The Body Shop Is Back—Here Are the 7 Best New Finds
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Back in the ’90s, The Body Shop and Bath & Body Works were mall rivals. While the latter focused on sparkly sprays and seasonal scents , The Body Shop was founded in the U.K. as a sustainable brand, using natural ingredients and championing ethical practices like recycling and ending product testing on animals.
Unfortunately, The Body Shop didn’t retain a cult following quite like Bath & Body Works, and since 2006, the company has been dealing with ownership changes and financial troubles. In 2024, the retailer filed for bankruptcy and subsequently closed all of its U.S. stores .
“By combining a robust e-commerce presence with a leading marketplace offering, we are meeting customers where they are while delivering on our promise of ethical, high-quality products,” said Mike Jatania , The Body Shop executive chairman and CEO, in a press release.
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The Body Shop’s rich body butters were arguably its most popular product.
As The Guardian explained in a 2024 look back at the company, these came onto the scene in 1992 after founder Anita Roddick , an environmental and human rights activist, learned that women in Ghana had long been using shea butter for dry skin. While developing the product, Roddick’s daughter exclaimed that it’s like “butter… for your body,” hence birthing the product name that we all now know.
Get this OG Shea Butter Body Butter once again for $32 (200 ml) or $12 (50 ml). The vegan lotion promises “96-hour nourishing moisture.”
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The Body Shop says these hair-care products are worldwide bestsellers. Start your routine with the Ginger Scalp Care Shampoo to “wash away loose flakes and leave dry scalps feeling soothed from dryness.” Then finish with the Ginger Scalp Care Conditioner to “seal the hair strands, reducing friction and tension when brushing.”
Each product is $20 for a 250ml bottle, or $28 for a 400ml bottle.
And on no-shower days, you can also add the $32 Ginger Scalp Serum to your regimen. “Just pop a few drops of this fast absorbing serum directly onto your scalp and massage in,” reads the product description.
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Shea butter might be the most classic, but The Body Shop’s Mango Body Butter grew to be one of its biggest sellers. The retailer says they’ve “improved the scent, so you can smell like a ripe and juicy mango.”
You can also grab the Mango Hand Balm for $12.
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It tingles when it goes on and unclogs your pores to leave your skin glowing. Shoppers say it clears blackheads like a dream and doesn’t irritate sensitive skin.
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This $54 Oils Of Life Intensely Revitalising Cream is a little pricey, but countless devoted fans swear by it for glowing skin, and say they’ve been using it for years.
“Known for their revitalizing and repairing properties, black cumin seed oil from Egypt, camellia seed oil from China and rosehip seed oil from Chile together with perfecting micro-pearls, this cream leaves skin silky-soft, looking more luminous and intensely revitalized,” reads the product description.
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Your entire bathroom will smell heavenly when you use this foamy Moringa Shower Gel ($15 for a 250 ml bottle, or $42 for a 750 ml bottle). “The floral fragrance of your dreams, delicate moringa and the sweetness of freshly cut grass smell like walking through summer gardens,” reads the description.
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Use this $22 Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner after washing your face to “remove any traces of makeup or impurities.”
“This product fixes all of my skin issues. I’m convinced this and good sleep would fix anyone’s skin (not a health expert so this isn’t advice lol). I’ll continue to order this product as I have for 10+ years,” wrote another.
