I guess it served me right for being impatient........... (Neutrogena Hand Cream)

Member Name: NutNutNut

Product:	Neutrogena Hand Cream
Date:	19/03/09 (120 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Thick, sticky horrible goo that made my hands stick to everything.

Well following my very positive review of my favourite hand cream (Johnsons 24 Hour) I thought I would let you know of my rather dramatic experience with this hand cream. Now as I mentioned in my review of it, the Johnsons hand cream can be extremely difficult to find. And silly me had forgotten to stock up before I ran out. Well my poor hands were feeling this! I needed to do something fast. The only Boots store I know to sell it was closed and I knew there was no hope of getting it at ASDA where I normally do my weekly shop (not just because it doesn't stock it but because I was short of a car that week so had to go to TESCO instead). So as I was in a different supermarket I hoped I would find my good old Johnsons. No such luck! By this point I was getting pretty desperate so I looked for another alternative. I picked up this product. What a mistake THAT turned out to be........

Let's talk about the packaging shall we? Very bold colours on a clean white background. Nothing to get excited about. What attracted me the most was the "Norwegian Formula" statement. I could picture in my head people in cold snowy countries using this after a hard day shoveling snow (lol at my own naivity) "Just what I need" I announced to the...um...person accompanying me shopping who doesn't wish to be named. So I chucked it in my trolley and trotted off to continue with my shopping.

Somewhere along the aisle with all the chickens I decided I needed to put some of the cream on right away, as my hands were soooooo dry and sore by now. "It doesn't matter" I told my companion "After all, I'm still paying for it" So I squeezed some into my palm and attempted to rub it in. Yes, attempted. Could I actually rub it in? No I could not! The texture was thick and sticky and just generally yuck! I felt like I was trying to rub a combination of vaseline and glue into my hands. I expressed my disgust to my companion who seemed a little embarrassed by the whole scene. I proceeded to make the whole situation worse by threatening to throw it onto one of those huge trolleys passing by being pushed by a member of staff, but eventually settled on sticking it between a couple of chickens. My companion told me I should have attempted to shove it in one of the fishes mouths at the fish counter. "Don't say things you might later regret" I replied. Needless to say I left it where it was. But the drama didn't end there. My hands felt awful, smelled awful and the handle of the trolley was now also getting covered in the slime. Somehow I made it to the checkout, my hands still feeling terrible and covering my solo card in goo. But even worse, what had to go and happen? My phone rang! I was going to ignore it until the Oh-So-Helpful checkout lady informed me my phone was ringing. So there I was fumbling around in my coat pocket getting stuck to various items that I tend to "store" in my pockets and forget about i.e tissues, receipts etc, found my phone, got goop on it and to top it all off my hair started sticking to my hand where I was holding the phone to my ear. "You sound stressed" my brother chirped in my ear "is this not a good time?" Had I not been in a packed supermarket with a checkout lady listening intently and a "companion" already looking fairly flustered my response may not have been as polite as "Not really, I'll call you back". I don't know how I got out of there without anymore mishaps but I did. I had to use E45 cream on my hands that night (after washing them thoroughly several times) and promptly went to Boots the next morning to stock up on my good friend Johnsons 24 hour.

So although I know it's "naughty" to try before you buy, and some people might say the whole awful experience served me right, I must say on this occasion I'm very glad I did as I would have been thoroughly cheesed off at bringing that monstrosity home. I attempted to give this product no stars but dooyoo wouldn't let me lol so I HAVE to give it one star. Reluctantly.

Summary: YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK!