Happy Wednesday, ladies!
My question for today is a simple one – what’s your favourite body moisturiser?
I’ve got way too many body moisturisers to begin with. Tubs of barely used body butters, bottles of body lotions and creams – seriously, if I were to stop buying body moisturisers, it would take at least two years before my current supply depletes. Everytime I’m at Priceline or Myer/David Jones, I’m tempted with different types of lotions and potions.
No wonder the husband thinks that these places are evil 😉
Of all the body moisturisers I’ve tried, there were a couple which I repurchased due to actual supply depletion – The Body Shop’s African Spa cocoa butter (the range has been renamed to Spa Wisdom Africa Spa) and St Ives Whipped Silk Advanced Body Moisturiser. I used the former when I was in the UK and Japan. I remembered using Johnson’s Baby Lotion religiously, trying to get rid of the increasingly-peely dry skin and rashes from my body due to the very low humidity, but to no avail. In the end, my mum handed me a tub of the African Spa cocoa butter and advised me to use it. To be honest, I don’t like the smell of cocoa butter (I still don’t), and I really disliked using it. However, after a week, the rashes disappeared and the dry peels healed. I don’t know why but it never occurred to me to get another version of body butter; I just kept using that smelly ol’ African Spa for years 😛
Golly, I went on and on there and I didn’t even mention my favourite body moisturiser!
It was by chance that I stumbled upon St Ives’ Whipped Silk. A small tube of it came free with a bottle of shampoo I purchased, and the moment I slathered it onto my skin, I was hooked. I simply adored the scent (not overpowering) and how light and non-greasy it was. This worked very well in Malaysia and during Australian summers, but it’s not moisturising enough for winter use. So I save this for hot seasons, and go back to my thick rich body creams come winter. This way, I have an, erm, excuse to shop for summer and winter body creams. Schneaky 😛
So that’s my story. What’s yours? What’s your favourite body moisturiser? Do you use different ones for the day and night? I want to know of the body lotions and creams you love. Y’know, just in case I want to get a new one *winketty wink*.