I smell so nuts?! (Avon Naturals Almond & Milk Moisturizing Shower Gel)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Avon Naturals Almond & Milk Moisturizing Shower Gel
Date:	01/09/09 (58 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to use, smells lovely when in use and doesn't irritate my sensitive skin

Disadvantages: The smell doesn't have any staying power at all!

I never know what to order from my Avon catalogue but I do like my Avon rep, Anita so I always make small purchases. I'm not overly keen on Avon products and would rather instead of waiting a couple of weeks for my goods to arrive go out and choose what I want and stick to branded products I'm aware of and lets face it you can get great products in the likes of Poundland and places like that! However like I say I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place and I like to think I help her earn a few pennies....so order I do!

So I leafed through the book and thought to myself well I always need shower and bath products and I liked the sound of this one so at £2.50 (usual price unless on some kind of offer) I purchased one.

The Packaging:

Long cylinder shaped see-through plastic bottle with a clear plastic plastic flip-top lid to the top of it. On the front there is a picture of some almonds and in white and grey writing I'm told it is Avon 'Naturals' Body Moisturising Almond & Milk Shower Gel (and told that in French) and the size is stated which is 200ml (only size this is available to purchase in). On the back all in English and other languages I'm told what it is and given directions for use, ingredients are listed, the recycle symbol is displayed and finally contact details for Avon are given. It's a nice enough simple bottle and it's easy to open and close and stuff and I do like being able to see the shower gel through the bottle so I know when I'm running out and don't get caught short! (Isn't that just so annoying!!!!!!!!!!).

A Bit About The Product According To The Back Of The Bottle:

Formulated with almond and milk extracts. Leaves skin cleansed and conditioned.

To Use:

Lather over wet body and rinse well.

Me Using It:

Well as directed I was wet and ready to wash. I squirted a good sized dollop of the gel onto my trusted scrunchy. The gel isn't really a gel in the conventional way. It's a creamy, slightly glossy looking light beige colour and has a creamy feel to it. Smell wise, well it's wonderful and in my opinion suitable for men and women to use alike. It is sweet almond in smell though doesn't have a 'faked' feel to it and smells sort of naturally sweet though not overly so at the same time. It only to my nostrils smells of almonds and that is fine with me! I loved it.

I found it to lather up really quickly and with minimal effort and a little of the stuff went a long way. It felt moisturising as I used it, cleansing and was great to shave my bits and bobs with too. I had a very enjoyable shower with this and found the product economical to use along with feeling nice to use ta boot.

When I dried myself off I felt clean, my skin felt soft enough (though not mega so or anything) and I felt refreshed and the smell of my skin was nice though not heavy.

However the smell only lingered on my skin for about 20 minutes and then vanished completely! I was gutted!

Verdict:

Not sure it warrants costing £2.50 a bottle but worth a go if you like almond smelling products. It does the job well and didn't hurt my sensitive skin and was easy to use and rinse off leaving no residue behind it at all but sadly I really wanted to stay pleasantly fragranced for longer with this stuff! Not for me and in my view started off full of promise and ended up flopping at the end and letting me down lol!

Only available from Avon (do look out for this on offer which it more often than not is).

Summary: Nice when in use but the smell vanishes far too quick for my liking!