Sea Breeze Smooth Hand Gelato

On a whim, I picked up these two tiny 18g tins of Sea Breeze Smooth Hand Gelato via Amazon JP for my gym bag. There were two scents available, Botanical Sweet and Pink Grapefruit, and I got both.

L'Occitane Shower Gels

Over the years I've used and posted about quite a few Shower Gels from L'Occitane, and instead of having those posts scattered about, I thought I'd gather them all into one post here. 

Original post Sunday, November 18, 2018.

Bonne Mere Peach Shower Gel 

Finally used up the tube of Biotherm Lait de Douche Cleansing Shower Milk and happily moved on to this 300mL/10.1fl. oz. bottle of L'Occitane Bonne Mere Peach Shower Gel.

 

This shower gel is slightly stronger scented than the Peach Bonne Mere Soap (will post a bulk soap review later). Actually, make that really strong. However, it's a nice scent, kind of tropical fruity with a flowery bent and nothing reminiscent of peach. I actually like the scent ^.^

Thann Aromatic Wood Body Wash

Oops. This post got pushed to the very bottom of my draft folder and forgotten for years :( Oh well, better late than never.

This 37mL/1.25fl. oz. travel sized bottle of Thann Aromatic Wood Body Wash was among the set of toiletries hubby and I received from a Marriott stay (I think) in NC, where hubby had a work conference. 

 

I really loved this Aromatic Wood scent, but mostly in the bar soap. The Body Wash smelled lovely as well, and the formula wasn't too harsh, but if I had to pay top bucks, I'd rather stock up on the bar soap because the lather was so creamy and fragrant. This Body Wash was decent, but didn't leave as big an impression on me as the soap. Glad I got to try this, but I won't be buying a full size anytime soon. 

Nest Fragrances Hand Cream

These 133mL/4.5fl. oz. aluminum tubes of Nest Fragrances Hand Cream in Black Tulip, Citrine, and Wisteria Blue were impulse buys, and I ended up trying just one tube (Black Tulip) for just a few times before passing all three of them on to my mom. 

By Terry Baume de Rose All-Over Oil Face Body Hair

More than half way through this 100mL/3.38fl. oz. spray bottle of By Terry Baume de Rose All-Over Oil Face Body Hair so here's a post for it. This is a multi-purpose oil for face, body, and hair, but I use it mainly as a body oil. Only once I'm done apply this all over my arms and legs, then I run my hands through my hair to use up whatever that's left.  

MyKirei Soothing Peony Milky Lotion

Just finished the last of four 340mL/11.5fl. oz. refill pouches of MyKirei Soothing Peony Milky Lotion so here's a post for them, finally! Again, MyKirei was Kao's--in my opinion, half-baked--attempt at "eco" products marketed to the North American consumers. I assume it didn't go well, and they sure didn't try very hard I think, so the brand has now ceased production. Which is saying post is really for my own personal product diary.

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm

Almost done with this 400mL/13.52fl. oz. pump bottle of La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm. This is a thicker version of the Lotion I used up a few years ago. 

In fact, it's a little too thick and too rich. Not only it takes a long time to absorb, it leaves my arms and legs rather sticky. So what did I do but diluted it with MyKirei Soothing Peony Milky Lotion (will post next) because the latter was too thin and nowhere as moisturizing as I needed it to be ^.^ 

 

I used one part Balm and two parts Milky Lotion, and the result was perfect! Just thin enough to not be sticky, but moisturizing enough to keep my skin comfortable. Even better since that this Balm is unscented and the Milky Lotion was lightly scented, I got a very lightly scented body lotion. Win-win!

Kyobian Body Cream

Here's a super short post for these 35g jars of Kyobian Body Cream in Ocha, Sakura, and Yuzu. Kyobian is a sub-brand of Kyoto Kurochiku, so you can guess where this is going, right?  

Maiko Cosme Hand & Body Cream

Maiko Cosme is another sub-brand of KyoMaiko, and I had zero expectation for this 70g jar of Hand & Body Cream Kinmokusei (kinmokusei, osmanthus, 桂花). Actually, worse than that. I was all ready to "demote" it the same way I did both the Maiko-san Sakura Cream and the Moisture Cream from the sister sub-brand Mamisango.

Why would I think this Maiko Cosme Hand & Body Cream would be any different? Over the decades, there have been facial skincare products that were so wonky, be it the formula or the texture or the scent, that I couldn't stand using them on my face. At the same time, they were fine and weren't expired or had gone bad or stale in any way, so I passed them on to family and friends. And when no one wanted to try them, and when throwing them out would be too wasteful (don't get me wrong: I have hated some things enough to have simply tossed them), that was when they got "demoted" to my hands, or worse, my feet. 

So imagine my shock: just when I thought that this hand and body cream(!) would end up being used for my feet, it got promoted to exclusive use on my face! Totally did not see that coming, did you?

Mamisango Maiko-san Sakura Cream

Like Kyoto Kurochiku, KyoMaiko is one of those niche Kyoto-based brands that's geared towards touristy gift shops and sells sometimes gimmicky products like tiny little 5g jars of hand cream (guess who fell for it anyway? :P), small and flimsy reusable bags (guess who bought those too? =.=), meh supposedly facial creams (and bought these T.T), and smaller-than-credit-card packets of paper soaps for travel purposes (and totally obsessed with these, ha!). Yep, I'm guilty through and through. Hence this post for the 60g jar of Mamisango Maiko-san Sakura Cream, Mamisango being a sub-brand under KyoMaiko.