Wednesday 26 June 2013

My Favourite Body Butters

This post is to discuss my all time favourite, alongside my current body butters and moisturisers. It is a fairly modest collection to say the least, no high end brands in this stash! I lather on any one of these depending on my mood, my skin, the weather, or sometimes it’s down to simply being within reaching distance! I love them all equally and yet all for different reasons.




1.      Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula – Now everyone loves a bit of Palmer’s, it’s one that many of us will always go back to as it’s just so darn reliable. There is nothing fancy or luxurious about this moisturiser, it’s simply made to straight up soften, smooth and relieve and it does just that. This is a butter that I tend to use mainly in the summer when my skin is more exposed to the sun and whilst I’m building up a tan. It also gets it’s fair usage when I’ve come back off a holiday and I’m trying my best to maintain my glow! Palmer’s does help to do this, it keeps your skin hydrated and moisturised which is what my skin cries out for after a mere week in the sun! I apply this both morning and night as with a tan my skin becomes very dry and uncomfortable and I often start to peel if I miss moisturising even once! So in these times it’s a saviour! It is in fact recommended as an after tanning butter which is the initial reason for me buying this all those moons ago, but what is also a big plus is that it works to even out skin tones and smooth out marks and scars. The only thing I’m not too keen on with this product is the cocoa butter scent but I think that’s because I’ve used it soo much and so often that I’ve just gone off it (this tends to happen with most things such as perfume annoyingly enough).

2.     Garnier Summer Body Mosturising Lotion – I’ve been using this for sooo long, that I actually think it’s time for a change! This product isn’t your ‘slap on after a shower body crème’, but a moisturiser that works to gradually build a subtle sun-kissed glow. In the past I’ve used it all over the shop, legs, arms, face, you name it but these days I tend to just stick to the pins. It’s great because it doesn’t create the mess and require the preparation that true false tanning does and what’s even better is that it lasts for ages! I’ll usually apply this once each morning for two/three days (bearing in mind that you should let it dry into the skin for a while before putting your skinnys on!) and then for the next week those unsightly milk bottles are no more! What I find however is that the product never truly or fully sinks into the skin and it can leave your skin feeling slightly sticky so showering before your next application is usually best! It’s not great for solely moisturising but for a hint of colour I can’t fault it.

3.     The Body Shop Strawberry Body Butter/The Body Shop Mango Body Butter – Hail the budget beauty body butters of all time (although I think Soap & Glory could now be a close second!). The Body Shop are well known for their tubs of ‘smells so good you could eat it’ goodness, and I think it would be hard to find a household in Britain that doesn’t have one of these, big or small, rolling around in the back  of a drawer somewhere or pride of place on the dressing table. They do exactly what they’re made for – buttering up that body. I’ve not stopped using these two of late and I sometimes have to ‘ip, dip, dop, do’ over which one to use as they both smell SO good. The consistency is really light and creamy and dries into the skin wonderfully. The scent on them lasts pretty much all day too so you don’t need to worry about smelling questionable by the end of your graveyard shift!

4.     PINK Warm & Cosy Supersoft Bodylotion -  Last but not least is a Victoria’s Secret favourite of mine, simply because it smells so good. This was bought at roughly Christmas time, hence the name, so I’m not sure whether they still sell this anymore. I used it a lot over the winter period and unfortunately it’s been cast aside while the more summer fruity fragranced lotions take over! The scent isn’t what I would call a staple winter scent as it is quite a sweet vanilla fragrance but it is quite heavy and it doesn’t scream summer but for those miserable wet British days it could well make another appearance!  Plus I love the cute pump packaging it comes in!


Do you have a favourite body butter? Could you recommend a  moisturiser you’ve recently tried out?

17 comments:

  1. I love the palmers and body shop body butters.
    Lovely post new followers here look forward to more posts

    carrieanne x

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    1. Thanks a lot! And me too, the body shop ones are soo nice! X

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  2. I love the garnier summerbody as it gives me a bit of a tan but I agree it is a bit sticky! Love your blog!x-Georgia

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    1. same! its so much less fuss than full on fake tan!! XX

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  3. The Garnier and Bodyshop butters are some of my absolute favourites! Lovely post x

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    1. they're great aren't they! always gutted when I run out of a body shop one! XX

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  4. Palmers is my all time favourite! The body shop ones are lovely too though :)
    That pink ones sound nice! :)

    Rachel
    xx


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    1. Yeah the Pink one is so nice, Victoria's secret do such nice body stuff! It's just a bit heavy for summer I find! XX

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  5. You should try the body butter from Nip+Fab, it's my favorite!

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    1. Ah I've actually read a few reviews on their products actually! Yep think one of theirs will be next! XX

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  6. I love the body shop butters and they often have them on half price sale which is a bonus!

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    Lx

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  7. I love body shop body butters, they really help with my dry skin :)
    Laura xx

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  8. Ahh, Body Shop Butters just look so delicious and tempting! I never tried the mango one though, so definitely need to put it on my wish list;-))) thanks for sharing, Hannah!

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  9. This post made my day! I needed something to shake up my routine, and I'm always on the hunt for the perfect moisturizer- that’s this weekend decided then, I will be happily shopping for beauty products Xx
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  10. I've nominated you for the Liebster award you can see it on my latest blog post xx

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  11. I love Palmer's and the Body Shop's body butters, I just have trouble deciding which one I want next!
    Spider Leg Lashes xo

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  12. Aha I am so glad you mentioned body shop body butters! I use both the body exfoliator and butter in moringa (I think it's called). They are just heavenly!
    You're blog is so quaint and pretty, I am now following! <3

    Dee xox
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