March 24, 2010

The Body Shop PassionFruit Facial Cleansing Gel Review

I have a thing for anything that�s scented. Skincare, makeup, hair care…anything really, so long as it�s scented I�m hitting it. I�m always so terribly shocked when someone says they can�t stand it if their lipgloss smells like cherry or hate the fact that their facial cream smells fresh. Honestly, I�m gob smacked that folks aren�t as into scented product as I thought they�d be. Maybe it�s just me but I�m tickled whenever anything is scented. It just adds to my experience with the product and makes it every so much more delightful in my humblest.

Which why I�m thrilled to death and beyond that The Body Shop PassionFruit Facial Cleansing Gel smells so fruity sweet. Loves it! Absolutely makes my day to have a facial cleanser scented like sweet passionfruit….seriously, must be a chick thing or a Muse one, because I absolutely adore it.

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The Body Shop PassionFruit Facial Cleansing Gel is part of The Body Shop Originals Collection and available for a limited time. Why must they tease us with these and proceed to take them away? As per prior posts, just a friendly reminder, you can vote on which Originals to keep. If you�re a fan I highly suggest you get to voting as once they yank these off the shelves, you�ll see the Muse waddling out of the store with bags full of the ones that they won�t be keeping on.

PassionFruit Facial Cleansing Gel is a gentle gel cleanser with a sweet, fruity scent. Yes, I admit that the scent is what appeals to me most about it but the formula isn�t anything to overlook while you�re getting high off the sweet aroma. It�s a pretty basic gel which works on dry skin, massage on, and rinse off. It does good removing basic makeup but don�t get too crazy with anything that�s waterproof because this probably won�t do the job of getting it off. I like using this when I don�t have a crazy amount of makeup on my face or in the morning for a quickie cleanse. The formula is gentle so you�re not left with a tight, dry feel after use.

Between the fruity scent, the great price ($8.99 or 3 for $20), and gentle formula, I�m not sure what I love more about this cleanser. It�s a rather cute little gem of a cleanser to add into your beauty arsenal. I�m hopeful they�ll keep it around for good.

Muse Approved for purchase!

Likey lots.

Have you tried The Body Shop Passionfruit Facial Cleansing Gel?

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Available now from The Body Shop.

Disclosure: The following item was provided to Musings of a Muse by a PR firm for review purposes. For further information please see my FTC Guidelines or my Disclosure/Disclaimer posts.

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  • Angela

    Muse, I love scented products too! Passionfruit is especially delicious 😀

    • the Muse

      angela 😀 I always feel so lonely in my obsession of scent 😀 people always tell me it irratates their face or they don’t like lipgloss to smell/taste good etc….

      yay someone else who likes scented products 😀

  • Tina Matuchniak

    Okay, so here’s how the whole fragrance thing works. Like yourself, I, too, was a big fragrance buff–if it doesn’t smell good, why bother, right? Well, then the whole pregnancy thing hit, and for some reason, ever since I’ve had kids, I cannot tolerate fragrances . . . well most fragrances. I can do fruit fragrances–vanilla, citrus, banana, apple, pomegranate etc, but I cannot do any flowers (jasmine, tuberose, gardenia etc.) nor can I do (sob!) lavender. It’s quite tragic really, but that’s the way the motherhood cookie crumbles . . . *sniff*

    • the Muse

      really tina?! How odd 😀 I don’t really dig florals much myself but anything sweet and fruity I likey!

  • BeautyBitch

    I love Passionfruit Cleansing gel . The end.

    OK, maybe not quite the end (as you know, I love rambling). The scent of The Body Shops Passionfruit Cleansing Gel, Dewberry/Green Apple/Fuzzy Peach shower gel and Kiwi Lipbalm are guaranteed to make me feel 12 again. I used this cleansing gel for years on and off when I was a teenager. Back then they used to do refills if you bought your empty bottle back to the store. I remember lugging the 500ml bottle in my school backpack praying it wouldn’t leak on the way home.

    I do hope they keep this one. It’s an excellent cleanser and adds a real zing into the chore of washing one’s face.

  • Janet

    I love scented products too!! I consider it a part of the whole experience, haha. Also one of the reasons I love skinfood stuff so much… 😀

    • the Muse

      janet amen sista 😀 me too! totally adds to the appeal for me!

  • rachel

    i love the smell of this! nearly done with my first bottle. do you think we can convince them to keep more then one?? I NEED this but I also NEED Fuzzy Peach showel gel, and probably the rest of the stuff which i can’t bear to try in case I love it. we need to start a campaign or something!

    • the Muse

      rachel I totally voted, really want this to stick around, loves it 😀 you can vote one which to keep at the body shop’s website 😀

  • Hana

    I don’t really mind it if my makeup or skincare stuff is unscented, but I enjoy it when it is, and body wash and lotion and stuff HAS to be scented. 😀