RATING (out of 5 stars):
3.5 stars
COST: $18 for 6.9 ounces (or
check out the mini – $6 for 1.7 ounces)
THE SKINNY: As soon as winter
hits, I go on the hunt for the best, thickest, creamiest lotions out
there. The Body Shop Shea Body Butter fits the bill pretty well.
The shea butter formula is super thick
and creamy and went on amazingly smooth. The label says this product
is for “very dry skin,” but the describes most everyone in
late-December, right?
Two big glops of the lotion was enough to coat me from head to toe and my skin felt soothed for hours.
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| The Body Shop Shea Body Butter has a super-thick and creamy formula. |
The smell is where I am a little torn
(hence the 3.5 stars). I liked the initial scent – the shea has a
very comforting aroma. But I kept catching whiffs of something I just
did not like – almost a doctor's-office-kind-of-sterile aroma.
Maybe this lotion just did not respond well to my body chemistry.
It is also a product you can feel good
about. The Body Shop uses community fair trade ingredients to make
this product. (The shea and cocoa butters are from Ghana, babassu oil
from Brazil and beeswax from Cameroon). I have heard of fair trade
coffee but never a beauty product!
KEEP OR TOSS: This body butter
is a little pricey for something with a scent I don't particularly
like but I will be on the lookout for samples of this product in
other varieties.
CHECK IT OUT: Find out more
about Shea Body Butter and buy direct from The Body Shop (which
offers free shipping for purchases over $50).
– Tested by Carrie
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