Lovely Body Butter!

Advantages: Smells lovely, responsibly produced, works well
Disadvantages: A bit expensive at full price

...A few years ago a friend of mine bought me a gift set from The Body Shop for Christmas and amongst the items contained therein was a pot of body butter. I really wasn?t expecting to like it at all; from the term ?body butter? I expected it to be really greasy and oily. I was quite wrong and have been hooked ever since! The one I am currently using is the Satsuma Body Butter which normally retails at £12.20 for a pot containing 200ml although there is an offer on at the moment reducing the price by 20% so it is only £9.76. If you do like Body Shop products it is worth keeping your eyes open during the year as they often have special offers so it is worth stocking up when things are cheaper. If you are a regular customer it is also worth investing in their reward card. It costs £5 per year but you get a free gift worth £5 on your...

SusanLesley 31.10.2009 · Read review
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Body Shop Mango Body Butter

Advantages: Gorgeous smell, really soft
Disadvantages: Takes a while to soak in

...I bought the Mango Body Butter at a Body Shop party. I'd seen them in the body shop before but never bought one after thinking they seemed a bit overpriced?but we all got a bit carried away buying things, plus it was my friend hosting her first Body Shop party so I wanted her to feel like she'd done well! At the party a strawberry sample of the butter had been passed around. It was far too sweet for my liking, but I really liked the texture and decided to buy one in another flavour. I chose Mango as I usually go for fruity, refreshing body lotions. It was £10 for a 200ml tub. Packaging The body butter arrived about a week later. I really liked the packaging, it came in a big orange round pot, with a big picture of a mango on the top of the lid, with the body shop logo on the middle and 'Mango Body Butter' written in white...

yazoo88 24.07.2008 · Read review
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Butter me up with Body Shop

Advantages: Does what it promises to do.
Disadvantages: Scent may not suit everyone

...BODY SHOP Shea Body Butter I have been a fan of Body Shop products for many years now and was delighted when a branch opened in my home town. I had read about the softening effect of shea butter and was pleased to see a range in Body Shop so decided to try it. Body Shop products are untested on animals and the Shea butter range is part of their 'Community Trade' scheme, An association of around 400 women from 10 villages, Body Shop ensure they are paid a fair price for their shea beans. Since trading with The Body Shop the women have been able to dramatically change their lives with water pipes and wells, better housing, medical care, food, and self esteem. Importantly, they are also able to give their children the chance to go to school. Since 1995, The Body Shop has been buying cocoa beans from the Kuapa Kokoo company in...

brittle1906 04.04.2008 · Read review
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THe Sanctuary Body Butter

Advantages: Rich and creamy, quality product
Disadvantages: Smell not for everyone

...The Sanctuary Body Butter. The Sanctuary began as a Spa in Covent Garden over 30 years ago. Their philosophy is all about providing the time, space and expertise for women to renew that glow. I've never been to the Spa but friends have been and they do say that it is a wonderful experience and definitely a very upmarket product. The Sanctuary beauty products were produced in 1998. Customers had been wanting to take the spa experience home with them without needing a therapist or special equipment so they came up with the idea of selling their products. Apparently they are only sold exclusively at Boots and of course you can buy them in the spa's themselves. I've always liked the look of the products as I think they have quite an expensive, quality look about them. I have used the foaming bath soak for quite a while but this is...

Spottydog11 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Butter it up with Papaya body butter!

Advantages: Does as it is supposed to do leaving skin soft and supple.
Disadvantages: Expensive, difficulty absorbing into skin!

... The Body Shop: Papaya Body Butter What is Papaya Body Butter? Body Butter is pretty much what it says on the tub, this body butter especially looks like butter with its colour, and in the texture of the body butter, but it is moisturiser for all over body use! It is very thick and creamy and can be a little ?slimy? when you first put your fingers into it, and unlike normal moisturiser you have to dig your fingers into it to get it out rather than it been quite wet in the tub. This for me is one of the downsides of the body butter, although I like moisturiser to be thick and creamy and not wet and slimy, this is a little too thick, and when you put it on your skin, if you haven?t rubbed it into your hands before applying it to your skin, you can get dollops of it which won?t rub in properly. Body butter is designed...

stephbond89 16.11.2009 · Read review
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Body Shop's Papaya Body Butter is a pot of sunshine!

Advantages: Beautiful smell, excellent moisturisation
Disadvantages: A little pricey - but worth it

...I've tried a few different 'flavours' of Body Shop body butter now, and its a real toss up between this one and the passionfruit for my favourite. I believe they have now discontinued the passionfruit, which leaves me with this one. Decision made, and no more stading in the shop agonising over which one to have. Sorted! While I don't really suffer terribly from dry skin I do get the odd dry patches which I like to keep at bay with Body Shop body butters. I use the ones for normal skin, but my sister who has suffered from eczema all her life uses the Coconut for very dry skin, and it has been a godsend for her - literally the only thing that works. So while the products are great across the range my personal favourite is papaya as it suits my skin type. The smell of this cream is beautiful - it's like sunshine in a pot. The smell...

laukez88 16.11.2009 · Read review
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A delicious and fruity smelling body butter.

Advantages: The smell stays on your body, but isn't overpowering.
Disadvantages: None! It's great.

...I've known the Body Shop body butters range smell nice, everytime I've been in The Body Shop I always like to sniff them, however I've never bought one before because I don't often use a body lotion as the skin on my body isn't particularly dry or anything. I recently got a free gift when I spent over £25 in the Body Shop and inside the gift was a free 50ml tub of the Strawberry Body Butter, so I finally own one! This Body Butter comes in a lovely red screw top tub, and the top has a a label which shows a picture of stawberries, and it states it's meant for nomal skin. I know their other body butters can be aimed at other types of skin for example the Coconut Body Butter is aimed at dry skin. As soon as you open this tub up the smell of strawberries hits you. It reminds me of strawberry yoghurt or milkshake and is nice and sweet...

GemmaC25 29.03.2009 · Read review
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One sickly sweet body butter!

Advantages: oh so moisturising
Disadvantages: very very sweet

...I love body butters and believe that the Body Shop ones are the best. This in mind I thought I would try another of their range and plumped for Strawberry! I bought it for £12.50 from Amazon using my vouchers hurrah so at least if it turned out to be a disappointment I wouldn't have lost any real money! I bought the big 200g tub which is a dark red with strawberries on the top. The actual butter is a light pink colour. As soon as you open the lid you get a whiff of the strawberries and cream. This reminds me rather of those strawberries and cream lollies you can buy so pleasent but a little artifical perhaps. The consistency of the body butter is the same as the others being very thick and buttery. Indeed you can open the pot hold it upside down and none will drop out. I then normally get a largish dollop and put it on my legs...

f1re_cr4cker 20.09.2009 · Read review
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A Big Hit For The Body shop.

Advantages: A great mosturising product
Disadvantages: Can be pricey if bought at full price

...must help hundreds throughout the world. If I am honest I do sometimes think that The Body Shop products ( as lovely as they are ) are a bit on the expensive side and although I have my favourites I still have to ration myself. But if you are passing one of their stores then at the time of writing this review there are quite a lot of very good offers in-store. Some of the body butters have been reduced by up to 50% and that includes my favourite The Raspberry Body Butter. Usually around £12 a tub, which I think is a bit steep to just over £6 a tub, a much more acceptable price. These body butter tubs are really very attractive, the screw top tub has a raspberry covered label stuck to the top of the lid. I think that one of the key issues has to be storage, keep the body butter in a cooler place if you can then it seems to hold its...

Sarahjh1 05.07.2009 · Read review
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Shea Body Butter? No Ta!

Advantages: Very ethnical product, pretty nice smell!
Disadvantages: Over price and over hyped.

...I'd never really used Body Shops Body Butter before I got the Shea Body Butter free with a magazine. I'd heard a lot of rave reviews about it, saying how it was the best moisturiser and had done wonders for their skin. So when I saw a 50ml tub being offered free with a Magazine I thought 'why not?' and made my little way down to WHSmiths. Body Shop Body Shop has to be one of the most trusted brands in the Country, and rightly so as it's the second largest cosmetic brand in the world and one of the first cosmetic companys to say 'No!' to animal testing. Opened in 1976 The Body Shop has always promoted fair trade with third world countries, and has been using recycled bottles since day one. The Body Shop is a British brand that you can really be proud of. In 2006 The Body Shop were taken over by Loreal, I found this majorly...

Cinny91 29.10.2009 · Read review
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