The Body Shop Staff Safe Sex Comp Winners

By Adam Valvasori - Values Manager

Over the first week of the Yes Yes Yes! To Safe Sex campaign we ran a staff competition to find the safest & sexiest The Body Shop store in Australia.

Big thanks to all the staff who participated! You gave us a big LOL here at The Body Shop HQ! Some of them were quite... how do you say... "unpublishable" but sooooo very funny!

A special mention to the Morley Store (WA), who came quickly with a whole page of very provocative safe sex slogans. Nationally, they're also leading, with the most Tantalising Lip Butters sold by far (100% of profits going to the Staying Alive Foundation). My favourite slogans from the them were:
“If you think she's spunky cover your monkey” and “Especially in December gift wrap your member”

The following stores also sent in some hum-dingers:

Warringah (NSW) “No glove, no love!”
Elizabeth (SA): “Let’s burn some rubber”
Hurstville (NSW): “Get a franga on your banga”
Liverpool (NSW): “Don’t be a nong, cover your schlong”
Macarthur Square (NSW): “Protect your china, cover his miner” and “Have patience or you'll be paying maintenance”

I’m awarding the prize – which is a green bag full of mysterious, safe and sexy fun, including a dozen or so Vixen condoms kindly donated by the Marie Stopes Institute…

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Now the moment you've all been waiting for! The winner of the 2009 The Body Shop Safe Sex Staff competition is:

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Townsville!

For their excellent team photo (click on the photo above for a larger version)

Manager Louise Baker writes:

“Hi Adam, thought I might need to explain our pic as I'm not sure if you get the TV advert down there for the insect repellent 'OFF'. In the ad, they ask; 'have you got it on?' and the husband says; 'I can't feel anything', the wife then says 'that means you've got it on'. Hope you find it as funny as we did doing it. It was a great icebreaker at our Team Meeting which really helped get the campaign messages across to everyone. We are having some really great conversations with the customers.”

Congratulations Townsville Team!!

And good luck to everyone with the rest of the campaign! Below is a photo of ome of the Vixen condom prizes and mini-sexy gnome trophies for participating stores.