Shea Body Butter - The Body Shop

When I take the time to rub cream on my body (and let's face it, it does take time), I want there to be a difference. This doesn't mean that I want to see sparkly little bits on my skin (although that excites me too), it means I want my skin to feel as if it has gone to the next level of moisture.

I also want the cream/moisturiser/stuff (why so many names?) to not be sticky. It must actually sink into the skin and not sit on top, making me glisten like a ripe new olive. There is nothing worse that feeling like you need another bath after rubbing on some cream.

And there is more. I don't want my body cream to outsmell my perfume or strip the furniture in the next room because the smell defines a new meaning for 'strong'. If I want to layer my perfume with the accompanying body cream, that's different. But for my everyday needs, when I havent thought as far as which perfume I am going to use, my body cream must behave and make me feel like a princess. For the next 12 hours.

Yes, when I stroke my skin (surreptitiously), I want to feel the delicious wrap of the body cream working its magic on my moisture levels. Stroking should be able to occur for a long time. If you can't foreplay yourself then what is this world coming to?

So that's the deal: amazing moisture, no stickiness, unobstrusive smell, works for at least 12 hours, princess feeling inducing... I don't think this is too much to ask. And I found the body cream that does all this! It is the Shea Body Butter from the Body Shop.

The product info says for very dry skins but don't be misled, it is for all skins and it is beyond brilliant. I still haven't come across another overall moisturiser that matches it. It really works.