soaps from Avon that we had to keep until they just disintigrated!
---Star Rating---
5 Stars.
---Would I Recommend?---
Yes definitely.
---Website---
www.thebodyshop.co.uk
Great fruit soaps as a cute little gift.
