Fresh Brown Sugar Affair Gift Set

I bought and used the Fresh Brown Sugar Body Polish years ago (literally over a decade ago as it was before I was pregnant with Miss London) when it was first sold in Liberty in London. At the time it was one of the first if not the first department store brand(s) offering a sugar body scrub; most other body scrubs were based on salt, ground seeds/nut/shells or polymer spheres. The combination of just-the-right-amount-of-grainy brown sugar crystals, skin softening plant oils and fresh lemon/citrus essential oils made it a well-deserved cult product. I am almost positive this used to contain arnica to soothe aching muscles, but I've checked the ingredients list on the back of the box several times and can't see arnica listed there so perhaps they've tweaked the formulation.

The Brown Sugar Affair Gift Set contains 200g of the Brown Sugar Body Polish, 100ml of the Brown Sugar Body Cream and 4.3g of Sugar Passion Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15.

The Brown Sugar Body Polish is as good as I remember it to be; just the right amount of scrubbiness to exfoliate and very skin softening (do be aware this is quite an oily scrub as it uses plant oils rather than any waxes/butters, so be careful when getting out of the bath or shower after using.)

Brown Sugar Body Cream is a medium textured body cream - it's definitely richer than a lotion, but it isn't as thick as a body butter texture. It sinks in quickly, and mimics and compliments the Body Polish scent. The Body Polish does leave a film of its oils behind on the skin if you don't follow with a foaming cleanser, so the Body Cream is the perfect texture to lock that in without being too heavy in my opinion.

Sugar Passion Tinted Lip Treatment is a sheer red balm. The cap twists on and off rather than clicking or pulling, which makes it more secure to chuck in a makeup bag. It is fragranced with a similar sugar/citrus scent to the other Sugar items, and feels moisturising on the lips. A word of caution - if you are a habitual lip licker, you'll only do it once with this Lip Treatment - the sun protection ingredients mean that it doesn't taste as good as it smells.

This gift set is either £32 or £35. The press release says £32, but that seemed very low to me (I remember paying £30-odd for 400g of the Body Polish when I bought it years ago) so I rang the shop to check. The chap in the shop said £35, which is still an extremely good price for this. If you know anyone who loves or loved Fresh, this is a great present and it's a lovely present for anyone looking for some pampering who isn't familiar with the line too.

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The only drawback with this set is that Fresh isn't available online in the UK, which is a bit of a pain. There is a single shop at 92 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4RD, but you can mail order by telephoning 0207 486 4100.

Disclosure: PR sample