Not for me (Dove 'Pro-Age' Beauty Cream Bar)

Member Name: Tracy_1127

Product:	Dove 'Pro-Age' Beauty Cream Bar
Date:	08/05/09 (137 review reads)
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Having read a few reviews about Dove Pro-age products I decided to try them for myself. The first item on my list was the beauty cream bar, otherwise known as soap! I purchased a bar from Wilko's for 89p which seemed very reasonable and took it home.

The bar is 100g in size, contained within a cardboard box with no other wrapping, a pinky colour and apparently contains olive oil. As per usual Dove items this is one quarter moisturiser. It smells more floral and fruity at the same time than normal Dove soap, it's a strange scent that at first I wasn't sure I liked but it's quite nice once it's on the skin.

The other difference with this bar to normal Dove soap is the exfoliating granules contained within. A few of the reviews I'd read didn't mention these and when I first looked at the soap and these gritty bits were obvious I couldn't understand how either they'd missed them or I'd managed to somehow buy the wrong soap. Curious to see if I had the right product I checked online and indeed I have.

The gritty bits aren't very harsh, not as abrasive as using an exfoliator and are only actually slightly useful if you rub the bar along your skin, not if you work up a lather in your hands and then rub that onto the skin.

I used it first on my hands and it worked very well, nice soft hands with a pleasant fragrance. Then I decided to do the face test, I have dry skin so the moisturising qualities of this would be put to the test on my face. It lathered up really well, smoothed onto my skin easily and washed off with only slightly more water than I'd use for other products. My skin looked fresh afterwards but it was still in need of plenty of moisturiser so this isn't moisturising enough for dry skin.

I've since used it in the shower and it's lovely on a body puff but I still need normal amounts of moisturiser afterwards which is a shame as I was hoping this would reduce the need for it and save me time!

The other slight issue I have with this soap, which I found with normal Dove soap too, is the amount of mess it leaves behind on the sink. Like regular Dove soap it melts very quickly and leaves a creamy layer on whatever surface you put it on, this I'm sure is because of the moisturising cream in it and it does make a real mess over a couple of days.

So would I buy it again? Probably not actually. It isn't moisturising enough for my dry skin and is a very messy bar of soap. I don't think the exfoliating bits in it serve much of a purpose and while I got used to the smell there are other bars of soap that smell alot better in my opinion. I will however be trying a few of the other pro-age products to see what they're like.

Summary: Worth trying but didn't moisturise my skin as much as expected