Crikey O’Riley,
I think I’ve finally found what I’ve
been looking for all these years. Well,
I don’t ‘think’, I know I have: An exfoliating
body lotion that doesn’t have a horrible smell, leaves the skin smooth and
silky and is reasonably priced.
In my quest to
get away from the pumice and the plastic beads, I started trying lotions with
AHA’s in them. First up was Palmers
Anti-Ageing Smoothing Lotion (£5 for 250ml) which has a blend of AHA’s and BHA’s
in it to slough off dead skin. I love
the results of this lotion and I’ve repurchased it on many occasions but I
really, really dislike the smell when I was applying it.
It’s quite a masculine scent but not in a good way – it’s so unique that
together with the Cocoa Butter Formula, it’s quite overpowering. Anyway, I would only use it on my legs so it
wouldn’t interfere with my perfumes.
So my mission
was to find a nice smelling one. I
rather like the Dove scent so I was excited to see that they did Pro-Age Body
Nourishing Lotion with AHA (£6 for 250ml).
I did smell it instore but when I got home and slathered it everywhere
after a shower, I recoiled. It smelt
like a self-tan so I binned it and thankfully had a tube left of my trusted Superdrug
Vitamin E Body Scrub.
Anyhoo, the
quest was still on. I found all the
products that I Googled and I still was having a problem with the smell of all
of them (maybe there’s something in an acid formula that smells funky so they
have to mask it which results in an even funkier smell?). Months later and I’m now in the UK, I came across
Nip+FAB’s Glycolic Fix Body Cream (£10 for 200m) containing glycolic, salicylic
and lactic acids and I couldn’t wait to try it out! I know
it says it’s a cream but to me it’s more of a gel and goes on very nicely. I didn’t check the smell of it actually
before buying it as I did ‘click and collect’ at Boots and once again, I don’t
like the smell of it BUT its only on application and its not overpowering like the previous ones. I
really like the results though; no tightness or dry, snakeskin-effect lower
limbs and I have a lovely smooth bum and thighs so this is definitely going to
be a repeat purchase. Also I would like to try some of their skincare too.
Seeing as
Nip+FAB are on promotion, it was half price at Boots so I thought I would buy
their Viper Venom Body Serum too (as I love a good serum but have never tried a
serum for the body). Love the packaging on this one – black and lime green.
Viper is said to
do a lot: nourish, tighten and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. I love the texture of this product. It sinks quickly into the skin, leaves your
skin feeling so soft and fresh and most importantly to me, as we have ascertained, it smells fantastic. Almost powdery,
which I love. So, I’ve been using this
on my upper body when I’m not at work or gadding about – ie, when I’m not
wearing my Ambre & Santal perfume.
However, it would complement one of my other favourite perfumes, which
has a powdery scent so happy days.
Nip+Fab Body Products 200ml
200ml for £9.99
– NOW £4.99 at Boots
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