Skin so smelly (Avon Skin So Soft: Soft & Glow Satin Glow Daily Body Moisturizer)

Member Name: abbadabbado

Product:	Avon Skin So Soft: Soft & Glow Satin Glow Daily Body Moisturizer
Date:	17/08/08 (162 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: does work for the tinted skin

Disadvantages: i don't like the smell

I'm not usually one for getting a great tan throughout the summer, but with the weather we've been having, there has been no chance of even attempting to put a bit of colour on my body. In an attempt to rid my legs of their pale washed out look before I had to have them on show on holiday I bought the Skin So Soft Satin glow Firming Body moisturiser from Avon.
It RRP's at £4.99 per 250ml bottle, however I managed to pick mine up when they had it on offer at half price.

The product claims to build a slow gradual tan, as well as firming and tightening the skin with frequent applications. I usually start well with these products and then forget one day, which leads to the whole results being out of the window.

There are two different shades to this product and I chose fair to medium skin as I think anything darker on my lily whites would look too garish.
Upon opening the bottle which is almost disguised as a conditioner bottle with the lid at the bottom, I was hit by a weird smell to say the least. It had a subtle aroma of creaminess you get with most body lotions, but there was a pungent flowery smell that hit my nostrils. It isn't a bad smell, but I found that after each application this smell lingered a bit too long for my liking, and would have been a lot nicer if it smelled of coconut or something fruity for example. It all goes down to personal preference on this, but this aspect put me off very slightly.

The actual lotion is white in colour and does dissolve into the skin fairly quickly. It's not as good as some I have used, but it also doesn't leave a greasy residue either.
I started off well, applying each morning after a shower all over my body. I soon reduced this to just the bots that would show and my thighs to give maximum effect to the firming it was going to be doing to my body. I reduced this because of the smell that stayed with me, and I just couldn't put up with it all the time, as it was still there a couple of hours after application.

As with all tinted moisturisers, I gave it a while to see any effects, and I give credit to this product I did start to see a slight difference after about seven days. My arms turned the best colour, with my legs being the worst. This could have been because my arms already had a slight base colour from being exposed to the air much more than my legs are, however I didn't notice much of an improvement in my legs, so after four weeks I stopped using the product.

I found the design of the bottle, being shaped like a conditioner bottle, with the lid at the bottom didn't work well for this product. I understand why companies do this so reduce wastage and make the product easier to get from the bottle etc, however I found that with greasy hand, needing more lotion, it seemed to come out a bit quick and more often than not I ended up with more to apply than I needed, and then the bottle was covered in a film of the lotion as well. When it was time to wash my hands at the end of each application (to stop orange hands), I was washing the bottle too.
I feel a pump action bottle would be more useful for these products, however that bumps the costs up so probably not very feasible for the companies to make their profits.

Overall the 250ml lasts well and if the smell was nicer I would continue using it as a moisturiser anyway, with a bonus of a slight colour attached to it. I didn't think the firming aspect did anything for me however.

My overall opinion is, try it when it's on offer, it's certainly worth paying £2.49 for but perhaps not at full price.

Summary: an average tinted moisturiser