Do you Moisturise your Body? | Palmer's Cocoa Butter
Do you moisturise yourbody? Is it something that’s important to you? I cant think of a more appropriate time of year to write a post about the staples in my moisturising routine...
Since I can remember,moisturising is just something I’ve always done. I think the seed was probablyplanted by my mum who has always moisturised every evening after a bath orshower. For many years I used the Body Shop butters, but as you know theyaren’t exactly cheap and if you’re moisturising your limbs every day that canbecome a little pricey. It was my mission to discover an affordable, butnourishing moisturiser that would leave my body feeling as hydrated as thoseyummy little butters. That’s when I discovered Palmer’s.
I have three productsfrom their range which I just keep repurchasing. WARNING: If you hate CocoaButter then stop reading now ;)
This moisturiserliterally kicks any others butt. I am yet to find one that even comes close incomparison. It’s rich and creamy in formula, which means a little goes a longway. It’s not sticky – which is the one thing that is crucial for me in amoisturiser. There is nothing worse (okay, there definitely is worse things tohappen, but I’m a dramatic beauty blogger), than slathering yourself in greasymoisturiser which means you have to wait for it to soak in before it dries!This formula sinks in almost instantly and leaves the skin silky smooth. Thescent is quite strong, but it’s not at all overpowering on application so youcan feel safe in the knowledge that your perfume won’t be interrupted by yourmoisturiser. I always go for the larger 400ml pump bottle as I think it’s greatvalue for money, and I absolutely love a good pump applicator! Now for theabsolute best bit, the price. From Superdrug it’s only £5.29 – I know!!! Howamazing is that? You’re getting SO much for your money and it lasts an absoluteage. The only down side to this product for me, is that on one or two of mypurchases the pump has been faulty, but it’s easily solved as I just keep theone from the old bottle and swap them over! Simples :)
If you’ve ever beenscared to fake tan (like me) and have extremely pale skin (like me) thenhonestly you need to give this baby a whirl. It’s a gradual tan, similar to thelikes of Dove and Johnson’s except I think it’s even more natural looking. Onjust one application I had comments that I looked sun kissed – where had Ibeen? Umm…in my bathroom with my tan? Ha ha. Now, of course all tan’s have thatgross biscuity smell, you know the one? Don’t get me wrong this still has ahint of biscuit to it, but because of the cocoa butter formula it’s nowherenear as bad. It literally just feels like you’re slapping on your regularmoisturiser and within a couple of hours you’ve got a nice healthy glow. Likethe original moisturiser it’s hitting just above the £5 mark at Superdrug and at 250ml, it lasts a fair while!
This is a new additionto my collection. The lovely Prairie Charms sent this as a thank you gift (howthoughtful is that?!) and it’s having a full blown love affair with my lips. Atfirst when I opened the packet I wasn’t sure, I could see it had a grainyfinish and usually I hate bitty lip balms as I feel they just crust up on yourlips. (That sounds really gross). But I was pleasantly surprised, onapplication it was as smooth as a baby’s bum and no grainy deposits to be seen.As with the moisturiser the nourishing feeling the cocoa leaves is heavenly andhydrating. It’s jam packed with Vitamin E which is excellent for treatingchapped or cracked lips and with an SPF15 it’s pretty much the perfect lip balmand ticks ever box. Oh and yeah, it’s only £1.79. Uhhhh huh, you heard right.
So, they're my staple moisturising products, that pretty much never change!
Have you tried Palmer's? Or do you know of an affordable range I should be testing out? :)