Posts tagged with body lotion
Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Body Lotion
A rich fragranced body lotion to compliment Donna Karan’s Cashmere Mist fragrance.
The texture is thick and creamy, it absorbs well and leaves skin feeling soft and smooth. Soothes and softens skin immediately and over time it improves skin texture and hydration.
The fragrance is quite strong and lingers all day – if you don’t like too much fragrance you won’t need the perfume as well, or you may prefer to use the body lotion during the day and the fragrance for special occasions.
Available from:
Island Cosmetics
Try this if you like:
Penhaligon’s Artemisia
Avon Skin-So-Soft Gelled Body Oil
We were really impressed by this, so much so that some of us re-ordered before we finished the tube!
Light, cool and silky. It absorbs into the skin so well, it’s not sticky (though a little drying time is recommended – not long though) and skin is left so smooth and soft. Especially good on legs which stay smooth and silky-feeling all day.
The scent is ‘Soft & Sensual’ – a delicate feminine fragrance, great for layering with most floral perfumes. The scent isn’t strong, so don’t be put off if you don’t like floral fragrances. We are hoping they’ll do this in the ‘Soft & Fresh’ fragrance too!
Availability:
Discontinued by Avon in 2007 shortly after our original review it is now back in the range (hurrah!) and available from your Avon representative or online from Avon.
L’Occitane Almond Bust Gel
‘Tightening and firming’ is certainly an attractive phrase when considering your bust!! Sadly, this promising product (as most L’Occitane products are) was a disappointment.
None of our testers found a tightening or firming result, even after 4-6 weeks of use. Skin tone was often improved, but that was about it and, to be honest, any body lotion could do that.
The texture was very good though, a cream gel which felt soft and soothing – we wouldn’t dismiss this completely if you need improved skin tone and have sensitive skin, especially if you have found a body cream too rich on the bust area.
Not an unpleasant fragrance, quite neutral in fact, so layering with other lotions and fragrances wasn’t a problem.
Contains almond extract, almond milk and almond oil.
Availability:
L’Occitane
SkinStore
StrawberryNet
Thalgo Thalgomince Cream
Thalgomince Cream is formulated to help reduce excess fatty deposits and restore skin tone and firmness. We tried this out in several places – tummy, thighs, hips and upper arms.
Most improvement was noticed on thighs – thigh size was reduced and skin tone was much, much better. Overall, we’re not convinced this product will reduce size for everyone, though all of us noticed improved skin tone and most of us felt skin was firmer.
Those who saw the greatest improvement were following a healthy diet and/or an exercise plan and those on such a regime felt that Thalgomince is a product they’d continue to use. For the less health-conscious (!) it was felt that this was too pricey to see enough of a result and that other, cheaper, products gave a similar result.
Availability (links will open in a new window):
FeelUnique
Re-aqua
Thalgo
