Africa Shocks (Lynx Africa Shower Gel)

Member Name: jmorley99

Product:	Lynx Africa Shower Gel
Date:	29/04/02 (189 review reads)
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It was my birthday in mid March and being male and still young enough to have grandparents and other relatives who haven’t a clue what to buy a 22-year-old, I received numerous weird and wonderful bottles and containers of smellies. You name it I got it shower gel, shampoo, deodorant, gift sets the lot. This opinion is about one of the better ones I received. Lynx Africa Shower gel.

The packaging of this product is very distinctive and masculine. It comes in a hard looking black plastic container, which is contoured in the middle to give it a broad shouldered look, well sort of. About half way up the bottle there is a knobbling effect, presumably to prevent you from dropping it in the showers after rugby… the less said about that the better. The front of the bottle is very simple with a rectangular label displaying the Lynx logo, the flavour (Africa) and the “revitalising shower gel” slogan. On the reverse the label contains all the usual info such as bar code, ingredients, the caution note and the obligatory customer car line (0800 585204) I wonder how many people actually ring those things.

Concentrating on the ingredients for a minute there a a few things I would like to point out, firstly how did Hydrogenated Caster Oil get in then and what the *%$* is Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride? I might ring the customer line and ask Lever Faberge (the producers) and see what they have to say.

Any now onto the “experience” I have been using it for a while now and I am getting close to the end of the bottle. The gel itself is a light rust orange, fairly similar to that of the Africa logo on the front. It isn’t as thick as some other shower gels I have used but that didn’t seem to be a problem. The gel created a good soapy lather, which worked just as well on my hair as it did on my mud stained legs form a Saturday league football match. The smell is somewhat hard to describe, it is n
ot one I would usually pick from the Lynx range I am normally more of an Atlantis man myself. But I am please to say it doesn’t smell like the Africa we see on TV, definitely no Elephant dung in site. Seriously though it does smell quite woody and spicy, god I sound like that woman from Food and Drink. It does leave you smelling fresh and feeling awakened though, especially in the morning when you have been awake for literally seconds before you hit the shower.

It retails for around about £2.50 I think but as I didn’t buy it I don’t know for sure. Boots is probably the most expensive place to buy it, I would recommend somewhere like Wilkinsons as their toiletries are usually around 50p cheaper.

“Lynx Revitalising Shower Gel. A combination of an invigorating masculine fragrance and a conditioning formula that does not dry out your skin”

I think this, taken from the pack, pretty much sums it up.
Thanks for reading.

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