Treat your body to the same attention as your face with these must-have skin-loving essentials. Photo: Tanamera
Healthy, radiant skin isn’t just about your face – your body deserves care too. From soaps and liquid cleansers to lotions and creams, these essential bodycare products help nourish, smooth and protect all over.
Nourishing and softening
Tanamera’s Clarifying Hibiscus Body Soap is designed to brighten the skin and give your body a radiant, luminous glow.
It is formulated with a high percentage of phyto bioactives with skin-lightening properties, combined with a hibiscus exfoliator.
Apart from brightening the skin in general, it also helps to lighten the underarm area, inner thighs and elbows, while softening and nourishing the skin.
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Smooth-as-silk skin
The Body Badalada Lotion by Sol De Janeiro is meant to deliver 24-hour weightless moisture to leave skin feeling silky, nourished and flowing.
Infused with hyaluronic acid and vitamin-rich Brazilian nut oil, it is also enhanced with the cult-favourite Cheirosa 62 scent that will make you smell amazing.
Ingredients for the scent include pistachio, almond milk, heliotrope, jasmine petals and sandalwood, among others.
Head-to-toe hydration
La Mer’s The Renewal Oil is a dual-phase elixir that immerses the skin in deep, revitalising hydration.
This multi-tasking marvel is designed to transform the complexion, leaving it exquisitely soft, ultra-smooth and aglow with a radiant translucency.
More than a facial indulgence, this nourishing formula can also be used anywhere on the skin.
To use on the body area, massage it into cuticles and dry areas of the body for head-to-toe hydration.
Soothing and brightening
Dr Cove’s Brightening Body Lotion offers a three-in-one approach to body care – moisturising, soothing and brightening the skin in one application.
The formulation includes AHAs, natural plant extracts and biomimetic moisturisers that improve the skin’s ability to retain water for up to 72 hours.
Key ingredients like niacinamide, shea butter, coconut oil and rosehip seed oil help to smooth rough or flaky skin while supporting the repair of the skin barrier.
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Ideal for dry skin
Aesop’s Eleos Nourishing Body Cleanser is a gentle, hydrating cleanser with a comforting cream texture containing a blend of botanicals renowned for their purifying properties.
Ideal for dry or dehydrated skin, its ingredients include cedar atlas, patchouli and clove bud which leave the skin feeling cleansed, soft and supple.
