Simply, just okay. (Simple Soothe Shower Cream)

Member Name: belglen

Product:	Simple Soothe Shower Cream
Date:	22/09/08 (113 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: No added perfume or colour

Disadvantages: Nothing to make it stand out

I usually buy my shower gels according to what is on offer, either 3 for 2 or 2 for 1, however I had purposely been looking for a shower product that would be gentle on my skin. I have quite dry skin and do not like to use anything too perfumed on it so I regularly use Simple soap for my everyday hand washing therefore when I came across the Simple Soothe Shower Cream I thought I would give it a try.

The Shower Cream is in the usual style shower gel plastic bottle, with a flip top lid that means it can sit on the side of the bath/shower, it doesn't have a hook or handle to hang it up with. There is the usual green Simple logo on the front of the product, the packaging design is very minimalist. It is a container with 250mls of the product. On the back there are some directions for usage, a list of ingredients and some details on the benefits of the product. The Shower Cream is white in colour and as you would expect with Simple it has no added perfume although there is a smell from the rosemary oil and aloe vera. I have not listed all the ingredients as there is quite an extensive list. Simple products do not contain any animal derived ingredients.

This is a shower cream as opposed to a gel, and it is indeed very thick and creamy when you squeeze it out. I sometimes find that shower gels can be quite slippery and run out of your hand before you can apply them, not with this cream it was very easy to use and I found that I didn't need a lot of the product to wash with, it does give a bit of a lather but not too much. I found that when I put it onto my skin it had an almost warm like effect, probably the aloe vera, but when I had showered it off and dried myself my skin did not feel itchy or stingy in any way. The Shower Cream contains "active ingredients" aloe vera and rosemary oil. The information on the back of the container states that the natural benefits are:
Aloe vera calms and rescues
Rosemary oil relaxes and refreshes
Moisturisers hydrate and condition.

The product has no added perfume or colour, is dermatologically tested and approved, as you would expect from Simple. I did find it was a very pleasing product, it did smell good when applied but didn't leave a lingering perfume, my skin did not have any adverse reaction to the product and generally I did feel clean after using it. However I didn't find the product remarkable in any way, in fact rather non-descript, I would buy it again if it was on offer but wouldn't commit to buying it on a regular basis. There was nothing that made it stand out from the rest, although I was pleased with the results and perhaps because it did what it was supposed to do I would purchase it again, if it was on offer.

I am not sure how much I paid, although it is currently selling at £1.98 in Asda. More information on Simple products can be found at www.simple.co.uk

Summary: A decent product, but nothing outstanding