The Body Shop: Satsuma Body Sorbet

The Body Shop had launched a body sorbet (moisturizer) in Singapore quite a while now and there is a total of 5 different fragrances: strawberry, Mango, Moringa, Pink Grapefruit and Satsuma. I got their satsuma and I love it.

The Body Shop: Satsuma Body Sorbet (SGD $19.90) is a cool body moisturiser, infused with zingy satsuma scent! The breakthrough sorbet texture instantly melts into skin for a frosty burst of fresh moisture.

Light and fast-absorbing

Leaves body instantly moisturised

Up to 24 hours of hydration

It works great especially in Singapore, because of the extremely hot and humid weather here I found that it moisturized well and not make my skin feel oily. It does absorbed into my skin almost instantly (The texture of the moisturizer is gel-like) and feel nice and cool. 

Its a great day time moisturizer,  for those of you living in countries with four seasons it will be great and suitable especially in the summer, for people living in a hot and humid weather is really a blessing to have a cooling moisturizer.

Have you heard about these sorbets yet? Have you tried them yet? What are your thoughts?

Check out my other The Body Shop Reviews!

Link to: The Body Shop: Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter

Link to:The Body Shop: Colour Glide Lip Colour (#14 Pink Ginger)

Link to: The Body Shop: Tea Tree Cool & Creamy Wash

Link to: The Body Shop: Olive Textured Body Scrubs
Link to: The Body Shop: Almond Body Butter & Macadamia Body Butter Duo

Link to: The Body Shop: Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder 

The Body Shop: Colour Glide Lip Colour (#14 Pink Ginger)

This is an impulse buy, I definitely do not need anymore lipsticks with my ever growing collection of lipsticks! I got this in a sale and this was mark down quite a bit plus I've never tried any lipsticks from The Body Shop before and that is why I got it.

A moisturizing lip colour that provides lasting shade and glides on effortlessly, while taking care of your lips with naturally-derived moisturising ingredients. They have 19 lip-tastic shades

The Body Shop: Colour Glide Lip Colour (#14 Pink Ginger) (SGD $22.90 Original price) is slightly mauvey plummy colour with a a bit of purple undertone on my lips. It felt smooth and glides on easily giving me a wash of colour that has a medium coverage with glossy finish. They're not drying but do not last that well on me for 2 hours maximum. I'm not bother by the lasting power because this is such an easy lipstick to put on day to day similar to the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter.

I did enjoy this lippie quite a bit but if it wasn't on sale I don't think I'll get them because I would rather get the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter because they are cheaper. I do think it is a good product still.

Tried them yet? Love it or Hate it?

Hugs & Kisses XOXO

Check out my other The Body Shop Reviews!

Link to: The Body Shop: Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter

Link to: The Body Shop: Tea Tree Cool & Creamy Wash

Link to: The Body Shop: Olive Textured Body Scrubs
Link to: The Body Shop: Almond Body Butter & Macadamia Body Butter Duo

Link to: The Body Shop: Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder 

The Body Shop: Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder

Hi gals, I was busy collecting my passport yesterday that I didn't have the time to post so today I will be talking about The Body Shop: Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder. In Asia or I should say Singapore most women don't bother to contour or use any bronzing powder for the day to day basis, I'm one of the rare one I suppose that do contour whenever I do my makeup. So finding finding a drugstore bronzer is like searching in a hay stack for a needle here until The Body Shop launched their Honey Bronze Line here.

I went in several times to The Body Shop just to look at their honey bronze bronzing powder but was put off at their price until I got an offer for their members a SGD $10 voucher and yes I'm a member of The Body Shop clearly if you have been reading I have done quite a few reviews on their products which I will link below if you are interested in checking them out.

The Body Shop: Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder (#01 Light Matte) (SGD $32.90) is just slightly orange looking on my skin swatched below but it looks perfectly fine when its used on my face. It comes in 4 shades, the #01 light matte and #02 fair matte are fantastic for fair people and all 4 shades are suitable for both contouring and bronzing.

I love the the packaging which is kind of old school compact. The plastic is translucent so that under the light you can see a honeycomb pattern peeking through. The bronzer itself is enrich with honey and embossed with a honeycomb pattern similar to the packaging that ties back to the honey theme. The texture is smooth and soft and is not loosely packed or excessively powdery.

I love this bronzer next to my Chocolate Soleil bronzer from Too Faced but I don't find that they are dupes if comparing them together. The Pros so far is that they're

• Completely Matte
• Buildable
• Not Muddy or Orangey when is pile on
• Compact for on the go

and even a very faint honey scent. No cons from my point of view just only that it retails quite expensive in Singapore.

Link to: The Body Shop: Almond Body Butter

Link to: The Body Shop: Olive Textured Body Scrub

Link to: The Body Shop: Tea Tree Cool & Creamy Wash

Link to: The Body Shop: Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter 

The Body Shop: Almond Body Butter & Macadamia Body Butter Duo

Have I mention that I'm a big fan of The Body Shop: Coconut Body Butter before?! I decide to get more of their different scents while they are having a sale for just SGD $10 each. What a steal compared to the original price of SGD $30.90.

My personal favourite will be their coconut scented one which is a limited edition here in Singapore *Sob* *Sniff*! Since I can get that any more I thought I would get both Almond and Macadamia to try out.

The Body Shop: Almond Body Butter (SGD $30.90) is for Normal/Dry skin types. It's very rich with a soft and creamy texture. I find that those with softer and creamier texture tend to takes a longer time to soak into the skin  a bit greasy for me, probably it is targeted for those with drier skin types. I usually will only just use this at night before bed. It has a light nutty Almond scent which is not at all overpowering. 

The Body Shop: Macadamia Body Butter Duo (SGD $32.90) is for Normal skin Areas/Zones and Dry skin Areas/Zones, it provides 2 levels of moisturisation in just 1 convenient tub. The white side is very rich with a softer and creamier texture is for drier skin/zones, while the darker colour side is for normal skin/zones is a bit harder and thicker but also creamy in texture which I preferred because it adsorbs into the skin beautifully and easily. I can't say that the scent smells like macadamia but I do like the scent better then the almond one, it has light floral scent that doesn't linger on the skin for too long which is great for laying perfume on if you are going out.

I love their wide range of scents in their body butter and I do much preferred those with harder, thicker and creamy texture over the softer ones. Definitely will repurchase,  the macadamia is great and I do like it.There is still more that I would love to try.

Any Body Butters Scent that you might want to try out? Any favourites?

The Body Shop: Olive Textured Body Scrubs

This is a long neglected product from The Body Shop, I heard so many rave reviews about their Body Butter and yet nobody seems to mention their Textured Body Scrubs. This has been in my bath & body care for a steadily of 10 years at least.

There are a few kinds of body scrubs in The Body Shop, the Olive Textured Body Scrubs has always been my favourite and I will always keep a back-up of it somewhere in the apartment. I prefer this creamy scrub to their new sugar scrub because in Singapore it will attract a lot of ants and I do not welcome insects of any kind in my place *EeeeeKs!*.

*For your info I do like a bit more abrasive scrubs for my body. This scrub is meant for normal to dry skin(I've normal skin) but I find that different skin types still able to use because I've introduce this to my friends and family with different skin types and they love it too.

The Body Shop: Olive Textured Body Scrub (SGD $30.90) is a moisturizing, cream-based, gentle exfoliating body scrub that helps remove dead skin cell very effectively and leave my skin feeling extremely soft and smooth, and really helps the body moisturizer adsorbs faster afterwards.  It contains exfoliating crushed walnut shells and olive stones for a smoother skin.

The scent is not that noticeable in my opinion. I love how my skin feels moisturize when I used this scrub. Unless I find something else that is more affordable, organic, without any parabens, and those nasty chemicals I will going back to this.

One of my favourites and holy grail body care products of all time! 

If you like a bit more abrasive scrub for your body like me you will definitely want to try this and I am sure you will love it as much as I do!

Any favourite body scrubs? I would like to try out some new ones. Any recommendations please let me know?

The Body Shop: Tea Tree Cool & Creamy Wash

I have always and will always try different brands and types of facial cleanser, its been like that ever since I started using them when I was a teenager. I have a total of 4 different brands/types now rotating in my skincare regime including this relatively new one from The body Shop from their Tea Tree Line. I wanted to get a facial wash that can be use 1 or 2 weeks before 'the time of the month' for controlling my blemishes and have been using and trying out for the past 2 weeks I'm liking it so far.

The Body Shop: Tea Tree Cool & Creamy Wash (SGD $20.90 for 100ml/3.3fl oz) is described as a deep cleansing daily wash which leaves skin velvety-soft with a blast of cool freshness without drying out our skin. It contains TeaTree Oil and Salicylic Acid to banish blemish causing bacteria yet calms the skin. I have notice that there isn't any Sulfate in the ingredient list which is good news! This is a creamy cleanser so it doesn't foams up, so some people might not like it if you are those that prefer the foaming type.

You might feel a cooling and refreshing sensation. It feels very relaxing and perks me up in the morning especially. I haven't notice a huge difference with my blackheads but it does control the blemishes well enough. As for removing makeup, its not a problem for me since I do using makeup remover first before cleansing my face.

The final conclusion?! I do like it because it does not dry out my skin and it is great as a preventive measure. I will still continue to finish it up, will buy if I haven't had so many cleanser every time to try out. Have you tried this yet? Any favourite cleanser?

Other Facial Cleanser I've used and reviewed:

Burt's Bee Orange Essence Cleanser : http://simplydianasmakeupchronicles.blogspot.sg/2014/03/burts-bees-orange-essence-facial.html

The Body Shop Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter: http://simplydianasmakeupchronicles.blogspot.sg/2014/03/the-body-shop-camomile-sumptuous.html

The Body Shop: Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter

Cleansing Balms have taken the UK skincare by storm, while in Singapore it is a relatively new kind of cleansing product and I could only find the one and only brand that carry them in The Body Shop.

What is a Cleansing Balm? They are an oil-based cleanser that remains solid at room temperature. Warm in hands and massage onto skin, then remove with a warm and damp cloth. They cleanse and remove all traces of makeup while leaving the skin smooth and hydrated. All skin types (yes even for oily skin) can use this Cleansing Balm.

The Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter comes package in a simple flat metal container, nothing really special.
The Body Shop: Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter (SGD $26.90) contains shea butter, olive oil, sunflower seed oil and the mostly synthetic ingredients. I have been using it for the past 1 week and its seems to work well on my oily combination skin. The consistency is like coconut oil in solid form. It removes my makeup effectively and leaving my skin feeling soft and smooth.

I didn't see much difference when using it (maybe because I've only used for 1 week), I might have to get a muslin cloth as I 've been using it with a normal warm and damp face towel.

Overall no complains just a regular cleansing/makeup remover. Would love to try the ever so famous & hype up Emma Hardie Amazing Face Natural Lift & Sculpt Moringa Cleansing Balm. Have you ever try a cleansing balm? Any favourites?