Smoothly Does It!

Vaseline Body Cocoa Butter Smoothing Body Butter

Vaseline Cocoa Butter, 227g ($7.69)

This is an intensely moisturising body butter with ingredients like cocoa butter and shea butter. It truly works wonders on dry skin making it feel softer and smoother. It is also very nice to apply. Unlike so many other body butters that get it wrong, this has a wonderful consistency. It is rich and creamy without being too thick or leaving you feeling greasy.

I really enjoy using this product and find myself reaching for it year round. Normally, I only use body butters in winter (when colder temperatures and indoor heating wreaks havoc on my skin), but I actually use this heavily in summer too. Vaseline's website says this "smoothes away dullness for a healthy glow" and it really does! It evens out my skin tone and makes everything look smooth and glowy. It's perfect for summer legs.

Here I applied it on my hand and you can see what a difference it makes. It's definitely very illuminating upon application!

L-R: with Vaseline Cocoa Butter; without Vaseline Cocoa Butter

Here's a comparison with another body butter. Segment 1 on the left is Vaseline's Cocoa Butter and Segment 2 on the right is a Grace Cole body butter. Vaseline's Cocoa Butter clearly leaves the skin more glowy.

L-R: 1. Vaseline; 2. Grace Cole

Overall, this is a great product that does it's job and more. There are only two things you have to note: 
1) this is a body butter so it will take a while for it to sink into your skin 
2) the sweet, cocoa scent is very strong. 

Personally, my skin is never extremely dry so body butters are a bit excessive for me. I'm used to them taking forever to sink into my skin so the only issue I have with this is the scent. In the tub, the product smells sickeningly sweet and strangely rather alcoholic. It really reminds me of Vodka Mudshakes! Eventually, it does fade to a soft cocoa scent but that takes a while to occur and it never truly disappears unless you wash it off. Consequently, I always make sure to use a light hand and keep it strictly on my legs so the scent isn't so intense.

I definitely recommend this product if you're in the market for a body butter. It's great quality and value for your money. Just avoid if you're sensitive to scents.

xoxo
Lots of love,
Mel.