Vaseline Total Moisture Lotion

Hello! Have you ever wonder why some people have beautiful skin tone but some have dry and flaky one? Do you think everybody is born with healthy and glowy skin? The answer is no! Even if you're born with beautiful and healthy skin, do you think it will last forever? Definitely No too and beauty is only skin deep!

So what to do now? If you do not have moisturized skin, do something, and if you have, protect it. Here's how you can achieve beautiful and healthy looking skin.

-Drink plenty of water
-Avoid oily and spicy food
-If you skin is sensitive, find out what causes it and avoid 
-8 hours of sleep is a must
-a good body shampoo (what i mean is those that's reasonable like Lux, Johnson and etc)
-Scrub your skin at least once a week to exfoliate the dead skin
-Moisturize it with lotion / body butter

If you're constantly in an air conditioned room especially office or sleeping hour, it's a must to apply lotion to keep your skin moisturized and prevent flaky skin.

Here's this awesome body lotion that i would like to recommend to you guys as i think this's the perfect lotion for me so far and i will continue using it until i find a better one in the future. Vaselline Total Moisture body lotion. This is the new line of Vaselline and it comes in a few range for different requirement. The particular one that i like to most is the Total Moisture Nourishing body lotion with Pure oat extract and Stratys 3 multi-layer moisture.

What it claims :

Vaseline Total Moisture Nourishing lotion leaves your skin feeling healthy, soft & smooth. Our 24 hour nourishing formula combines pure oat extract and stratys 3 multi layer moisture for a quick absorption, infusing moisture at the top, core and deep down layers of skin, keeping skin amazing.

Did you get that? Oat Extract! Whee.. Oat extract is well known for its moisturizing properties and it's one of the natural ingredient for a healthy skin. 

Here's a short summary of what the expert says about oats extract :

It has great anti-irritant and anti-inflammatory properties and has been used extensively in cosmetic preparations for many years.                                                                                      

Oats extract is especially used in products that have a moisturizing and anti-aging effect, as well as in products that are used to alleviate acne, pimples and to treat problem skin.                                                                                                                                        

The main constituents of oats extract are saponins (avenacosides A and B, avenacin) and polyphenols.                                                                                                                                 

Although the cosmetic use of oats in folklore is firmly entrenched and has stood the test of time, it has been proven in modern cosmetics to offer very valuable properties and yield excellent results.                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                             -Adopted from Dermaxine.com 

My Opinion

Smell :

Vaseline Total Moisture nourishing body lotion have a very soothing smell which is not too overwhelming and strong for a daily use. 

Texture :

The texture is not too runny nor thick, just nice. It's easy to apply and my skin loves this product a lot as it absorb it quickly. 

Staying power :

It keep my skin moisturize all day long. I apply it during the day time before applying the sun block. And night time after bath. It's not waterproof and thus i have to reapply if when it's being washed away. 

Price and where to get :

It's very affordable and easily available at any convenient store like Watson and Guardian. 

What i like about this product :

-makes my skin stays hydrated and smooth as claim

-love the soothing smell

-stays dry, not oily, sticky or greasy

-nice texture and easy to apply

-easy to absorb

-affordable and available conveniently everywhere

Other smell/range of this Vaseline body lotion :

-Cocoa Butter

Have strong cocoa smell, evens out skin tone and keep skin moisturized. 

-Intense rescue repairing moisture

For very dry skin. Provide 24 hour moisture treatment. Repairs and soften

-Aloe Fresh

Refreshing with aloe vera formula and provide non sticky hydration

-Healthy White

With skin whitening formula to give a healthier and fairer skin

-Sun protection

Comes with SPF for day time use. 

I don't really like the other range of the product due to several reason like the smell is too intense for me, some is a little greasy for me as i live in a tropical country with hot climate, and the one with SPF is good but i can't take the strong smell. 

So the total moisture that i have is the best for me, the smell and texture is good enough for daily application and nothing to complain for such an affordable and awesome product! Thumbs up! Why not grab one and try it out yourself? You'll love it! =)

Thanks for reading! XOXO

Vaseline aka Petroleum Jelly

Oh gosh, woke up early in the morning with a bad night sleep. Wonder why.. The happy things are, i'm going to get my hair dyed, after 8 months LOL and i love my baby smooth feet!! I have been applying Vaseline all over my feet and put on a pair of socks after that for 2 nights and the result is really good!! My super dry, calloused feet is not as smooth as a baby feet again! Just 2 nights!!

Basically, Vaseline @ Petroleum Jelly is a mixture of mineral oils, paraffin and micro-crystalline waxes that are blended together to form a smooth jelly that has melting point just above human's body temperature. It literally melts into skin, flowing into the spaces between cells and the gaps in our lipid barrier. It then resolidifies and lock them self in place.

It serves two function: Keep the outside world out i.e to protect skin from the effects of weather and exposure. Second it acts as a sealant to help keep the inside world in i.e it forms an occlusive barrier to the natural water loss of our skin. So skin is protected from drying elements, enabling skin-softening moisture to build up naturally from inside the skin itself. From here, please understand that Vaseline doesn't provide any moisture to our skin, but it helps locking the moisture in our skin from drying out.

Just a lil of the history, petroleum jelly in it's raw form was actually a bad things to U.S oil drillers in the late 1800's. It has a paraffin like texture that stuck to the shaft of ther rigs and caused them to seize up. However, they do apply it on their cuts and wounds as it has good healing properties. So after that, a person name Cheseborough opened his first factory in Brooklyn, NY under the brand name "Vaseline" as an ointment for skin injuries in 1870. So this is how they found Vaseline and below are just a few wonders of Vaseline:

For household use:

1. Apply thick layer of Vaseline on the inside of the Super Glue Cap threads after first use to keep it from gluing itself shut.

2. Apply a thin coating of jelly on shoes, boots and purses with a soft cloth to keep them shiny and looking great and repel water and road salt at the same time.

3. Quiet a Squeaky Door hinge with a coating of Vaseline on the hinge pin.

4. Keep Your Hand Clean by rubbin on Vaseline before you begin with the chores as it keep paint, stain, car grease and garden dirt from your skin. Just wipe it off with paper towel and wash away with soap.

5. Apply Vaseline along your hairline and ears before you begin to prevent Hair Colour from staining your skin.

6. Apply Vaseline on Cuts and Scrapes to protect it as it act as a barrier to keep out moisture and bacteria.

7. Use it as a Moisturizer all over body. It's suitable even for people with sensitive skin as it contains no fragrance of harmful chemical.

8. Prevent Car Battery Post corrosion by applying a layer of Vaseline on the terminals.

9. A thin coating of Vaseline on Ourdoor Lights bulb threads can prevent them from sticking when they need to be replaced.

10. Rub Vaseline on the skin around your nail before polishing so that the Nail Polish can be easily wiped off if you make a mistakes.

11. Apply Vaseline around the inside edge of cans to form an Air Tight seals.

12. Frozen Locks can be fixed or prevented by smearing Vaseline on the shaft of the key and insert into the lock and work the key nad lock for a few times to lubricate them.

13. Apply Vaseline along the runner on a Sticky Drawer to make it slide freely.

14. Apply Vaseline to your feet, right after bathing and put on a pair of socks for the whole night. It keeps the moisture on your skin from evaporating and makes your feet softer.

15. Apply to prevent Diaper Rash to replace expensive ointments and creams

16. Apply some Vaseline at the Tight Finger Ring and it will slide in or off easily.

17. Keep Nuts and Bolts from rusting by rubbing them with Vaseline before using.

18. Rub petroleum jelly on the damaged Water Rings on Wood Furniture and let it stand overnight, removes excess jelly and buff with a soft cloth.



For Beauty Use:

1. Put a thin coat on your eyelash and you will find your lashes grow longer and thicker after some time.

2. Apply some Vaseline at your eyebrow to tame it.

3. Use it as eyebrow colour. Mix some Vaseline with your desirable eyebrow colour using eyeshadow, apply them at your eyebrow with a thin lip brush or eye brow brush. This will make your brow looking beautiful and tame.

4. Apply Vaseline on your feet and elbows everyday-they will stay soft!!

5. Apply Vaseline on your cuticle a few times a day for a healthier and better looking cuticles.

6. Apply Vaseline on your lips to cure that chapped lips.

7. You can use Vaseline as lip gloss, it's safe.

8. Apply Vaseline at pulse point before applying your perfume, this makes the perfume scent stays longer.

9. A natural Moisturizer for people with sensitive skin.

10. Moisturizes dry skin.

11. Apply Vaseline to your teeth to prevents lipstick sticking to teeth. Beauty pageants and celebrities actually did that!!

12. Mix with sea salts and some essential oils to make body scrub.

13. Can use it to replace massage oil.

14. People with extremely dry skin or eczyma can use it for night cream.

15. Protects skin from harmful pollutants.

16. Can be used as makeup remover.

17. Applied a gentle amount on your cheek for a dewy look. Remember not to apply too much as you will end up looking oily.

18. Mix it with your blusher and apply it at your cheek to create that long lasting healthy glow on your face.

19. Apply a thin layer of Vaseline before applying your eye shadow to make it stay longer and make the colour more intense.

20. Apply some Vaseline at your ear lobe when you have difficulties with earring insertion.

21. Apply Vaseline on your scalp to condition your scalp, let it stay for 15 minutes and shampoo your hair.

22. Apply on scar(face or body) to prevent bacterial infection.

23. Apply a thin layer after you get a tattoo, it helps in healing and protecting the newly done tattoo.

24. Apply some Vaseline and rub it with your palm, scrunch through your hair for a messy and choppy look.

25. Apply a small amount on the ends of your hair to hide dry and split ends.

25. Mix Vaseline with powder eye shadow to create a more solid and intense eye shadow. It also prevent the powder eye shadow from getting all over your face.

26. Apply vaseline on your lips and cover your lips with a cling wrap for 5 minutes, then scrub your lisps with a toothbrush to exfoliate and they will be baby smooth.




Wow!! Look at all the amazing things you can do with Vaseline... Grab one and make it your best friend as it get quite handy when you run out of something such as your makeup remover, body lotion, moisturizer, scrub and etc.


There're alot of comments stating that Vaseline or petroleum is actually poisonous, clogged pores and etc the petroleum jelly in the market all proven safe for all its uses and i think those are just misconceptions. It has been in the market for so many years and if there were any true problems with it, we would already have seen them by know. It's okay if you disagree with me as these are solely my opinions and experiences. =)






Warning!!

-Do not use Vaseline on burns(including sunburns) as it will trap the heat on your skin and make the damage worse.
-Do not use Vaseline for nasal congestion or dryness because when inhaled, it might go into your lungs and cause lipoid pneumonia.
-Do not use Vaseline on any latex product such as condom as it can weaken and damage latex.

~~~Happy Trying~~~

Etude House Creamy Peach Chou Body Lotion

Went to Sungei Wang with "B" and my bffs last month. "B" forgot to lock his car so he went and check if everything was alright so the guys went and left we girls. We was standing nearby the etude house and saw that they have this great discount for all the products. It was too tempting and we went in to check it out although im not a fan of Etude House. So, i got myself a body lotion, which i'll be doing a review on now and also a shimmery eye shadow(next review). =)

Hmm, so this is how the Creamy Peach Chou Body Lotion looks like.

Look at the packaging, it really has the typical Etude House cuteness look which i don't really like but you will know later why i did purchase this product. =)

In the first place, i don't understand why they called it Creamy Peach "Chou" so i went back home and googled for the meaning and here's the answer for it.

chou   (choux pl )

  nm 

  (=légume) cabbage 
mon petit chou  sweetheart, my sweetheart 

  (autres locutions)  faire chou blanc  to draw a blank 
feuille de chou   (fig)  (=journal) rag 
faire ses choux gras de qch   [presse] to have a field day with sth 
→ ce procès n'intéresse que les médias qui en feront leur choux gras   
→ les médias font leurs choux gras des malheurs de l'actrice   

  adj inv cute 

I got the translation for this website : Reverso

Hmm, base on the translation, chou can be a "Cabbage"?? sweetheart or cute, i think sweetheart and cute is more accurate.. There's nothing to do with cabbage as i've read through the ingredient for this product. Lol!!

Here're the information from the product:
Contains Peach extract, peach kernal oil, shea butter and wheat protein for firming and to moisturize and tighten the body with a creamy chou texture.
Size : 300ml
Normal Price : RM20++

Well the reason for buying this product at that time is because i was attracted by the word "Peach", yes P-E-A-C-H. If you've read my previous post, i'm a fan of Peach and everything with peach if great for me. Too bad, Rubin dislike it and she said it smells bad. Beside's there's a 20% off for this so i purchase it at RM18, for 300ml, very reasonable rite the price.

I've been using it for almost 1 month. The nice thing about it is it smells really great, just the same like The Body Shop Peach Body Butter. The differences are, the Etude House one is less intense(texture), it's more watery and the liquid is white in colour. Does this mean that the Etude House one has no colouring and The Body Shop one has? I dont know.. =)
Ya so, i apply it at night and when i woke up in the morning, my skin does feel a lil smoother before applying it. However, it doesn't really gives much moisture for my skin.
I did a comparison between Etude House creamy peach chou and The Body Shop peach body butter and summarize as below:

The Body Shop Body Butter
-Very thick texture
-The scent stay on my skin for the whole night
-Sticky even after apply it for 1 hour
-Very moisturizing
-More expensive
-Comes in a tub (inconvenient)

Etude House Creamy Peach Chou
-Texture is thin
-Scent does not stay long on my skin, around 15 minutes only
-Dries up faster, can't feel any stickiness or tackiness
-Lightly moisturize
-Inexpensive
-Comes in a cute bottle, easier to use, just squeeze out.

So base on the above comparison, both has it's own pros and cons. So i prefer to use The Body Shop body butter at night before sleep as i stay in an air conditioned room, i need a really moisturizing body lotion to ensure my skin stay hydrated. I will never use The Body Shop body butter during the day time as i really cannot tolerate with the stickiness of it on my skin, although it gives me a really nice scent even without applying any perfume.
As for The Etude House creamy peach chou, i will use it during the day time as it can lightly moisturize my skin and protect my skin from harmful pollutants when i walk to school, and it dries up really fast on my skin and i cant feel any stickiness and it's not oily. This works great during day time as you don't want yourself end up feeling uncomfortably sticky especially when you're under the raging hot sun in Malaysia. Will i purchase this body lotion again? No, i can get something more moisturizing and at the same time, gives me a longer lasting scent on my body. Here i end my review with the pros and cons of The Etude House Cream Peach Chou body lotion. =)

Pros:
-Affordable
-Nice peach scent
-Dries up quickly, skin does not feel sticky or tacky
-Convenient packaging

Cons:
-Not moisturizing enough for me
-Effectiveness is only around 20 to 30%
-Scent does not last long on my skin

Overall Rating:
4/10

The Body Shop Passion Fruit Body Scrub

Here's another review on The Body Shop's products. I've got myself a Body Shop Rassion Fruit Body Scrub almost a year ago and wanted to make a review on it. So this is how it looks like:

Description from Body Shop:

Ground corncob and kiwifruit seeds do the scrubbing. Passion fruit seed oil and panthenol get to work at smoothing. If you're passionate about smooth skin, you'll use this two of three times a week.

Size : 200ml

Price : RM59.90

This is one of the best body scrub that i've ever had. I've tried alot of body scrubs of different brand but this is the only one that captures my heart until now. I love it so much that until now, no other body scrub can replace it.

The great aroma of the scrub is just nice for me and gives me a heavenly bath that i stay in the bathroom for almost an hour sometimes, LOL!! The scrub is great and just nice for body. It does exfoliate my skin effectively and i can feel the smoothness of my skin after each and everytime i uses this body scrub. Not only that, i love it when the aroma stays on my body for quite some time and it gives me a relaxing good night sleep.

Well, you should try this product if you're a person who loves bath products and scrubs. It comes in a tub and  passion fruit scrub comes in a purple colour packaging, which is one of my favourite colour. =) The texture of the scrub is something like a purple, transparent colour gel like, and you can see there's really alot of kiwi seeds for exfoliation. 

Pros:

-smoothen and moisturize my skin

-does good exfoliation

-great aroma and it stays for a long time

-attractive colour

Cons:

-comes a tub, which means you have to use a spatula but i didn't, i'm not a hygiene freak.

-quite pricey for a student

Overall Rating:

9/10

*1 more for the packaging and price

The Body Shop Peach Body Butter

Got myself a Peach Body Butter at The Body Shop sometime ago. Has been using it for quite some time and here am i to give a lil review base on my result. =)

Before i start, here is how it looks like,

Description from the label:

Intense, creamy skin conditioning and softening.

I was searching for Mother's Day gift one day and was attracted by The Body Shop lovely packaging. I've bought a set of body products for mommy, and i can get a body butter by adding on just RM1. Without wasting time, i quickly grab my favourite peach scent. =)

I absolutely love the smell of this body butter. The peach scent of the body butter is so so so tempting and irresistible that i feel tasting it. It's doesn't smell like artificial or candy peach scent but a real peach fruit scent. The scent stay on my skin for quite a long time after applying it and my mum said that it smells really good even though she's outside my room when i was applying it.

The texture is quite thick and to my disappointment, it feels quite sticky on my skin. =( However it's non greasy like other body butter but you will definitely not go for this body butter is you aren't in an air conditioned room as you will feel that you whole body being coated by a layer of glue.This butter does moisturize my body but, not to a level of my satisfaction although peach oil is quite moisturizing and this body butter contains both shea and cocoa butter. It's really an intense creamy body butter, just like the description but it doesn't really soften my skin.

Normal price for a tube of this cost around RM55 to RM65 but i only got it for RM1 so i have nothing to complain. In a conclusion, what i really like about this product is the lovely nice peach scent and what i dislike is the awful sticky feeling after applying it. So it's a 50-50. 

Packaging wise, it's not really convenient as it come in a tub and you need to twist open the cap before using it, which is okay but after applying it, you need to close it back and i don't really like the product to stick on the cap which is quite dirty. I wish it comes with a pump dispenser. Worth a try? Well it's definitely worth if you're a peach lover.  Opps, not to forget, this Body Shop peach body butter is actually a limited edition scent and i don't think it's in their store anymore. 

Pros:

-Really Great smell

-Moisturizing and effective

-Long lasting smell on my skin

Cons:

-Quite pricey

-Sticky after applying it

-Inconvenient tub

-They discontinue this product

Overall Rating : 

6/10