Sugar, spice and sparkle at The Body Shop

MANILA, Philippines - Christmas is a time of spice and everything nice at The Body Shop, which recently released its holiday collections.

The three seasonal collections for bath and body are bursting with delicious aromas of fresh berries, zingy ginger and sweet vanilla to put people in a festive mood.

The Candied Ginger range is uplifting and energizing, mixing ginger’s therapeutic qualities with sweet and spicy notes to warm and invigorate during the cooler yule season.

Due to popular demand, the fruity Cranberry Joy line bursts on the scene this holiday season offering a traditional favorite to indulge you in sweetness.

In the Spiced Vanilla collection, aromatic spices and oriental flowers are blended together to cocoon and pamper your body in pure pleasure this season.

Ginger snap: Body Shop’s Candied Ginger range is uplifting and energizing, mixing ginger’s therapeutic qualities with sweet and spicy notes.

Each range includes The Body Shop’s body butter, famed for its buttery texture, paraben-free formula and Community Fair Trade ingredients like cocoa butter, which comes from cocoa beans harvested by Kuapa Kokoo Co-operative in Ghana. With over 50,000 small-scale farmers, it is one of the biggest fair-trade cooperatives in the world, and trade with The Body Shop has helped fund education and medicine for members and their families.

The deliciously scented shower gels are soap-free, lather-rich, paraben-free and won’t dry out skin.

The lightweight body lotions hydrate normal to dry skin, leaving it feeling softer and smoother. Light and easily absorbed, they contain no parabens.

The 60-ml bath and shower gels are similarly soap- and paraben-free but with the added convenience of a travel size.

The gently exfoliating body scrubs remove dead skin cells, leaving skin feeling softer and smoother.

The moisturizing hand creams help to condition nails and leave hands feeling softer and smoother, with fair-trade cocoa butter, beeswax and brazil nut oil.

The non-sticky balm quickly hydrates lips with a non-sticky feel and luscious aroma.

The soaps have fresh and zingy scents, working up to a rich, creamy lather that doesn’t strip skin.

The hand wash is a soap-free cleanser while the bubble bath produces gentle, sumptuous bubbles with a delicate aroma.

Joy juice: The fruity Cranberry Joy line bursts on the scene this holiday season offering a traditional favorite to indulge you in sweetness.

In addition, the Cranberry Joy line has a shimmer lotion, a lightweight, shimmering moisturizer bursting with the scent of fresh berries. Light and easily absorbed, it leaves skin with a subtle shimmer.

Both Cranberry Joy and Spiced Vanilla lines have the Great Big Soap, a fun, oversized soap made with sustainable palm oil that produces a creamy, non-drying lather.

White Musk Goes Libertine

The Body Shop’s iconic White Musk fragrance has evolved into a new floral musk masterpiece, White Musk Libertine. With an avant-garde yet luscious new twist, its key ingredient

Is Community Fair Trade organic alcohol from sugarcane organically grown in Ecuador.

A bold new twist on musk, White Musk Libertine is available in eau de toilette, eau de parfum, body mist, lather-rich body wash and body lotion.

The sensual eau de toilette features a heady blend of cruelty-free musks at its top, heart and base, with sweet notes of Turkish delight, baby orchid and Chantilly cream.

The eau de parfum is a longer-lasting version, the body mist is a light, all-over body spritz, while the body lotion leaves skin silky-soft. Products can be layered to build up the scent.

Smoke And Sparkle At Party Time

At The Body Shop, Christmas 2011 is all about smoky eyes, glossy lips and sparkle.

Spice girl: Spiced Vanilla collection’s aromatic spices and oriental flowers are blended together to cocoon and pamper your body in pure pleasure this season.

The Sparkler, a special-edition atomizer, releases a fine shimmer powder with pearl pigments to highlight the face, body and hair. Lightly scented with Japanese cherry blossom, it sprays on evenly, is mess-free, and available in two pinup-worthy shades: Boudoir Pink and Enchanting Gold.

Hi-Shine Lip Treatment with Community Fair Trade marula oil is a mini lip treatment that is super-glossy and super-fruity. It gives lips maximum shine with a hint of sparkle. Dermatologically tested, it has a passion fruit scent and is available in Coral Sparkle, Purple Sparkle, Pink Sparkle, and Beige Sparkle at only P195 each.

The 4-Step Smoky Eyes Palette helps you create the perfect smoky eye. Kit includes a palette of four eyeshadows in warm shades of brown and gold, a mini Eye Definer in rich brown or black, mini eyeshadow brush, mirror and step-by-step instructions. Palette is available in two shades: Golden Brown and Silver Black.