After my so-so experience with the L'Occitane Shea Hand and Foot Creams, I got curious about the L'Occitane 100% Pure Shea Butter. So I got myself the smallest size, the tiny little 0.26 oz. tin, to try.
My first impression was that it smelled funny. And it felt hard and waxy, like very cold butter. The instructions say I need to warm it up in my palm first, which I did, but it didn't get much softer afterward. Hmm...sounds like another so-so experience... Another thing is that the shea butter was milky white and I've read that it was supposed to have a bit of a butter tint. A milk white color and hardness means the shea butter has been overly processed, during which it lost a large portion of its healing and moisturizing properties. Doh!
I use this shea butter primarily for my cracked cuticles, sand-paper fingertips, corners of the mouth that gets patchy and cracked (ouch!), and even my upper lip areas that got painful after a few times blowing my nose. Did I tell I have super dry skin? I did, right? Yeah. Luckily for me, the shea butter does a good job healing (see, it's supposed to heal!) the cracks and dryness on my skin. It takes a few days, but it does heal. Now I just really really wish it was softer so I could use it all over my hands and feet too. Until then, I got a couple more of the little tins to keep in my purse and at the office :D
In the mean time, I saw pure shea butter on sale at Ebay...Very tempting, indeed.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Ichikami Shampoo & Conditioner is my first haircare products from Kanebo/Kracie. So far, I've tried Kao's Asience , Shiseido...
-
I've been collecting these Canmake Cream Cheek since they came out, skipping only 06 Nut Cream because it was too brown for my taste. T...
-
Holy crap! - I think I've found the one in Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream ! Could it be true my search for a moisturizer has finally ended...
-
Been really enjoying this Dear Beaute Himawari Oil In Shampoo & Conditioner ! There are three types, the brand new Smooth & Repair, ...
-
For over a year I'd resisted these cotton candy-colored tubes and bottles of sunscreens that supposedly color-correct, but alas in the ...
-
On our third day in Nikko, hubby and I split up with my sister and her friends again. We went off to see the famous World Heritage temples a...
-
Last fall, Julia, a reader, surprised me with an enormous care package from Tokyo with many of my favorite things: Daiso masking tapes in c...
-
Even more hits--the fourth one!--from Julia's giant care package from last fall was this Cezanne Lasting Gloss Lip in RD1 , and I like...
-
Our December afternoon tea session was at the Lobby Lounge & Bar , on the 45th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo inside the Midtown Towe...
-
Been using this 150mL pump bottle of Cow Brand Mutenka (Additive-Free) Cleansing Oil so here's a quick review. This is one of the f...
No comments:
Post a Comment