Over the next few weeks, I am going to share quite a few products from the Christmas range that The Body Shop has to offer, some of the products have been gifted and others I have purchased, but together it is quite the gift guide. Today I am starting with the Love & Plums Collection which just smells incredible.
Described as being 'Juicy and Festive', the Love & Plums collection is Vegan as you might expect and it features products such as a lip balm, hand cream, Body scrub, Body yogurt, Shimmer Mist, Shower Gel and a body butter. From that selection, I have three to share with you - a hand cream, body scrub and body yogurt.
The first product is the Love & Plums Hand Cream which is said to offer 48 hours hydration. Packaged inside the soft metallic tube, it is the perfect size for adding to your handbag.
This light gel cream, which isn't too thick but has a quite a luxurious formula to it without being sticky, icky or tacky. Enriched with plum extract from Turkey and then with further notes of plum sorbet, peony and comforting musk, you have a scent which is fruity-floral without being over-powering and on the skin it lingers after application and smells just absolutely delightful. This Hand Cream is available for purchase on its own for just £5.50 too.
The next product is the Love & Plums Sugar Body Scrub and I absolutely love the colour of this, bright purple and again, it has the most delicious of fragrances that you just cannot help but love.
This scrub, which has a lovely thick rich texture has a much stronger scent than the hand cream and because it is a scrub, the texture is one which is lovely and gloppy because of the sugar crystals which are used to exfoliate the skin.
This isn't an overly abrasive scrub, but, if you apply a little bit of pressure, you can certainly feel the grains working on the skin, though it doesn't scratch or mark the skin in any way. Again, this Love & Plum Body Scrub is available on its own for just £16.
The third product from this trio of delights is the Love & Plum Body Yogurt and it is the perfect product to use after using the Body Scrub above. Again, it is enriched with plum extract from Turkey and notes of plum sorbet, peony and comforting musk to give that fruity-floral scent which is present in each on of these products.
As this is a yogurt rather than a cream, it has a really lightweight texture, so it isn't too heavy and it absorbs as soon as it comes into contact with the skin and in doing so, not only is that delightful fruity floral scent lingering on the skin, I am left with really soft and smooth skin to the touch. As with the hand cream and the body scrub, this yogurt is also available for sale on its own and is priced at £11.
The Love & Plums collection is an absolutely lovely scent and is the first of three seasonal fragrance collections that I will be sharing on my blog.