Coconut oil smells of coconut right? (Inecto Pure Coconut Oil Hand & Nail Cream)

Member Name: Tracy_1127

Product:	Inecto Pure Coconut Oil Hand & Nail Cream
Date:	10/06/09 (86 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: price

Disadvantages: doesn't moisturise enough, doesn't smell of coconut

I have to admit I'd never heard of the brand Inecto previously, I assumed it would be one of those brands some of the discount stores stocked and no-one else so I was quite surprised to find several other Inecto products here on Dooyoo and also Inecto products are widely available online too. I personally bought this hand cream from Boyes for 99p but it is available at a number of websites for about £1.50.

My tube has 25ml extra free so it is 100ml, normally this is sold in 75ml tubes. The tube is one of those that stands on its lid so it's easy to dispense the cream but it also has a screw lid so it's not terribly convenient to replace the lid with hand cream on your hands. But at 99p that seemed a small problem.

The product claims to be "intensely moisturising" so I thought it would be fine for my very dry skin. It is also made with pure coconut oil and moisturises both the skin on your hands and the nails. It is white in colour and of medium consistency so it doesn't run and drip off your hands, it stays in a blob until you rub it in.

I actually bought this product because I wanted something that reminded me of summer. Coconut does just that because it smells like some of the suntan lotions available so always makes me think of balmy days. This is made with pure coconut oil so it has to smell of coconut right? No, actually you can barely smell the coconut in there. This actually smells of cocoa so it smells almost identical to Palmers creams and has a strong vanilla scent that makes you think of chocolate. I'm not a huge fan of vanilla so I was disappointed by this.

So does it work? Well as I already said I have very dry skin on my hands and my nails are brittle because they are so dry. I also have very dry, scaly elbows and usually when I apply hand cream I also apply some to my elbows. This hand cream leaves the hands sticky for a few seconds but then absorbs and that vanishes but it doesn't moisturise my hands enough. I find my skin is still dry, although not as dry as before I use it and my nails are still brittle. While I'm aware this is not elbow cream other brands of hand cream have managed to smooth and soothe my dry painful elbows but after a couple of weeks of using this my elbows were so dry and painful I had to resort to using aqueous cream to stop them catching on my clothes. So for me no it doesn't really work.

Will I buy it again? No, I don't think so. For people with hands that are only mildly dry this might be suitable, likewise those who like the scent of vanilla but for me it isn't moisturising enough and I don't like the smell of it. The only good point for me is the price but it's back to the shop for me I'm afraid...

Not recommended.

Summary: Not recommended