A little bit about The Body Shop and what they stand for.



The Body Shop ,(Founded by Anita Roddick) a name that has become so very well known over the years.
The first ever Body Shop to open its doors to the public was opened in Brighton UK in 1976.
By 1982 new Body Shops were opening at the rate of two a month.
1985 saw the Body Shop enter its first year as a public company.
Deeply involved with the environment The Body shop company created an Environmental Projects Department of its own,the first major campaign that it ever ran was "Save the Whales"in 1985 working in conjunction with Greenpeace.
In 1999 The Body Shop Foundation was established,a charity that helps fund Human Rights and Environmental Protection groups.
"The Big issue" paper for homeless people (Launched in 1991) was at first a Body Shop project.
The Body Shop have run endless successful campaigns..Against animal testing..The first International cosmetics company to sign up to the Humane cosmetics standard supported by international animal protection groups.
In 1998 The Body Shop launched a joint Worldwide campaign with Amnesty International to highlight the plight of worldwide Human rights defenders.
In 2002 a global campaign between Greenpeace and The Body Shop promoted renewable energy.
But a campaign that must have meant so much to so many was run in the year 2003.."Stop Violence in the home"..to offer help and support to the victims of domestic abuse.

In 2003 Anita Roddick ,The Body Shop founder was made a Dame of the British Empire.

Sadly in the September of 2007 aged 64 Anita Roddick the inspirational and tireless crusader died after having a brain hemorrhage.

The Body Shop Cosmetics.

The Body Shop offers more than 700 different natural beauty products to it`s customers.
The products are sent all over the World.
The Body Shop has a website of it`s own too.
If you are feeling in a party mood, then maybe you ought to consider holding your very own "Body Shop " party at your home.


Wearing Lip Liner.

Many say it is outdated,but I am a lip liner fan.
Lip liner makes the most of lips,as long as I am careful applying the liner then it will blend in perfectly and will hardly be noticeable. Very flattering as it can unobtrusively make your lips look plumper.


The Body Shop Lip liner

A pretty pink pencil with a silver cap,that comes in six different shades:
Beech
Clover pink
Mauve Berry
Mahogany
Pink brown
Nude

Retails at around £6 for a 0.04 fl.oz pencil


Lip Pencil ingredients.

Marula oil (harvested from the Marula fruit in Africa) helps moisturize the lips.

Vitamin E an Antioxidant helps condition ,soften and protect the lips.

Good points about the Body Shop Lip liner.

The pencil liner is preservative and fragrance free.
The pencil is made from Forest stewardship council beechwood---a form of beechwood that remains untreated and completely natural.


Applying the Lip Liner

I have to hold my hands up here,I am a dab hand at applying Lip Liner,so the process was easy for me.
Seeing as my normal choice of lipstick color would be a deeper pink ,I chose the Clover pink shade of Lip liner.
It was easy to apply,and looked as natural as any lip liner can possibly look!
I really like to just `smudge`the liner a little further back into my lips.I realise it may not be as beauticians would have it ,but it does help create an extremely natural finished effect.
So The Body shop liner applied and dutifully smudged inwards a bit,I went on to apply my Lipstick.


8 Hours later.....

All was well!!! the Lip liner had passed the test,no disastrous feathering or bleeding,just luscious kissable lips (I`m joking now !) .
The only small criticism that I might have had was that there was no `taste`.
Just that so many lip liners have a certain `taste` to them,but this one remained tasteless.

Would I buy it again?


Most certainly!
A Lip liner isn't a friend for life,the average pencil doesn't last too long if you use it everyday.
So my next Lip liner may well be another little jewel from the Body shop!