Kiehl's series Nr 12: Creme de Corps Soy Milk and Honey Whipped Body Butter

 

 

Wow, what a product. 

 

This is what it look.  A horrible iphone photo, sorry.

 

 

I received a fairly large tub (in the photo) in my Rubybox.  This is a thick, whipped product.  It is soft and smooth and easy to rub in, although it is very non-runny.  The smell is devine.  It smells like cookie dough.  My husband thought I was baking when he walked into the house after I used this.  So only use if you want to smell like something you can eat. 

 

This costs R454 for 226 g, which is WAY out of my price class.  If I was filthy rich, like celebrity rich, I would definitely always have a pot of this around.  Since I am a lot poorer than that, I will be sticking to Palmers.   

 

 

You can read the Rubybox review here.  And some other reviews here.  (This one is here for the lovely photo).



Dr Ndlovu body cream

Fordoun Spa sells a small range of their own spa beauty products.  They have the body lotion in all the common toilets throughout the buildings (not in the hotel rooms).  And I got to use the stunning lotion every time I washed my hands during a two day stay in the hotel.  (Clever marketing!)  I liked it so much that I popped over to the spa and bought a bottle to take home.  The bad news is that they only sell it through the spa.  I am not sure whether they would sell you a bottle over the phone if you called and asked nicely.

The brand is called Dr Ndlovu and is based on local products.  Dr Ndlovu is a local traditional healer who works with the spa to develop some of their products.  It comes in two different fragrances.  I bought the Wild Dagga one.  It has a fairly strong smell, of weeds, I guess.  The cream is fairly runny, but is silky soft when you rub it in.  It makes your skin feel really soft.

It is not cheap.  I paid R115 for 250 ml.  It comes in a lovely pump bottle.  Although I really like the products, the price is a bit much.  I think you can get equally soft and silky hands using a much cheaper product.  This one is a treat and a slightly more luxurious experience.  If you like the complex smell, the idea of using an indigenous product and to treat yourself, this is the product for you.

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Cream

I received a tiny sample of this cream.  I did not like the smell the first few times I used it.  It smelled faintly of nuts, old almost musty nuts.  Like something on a forest floor decaying.  I did not smell the chocolate in the beginning.  And then after about the third of fourth use I started to love the smell, chocolately and warm and nutty and nice.  Now I smile whenever I smell it.

The real value of this cream lies in the fact that it is a thick cream, good enough for either a hand cream or a body cream.  It is thick, non-oily and easily absorbed.  The cream is as luxurious and much more expensive creams.  It reminds me of Shea Butter containing body butters.  The bottle is hard to use though, my big bottle is still more than half full and I really need to squeeze to get something out. 

It is sold in Clicks and DisChem and reasonably priced, R30 for a 250 ml bottle. 

I like it so much that I went out and bought a bottle when my little sample ran out.  I had to search a bit before I found some and I bought it even though I had two full bottles of body cream at home.  I also discovered that DisChem sold small 50 ml bottles for R8 and I bought 7 of my friends little bottles as well.  Hoping to spread some cheer around.

You can read the FAQ on the palmers website, a review here and here.