The Body Shop’s Christmas gift collection review: Pick up a scented present with prices starting at £5

This fun gift is presented in a sweet green cardboard cracker, complete with candy cane, elf and mistletoe imagery. Despite its compact size, inside we found two full-sized buys: a 30ml avocado hand balm (£6, Thebodyshop.com) and a lip care stick (£5, Thebodyshop.com). Its great value for money, as you’re getting the two products as a pairing presented in Christmas gift wrap for £1 less than buying them separately.

We found each product has a sweet, creamy scent underpinned by the inclusion of fair trade shea butter. The ingredient also makes for smoothing formulas that felt comforting on our hands and lips.

The cracker is a failsafe, purse-friendly gift everyone can enjoy.

This purple recyclable cardboard box continues the same packaging theme, and opens upwards to reveal three products inside. There are also three tips for relaxing at bedtime listed on the lid, as well as a ‘lifting women up’ illustrated badge.

The products are from The Body Shop’s sleep range and cover a 30g sleep bedtime balm (£12, Thebodyshop.com), a miniature sleep essential oil blend and a full-size relaxing hair and body wash (£12, Thebodyshop.com).

We use these lavender and vetiver-scented products regularly, and particularly love the bedtime balm for a stress-busting pulse point dab ahead of hitting the hay. Meanwhile, the hair and body wash is a soothing addition and we find the scent is calming and relaxing.

This green box comes with a tie fastening, and, in keeping with the other gift sets, would look stunning under the tree without needing to gift wrap it the night before.

Inside, we found a 50ml tub of edelweiss intense smoothing cream (£28, Thebodyshop.com) and a 100ml bottle of edelweiss liquid peel (£18, Thebodyshop.com). The combined cost of each full-sized item means even without the gorgeous wrapping, you’re saving £8.

Edelweiss is the new name given to The Body Shop’s drops of youth range, and this day cream is a fresh addition. A thick, shiny balm and cream moisturiser hybrid, this feels like a luxurious skincare treat. Our skin is prone to dryness, and the comforting texture left it feeling smoothed and soothed, and we enjoyed the subtle botanical scent, which added light refreshment.

We found the liquid peel was an easy-to-achieve glow, as it gently exfoliated our skin. It’s an apt addition to our skincare routine during colder months too.

We also included both products in our review of The Body Shop edelweiss range, where our reviewer said they only needed a small amount of the intense smoothing cream “to secure bouncy, silky-soft skin”.

Presented in a fun pink box that opens outwards, this gift set includes a 250ml bottle of glowing cherry blossom shower gel (£7, Thebodyshop.com), a 200ml pot of glowing cherry blossom body cream (£18, Thebodyshop.com) and a 50ml glowing cherry blossom eau de toilette (£20, Thebodyshop.com). Offering a multi-buy saving, it’s £9 less than the cost of all three full-sized products if purchased separately.

Our favourite product is the shower gel, as it doubles up as a satisfyingly foamy bubble bath. The cherry blossom scent is subtle not overpowering, and we found the aloe vera-infused blend left our skin silky soft.

Meanwhile, the body cream is a lavishly thick consistency, to tackle dry skin, and absorbed quickly.

Finally, the eau de toilette is a woody floral fragrance, thanks to a mix of Japanese cherry blossom, osmanthus and sandalwood.