We currently have about 25 different shower gels on the go as we like variety but one of the brands we always have in bathroom is Korres. Their shower gels are fantastic for the price (Korres is on sale for £5.60 at Lookfantastic until 4 January – they are normally £7) and they have some rather unique scents. I actually prefer the stuff from the men’s range while James likes the fruity smells. You don’t need much to get a good lather and they never leave our skin feeling dry.
I think most of the Korres shower gels are 90 to 95% natural depending on the varying ingredients they use. There is a long list of things they do not put in their products:
- Mineral Oil
- Silicones
- Parabens
- Propylene Glycol
- Ethanolamines
- Petrolatum
As well as a few others. So if you are concerned about certain ingredients in your shower gels you can easily ascertain whether Korres is right for you. There is a full list of things they do not use in their website. Here is a run down of what are using at the moment:
James
Guava – This smells as good as it sounds and every time I use it I want to take a drink from the bottle. I like using this after a good workout, it makes me feel clean and refreshed with it’s fruity tropical scent. It also reminds me of our trip to Hawaii that we took in May.
Fig – I have no idea how figs smell (or taste for that matter) so I don’t know if this scent is genuine but it also has a nice refreshing scent. It’ s not sweet like the Guava it has more of richer aroma like a liqueur. It’s been great to use this whilst it’s been so cold outside.
Vanilla Plum – There is something Christmassy about this one – slightly sweet and boozy at the same time. I think this is also nice for winter so I wouldn’t want to use it when it gets warmer (if it ever does) 
Annabella
Cedar – This is such an unusual outdoor woodsy smell. It really makes you feel like you are in a forest. If you a bit of tomboy like me then you’ll love this earthy shower gel.
Citrus – This isn’t a typical shower gel with lemon/grapefruit zest it smells a bit musky too. I like using this after working out or when I feel grimy.
Now that the sun is setting earlier and it’s starting to get colder I will be dragging out one of my favourite shower gels. If you aren’t familiar with Korres shower gel then you should be – particularly Juniper and Rum! It’s amazing how many other shower gel brands get it so wrong with cheap nasty ingredients but Korres gets it so right. This has a lovely warming effect and maybe is just psychological but it really makes your skin feel like its been given a cosy blanket to wear. The scent goes from warm and spicy and to fresh and mountainous and back again. It really does make you feel like you are in a Scandinavian forest one minute and on a Caribbean beach the next. Even though this is marketed to men I don’t see why it should only appeal to the guys. I don’t like super sweet or floral scents anyway so this is really nice for me and goes with my tomboy personality. It’s also a departure from my usual roster of Molton Brown or shower gels that smell like food. Korres shower gels always soften the skin but they also do lots of lovely body milks as well. Skin Scrubs hearts Korres!
This is available at Mankind!
James – I actually love Korres shower gel so when Annabella said she had something from Korres for us to try I naturally assumed it would be another one. I never thought I would find a toothpaste looking tube of scalp scrub waiting for me in the shower. This contains green silt and corallina oligoelements which are supposed to balance oily, dry or dandruff prone scalps. I do suffer from dandruff and oily scalp so I can understand why she bought it. Then again knowing Annabella she probably thought as it said ‘scrub’ there would be some kind of rocks or dirt it in!
I like the fact that this is in pump as it makes it easy to use. I really like the smell too but I would be hard pressed to describe it. In case you were wondering it doesn’t smell like a swamp even though the ingredients would suggest otherwise. I used this for a couple of weeks and I have seen an improvement in my hair. The strange thing is I don’t know what the improvement is. I think my hair feels softer, my scalp doesn’t itch but this could be down to the fact I’ve also been using Molton Brown Anti-dandruff Jackberry Hairwash which by the way is fantastic. I think this would be quite soothing and calming to someone who had a really irritated scalp and I would use it again, most likely in the winter months when my scalp is more flaky/dry. I just thought I would add that even though I found this easy to use, I have really short hair. If any of you ladies (or gents) out there have really long hair this might get a bit messy.
Annabella – Well of course I thought this was going to have rough scrubbing grains but I realise now that would be stupid because it would scratch your scalp. I really love the smell of this, I suppose there is something algaeish to it but like James says it doesn’t smell like a frog pond. I have the oiliest hair in the world so I wanted to see if this would make an improvement. I struggled at first trying to get this into my scalp because my hair is longer. It feels all seaweedy and squidgy in my hair, and I used about four pumps of it and left it on for 10 minutes whilst I did my other scrubby bits. It rinses really clean and my hair felt really sleek afterwards but you still need to shampoo. I did notice that I didn’t need as much shampoo for a few days after I used it. I have coloured hair so I was a bit worried that this would turn my hair green and thankfully it didn’t. If you have dyed red or hennaed hair I don’t know if this would be a problem, you might want to ask your hairstylist before using it. I don’t think I used it long enough to see much of an improvement in my oiliness but it does give my hair more body and shine. This is a convenient, easy to use hair treatment that only needs to be used once a week. And because you don’t need much, it should last a long time.
This is available at Mankind!
