The Body Shop launches its new moisturising Honey Bronze make-up range, so you can shimmer and glow with a bronzed and beautiful look thanks to its special ingredient. Honey is known as one of nature’s best moisturisers – it’s used in the range as when skin is moisturised it feels and looks smooth, so you can enjoy even application and a natural-looking bronzed and beautiful complexion.
HONEY BRONZE SHIMMERING DRY OIL
R185.00
You are bound to love this light-weight moisturising body oil. It gives skin a natural-looking beautifully bronzed shimmering glow, with a dry finish. Long-lasting and streak-free, it contains Community Fair Trade honey from Ethiopia and beeswax from Cameroon to moisturise. That’s right, these are two perfect ingredients for inclusion in this bronzing product, moisturising, softening and smoothing your skin. Apply to your body using circular motions. Wash hands after use.
HONEY BRONZE BRILLIANCE POWDER
This illuminating powder can be applied to your cheeks and collarbone, leaving skin looking glowing and radiant. Enhance your natural skin colour with this easy-to-apply powder, which gives an instant shimmer courtesy of the integrated brush. It contains Community Fair Trade honey from Ethiopia and Community Fair Trade beeswax from Cameroon. Release the powder by twisting the top, and apply directly to your cheeks and décolletage, until you have the perfect depth of colour you desire. Available in two shades.
HONEY BRONZE BRONZING GEL FOR FACE
R95.00
This lightweight moisturising bronzing gel suits all skin tones, giving an even and natural-looking honey-bronzed glow – it can also be used to enhance a natural tan. It contains Community Fair Trade honey from Ethiopia and beeswax from Cameroon, as well as organic aloe vera from Guatemala. Simply smooth over skin gently, blend for a perfect finish and wash hands after use.
HONEY BRONZE BRONZING POWDER
R160.00
Discover a compact bronzer to give your skin a matte, natural-looking glow. Ideal for a smooth and even finish, simply using a bronzer brush, dust over forehead, cheeks, nose and chin – anywhere the sun naturally touches your face. With four shades available, each contains Community Fair Trade honey from Ethiopia, beeswax from Cameroon and marula oil from Namibia.
HONEY BRONZE LIP NECTAR
R85.00
The Body Shop has developed two perfect shades of lip gloss to offset your bronzed look. With a sheer high-shine glossy tint, Honey Bronze Lip Nectar is perfect for parched or sun-exposed lips. You can wear these alone or over lip colour, providing your lips with great moisturisation. Each product contains Community Fair Trade honey, beeswax and marula oil. Available in two shades. Honey Bunch and Honey Beige.
The team at The Body Shop searched long and hard to find honey and beeswax hives and suppliers meeting the objectives of the unique Community Fair Trade programme.
Peter Stedman, from the Community Fair Trade team, says: “I’ve spent time with our suppliers in Ethiopia and Cameroon, visited the hives, seen the bees in action – and frankly developed something of a passion for the honey bee. These creatures are truly amazing, and I’m thrilled that now in the UK our office has hives maintained by employees. Sadly the opportunity to get up close and personal with the honey bee is under serious threat in many parts of the world – however our suppliers epitomise best practice, using traditional methods to help sustain the natural habitat of the bees”.
The Community Fair Trade honey used in Honey Bronze is supplied by Bezamar, an Ethiopian company that is working with beekeepers from the Bale mountains in the south of Oromia state in Ethiopia. The beekeepers employ traditional methods, using hives handcrafted from locally grown bamboo. This promotes strong, healthy bees, plus it deters logging in the forest. The raw comb is harvested, then tested for quality before the honey is separated and filtered. In addition to ensuring a fair price for this ingredient, The Body Shop pays an additional fund to the Oromia State Forest Department, supporting their excellent work pioneering community forest management. The Community Fair Trade beeswax used in Honey Bronze products comes from the remote Adamaoua region of Cameroon through an organisation called ‘Guide D’Espoir, which translates to ‘Guiding Hope’. The beeswax is harvested from hives made of local, sustainable materials. The hives last around 2 years, with the grasses and bamboo eventually rotting, which encourages the bees to move regularly, enjoying a new clean home and helping them stay healthy and free of disease.
