I’m always a little thrown off when beauty brands bring hemp into the mix with their products. There’s something a little less than savory about seeing the tell-tale green leaves that usually signify a different kind of store down Yonge Street in Toronto (if you know what I mean).
The Body Shop went straight to the heart of that matter with their Hemp Rescue Balm as the inside of the tin packaging disclaims, quite loudly, “Hemp is hope, not dope”. Their Hemp Rescue Balm “instantly relieves rough, tight ultra-dry skin and soothes elbows, knees, knuckles and feet. [It has] a rich balm to oil texture and hemp seed oil packed full of essential fatty acids, your skin will be left feeling softer and more protected.” Once I read that, I was determined to use this on my nasty heels (which I have lamented about before).
The balm has a bit of a tough texture on top, but once you break through that you’re left with the smooth balm underneath. It’s really a lovely texture – it’s smooth and emollient enough to sink into your skin (even my nasty ass heels), but not so slippery that it just wipes away when you walk around. And low and behold, it WORKS! This Hemp Rescue Balm has been keeping my heels in great shape and keeping the deep heel cracks at bay. I use this roughly every 2-3 nights before going to bed and I’ve been extremely happy with the results (especially since the last heel balm I used – by Dermacol – was doing NOTHING to help me out!). The scent is neither appealing nor unappealing to me, so that’s also a bonus.
So if you suffer from extremely rough patches of dry skin, or even cracked skin that needs healing (my husband’s been using it on his elbows, albeit not as regularly as me, and I have noticed a bit of a difference) you may want to give this one a shot!
The Body Shop Hemp Rescue Balm can be purchased on thebodyshop.ca for $27 CAD or on thebodyshop-usa.com for $22 USD.
The product featured in this post was sent to me for consideration.
My heels are seriously disgusting, I wish I pay more attention to them like I do to the rest of me. Recently I am taking better care of them, purchasing products to heal them and they are in tip top shape now, this would be a great addition to the products. Does it stain the floor when you walk? Or does it instantly sinks in?
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It does leave a bit of a grease mark behind, but not as bad as some of the thick creams I’ve used in the past. I’ve had heels cracks so bad that it made it hurt to walk so I’ve just accepted my fate and use creams on them every other night or so.
I really love the hemp hand lotion, so I’m not surprised this is lovely as well!
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I’ll have to try that next – the whole hemp line is very new to me!
Despite the scent, I love the Hemp line from TBS. They all moisturize so well. I go back to the better smelling ones and then think “why doesn’t this work as well?” and wish I bought the hemp ones lol
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I don’t mind the scent that much, although it is rather medicinal. But yeah, we all get suckered into the sweet smelling ones… but they definitely don’t deliver as well!