The 6 Best The Body Shop Beauty Buys for 2026
Six Body Shop buys, from the Hemp Hand Protector to a £65 advent calendar.
Top pick: Hemp Hand Protector
Skincare, haircare, bath things and fragrance, from single brands and from the big online beauty shops. Claims are cheap in this aisle, so we stick to what the ingredient lists and the long run of customer reviews support. Nothing here is medical advice.
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Six Body Shop buys, from the Hemp Hand Protector to a £65 advent calendar.
Top pick: Hemp Hand Protector
Six Space NK buys, and the returns policy that lets you take a risk on shade.
Top pick: KOSAS Revealer Concealer
Five Rituals buys, from the £16 Sakura hand wash to the advent calendar.
Top pick: The Ritual of Sakura Hand Wash
Six Neal’s Yard buys, and the footnotes behind its biggest product claims.
Top pick: Wild Rosehip Beauty Balm
Six Lush buys, from the honey shampoo bar to a bubble bar that stretches across several baths.
Top pick: Angels on Bare Skin Cleanser
Six Lookfantastic staples to buy in the sales, and the delivery pass worth having.
Top pick: CeraVe Moisturising Cream Pot with Ceramides for Dry to Very Dry Skin
Five Elemis buys, led by the cleansing balm, with every asterisk read.
Top pick: Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm
Six Cult Beauty buys, and why the returns rule should shape every order.
Top pick: Medik8 Crystal Retinal 3 Serum 30ml
We read the product pages, the size guides, the delivery and returns small print, and a few hundred customer reviews, lowest-rated first. Then we pick. We do not test products ourselves and we never pretend to.
Read how we choose