Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: The Body Shop Camomile & Rose de Mai Cleansing Butter
We’d like to make a public service announcement: The Body Shop is NOT, repeat NOT closing. Our friend Anita Roddick’s legacy is safe, because – despite what you may read in the press –her ‘baby’ is still very much alive. And we’re fed up with having to put people straight on this! (Including quite a few beauty editor colleagues.)
Yes, The Body Shop is ‘in administration’ – but (in common with many other ventures which go through this process), what that means is that the powers that be are figuring out what shape the business may take, in future. Quite a few of the less profitable shops have closed, sure. But product development proceeds apace (because nobody can afford to have their finger on the ‘pause’ button, in beauty); launches are happening, online is still buzzing – and there are still many, many shops up and down the country where it’s ‘business as usual,’ actually.
Trouble is, that’s not a story the press wants to hear. Or the moaning minnies out there who prattle on about how shoppers don’t really care about brands with values, when there’s a cost of living crisis going on. (Take a potshot at the £300 creams out there, yes – but don’t knock the The Body Shop, which taught us that you can do good through doing business – and is still a beacon of hope in beauty, so far as we’re concerned.
OK, so… Rant over, now. And let’s get on to the real business of the day, because this cleansing balm is already one of our all-time favourite budget cleansers.
No, make that favourite cleansers at ANY price, actually. Jo’s most of the way through her second tin of the chamomile-scented original, loving its lightweight portability – ideal for travel – as well as the way it simply melts away make-up, leaving skin truly velvety.
But this blush-tinted, limited edition, grab-it-while-you-can version is even lovelier – thanks to the ‘Rose de Mai’ scent, which is roses, roses all the way. (And oh, we do know how Beauty Bible readers adore rose-scented products.) Rose de mai is a very special type of rose, actually, named for the fact it blooms only over a fortnight in May, and must be picked at dawn to preserve the scent.
In keeping with The Body Shop’s ethos, the roses for this Vegan Society-certified cleansing balm are sourced via a very worthwhile social project. As the brand puts it, ‘Our supplier has a long-standing partnership with the ESAT initiative, to encourage disability in the workplace. Together they help disabled workers to go beyond their handicap and gain new skills, including rose cultivation.’
In other words, everything’s coming up roses, at Body Shop. And we reckon that’s symbolic of the brand’s future.*
No matter what the rumour mill might have you believe.
£12 for 90ml – buy here
* Not an ad. Nobody asked us or paid us to write this. We’ve never taken advertising or had sponsored posts on Beauty Bible, and we’re proud to be independent – and to be able to speak our minds.
