I am something of an addict to my regular lip balm, but occasionally people give me other balms as presents, and as such I feel obliged to use them. Such was the case with The Body Shop Rich Plum Shimmer Lip Balm. I have a feeling that this was one of The Body Shop's line of Christmas Products, so it may not be available all year round. Getting straight down to it, I would describe the texture of the balm as very greasy, not creamy or waxy as some other lip products. The balm is a very rich, deep purple colour, and the slightly lighter shade of purple shimmer is visible in the pot. The standard container of this balm contains 10mL of the product. The product ...  Read the complete review

A BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY One of my only life essentials is lip balm, especially in the winter. My mouth gets dry and cracked and disgusting without it, and I have various different brands including vaseline carmex and nivea balms, but so far my favourite is probably this, the body shop's born lippy lip balm. This is the body shop's slightly cheaper lip balm against the much posher lip butter, but for everyday use I would say this is far better. The body shop promise cruelty free natural products, not tested on animals and using natural fair trade ingredients. This would be all well and good if they hadn't slightly ruined their good image lately by selling ...  Read the complete review

About a month ago I developed a bad patch of dry skin on my lower lip, right on the edge. It was getting rather sore which wasn't that nice, so I started to put on Vaseline, which was my usual lip saver. I was putting a thick layer on before going to bed each night and although it was making my lips feel much softer and smoother this stubborn patch wasn't improving at all. So I decided the only real way to deal with it was to use something through the day as well as at night to try and get rid of it. The reason I was using the Vaseline at night only was because I don't like it, the smell and feel of it I find repulsive but I put up with it at night to try and ...  Read the complete review

Anyone of a certain age (i.e. 30-40) will probably remember a great deal of fuss about these little lip balms in the early 90's. If you didn't have a least one of these little pots - 'hello? Are you living in the 80's?' Back then, they were little glass pots, and black lids rather than clear/white. They originally came in cherry, strawberry, and, god rest it's soul - Kiwi. Bring back the Kiwi lip balm, Body Shop!!!! These little pots started off my 20-year obession with all things Body Shop. Anyhoo, I'm not 13 anymore, I'm 33, and 20 years later I am STILL using Body Shop lip balms. In fact I've not been without one of these cute little pots since the ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge fan of my lip balms, and I like to experiment with a wide range of them. However, one of my all time favourites has to be The Body Shop's range of lip balms. I have been using them since I was a young teenager as I remember it being one of my first ever items of make up which I owned, and shockingly still today I love it just as much as I did back then. At the moment they are retailing at £2.00 which is an extremely good price for The Body Shop, and also an extremely good price for the quality of which these products are. I remember however, that when I started purchasing them many years ago, they retailed at quite a lot of a higher price than ...  Read the complete review