Grace Cole Radiant Blossom: A Little Luxury for Your Everyday Body Care Routine
Grace Cole Radiant Blossom – By Rachel Ducker
There is something quite wonderful about coming across a body care range that elevates everyday routines just that little bit more luxurious. Whether it’s a beautifully fragrant shower gel, nourishing body butter or an aroma that lingers throughout the day, these small acts of self-care can make all the difference.
British beauty brand Grace Cole is redefining the world of body care with luxurious scent profiles and skincare ingredients usually found on the face.
I’ve recently been able to try and test the Grace Cole Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore collection of floral-infused products developed to nourish, smooth and support the skin. At its core, there are ceramides, botanicals and a pretty scent in Radiant Blossom that’s an intriguing mix of day-to-day pampering and therapeutic body care.
Grace Cole Radiant Blossom: More Than Just a Beautiful Fragrance
The Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore collection. Focused on restoring skin to a healthy glow and radiant condition as well as introducing a beautiful scent into your daily routines.
And it wouldn’t be a complete experience without the aroma. As it opens, sounds of violet leaf and lily are complimented by a dash of pink pepper, before slowly opening into warm notes of smooth woods and amber.
As a product it is a new style of floral fragrance, with more weight and nuance than a conventional floral body fragrance. There is a contemporary feel to it, a brighter floral profile with enough warmth to make it an easy, wearable scent.
Having tried and loved Radiant Blossom I am especially interested in how Grace Cole has adopted the collection not merely as just a collection of fragranced products, but also as an entire bodycare set.
The range is formulated with ceramides to support the skin’s natural moisture barrier, a plant-based collagen booster and a trio of botanical ingredients, including hibiscus, lion’s mane mushroom and rhodiola rosea.
These ingredients are meant to help you achieve softer, more flexible looking skin and are the reason for our being drawn to these products from a more skin care approach versus just coming to the product for its scent.
What’s Inside the Grace Cole Radiant Blossom Collection?
Here you will find six great, complementary products so you can create a routine based on your favoured textures and how much hydration your skin requires.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Hand & Body Wash – £14
Radiant Blossom Hand & Body Wash
Use the Radiant Blossom Hand & Body Wash as a daily cleanse, at the sink or in the shower.
The blend incorporates ceramides, which are a plant-derived collagen enhancer and Grace Cole’s botanical blend, into something more than the gel most of us use a handful of times a day.
A truly fresh floral scent a lovely finishing touch this formula is meant to cleanse but not be hard on the skin.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Cream Oil Body Wash – £16
Radiant Blossom Cream Oil Body Wash
More nourishing cleansing Experience ceramides and botanical benefits from across the collection to help support skin softness and suppleness.
This is a lovely treat at this time of year, when central heating, colder weather and the use of hot showers all leave skin feeling a little thirsty.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Body Scrub – £18
This (as opposed to a standard exfoliating scrub) formula also contains ceramides and botanical extracts that help support skin while it removes dry patches.
A twice weekly treatment formulated to ease the appearance of dull, rough or uneven skin.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Hand & Body Lotion – £14
Radiant Blossom Hand & Body Lotion
Provides a lighter moisturising option for everyday use.
Lighten up your everyday with the Radiant Blossom Hand & Body Lotion as it is ideal for daily application.
As a non-greasy, fast-absorbing moisturiser, which also contains ceramides, along with its plant-based collagen booster and botanical ingredients, to help nourish and support your skin.
This is especially handy for you to keep next to the sink, and moisturise your hands as you leave the water, or to all over after a shower.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Body Butter – £16
Try the Radiant Blossom Body Butter which is a more intensive moisturising treatment.
The product contains: a combination of ceramides with shea butter and sunflower seed oil, suitable for nourishing and moisturising.
Elbows, knees, and lower legs can especially benefit from body butter. It’s best to use it on your skin once you come out of the bath and your skin is still slightly damp.
And there’s the signature Radiant Blossom fragrance too, which makes even moisturising feel like a real treat.
Radiant Blossom Renew & Restore Fragrance Mist – £12
Radiant Blossom Fragrance Mist
The collection is rounded off with the Radiant Blossom Fragrance Mist. A soft, fresh aroma, this spray is perfect to pop in your bag and spitz on the go.
What’s more, this scent mist also includes the collection’s ceramides and botanical complex.
Use it directly on the skin and hair or layer it over the matching body lotion or butter to enhance and extend the scent.
Anyone who finds the concept of a matching beauty regimen appealing will love using this to extend the Radiant Blossom fragrance beyond the bathroom.
A Closer Look at the Ingredients
A unique aspect of the Grace Cole method is the inclusion of skincare actives with an ingredient range based on the traditional botanically wellness range.
CERAMIDES are some of the most powerful ingredients within the Radiant Blossom range. Our body’s natural Ceramides are naturally found on our skin and are essential in support the skin barrier function while also preventing water loss.
This range also contains the addition of extracts such as the hibiscus, rhodiola rosea and lion’s mane mushroom, all ingredients included by Grace Cole within the formulations to benefit the skin’s condition and tone.
The finishing touch is a plant-based collagen enhancer, which the brand describes as a skin-balancing addition to help the skin maintain firmness and resilience.
Though your body care outcomes will differ and rely upon constant use, we love to see body care getting the ingredient-focused love that seems to have took over facial skincare.
Grace Cole, the products are made in England, vegan, free from cruelty and dermatologically tested, with formulations that are at least 90% naturally derived ingredients.
Discover the Other Grace Cole Body Care Collections
I’ve introduced you to Radiant Blossom from Grace Cole, but the company has three other ranges that each has a different fragrance and skincare range.
Bright Day Illuminate & Glow
The Bright Day Illuminate & Glow collection is all about making your skin appear brighter and more luminous.
Enriched with extract of ginseng, goji berry and reishi mushroom together with vitamin c and e, the product line aims at enhancing the skin glow.
With a fragrance that features sparkling grapefruit and bergamot, sweet orange blossom and a subtle vanilla, it’s a tempting offering for anyone that’s into a fresh citrus scent.
Calm Water Hydrate & Replenish
The Calm Water Hydrate & Replenish collection caters to the thirstiest skin with added hydrating ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, cica and sea buckthorn.
Hyaluronic acid is a staple in the facial care world when it comes to moisture-holding, and here it’s included in the body products to help restore skin that can feel a little dry.
The scent gives off a different note from the Radiant Blossom, with more refreshing marine notes, mint and aromatic herbs, followed by velvety musk.
Grounded Earth Nourish & Protect
This Grounded Earth Nourish & Protect collection is all about protecting and strengthening your barrier.
It contains colloidal oats, the same oats used in skin care products to soothe and protect skin. The formulas contain dandelion root, ashwagandha and holy basil extracts.
Scent-wise, Grounded Earth blends warming ginger with a mild spice, citrus, and a hint of florals.
A lovely option if warm and cosy scents appeal to your senses.
My Thoughts on Grace Cole Radiant Blossom
Experiencing Radiant Blossom was the first time I understood the potential of fragrance and skincare working harmoniously.
We tend to pick our bodycare products simply because they smell amazing or maybe because they provide immediate practical benefits of moisture. Grace Cole has tried to combine both of these areas into one co-ordinated collection.
The fresh florals, cosy amber and skin-loving ceramide based skin care of Radiant Blossom is sure to be an appealing choice for anyone looking to upgrade her everyday body care ritual.
What I love even more, is that you don’t have to own all six products to enjoy the scent or to add the formulas into your routine. A body wash and lotion makes a great pairing for everyday use, while the body butter and fragrance mist provide more ways to layer.
Explore the full Grace Cole body care collection to discover Radiant Blossom alongside Bright Day, Calm Water and Grounded Earth.
