11 Jul GIVEAWAY, Review, Photos: The Body Shop Lily Cole Makeup Collection – Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Available In Pulse Boutiques
When I was a young teenybopper, hanging around the Paramus Park Mall, I shopped at The Body Shop. It was the first place I learned about skin and body care and of course my first obsession: makeup! As a 14-year-old, I can’t say that most department stores were teenager-friendly. The testers at The Body Shop though were all out in the open, and it was encouraged to try all the different products; I really learned a lot. The makeup range back then was spear-headed by Barbara Daly. Why am I mentioning this name you ask? Well, she did Princess Diana‘s makeup for her wedding. So, anything that was related to Lady Di, I needed to get my hands on.
Flash forward ten, fifteen, twenty years and new stores have opened up, come and gone. I had stopped going to The Body Shop. I suppose I had moved on to the next best thing. Newer stores seemed more open, and modern. I had abandoned my first love and had moved on to others. I always felt sad when I would walk past The Body Shop — kind of like dissing an old friend. But, I felt she just didn’t have anything new or interesting to offer me any longer.
Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go to an event to reintroduce the public to The Body Shop. I was intrigued and decided to go. As I walked into the new boutique room, I was struck at how clean, modern and elegant all the packaging and testing areas looked. It was bright, sunny and fresh! The whole concept is based on the “Pulse” — the “Pulse” being the heartbeat of the community, therefore Pulse Body Shop boutiques. The first thing that caught my eye was a bulletin board promoting an animal cruelty campaign with the organization Cruelty-Free International. I was horrified to read that 80% of countries worldwide still allow animal testing. As a staunch animal lover, this made me sick. One of the new additions that The Body Shop will have will be a community bulletin board to promote such causes like stopping animal testing, as well as local events and causes in the community. So, each store really gives back to the community that they are in. They also have a sign up sheet so everyone can pledge their commitment to do away with animal testing for good.
As for the new store concept as a whole, I was so in love with it! The main table with all of the fragrances and body lotions looks like a cooking table, hence the name Anita’s Table. The concept is based on how the company got its start: in the kitchen of founder Anita Roddick. When you walk into the store there is a welcome wagon, showcasing all new fresh goodies — their body lotions and my favorite, the body oils. These particular oils can be used on the skin, hair and body. So nourishing and they make your hair look and smell yummy!
As a makeup artist and animal lover, their new makeup range is 100% cruelty-free. The new makeup range has just launched this month and was co-designed in part by British supermodel Lily Cole. The entire range is adorable. Don’t let the cute packaging and ladybugs fool you. This is a hard-working, multitasking line. From the Lip and Cheek Domes (15.00) to the Shimmer Cubes ($22.00), this line might be cheeky looking but it’s all business. My favorite picks from the line are the Lip and Cheek Domes in Pinch Me Pink and Crazy For Coral. They look bright in the dome, but, unlike other cream products, they are sheer and give you that dewy flushed look we all desire. I also loved the Puff On Radiance powder ($22.00).
Celebrity makeup artist Chase Aston and model create a Body Shop look
Again, packaged in a dome, this product when applied with the powder puff gives you just enough pearly radiance. No disco ball shimmer here, just a soft candlelit glow. This cosmetic range does not contain any bug shells — gross, right? — that were used to extract color for the products. Also, no fish scales were used to impart any shimmer — just mineral mica and binding agents made from natural vegetable materials, instead of fish scales. And lastly, NO ANIMAL HAIR was used to make any of the makeup brushes. All artificial hair was used, so no goats or ponies had to be shaved for the brushes.
Last but not least, I was most impressed with how The Body Shop put their money where their mouth is. Often you find out about different charity organizations that raise so much money, yet that money intended for certain recipients never quite makes it to where it is supposed to go. The Body Shop is passionate about using natural resources, giving back to the community and helping others in need. Launched in 1987, the Community Fair Trade policy was born. Through this partnership, The Body Shop is able to access nature’s finest ingredients which are grown and harvested by local farmers. For example, The marula oil, which I had mentioned earlier, is an oil that is harvested by local women in Namibia. Harvesting and partnering with The Body Shop enables these women and countless others to build a better life for themselves and their communities.
Run don’t walk to your local Body Shop, so much to do and see. It’s a place where you can go meet with friends, meet new people, learn new things all while pampering your body in the process. The new Pulse Body Shop boutiques. Definitely NOT The Body Shop of our youth… It’s even better. Find out more information on products and where to find a store near you at www.thebodyshop-usa.com.
So… Are you going to take the anti-cruelty pledge and buy The Body Shop products?
********GIVEAWAY: BeautyStat.com is giving away five products from the New Lily Cole Cruelty-Free Body Shop Makeup line to five lucky readers.
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M'ris
Posted at 04:14h, 22 JuneOh, TBS. You were also my first love. I remember walking through my town’s open air mall when I was in 7th grade, and being able to smell The Body Shop from, like, a block away. They had a coconut oil solid back then, for shiny hair, that smelled AMAZING. My then best friend had long, loooong, thing blond hair, and when she used it, it just lit up the entire room. So I bought a tin, hoping for the same thing. Nope. On my medium length thick brunette hair, it all just sort of gobbed up and made me look like I hadn’t showered. Which, to be fair, it was 7th grade. I probably hadn’t.
On the other hand, they also made a raspberry bubble bath back then that I hoarded like crazy, and they did an avocado body butter some years ago that was my introduction to my beauty product true love, avocado oil. (They discontinued it almost immediately, but it’s ok – I literally by the stuff by the jug these days.)
I haven’t stopped in there in forever (I also haven’t been to a mall in forever. Coincidence? I think so.), but it sounds like they’re still doing awesome things!
Aisha O.
Posted at 06:00h, 23 Juneoh myyyyyyy…my first memory of Body Shop was when i fell in LOOOOVE with their ANANYA line…sadly they have discontinued it…i wish they would bring it back…that scent made me fall in love with TBS!! 🙂
Amber
Posted at 10:33h, 23 JuneI love the body butters! My favorite is the Sumatra Orange. It smells edible and lasts forever! 🙂
Jamie Larimore
Posted at 20:17h, 23 JuneMy favorite Body Shop memory was a few months ago Bath and Body Works had this promotion of where you buy $10 worth of products and you get the body lotion for free. I wanted to go but I didn’t have time to. My favorite Body Shop products are the lipglosses and lipsticks because you
can put on lipstick first, then the lipgloss to have full pouty lips.
Tavy
Posted at 03:12h, 26 JuneI LOOOOVVVVEEE their Rainforest Radiance Hair detangling spray! I had one bottle cause I bought it at New York. It works really well, for my hair.