Nivea Angel Star Body Soft Souffle

A really interesting product that I got when I was in Singapore - The Nivea Angel Star Body Soft Souffle!

I was a bit iffy about buying this because Nivea products are kinda common and although they are good, they are kinda "meh" for me. Boring, milky smell, yeah, it's moisturising but I like something more fun. I haven't seen the Angel Star Body Souffle in Malaysia, so I was intrigued. It smells a bit too sickly sweet and feminine for me, but what really got me interested was the texture. Guess what the "Souffle" looks like?

Sealed for protection (and freshness?)...

Ta-daa!! It looks like tao foo fah and FEELS like tau foo fah too! For those that do not know what that is, I'm quite at a lost as to describe the texture, because it's definitely not like a souffle! I would probably describe it as porridge that has been left out to congeal a little? So it's solid, and yet watery at the same time? Hahhaha...

It feels SO weird to use it, as I would "pat" the surface and watch it wobble all around before rubbing it onto my skin. After some time, I had "broken" the surface and could scoop up minute pieces of it to be used. It is quickly absorbed into the skin, and does not leave any sticky feeling. Quite moisturising too, supposed to last for 24 hours! I would probably think the only big cons for this product is the smell (not enticing enough for me) and that I don't think it's very hygienic to keep "patting" the "souffle" and rubbing it on my skin. At least with tubs of cream, you scoop some cream out. But you can't really "scoop" this out... unless it's been broken into many pieces already.

This Angel Star Body Soft Souffle that I got is in "Raspberry Hot Crush Scent". I'm not sure if it comes in any other kind of scents. It doesn't smell very fruity to me - more like a sweet floral scent. Also, not sure about the cost as I paid in SGD... I think it would be around RM15 or less?

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Johnson's Body Care 24 Hour Lasting Moisture Body Lotion

I've got a lot of Johnson's products, thanks to contests that tempt me with the dream of owning my own "dream house". -___- In fact, I've used this product before, but never reviewed it before. Never too late, I suppose. ;) This is part of Johnson's new Body Care range, and it is the "24 Hour Lasting Moisture Body Lotion" with shea butter, vitamin E and jojoba oil for touchably baby-soft skin.

There are actually 3 products in their Body Care range. Aside from this one, there is the "Melt Away Stress Daily Calming Lotion" and the "Naturally White Daily UV Lotion". I've only tried this and the calming lotion as I generally TRY to avoid whitening lotions as whitening my skin is not top priority for me.

So how does this lotion fare for me? Straight out of the bottle, the scent is a little bit too STRONG for me, a little too FLORAL. However, the scent doesn't really last for a long time, and after an hour, you can barely smell anything on your skin. Strange, considering they call it a 24 hour moisturiser. Then again, if it's so strong that it smells strongly for 24 hours straight, it would be too scary.

By the way, some says that the perfume smells PEACHY, and some says it smells like TUBEROSE. To me, it smells NOTHING like the abovementioned. It just smells like some generic floral scent. Sorry, can't pinpoint the exact plant for you.

I'm not understanding why so many people are saying how moisturising it is, wonderful, etc etc. To me, yeah, I guess my skin is moisturised, but it isn't extra super soft or something. Maybe I just have extra leathery skin, lol. Maybe within 30 minutes of having this on, you would feel a significant difference, but the effects definitely fade with time. I don't care if this product claims that it's still moisturising you up to 24 hours even after you have washed it off, I really do not feel the difference.

However, having said that --- for the PRICE, I suppose it is quite "worth it". You can get a 200ml bottle for around RM6-7. It's a pretty handy, travel-friendly size, so you can cart it around with you everywhere. I usually take this around when I go to the gym because I can't be lugging around my Vaseline (which is almost double the size of the Johnson's one), which also has a pump-style dispenser, which means I could accidentally pump some moisturiser into my clothes. -__-"

Johnson's claims that this product helps your dry skin in 3 different ways :
1) shea butter helps reduce skin tightness
2) vitamin E helps lessen skin flakiness
3) jojoba oil helps revive dull looking skin

For better results, recommended to use this with the 24 Hour Lasting Moisture Body Wash.

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