The Body shop has renamed and rebranded its best-selling Drops of Youth range to Edelweiss.
Edelweiss Plant Stem Cells from the Italian Alps – Powerful, natural anti-oxidant to help firm skin and prevent collagen loss.
If you cross-check these key ingredients you’ll find they’re also used by the big luxury skincare brands ie sea holly and edelweiss plant stem cells can be found in Elemis’ Pro-Collagen Definition Face & Neck Serum.
Apparently, the decision to change the name from Drops of Youth to Edelweiss is a bid to tackle the language of ageism in the beauty industry. This sadly, is very much a real thing, look how menopause is still a dirty word for middle-aged women losing their marbles instead of a natural process that causes a huge amount of women mental and physical stress.
As a young woman, I remember the argument that if men had periods there would be all sorts of procedures in place to make their lives easier. In fact, tax on period products was only abolished in 2021, yet retailers still haven’t passed on the 5% saving to consumers. Imagine if men went through menopause?
I applaud The Body Shop for their stance but on a personal level, if I’m looking for anti-ageing products, I’m going to type anti-ageing into the search bar.
Hopefully, things will change, the problem is you don’t think of getting older until it happens!
Edelweiss Cleansing Concentrate 100ml £12.00
This skin-loving facial wash works its magic, leaving skin feeling awakened and purified, yet soft and comfortable
The lightweight gel-to-water cleanser transforms from a translucent formula to a gentle bubbly foam suitable for all skin types.
HOW TO USE
Massage a small dollop onto wet skin, lather, and rinse.
EDELWEISS Eye Serum Concentrate 10ml £24.00
This light, non-greasy, fast-absorbing formula also forms an invisible layer over your skin to help protect it from indoor and outdoor pollution (perfect for all you city types), which can lead to dehydration, dullness and premature skin ageing.
EDELWEISS Intense Smoothing Day Cream 50ml £28.00
Made with 97% ingredients of natural origin, it only takes a tiny dollop of our new Edelweiss Intense Smoothing Day Cream to leave skin looking smoother, fresher, stronger and plumped with 48hr moisture.
An intensely rich and nourishing cream, this non-greasy formula has a silky texture and melts into skin effortlessly, helping protect against indoor and outdoor pollution and leaves skin feeling deeply nourished, firmer and ultra-soft.
HOW TO USE
Scoop out a pea-sized amount and smooth all over your complexion day and night. Enjoy that feeling of supple, silky-smooth skin.
EDELWEISS Bouncy Eye Mask 20ml £22.00 
After one use, it reduces the appearance of fine lines, leaves skin feeling fresh and looking like it’s just had a power nap. Signs of dullness and fatigue around the eyes appear reduced, leaving the eye area looking awakened. Cools skin by -2.7°c.
Fast-absorbing and non-greasy, our bouncy undereye mask can be used day or night.
HOW TO USE
In the morning, gently tap a small amount around the eye area. In the evening, apply a generous amount and leave for 3 minutes before massaging in any excess.
EDELWEISS Daily Serum Concentrate 30ml £30.00 38ml £38.00
EDELWEISS Bouncy Sleeping Mask 75ml £28.00
Give your complexion a smoothing treat with our Drops of Youth™ Bouncy Sleeping Mask – it’s back, and even better.
A bouncy, gel-cream mask that smooths a blanket of moisture over skin while you sleep, it’s fast-absorbing, intensely nourishing and helps maintain the skin’s natural moisture barrier. Wake up to skin the looks boosted with moisture, and fine lines look smoothened out and less visible.
HOW TO USE
Scoop out a tiny amount and smooth it onto cleansed skin avoiding the eyes, then leave it overnight to work its magic and absorb all the goodness.
My advice would be to alppy it a good hour before you go to sleep to let it sink in.
EDELWEISS Bouncy Jelly Mist 57ml £18.00
Help maintain skin’s natural moisture barrier with our Drops of Youth™ Bouncy Jelly Mist.
A refreshing hit of hydration, this jelly-like mist helps defend your complexion and leaves your skin feeling fresher, looking hydrated and positively luminous.
HOW TO USE
Spritz on whenever you feel like you need some hydrating protection, then get ready for that fresh-faced, healthy-looking glow!
EDELWEISS Liquid Peel 100ml £20.00
Made with 95% ingredients of natural origin, it only takes a couple of pumps of our new Edelweiss Liquid Peel to gently exfoliate and leave skin looking smoother, more luminous and feeling fresher.
The gel-to-peel texture gently lifts impurities, pollutants and dead skin cells to leave you looking fresh-faced and glowy. Did we mention It’s suitable for sensitive skin too?
HOW TO USE
Smooth a couple of pumps onto dry skin 2-3 times a week.
This is a must-have not only for the face, but to remove all traces of fake tan. Don’t be put off by the words liquid peel, it’s not a peel-off mask as I first thought, (I’m never going there again). It’s a thin, opaque gel that’s applied to dry skin, massaged in and rinsed off.
It’s a little gunky to use, so I massage it in then rinse it off in the shower. It pills and turns into gross little balls of dirt and dead skin.
At first, you think maybe it’s just the product itself clumping up but if you ‘repeat’ an area, then you won’t get those bits the second time around.
If you’re lifting off something like fake tan, the balls change colour and turn orange. It’s a bit ‘ewww’ but then skin afterward is silky smooth and brighter looking.
I also find it really effective to lift every bit of makeup from your face, even if you’ve double-cleansed and think you’ve cleaned every trace of foundation.
It’s very gentle and ideal as a ‘starter peel’ for sensitive skin. You don’t need much product either, just a thin layer.
EDELWEISS Serum Concentrate Sheet Mask 21ml £6.00
Each sachet is enriched with 2/3 of the Edelweiss serum concentrate found in a bottle of our Edelweiss Concentrate.
We’ve now enriched every mask with double the concentration of edelweiss.
Our sheet masks are made from fibres of botanic origin.
HOW TO USE
Use a sheet mask twice a week on cleansed skin, when you need a boost of hydration. Leave on for 15 mins. Follow with the Edelweiss Daily Serum Concentrate for an additional boost of freshness.
EDELWEISS Smoothing Day Cream 50ml £28.00
Lightweight with an air-whipped texture, this non-sticky, fast-absorbing daily cream loves even sensitive skin, helps signs of fatigue appear reduced and it leaves skin looking more luminous with a fresh-faced glow.
HOW TO USE
Scoop out a pea-sized amount and smooth over your complexion day and night. Enjoy that feeling of supple, silky-smooth skin.
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