The Body Shop: Bag for Life Haul

Since the arrival of Bath & Body Works in Canada a few years ago, I've sort of neglected all other body products stores. My stop at Fruits & Passion last month was really the only deviation I made, and it's what made me re-think my body beauty shopping habits. I think the major reasons why I stuck to Bath & Body Works for the last few years are their better and more frequent sales, and their insane amount of candles. I like Fruits & Passion but find their prices to be a little too high to shop there on a regular basis, and The Body Shop got really boring because I used to shop there so much when I was younger. But I decided to check out The Body Shop again after ignoring it for many, many years, and everything that I got bored with years ago suddenly became new and exciting again (funny how fickle the mind is). Their online shopping site usually offers a promotion of sorts, but the day I checked it out was a particularly good one that I couldn't ignore: Buy a Bag for Life for $5, get 50% off your entire purchase. Uh, stocking up!
Bag for Life
Banana Shampoo for $4, Aloe Calming Toner and Seaweed Clarifying Toner for $6.25 each, Brazil Nut Body Scrub for $10, Absinthe Purifying Hand Butter for $10, Shea Lip Butter for $3, and Moisture-Boost Gloves for $6.50
Shower Gels in Vineyard Peach, Sweet Lemon, and Olive ($4 each!)
Limited Edition Body Butters in Vineyard Peach, Papaya, and Blueberry ($10 each), and Satsuma (Jumbo for $15!)
Body Butters in Shea, Aloe, and Olive ($10 each)
Bath Lilies ($1.50 each!)
I've always loved The Body Shop's Body Butters but stopped buying them because they were way too expensive at $20 a pop. But with a 50% discount? You know I'm buying a year's supply! I'm especially excited about the Papaya scent; it's limited edition now, but that was my favourite scent back in the day when it was apart of the permanent range and just a sniff of it makes me nostalgic. Another nostalgic item? Banana Shampoo! I can't believe this stuff is still around because I remember using it as a child — like, seriously, 20 years ago. I also picked up a couple toners (the Aloe one on recommendation from Liz, and the Seaweed one because I remember loving it back in the day), a Brazil Nut Body Scrub in hopes that it'll help with the bumps on the back of my arms (and also because I love the Brazil Nut scent), their new Absinthe Purifying Hand Butter that I fell in love with when I tried it in-store (it's intensely hydrating but surprisingly fast-absorbing, and the sweet-grassy smell of it kills the scent of smoke really well), some moisture gloves because my hands are eczema-prone and really dry and I need all the help I can get, a Shea Lip Butter to use as my new overnight lip balm (their other lip products are garbage, as far as I'm concerned), some shower gels in fun scents, and a bunch of their Bath Lilies because The Body Shop makes the best shower poufs in the world — they create the richest, lushest, most dense foam from any shower gel and never feel harsh or scratchy, ever (yes, Shoppers Drug Mart, I'm looking at you).
Consider this my return to The Body Shop. (And the unexpected loophole to my Bath & Body Works ban.)