I should begin this post by saying that this post isn’t sponsored by The Body Shop nor are any of the products mentioned provided for editorial consideration. It’s just one of those walk-in moments that you end up learning something about. Don’t you love it when that happens with no pressure to buy anything?

Anyway, a few weeks ago, I was at Camberwell with Tim for a spot of brunch. I enjoy walking up and down Burke Road perusing the shops. We happened to walk past The Body Shop when I decided to walk in and have a look at what’s new. Also, the mango body butter was calling my name. 😛

The lady who attended to me was lovely (sadly I forgot to get her name). Since the store was pretty quiet that morning, she sat me down and told me she’ll give me a nice hand scrub and massage because, and I quote, “it feels damn good and it’s free so why not?” Um okay if you say so! 😛

She gave me a quick history lesson of The Body Shop. Did you know that the first body butter by The Body Shop wasn’t the cocoa butter ones? It was actually the mango. See, I had no idea! She even taught me a quick trans-seasonal body care recipe for prepping the skin for the next season. She tried it out on me and boy oh boy, hello baby smooth skin! I went home and tried it out on myself just to make sure it’s not just a one-time-only-in-store thing. Yep, it works!

Of course, when I learn something new, I just have to share it with you too. 😉

What you’ll need:

• The Body Shop Spa Wisdom Africa Ximenia and Salt Scrub
• Any of the Beautifying Oil (she used the mango one on me. I already have the Olive one at home, so I used that instead)
• Exfoliating gloves (you can get them cheaply from the supermarket or pharmacy. Mine was from Chemist Warehouse)

What to do:

1. Do a dry scrub in the body using the exfoliating gloves. Run the exfoliating gloves all over your body. Make sure your body is dry, not wet or damp.
2. Apply a bit of the salt scrub on your body. You only need very little of the scrub at a time.
3. Pour a bit of the Beautifying Oil over the areas where you’ve scrubbed and rub it in.
4. Rinse the oil and scrubby bits off.
5. You can either use a shower cream to wash again if you’re not keen on a bit of the oily residue on your skin (it’s actually not bad) or just dry off with a towel at this point.

Results:
Killer soft and smooth skin!

This can be done on a weekly basis or just before a special occasion. You don’t have to do this often because the Beautifying Oil does come in a small bottle and it’s costly to do this frequently.

If you already have the Beautifying Oil and a salt scrub of another brand, do give this recipe a go. I find that it works better with salt scrub compared to sugar scrub. I’ll also be trying this recipe out with another body oil like the Bio Oil. Will report back if it works just as well.

I couldn’t walk out of the store without getting anything since the lady was so nice to me (window shopper’s guilt, people) so I picked up the Ximenia and Salt Scrub. I tried this recipe a couple more times since then and I love how smooth my skin is, even the scaly bits on the legs are almost gone!

Do give this recipe a go and let me know what you think!