It's very Orange! Avon Senses Recharge Shower Gel (Avon Senses Shower Gel Re-charge)

Member Name: brittle1906

Product:	Avon Senses Shower Gel Re-charge
Date:	26/05/09 (37 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lovely orange scent, reasonably priced .

Disadvantages: No moisturising properties

Review of Avon Senses Recharge Shower Gel
I am reviewing the Mandarin and Spice 250ml version of the shower gel.
The product.

Packaging, size and price.

Senses Shower Gels have been a part of the Avon Bath and shower range for sometime. The Recharge additions to the range are designed to add an invigorating and refreshing element to the products.
The product is presented in a slim clear plastic container with an orange coloured flip top cap. The front of the bottle features the Avon Sense Recharge logo in orange and silver and a picture of a slice of mandarin. The main text is in silver. The rear of the bottle has the product information such as description, ingredients and company information in black text on an orange label.

I am reviewing the 250ml size of shower gel, it is also available in 500ml. The range does include other fragrances, but I will not cover them here as this review centres on the Mandarin and spice scent.
I believe I paid in the region of £1.50 for my shower gel, it was on a promotion when I purchased and I seem to recall that I got three items for the price of two from a selected Avon range.
Fragrance, appearance and usage

The shower gel is a fairly bright orange in colour as one might expect from a mandarin scented product! It is a thick gel with a silky feel to it. The scent is predominantly orange with a hint of a warm cinnamon/clove under notes. It is a pleasant refreshing scent which I find suits both me and my (male) partner, it isn't marketed as unisex, but could be described as such. The product was produced in Poland for Avon.
The shower gel, as with most shower products is designed to be used either on a sponge or shower puff or simply poured into your hand and applied to wet skin. I live in a very hard water area and Avon Recharge lathers up well. If it can produce lather here on the chalky Kent coast, it will probably lather anywhere!

The shower gel rinses off easily leaving no sticky residue. It is not a moisturising product, so not acceptable for those people who like their shower product and moisturiser all in one!
The fresh orangey scent certainly is a livener first thing in the morning! The citrus fragrance seems to be very invigorating and, for a shower gel, surprisingly long lasting. I can still detect the scent on my skin several hours after use.
I have to say that the biggest drawback with this product is the lack of a hook. I do prefer shower gels to have a hook incorporated into the container design so that I can hang the product in the shower. It makes using the stuff so much easier! The Avon container is fairly easy to grasp and the flip top closure works well, spilling none of the product when it slips out of my soapy hands. I have dropped so many shower gels in my time and wasted the contents, that I am fast becoming an expert on the subject!

Ingredients

As with many cosmetic and toiletry products, the ingredient list reads more like a pharmacy shop stock list than anything else, so I am not going to add a long list of unpronounceable ingredients which no one really wants to read! Suffice to say that the shower gel contains Aqua, Glycerine, Laurent Sulphate etc. as do most of the other shower gels in my bathroom!
I would suggest that this particular shower gel may be a little harsh for people with very sensitive skin and as mentioned earlier in the review it has no moisturising properties. I have to say that I have had no reaction with this product and I do suffer with sensitive skin.

Availability

This product is only available from Avon. Avon is a well known company in the UK, the 'Ding Dong Avon Calling!' advertising campaign in the 1960's has never really been forgotten. Avon was one of the first catalogue companies to enlist the efforts of the public to tout their wares via a catalogue or campaign brochure as Avon term it! Nowadays Avon has bases in New York, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris and Rome.

There are two ways to order, either through an Avon representative or from the Avon website. Visit the website for details of how to find a rep or place an order direct. If you chose to order online, I suggest you check first with the myriad cash back sites around as many of them carry Avon deals such as discounts, free delivery options or cash back on your spend.

Company contact details:-
www.avon.com
or
Avon Cosmetics
NN1 5PA
England.

Conclusion

Avon Senses Recharge is a very efficient, pleasant to use shower gel. It is middle of the road price wise and as with all Avon products, it is worth stocking up when you see a good deal in the brochure or on-line! I would recommend this shower gel to others.

Thank you for reading
© brittle1906 May 2009
Also published on www.Ciao.co.uk under the same name.

Summary: A citrus wake up call!