The Body Shop Advent Calendar was the first countdown calendar I purchased for Christmas 2022. I bought it in September when I was feeling really sad and rather beaten down. I decided then and there that during the Christmas season I deserved to reward myself by putting my care first.
It was the debut of The Body Shop Calendar and they actually had two varieties. I chose the cheaper version which was on sale for $99. I had my birthday discount as well as another coupon available in my Body Shop profile. I really recommend signing up for this even if you don't shop there often. I didn't save my receipt so I don't know exactly how much I ended up paying but I think I ended up with $5-10 off the original price.
Then I took it home where it sat in the bag for a while before being displayed in the guest room on the dresser. This is a large Advent Calendar. This particular one had a top which lifted to reveal a 3D diorama as well as two drawers which pulled out. Each day was an individual box. This was a 25 day calendar. Most calendars stop on Christmas Eve. Each box which varied in size had a thought or wish for the day for you to think about or take action on in some way. Lot's of them I had already done and others encouraged me to reach out in a way I hadn't thought of before. I put the boxes into our recycle collection but they would also be useful to reuse for small gifts if you have such a place to keep them for repurpose. I'm planning on keeping and reusing the calendar container in my ensuite bathroom for storage of cosmetics because it is so well made and really nice to look at.
The cost. As I said, it was on sale for $99 and consisted of 25 days. Not taking the size variation into account, that breaks down to $3.96 an item. There were no doubles and at least 5 were full size products while most were what I'd call "travel size".
My least favourite item in this calendar were the bath bubbles. This is a likely unique to me situation. A few years ago when we renovated, we removed our bathtub. That may sound weird to some, but we found we enjoyed a really great shower more than sitting in a tub of water. Luckily, there were only 2 bath bubbles. A friend suggested to use them in a foot soak and that's likely how I will use them but they are also appropriate for regifting as well.
My most favourite item was the Chamomile Cleansing Butter. This is amazing. It's the texture of coconut butter and is effortless to use to remove makeup. Just massage it on to your face and rinse off with a damp cloth. It removed all my mascara and eye make up. It didn't sting at all or bother my eyes. When this little tub is used this is an item I will definitely purchase.
So what disappointed me the most? Not a lot really except for the 4 body washes. As I said, there were no repeats and I say that because these were all difference scents as were the hand lotions. The Body Shop has a huge variety of products so why didn't they include some different things? There was only 1 lip item. I surely could have used a couple more lip butters or something similar. Also, according to the Body Shop Instagram, their most popular item is Hemp Lotion which I am a huge fan of myself. There were zero Hemp items in the calendar. So the variety of items could stand a bit of tweaking.
Come to think of it, there were zero body sprays which I've also purchased in the passed. They also have things like combs and brushes and hair ties but only a hair band was included which looked to provide help for holding hair back for mask use. Like I said, it needs tweaking.
Here's what you really want to know - Would I purchase this Advent Calendar from The Body Shop again? Yes. I've ended up with some items like body wash which I will use for a few months before having to restock. I get to pamper myself with some masks for the next while which I feel like we all need more after the holidays than before. The biggest advantage was that it reminded me how important self care is.
Did you purchase this Christmas Calendar? What did you think of it? What were your favourite items or what would you have liked to see included? If you are curious as to each of the individual items I got in this Advent Calendar click on the Advent Photo Gallery 2022 from the page menu top of this blog.
Thanks for following along as I opened and enjoyed this calendar!
No comments:
Post a Comment