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Product: Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Gloss

Description: This rich, luxurious cream illuminates skin with a subtle shimmer. Pure 100% Cocoa Butter, Vitamin E and other rich emollients provide just the right amount of moisture, leaving your skin soft and smooth and with a sensuous cocoa scent.

Size: 125g
Price: $9.95 AUS
Availability: Variety Stores, Chemists and Supermarkets.
Overall Star Rating:



This body cream is an excellent moisturiser that contains a subtle shimmer. It is perfect for those lovely summer dresses that show a lot of skin as the shimmer really highlights your tan and gives you a lovely glow.

Make sure you smell the product before purchasing as the smell is what bothered some of our panellists.


1. Avon Ultra Moisture Rich
Lipstick SPF 15

 

2. MAC Studio Moisture Fix SPF 15

3. MAC Cremewash

4. Palmers Coca Butter Body Gloss

5. Natio Ultra Shiny Lip Gloss

 6. ZOYA Autumn 2007 Colour Collection




Product:
Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Gloss




I was really excited to try this cream with shimmer. It was very creamy but it was absorbed quickly into the skin not leaving it oily. It made my skin very shimmery and left a light tan, so I found it best to use on my legs. It had a lovely coco smell, leaving the skin silky smooth. I will defiantly be buying this product again. For a shimmer cream I give it a 5 Star rating.


Personal Rating:




This moisturiser looks pretty similar to the other Palmer's products as the container is similar and the size of the gloss is very generous for the price! It is very easy to apply, smooth and not greasy and very comfortable on the skin and no clumps with the shimmer.

The colour is shimmery and I think it is too shimmery for me in daytime. Probably it would be better for night use. The texture was very smooth and the smell is not too strong and really pleasant. I find some Palmers products are too strong in the smell of cocoa butter but this product was surprisingly pleasant .
Personal Rating:




It's a standard 'body glow' product using glitters. I associate Palmer's with their typical cocoa-scented body lotions. A very summer-y looking product. I find the application to be effortless, just like a standard body lotion. The shimmer/glitter was very fine so I couldn't really tell the areas that I've missed, which is good in a way. It is quite subtle. You would have to wash your hands afterwards to avoid glittery palms.

The lotion itself is colourless, however the glitter particles are silver-ish. I would personally prefer a gold-ish glitter as it will go better with my skintone and lend some warmth. I think silver will be good for paler skin, though. The glitter is fine and non-gritty, and as such is not too obvious and looks 'teeny-bopper'ish. The smell is a faint yummy cocoa, which doesn't bother me. The lotion is a good consistency, not too runny/ gluggy.

It spreads well. This would be a good product to have particularly in summer to enhance my tan and in the evenings. I would purchase this again.
Personal Rating:




I noticed it was a very generous size. Unfortunately, as soon as I opened the lid I wasn't too fond of the scent. I found it quite overpowering. It is very similar to the cocoa butter scent of the other Palmer's products, which I don't like either. The product was easy and quick to apply but it did leave a very obvious glittery/shimmery mark on my hands which didn't wash/rub off very easily.

The glimmer was quite nice when applied - ideal for a flirty night out (or in).The texture was very nice, it dried quickly and wasn't sticky. Like I mentioned before, the smell was not to my taste, but if you like the cocoa butter scent of the other Palmer's products you would enjoy this. I would give this 2 stars due to the overpowering scent and the glittery remnants that get left on my hands after application.
Personal Rating:




Unfortunately I was not impressed with this product at all. It was like so many others on the market. I didn't like the smell at all I didn't feel good applying it to my skin.




Personal Rating:




Overall Star Rating

 

1. Avon Ultra Moisture Rich
Lipstick SPF 15

 

2. MAC Studio Moisture Fix SPF 15

3. MAC Cremewash

4. Palmers Coca Butter Body Gloss

5. Natio Ultra Shiny Lip Gloss

 6. ZOYA Autumn 2007 Colour Collection



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