The Body Shop Strawberry Body Products

Let me start this off to saying that strawberries are my favorite fruit known to man. I will pay large amounts to get then all during the year and usually end up having to throw way too many of them away because they had to trucked in from California or some other warm place. Then when the spring begins and strawberries are available in my local area and I finally get the long-awaited giant berries with no bruises. With strawberries as a favorite of mine, I have often looked for other items that have the same strawberry scent but always ended up finding products that smell like generic sweet candy and not the actual fruit.

During one of the Bath and Body Works Semi Annual Sales, I had the good fortune pick up some of the Me! Bath Shower Scrubs for 90%. Which seemed like a great deal at the time until I go home and went to use one and realized that I had nothing to match the Strawberry Kiwi scent. And I am particular about my body products, everything that I use at the same time must match or complement each other in some way. So I had to find something else to match these scrubs or I just threw my money away on products that wouldn't get used. I saw the Strawberry line next time that I walked by Body Shop and decided that I would give this line a try.

I already liked Body Shop's products so I figured that this line was the closest thing that I would find to a genuine strawberry fragrance. And I was having no luck at all trying to find a Strawberry Kiwi wash or cream so I decided that this line was about all that I was going to find. I bought the Body Wash and Shower Gel in this collection.

The benefits from the Strawberry Body Butter are more than I had originally expected from the product. The first one that is listed in the product description is that Strawberry seed oil provides omega-3 and omega-4 fatty acids to repair skin's natural moisture barrier, allowing it to remain smooth and supple well after the initial application. This body butter also contains Community Trade Shea Butter to moisturize, soften, and protect skin with high levels of anti-oxidant Vitamins A and E. This product also contains Community Trade Cocoa Butter that melts at skin temperature, leaving skin soft and smooth. I also bought this fragrance in the matching Shower Gel, which I had initially found to be runny but got used to texture relatively quickly. The Shower Gel contains Strawberry juice that it rich in Vitamin C to protect and nourish the skin. It also contains Community Trade soy oil that is rich in essential fatty acids to help repair skin's natural moisture barrier. This product is also available in a Body Polish, which I didn't purchase since I only really bought these products to match the scrubs from Me! Bath.

As I stated above, I initially thought the Shower Gel was too runny but I began to like it better after several uses. The Body Butter is very thick in the tub and a decent amount of effort needs to be applied to get it out for use. It works best if I rub it in my hands to warm it up then apply it to my body. It is a good product for hydration and is thick enough for use on dry winter skin but also isn't too heavy to use in the summertime. While I like this line of products, they still aren't my favorite from Body Shop and I would rather purchase the Coconut or Mango product lines.

photo courtesy of The Body Shop