Christmas
is the best time of the year in my books. Generally the weather is good, the is
lots of family and friends catch ups plus the awesome amounts of Christmas
goodies that come on the market for the silly season.
Something
about the words Christmas Limited Edition gets me every time without fail, even
if it is something I don’t need I will buy it as a gift for somebody without
even knowing who!
The
Body Shop invited me out to the city last week in honour of their amazingly,
delicious Christmas goodies and seasonal NEW scents. And one of my favourite
Christmas releases are ones that smell great and can be used on the body.
So
without a second thought I decided I couldn’t miss this event even if it meant
leaving home before the sun was even up- can’t complain really as I wasn’t the
driver that morning haha (thanks Sissy poo)!
So
the morning was filled with Christmas festivities and had me wanting to go home
and set my home up and get some Christmas shopping done (which I did, thank you
the Body Shop). We were greeted and then
sat down to a big raw wood table with lots of Christmas decorations as well as
breakfast and The Body Shop Christmas releases.
I
want to try and base this post around the real reason we were invited to this
event and not try and fade it out with too much product stuff, although you
will see my small reviews down below.
The
Body Shop has this year partnered with War Child to try and bring a little bit
of happiness to children from all over the world.
War
Child works in many different conflict areas around the world, helping hundreds
of thousands of children every year. They are an international family of
independent humanitarian organisations who work together to help children and
young people affected by conflict. War Child International exists to create the
conditions that will fulfil the protection, development and survival rates for
children and young people who are living with or recovering from the effects of
war.
This
Christmas the Body Shop believes Christmas is all about making wishes come
true. So they’ve teamed up with War Child, so you can send
a
child to a class with every specially selected gift you buy. Giving has never
felt so good!
We
take going to school for granted and just send our kids off without a second
thought for those who can only dream about going to school to learn a fraction
of the things we do. After this get together I realised that when I take my
daughter to school each and every day there is well and truly hundreds and even
thousands of children that do not get this chance, and probably never will in
their life.
So
for me I want to be able to give to them anyway that I can, as I would hate for
my children to not have something as simple (in our world) as education. I vow that I will be going to The Body Shop
and I will be purchasing their gift boxes for family and friends and giving
back to the war torn countries and children that don’t have the right to
schooling like we do.
Now
I have touched base with the serious stuff, I want to be able to leave this
post with a happy note so I will give you my thoughts on some of the Christmas
releases I was lucky enough to try out.
There
are three main seasonal scent releases this year and they are:
Glazed Apple
Frosted Cranberry
Vanilla Brulee
Glazed apple
Glazed Apple Gift Tin
Glazed Apple Shower Gel 60ml, Glazed Apple Shimmer Lotion 60ml, Glazed Apple Body Butter 50ml, Glazed Apple Body Polish 75ml, Mini Green Crinkle Lily, Silver Apple Tin. $39.95
Glazed apple for me is the clear
winner and my favourite by far. This is the scent of our Christmas here in
Australia as it is all about the fruit and trying to stay cool and fresh. I
know personally at Christmas time I love taking a step back from all the junk
and biting into a big juicy pink lady or granny smith apple.
So
this scent for me has a significant connection to Christmas, plus the smell is
beautiful. A sweet yet tangy, fresh apple scent- one I will love wearing this
Summer.
Frosted Cranberry
Frosted Cranberry was a little bit of a
hard nut to crack but once I started using it and wearing it often it kind of
grew on me and I learnt to appreciate the scent. It certainly smells like
cranberry, but that usually isn’t a scent I would associate with putting on my
body but more for drinking! Ah well not everything is for everyone and someone
(if not lots of ones will love this fragrance and wished they had never
listened to me haha).
Vanilla Brulee
Vanilla Brulee could have almost been
served to me on a silver platter. Although this is more a fragrance I would
purchase and put away for the colder months that follow after Christmas, as
vanilla for me is a warming scent. A
creamy sweet scent is what this little beauty will present to you, and one that
my little ones adored- Hayley said it smelt like warm ice-cream, not sure when
she ever has smelt warmed up ice-cream.
Scent
wise that is what The Body Shop has come up with and I think they have done a
great job, there are many different Christmas gift packs that have been put
together with these seasonal scents such as:
Now
to move onto the cosmetic side of things, and boy has The Body Shop turned it
up this time! Again these are limited
edition so I would get in early if it is something you want as I wouldn’t want
anybody missing out.
I
want to start right off the bat with my favourite- the Geisha Doll Lip and Cheek stain ($32.95). I won’t lie I did have to
ask the experts how to use this one as I almost made my daughter look like she
had been whipped across the face with something.
But when I got the technique
right, the effect was beautiful and made it look like you were wearing no
makeup at all and had a nice flustered look.
Then
I was also given the Enchanting Eyes
Palette 01 Frosted Pastels
Dazzle
with glistening colours inspired by the season’s latest shades. $36.95 Now I am
not exactly sure on these and still not completely sold as the pigment is very
shimmery and can be quite hard to apply- not one for the rookies.
I also
noticed that once I popped it on the girls it didn’t really last. Don’t get me
wrong the non-shimmery ones were divine and worked a treat, I was certainly
happy with them. It was just the shimmery-pigmented ones that weren’t very
great. This would however be something I would get the girls to play around
with, as they couldn’t exactly do too much damage (except make themselves looks
like a makeup machine had blown up in their faces haha).
Nikole Dee teaching me the gel eyeliner technique, which can also be doubled as a gel liner :-) WINNING
Well
that is about all from me, and I bet by now your wishing I would shush up,
luckily for you, you didn’t have to put up with my voice only my words- and if
you didn’t like it you could click off and I wouldn’t have known any better :-P
I hope you made it to the end though.
Keep
beautiful ladies.
Xx
