This year, we’re all about investing. Investing in ourselves, investing in our self-care - investing in the first and forever home that is our body. And while we believe mantras and self-care moments keep our body feeling its best, it never hurts to have a few bodycare products along for the ride. Taking time out to make our body feel like the safe space we’d love it to be, we’re turning to these rejuvenating body scrubs, velvety moisturisers and on-the-glow hand creams whenever we need a little pick-me-up.
Vinosculpt Lift & Firm Body Cream
Best for: Tender, loving bodycare
This New Year and every year, we’re celebrating bodies of all shapes, sizes and ages - and this firming body cream from Caudalie helps us do just that. Infused with their signature Grape Polyphenols complex, Iris Extract and a fresh scent that lingers all day long, it’s designed to make you feel good from the inside out. Our top tip? Massage into still-damp skin to lock in moisture for even longer.
Soothing & Repairing Hand Cream
Best for: Repairing your barrier
Self-care starts with our hands - always. Whether it’s the hand cream you keep on your bedside table or the one you slip into your bag everyday for work, they’re the quickest, easiest way to bring a little self-care to your day. And this ultra-reparative formula from CeraVe is just the ticket. Packed with three essential ceramides whilst remaining super light and fast absorbing, there’s a reason we turn to it for boosting our barrier time and time again.
Barrier+ Lipid-Boost Body Cream
Best for: Intense hydration
We love when a brand gives us a bodycare product that delivers the same results as their skincare - and this Lipid-Boost Body Cream does this and more. Enriched with healthy fats, like Shea Butter, Moringa Seed Oil, Colloidal Oatmeal, Essential Ceramide and so much more, it’s easy to see why this is an Allure Best of Beauty winner. And don’t be scared by the richness of the texture: it sinks in like a dream, leaving only super-soft, repaired skin in its wake.
KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA
Best for: Smooth, touchable skin
A fan-favourite body exfoliator, this formula promises (and delivers) double the results of your usual at-home scrub. Combining Glycolic and Lactic Acids with Pumice Buffing Beads, we dare you to find a scrub that smooths bumps and removes dry flakes as effectively. Just make sure to follow with a hydrating body cream after to keep skin feeling extra silky.
Ultra Repair Cream
Best for: Head-to-toe moisture
A body cream that can be used by the whole family? Don’t mind if we do. Gentle, effective and our go-to for sensitive skin, it’s proven to boost moisture levels in your skin by a whopping 169% in your first application - making it the best moisturiser for dry skin. We know; it seems too good to be true, but it isn’t. With Colloidal Oatmeal, Shea Butter, Ceramide 3 and the FAB Antioxidant Booster, it promises instant relief and a host of long-term skin benefits. Sign us up.
Beija Flor Elasti-Cream
Best for: Bouncy skin
From the creators of the iconic Bum Bum Cream comes a rich daily body cream that’s just as good. With a formula that’s been clinically shown to boost collagen production in the skin, we hope you’re preparing for your most plumped pins yet. And when it comes to the ingredients, Sol never disappoints: blending Cacay Oil (a natural alternative to Retinol), Plant-Based Collagen and Plant Squalane, you can expect every swipe to deliver a hit of moisture. Oh, and did we mention the Pink Dragonfruit and Brazilian Jasmine scent? You’ll thank us later.
Hand Relief
Best for: Best fingers forward
What happens when you combine plant emollients, exfoliating fruit acids and a whole host of antioxidants into one formula? Aveda’s bestselling Hand Relief cream. Designed to soothe, smooth and heal chapped hands, it’s THE hand cream we keep with us on the go, come winter or summer. For the full benefits, re-apply throughout the day to keep palms supple and protected.