Are you sure you want to dig deep in your pockets for this deep comfort? (Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter)

Member Name: LoolooMe

Product:	Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter
Date:	14/08/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smells nice, makes skin smooth.

Disadvantages: Price, doesn't combat bad dryness products.

I was lucky enough to receive this product free from Clinique and as everyone knows I love free things!

Packaging.
The 24ml tube is small <10 cm makeup bag size with a screw top box. The one to buy is 200ml tub. I prefer the packaging of the freebe as it is easier to travel with and it's below the 100ml liquid limit so it can fly with you. So if you buy a tub of it, it may also be worth while asking if they have any of the little ones spare. The tub is also quite heavy so I wouldn't take it traveling even if it could fly.

The product: What is it?
It is a body moisturiser Which promises "Fragrance free. Butter rich. intensively replenishing. Wraps dryness-prone spots and the body all over in soothing, penetrating moisture" As told by the tube. It has also been Allergy tested, although as it says nothing about animals I presume it has been tested on animals, which isn't good for me as I'm against animal testing.

How does it live up to it's claims?
-Fragrance Free? The cream by it's self smells of sweet. Like sweet pea flowers not very strong, but you can smell it. Once it has been massaged into your skin then the smell remains, it isn't a bad smell, but there is defiantly a natural smell to it, so don't be fooled into thinking that just because they havn't added anything means that it will be smelless.

Smell: The smell as stated above is subtly and sweet, you won't regret it having that smell.

Butter rich? I laugh at Clinique for jumping on the body butter band waggon. This product is quite thick probably a touch thicker than the Bodyshop body butters. One wouldn't describe it a gloopy, it is just tick but also smoothly massages in, so yes it is butter rich.

Intensively replenishing?
Yes I find that if it is applied to normal skin then it does make it feel a lot smoother, I'm not quite sure if it's replenished my skin with anything that it was missing, but it does feel nicer for it.

Wraps dryness-prone spots (I guess they are trying to say that it will stop dryness prone spots). Then that would be a no. For elbows I would use Lush's thicker lemon butter which really does work. And for hands and bottom of feet I would use a product specially for them. Also if you have very dry skin then I would choose a specialty product. I would say that this is suitable for normal-dry, normal and people with normal to oily skin.

Soothing, penetrating moisture? It is smooth and does massage well so yes soothing. But it sits on top of my skin for about 5 minutes after it has been massaged in, and I have found that after a shower if I rub it in then it will take about 20minutes before I can put clothes on without feeling sticky. So that's a no for penetrating as it takes time.

Summary: A product which works for normal skin to keep it feeling smooth. Do not use if you are looking for a product to deal with a specific dryness problem. The smell and the feel of your skin afterwards is pleasant. At a 20 pounds for 200ml I don't think it is worth it and I would save it for a special treat, or better still go to body shop where they don't test on animals.

Summary: Isn't worth the pennies.