Quick Review: The Body Shop Spa Wisdom Africa Shea Butter & Sesame Oil Body Balm

So one of my New Years Resolutions is to actually use all the samples I have collected.  This means lots of quick reviews coming up! And it means I get a drawer back in my bathroom lol

This is a sample of The Body Shop Spa Wisdom Africa Shea Butter & Sesame Oil Body Balm.

From The Body Shop website: 

BEST IF YOU WANT TO: Nourish and protect your skin from dryness with a rich, comforting and intensely moisturizing balm that will leave it feeling soft, velvety smooth and scented with our traditional Spa Wisdom™ Africa fragrance.

BEST FOR: all skin types, particularly those with very dry skin.

How it works:

• Community Trade cocoa butter and shea butter from Ghana and sesame oil from Nicaragua moisturizes and softens the skin.
• Community Trade honey from an organic source moisturizes the skin.
• Ximenia, an oil extracted from the ximenia tree native to Africa helps soften the skin.

Quick Thoughts:  LOVE this lotion! I put it on first thing out of my morning shower and the next morning my skin was still soft and moisturized.  It absorbed quickly and did not make me feel greasy at all.  The scent is very mild, perfect if you do not want something to interfere with you regular perfume.  This is something I would look into purchasing if I found it on sale, $24 for a lotion is a bit much for me, but if it was in stock for the $10 the website says its on sale for, I would snatch it up! 

(my bank account is glad its sold out lol) 

Review: Jergens natural GLOW and Protect

When I got a sample of this lotion I was excited.  I am...pale. Like glow in the dark pale. So pale my mom says if we are ever in a sinking ship at night...my legs would save us because they would glow in the dark pale. 

Before: So trying to get pictures of my paleness wasn't the easiest thing to do. I compared with my arm since my arm sometimes see sunlight and actually has some color!! 

After: This is after using the lotion for three days. The lighting is different, but you can see my leg is less pale. 

First impression: Feels like your basic lotion.  What I like is there isn't a strong scent.  Even with SPF 20, I wasn't able to pick up a sun screen smell.  The lotion absorbs really well, which is good since the package warns to let the lotion dry before putting clothes on.  

Overall: Is this a way to get an instant tan? No. Is is way to gradually built a subtle tan? Yes.  After three days my legs had a touch of color to them.  This worked great for me because I'm so pale that if I suddenly changed color that quickly it would be odd.  I didn't have any transfer to my clothes, but I did get a little color on my white towels after drying off in the shower.