Body Butter Shower Cream & Eye Masks

Review of 2 new products I've been using!

1) Olay Total Effects Ultra Nourishing Body Butter Shower Cream

The one that I'm using is the one on the far right

I bought this because I really like Olay products - I've also had good experience using their revitalizing eye cream. The eye cream, though pricey, lasted for nearly a year, and it really helped to make my eyes feel more refreshed at the end of the day. Also, the only eye cream so far that has NOT given me milia. The sales assistant at Carrefour also told me that with every purchase of their body butter wash, I would get a pair of bath scrubbing mitts... in pink! I was sold. :)

This body butter wash is NOT one of those shower gels which make you feel squeaky clean when you're done. So best not to use it post-workout. It's great before a date, because your body will feel so soft and smooth after the shower. It's like you won't need any more body moisturisers. =) The effects last quite long too... for example, after a bath at 9am this morning, I still felt soft and moisturised up til 3pm in the afternoon.

The bad part is that, IMHO, the one that I got (Ultra Nourishing) is one of the nicer smelling ones. Though I was attracted to the "ribbon body butter" body washes, I found those too sickly sweet. Some people on other blog reviews complain that this body wash leaves a horrible smell on the skin that lasts for hours. I didn't experience that, but maybe because I always layer with body moisturiser (I know I said it feels like you don't need it after the shower, but I always do so out of habit) and perfume. =P

I also don't quite like the texture for this shower cream, as it is ... er.. creamy. I prefer the clear, gel-type. Also, I notice that this shower cream is prone to packaging failure in the pharmacies and supermarkets that I've gone to. The creamy texture always seems to spill out of the container and leaves a nasty crust around the bottle. Some pharmacies even resort to using cellophane to tape the top up! There's just something very wrong if they need to do that.

In conclusion, though I quite like the moisturising and nourishing effects from this shower cream, I won't be purchasing again, as I have mentioned, this was the best of the range. No intentions to try the others. =)

2) Montagne Jeuness Anti-Poches (Anti-Puffiness) Eye Mask

I bought this because I have been doing late night support at work for a while, and I thought that if I didn't start taking care of my eyes now, when they become panda-like, it would be even more difficult. This is pretty pricey, if I remember correctly, it's about RM10 per packet of 2 eye masks (that means you can use it twice only).

For further effectiveness, the packet recommends that you put the eye masks in the refridgerator before using. I find this a bit "cheating", because a much cheaper alternative is to put metal spoons into the fridge and lay them on your eye bags. Every girl magazine teaches this secret! I was hoping for some ultra-nutrition / vitamin filled masks that would absorb into my eyebags and expel out goodness-knows-what that makes it puffy. If it was just the COLD that would cause it to go away, then I would go back to the spoon trick.

Honestly, I don't find that it is that effective, but the coldness of the eye mask on my eye bags does feel good. Remember not to put the eye masks toooo near to the bottom of your eye, otherwise it WILL be painful, trust me. ;)

In conclusion : use the spoon trick. ;P