Beauty review: The Soap Co's new all-natural range

Annabel Rivkin oils up and winds down
Annabel Rivkin26 April 2018

During the winter it’s all about body lotion: something rich but easily absorbed that’s immediately sucked up by parched skin.

But as the days lengthen, the heating goes off and the limbs are unveiled, I switch my allegiance to body oil. Because it adds a little gloss as it hydrates. And because the very application of it necessitates a bit of a circulation-boosting massage that in no way can I usually be arsed to do. Who has time?

Good body oils are not hard to find, but allow me to introduce you to The Soap Co’s new all-natural, chemical-free range.

Its Unwind Body Oil is a gentle and slightly old-fashioned bed of lavender, sandalwood and juniper berry oils for a relaxing and familiar scent. Jojoba seed and evening primrose oils will condition skin and there’s also some calendula to heal and soothe (stretch marks and all that annoying jazz) as well as omega 6 fatty acids for full-on hydration.

There are also washes and creams and bath oils in six elegant fragrances. So all that is lovely but it’s not the point. The point is that this east London-based initiative is manned and womanned by a staff 80 per cent of whom are visually impaired, disabled or disadvantaged. You will notice that the labels are also written in Braille.

This is a luxury, eco bath and body brand with exceedingly smart design, and it aims to create meaningful, ongoing employment for its staff. For every 300 bottles sold, a six-month job and training period is created to help someone grow in confidence and move on to full-time work elsewhere. So you can look good, feel good and do good.

Not bad for 20 quid.

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