L'Occitane Bergamot Tea Hand Cream

I'm a little addicted to handcreams! It's true, cause I've been on a hunt to test and check out handcreams that's out there...

Well, a few entries earlier, I mentioned that I got a voucher from L'Occitane, being my birthday gift from them I guess.  And me being me, I was rushing over to check out their things.  My Ianti's handcream was running low, thus the hunt for the lovely hand cream began...

What really attracted me to this handcream is the smell.  I'm not a big fan of tea, but the bergamot tea smell is rather enchanting.  It's gentle to the nose, and it emanates a rather soothing smell.  That was the deciding factor to my purchase actually... hahaha....

Absorption level:  Unlike their Shea Butter range which leaves the hand slightly oily, the Bergamot Tea Hand Cream tends to be absorbed into my skin rather quickly.  When I look at my hand, it looks oily, yet it doesn't (it does look rather glowy after you applied it, like there's a layer of oil).  The cream absorbs right into your hand within minutes and leaves your hand moisturised.  When I touch my hand, I like the smoothness of it after the application.  No oil, just smooth.. Of course, the smell of the is soooo niceeeee....

Moisture level: medium high.  Well, that is compared to Shea Butter.  It does moisturise my hand and I like the smoothness of my hand after applying this hand cream.

Long lasting: not too bad.  What I like about it is, even after you wet your hands, you can feel the moisturiser there... I tend to pat my hands dry after that in order to ensure that the creamy feeling is absorbed into my skin once again. 

Value for money:  To be honest, I can't remember the price.  Then again, L'Occitane's products are never cheap, but of course, looking at the rate that I am using it, it does last kinda long =)  So it may be good to invest on it if you like handcreams like me!

Christmas is around the corner, and I'm already checking out their travel set... woo hoo.. let's see what I should buy next! Yay....

CrabTree & Evelyn Rosewater Hand Therapy

As I mentioned a few days ago, I received Crabtree & evelyn Rosewater Hand Therapy as a present from a friend. I was really excited and was pretty much making a lot of noise to show my excitement! Haha, I know... I do find that Crabtree & Evelyn's products to be quite expensive and thus, most of the time I would just do some window shopping rather than buying the actual product. 

Viola! I got it as a gift.  Okay, here's the review.

If you are a person who likes floral scent, you would love this rosewater hand cream.  As for me, a person who don't really fancy floral scent, I find the rosewater smell is good.  It is not too strong, nor too light.  It does give you a very easy going feeling and I find that it makes me feel soothing whilst I was applying it.

It does have Shea Butter in it, but not as much as L'Occitane's En Provence Handcream I guess, cause it doesn't feel too oily, but yet, it gives ample nourishment.  Trust me one shea butter handcream from L'Occitane, but in terms of the absorbtion level, I find that Crabtree & Evelyn's score well.  

It's quite a small bottle, at 25ml, but you just need to squeeze very little for it to nourish your whole hands.  In overall, I quite like this product.  A good item to have with you when you travel, given it's size.

L'Occitane En Provence Hand Cream Dry Skin

My hands are really dry, trust me... seriously dry.  My mom said I was born with rough hands, so if I do not put hand cream for like a couple of days, the roughness is very evident, to the point where if I were to clasp my hands together, I have this great urge to put on heaps of hand cream/moisturiser to get rid of the feeling.

And so, I bought this hand cream from L'Occitane.  It's expensive, costing about RM35, but I figured, why not give it a try, since it's written that it's made of 20% Shea Butter and it is for dry skin.  The SA told me that I only need to apply very little on my hand and it will feel nourished.  Anyhow I was looking for something to help me hit RM200 so that I can become a member =p, and this was the cheapest (yea, their things are seriously expensive).

The verdict:

Moisture level - is deemed high.  My hands do feeling nourished once I've applied it.  It doesn't absorb into my skin as fast as I want to, so you gotta be slightly patient to wait for it to sink into your skin.

Sticky feeling - it's there.  I guess it's cause it's made from Shea Butter, so it does feel oily once you've applied it.  It takes a while for the oiliness to go away, probably the same time for it to sink into your skin, so I would suggest that you apply it just before you turn the light off to sleep.  At least you won't get your whole room or notebook oiled up, like me!

Long lasting - Since I tend to use it at night, the feeling that my hands aren't that dry is evident in the morning still. So I guess it does last long.  But then again, if you use it during the day time, maybe it won't since you may end up washing your hands often for whatever reason it may be.

Value for money - For a hand cream, it does seem pricey if you tend to purchase those over the counter products.  But I guess it'll make a great gift for friends and family =))  Nonetheless, if you think that RM35 for a 12ml is worth it, then I guess, no harm going for it =)  You may still want to get something else for day use, since, to me, I feel it's more of a night time use =)

Guess what I got from a friend as my pressie for my birthday???

I'm sooo gonna review this next.  So do look forward to it alright =)