The Body Shop Wise Woman Vitality Serum

I recently tried a sample of The Body Shop's Wise Woman Vitality Serum. It is a light, highly scented serum. It absorbed quickly and left my skin feeling hydrated. It reminds me a lot of L'Oreal's Age Perfect Re-Cushioning Serum. (L'Oreal owns The Body Shop.) Although this serum is highly scented, it is a pleasant, somewhat floral fragrance. This serum is part of The Body Shop's Wise Woman line marketed more toward more mature skin. Overall, while I like this serum, I still prefer Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex Serum and L'Oreal Youth Code Serum Intense.

This serum is available at The Body Shop website and boutiques. A one ounce bottle retails for $36.00.

Ingredients: Water, Lactobacillus/Clover Flower Ferment Extract, Oleyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Glycereth-7 Trimethyl Ether, Borage Oil, Fragrance, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Dioscorea Villosa (Wild Yam) Root Extract, Methylparaben, Hydrolyzed Viola Tricolor Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Potassium Sorbate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate.
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Written by: Skin Care Junky

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