Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter

My sister gave me this giant 185g/6.5oz. tub of Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter over the holidays, but I didn't get to it until a few weeks ago after exhausting my supply of YuSkin A.

To be honest, I was quite iffy about this Belly Butter, not because it's "belly butter" but because it's Burt's Bees. The last time I used BB was almost a decade ago. I tried several of their products (reviewed four!) but didn't like any of them. All I remember is that they were all very heavy and greasy, and they just stayed on top of my skin and never really absorbed at all.

Burt's Bees Lemon & Vitamin E Bath and Body Oil

Woops, it never occurred to me I should review this Burt's Bees Lemon & Vitamin E Bath and Body Oil even though I've been using for almost 2 years now. In fact, I didn't even remember it until I was putting out my winter clothes, all of which smelled like...oil.


***Picture from Burtsbees.com.

I have dry skin. Everywhere. Not just on my face, my hands, but all over. Body lotions and creams just have no effects whatsoever on me as I would be itchy and patchy all the same. So when I started using DHC Deep Cleansing Oil, I thought about using a body oil too!

But first let me side track a little :D You know what, I just noticed many of the stuff I'd posted on this blog, I've been using for around 2-3 years. I think it all has to do with the time I spent working in Japan, well, 2 years ago. What can I say, the experience changed me. I remember myself before going abroad to live in a country whose culture and language I knew nothing about (it actually wasn't that bad...it wasn't like I camped out in the Sahara or anything...). Nonetheless, before the trip, I was boring, bland, and ignorant as hell. Well, I still am all that, just a lot more opinionated and picky about my dullness and stupidity. Anyhoo, if you're wondering why I've been using a lot of these stuff for about 2 years, that's why. Before Japan, I was clueless...and could not care less.

Okay, back to Burt's Bees Lemon & Vitamin E Bath and Body Oil :D Basically, I settled on this body oil because all the other options didn't sound very good to me. I tried baby oil, and it was greasy and made me smell like a baby's butt. I tried Neutrogena Body Oil, and it's main ingredient is sesame oil, which made me think I'm rubbing Chinese food all over myself. So I ended up with Burt's Bees.

Over all, I wasn't too impressed. It was as heavy and greasy as the baby oil, just that the lemony scent made me feel better about being oil-slick all over. The detrimental aftermath of it, though, was, well, the oil itself. It was everywhere! It soaked through my clothes and towels and made them all smelled like oil. It even ruined several of my satin pajama pants and stained my cream-colored canvas couch! I still can't believe I put up with it for almost 2 years! That's it. Time to try something else. I. Quit.

Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme

I keep a small pot of this Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme on my desk at work to keep my raggety cuticles in check. It's moisturizing, but it can harden after a while and I'd really have to rub around on the surface with my finger to warm it up. Oh well, it's got wax in it after all. I do like the lemon scent a lot.


***Picture from Burt's Bees.

Burt's Bees Hand Salve

Every once in a while my hands get crazily dry, so I grabbed a small little pot of this Hand Salve to see if it would heal the cracks around my cuticles. And it does! It works well, but again it's quite greasy and takes a long time to sink in. It has a very strong menthol scent too, kind of soothing. I bought a HUGE pot for my dad who also has very dry hands, and he likes it enough to keep it by his bedside.


***Picture from Burt's Bees.

Burt's Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Creme

Yes, Burt's Bees. I got into the "natural" phase for a while, so I gave this Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Creme a try.

I didn't like it though, unfortunately. Way too thick, pasty, and greasy. Takes forever to sink in too, although it does make my hands very soft I'd have to say. Just didn't have the patient to keep rubbing it in, that's all. The smell is nice, reminds me of almond cherry for some reason, even though there's no cherries in it...


***Picture from Burt's Bees.