The Body Shop

Great buy 3 get free sale — scored 6 $ 6.00 items for less than $ 17.00 (I have a 10% off card also.)
If you buy smart and buy on sale — you can get some nice bath & body gifts here.

I’ve been using Body Shop products (a whole bunch of them) for years now. They’re great. Visit their website if you have questions about which ones would be best for your skin.
A couple months ago, I ran out of day moisturizer, attempted to visit their Deptford, NJ, location, and found a bakery in its storefront. Saddened by the closure, I went to a chain drugstore and bought one of the products there instead. My face has not been happy in the time since.
And thus, off to the city I went to the Shoppes at Liberty Place location (on the ground floor) yesterday. I had been here once before, a couple years ago, and had a great experience. It was the same deal. I would say that the salespeople were helpful, but I didn’t really need their help. They *were* friendly, however!
The store looks like every other Body Shop business. Sometimes you can find some good discounts online. They had a buy-​two-​get-​two or buy-​three-​get-​three deal going on yesterday, so that was fun.
In all: This place is a staple and pretty affordable.

I am leaving the body shop forever-​for-​the-​foreseeable-​future. It’s a lot of things altogether. Once I read an article that despite touting their all natural ingredients philosophy, they actually used a lot of parabens and sulfates and the like. That was a bummer. I’m not paranoid about parabens being hormone disruptive because it’s just not significant enough to elicit worry (especially if you’re a woman and use a hormone-​based contraceptive, there’s no way you can douse yourself in enough parabens for it to have the same kind of impact on your body as your birth control!) It was more of the principle of a thing.
I converted The Boy to the body shop only to find their men’s selection woefully underdeveloped. It makes no sense to me that you can’t get body wash, shampoo, shaving cream, and hair gel that all smell the same. We had ginger root shampoo, olive body wash, maca root shaving cream, and wheat grass fixing gel. At the very least they should have a complete hair product line from shampoo to conditioner to styling that all share the same scent, same goes for body wash and shaving cream. This is kind of a daily annoyance.
Every time I’ve been inside the liberty shop location, as is the case with other mall locations in So Cal in the past, I’m met with a specific brand of rudeness. One person will greet you aggressively, and disappear (presumably to give you space) if you appear intimidated. Then another enthusiastic salesperson helping her more enthusiastic customers will bump into you, cross in front of your right where you’re looking at product, or somehow like a mother duck guide her customer ducklings right through your personal space. Then if you’re a lingerer (like to read ingredients, look them up on your phone), or a searcher (want to find the SAME GOD FORSAKEN SCENT for any two products), somebody near the back will eye you suspiciously. The latter is maybe especially true if you like a large bag and look underage. I’ve been to this body shop at least 5 times now, and my experience always included these unpleasantness.
Finally, any time I ask about something not available in the store at the time of my visit, I get really weird answers. It’s on a «long stock». Okay. «It’s not discontinued but it’s on a long stock meaning it’ll be a while.» Yes, how enormously helpful. Also, their bizarre and near-​constant sale schedules means that you can pay anywhere from $ 8 to $ 32 for a thing of body butter with their policy always aggressively leaning into «buy more, save more!» I am always more annoyed by this than I’ve ever been made to feel like I caught a great deal. I would rather prices were just consistently reasonable. The dramatic discounts only lets me know that I’m paying a premium for their attempt to make me feel like I saved. Like Kramer says, «retail is for suckers.»

Located downstairs inside the Shoppes at Liberty Place. They have all the standard Body Shop products (including their makeup line) & have sales often. The lip stain is my fav product of theirs. Customer service at this store really needs improvement as the employees tend to not acknowledge you if they’re helping others, and I’ve literally been pushed aside so an employee could show another customer a product I was already looking at.

I love the body shop hair comb set. It worked wonders on my hair.

I wish Unilocal gave half stars cause I was debating for 5 minutes between 2 – 3 stars, some of TBS products are hit or miss for me because my skin is sensitive and reacts to the ingredients they put in it but the few items I have from this store I like. I went to this exact location with friends for an after-​holiday sale shop day, I saw a bottle of soon to be discontinued lotion for $ 2 when I got to the register I was told to stock up on it since this fragrance was going to be discontinued and I declined, I then was asked to join some monthly birthday club which would make my total $ 12 and then get a coupon for a dollar off on my birthday then when I said no she gave me a dirty look and said who doesn’t want coupons. I like coupons but not paying $ 10 for a $ 1 coupon. If there is a good deal I will go back in here but I won’t make a special trip to go here, I’ll stick to bath and body works.

I have used TBS products in the past, mostly finding the chain store at airports and buying a pile of stuff on the fly (pun intended). This time I purchased a voucher for $ 10 to get $ 20 of products, thinking I bought a voucher for Bath and Body Works in Liberty One. Once I arrived, I realized that TBS and Bath and Body Works are nearly next to each other on the first floor of Liberty. Not sure how they do it, but I suspect that says something good about both places.
Anyway, when I got there I was greeted by the most enthusiastic sales person ever. I am sorry that I don’t have her name because she deserves five stars. She welcomed me, noticed I was holding the groupon voucher, and told me to spin a wheel for an additional discount. This discount, 40% (yea me for luck, except that my lottery tickets scored nothing), turned me into a customer who was going to spend 19.99 and not a penny more to someone who spent well over a hundred bucks but paid only $ 113.
There are some things I don’t like about TBS products. I don’t always like the fragrances, despite my astute olfactories and love of all things smelly, and I think they are over-​priced. Maybe they do too; hence the discount wheel. Anyway, I did find some things that I think are difficult to find and worth mentioning.
1. A few places, and I mean a few only, make a product that fits in your purse and has oil that you can swipe across your cuticles. It is the shape of a pencil, lasts forever because you use only a dab and it does not leak, and it is necessary in the body product arsenal for someone like me: middle aged, out in the cold walking a lot, and rumaging through my purse for something to do occasionally when in a waiting room! TBS has this item, not too costly, and thanks to the wonderful sales person for finding it for me.
2. Nice sized oils that you can use on your face, body and hair in many different fragrances. I bought shea for my daughter who loves it, and I bought coconut for me. I can’t stop smelling my hair! So delicious. This is also a great product worth buying at TBS.
3. The tea tree collection. This is a long time favorite of mine although it is geared to skin with acne and thank goodness I «ain’t got none.» But, I love the smell, the green color, and the way it makes me feel.
I am giving this a 4 because of the great service I received, the wheel discount which I hope they have all year long, the availability of products that are otherwise hard to find, and the convenient location.

This location is great! The staff has always been informative and never pushing (with me at least). I frequent this store (instead of buying online) because the staff and location are great!

…in a galaxy far, far away, an alternate universe exists… a universe in which money is of no concern, and the whimsical fancies of women everywhere are fulfilled with one snatch of a bottomless credit card…
…this world smells of natural, clean scents that inspire and uplift rather than induce headaches from sensory overload… it is a place where all manner of product live in harmony with wildlife, where animals can exist free of fear that they will have their eyes pried open and injected with poison, and where other living things don’t have to fret about being slaughtered for elements of their bodies to add to makeup or skincare.
Hey — turns out Liberty Place is an alternate universe!
…or, almost. I mean, the clientele kind of tipped me off to begin with, just not in the fantastical way I just described, but, still…
And also I DON’T really have enough money to shop here. But I’d like to. Because the company’s philosophy makes me so happy and feel so good about myself, that sometimes, when I’m having a shitty day, I pop in here and just play. Te employees are really great and tolerant of you if you want to go in and «play», especially if you openly admit to not being a purchasing customer, and just going in specifically TO play.
You will leave hydrated but not greasy, made-​up but not clownlike, and smelling incredible but without residual headaches. I wish to god I could shop regularly. Their men’s products are awesome, too, and to me border on unisex, because I would most certainly wear/​use any of that stuff.
The 4 stars is not an assessment of the store, the employees, or anything other than it is an expression of my sadness at my own lack of funds. Because the prices here are more than reasonable for what you get. After all, it can’t be cheap for them to ensure such eco-​friendly policies in obtaining base product and purity of production. But thanks, Body Shop, for setting a high bar. Bath and Body Works could learn a thing or two.

First, the Body Shop is infinitely better than Bath and Body Works. I want to be clear on that.
Second, this is a place that is not up my alley very much. As a retailer, I think they sell excellent products, but many of them just aren’t useful for a guy who would prefer to smell like a fresh shave rather than a flower or fruit. They do have a small men’s section. I find the «Arber» scent to be fairly pleasant, though the other items are okay at best.
As far as recommendations, I suggest their olive scented items, but they also have great, earthy scents (brazil nut, cocoa, shea, etc.). The fruit and flower scents I do not personally care for, though none have an offensive odor. If I had to suggest one, I might pick the satsuma or the sweet lemon. They are very fresh and would be the most viable as a bath or skin product. (I mean, they have a chocolate one that smells exactly like chocolate brownie batter, but do you want want that all over your body?)
I like this place, and I’ll probably go back in a few months for gifts and maybe see if they have anything new for men. It’s a very good retailer with very good products, and I would greatly suggest this over many other places.

I must say I love love love this place. Bath and Body Works whooo?
I fell in love with their foot products and their Satsuma Body Polish its so awesome.
Also their cocoa butter body butter is soooo good!!!
A little pricey but worth it and def purchase a Love Your Body Card!

All natural and eco-​conscious products! The Body Shop has products for everyone — women and men — in a variety of great scents! The staff here is always very helpful and knowledgeable. So here are some of my favorite things…
Home Fragrance Oils: Gingerbread (Fall), Holiday Pumpkin (Fall), Sandalwood (any season), Lemon Basil (Summer), Tobacco Flower (any season), Green Tea (Spring and Summer).
Bath: Mango Body Wash, Olive Body Scrub
Lip Balm: Hemp Lip Protector
I love the smell of this store — it’s always such an uplifting and relaxing scent. Check it out — the products are great!