...wait a minute, what’s that? New Dove Cream Wash,Refreshing Blue 1/4 Moisturising cream...on offer. Buy two for £3.00. Individually cost £1.89. Excellent! A bargain...(I’m a sucker for bargains)...Let’s give this one a try...”
And that is exactly what I did.
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Advantages: Does what it says it will do Disadvantages: no info on non animal testing
...a minute, what’s that? New Dove Cream Wash,Refreshing Blue 1/4 Moisturising cream...on offer. Buy two for £3.00. Individually cost £1.89. Excellent! A bargain...(I’m a sucker for bargains)...Let’s give this one a try...”
And that is exactly what I did.
Now, I’m all in favour of hand pump dispenser soaps. I can’t be doing with messy bars of soap lying around my sinks, bath and shower. ... ...dispenser anyday!
Dove Cream Wash Refreshing Blue comes in a white plastic bottle almost oval in shape. The Dove logo is printed on the front. The dispenser, midnight blue in colour, is attached to the top. The soap, also blue in colour is not too thick and not too runny (or as Goldilocks would say, “just right”!) and because the consistency of the liquid is
balanced, it doesn’t allow for messy drips or gooey ... more
My thought process after entering Tesco was as follows :-
“Why do I always pick a trolley with a dodgy wheel...it’s bad enough having to manoevre the damn thing as it is. Thank God it’s not too busy. I can’t be doing with yet another incident of trolley rage...Right, what do I need...shopping list...Hell! It’s in my bag (fumbles about in bag). I hate doing this...hope no-one thinks I’m shoplifting. DaNa! Make sure people see that I’m pulling something out of my bag as opposed to putting something in it...I really should remember to take my list out before I enter the shop. Let’s see...what’s on the list...
Colgate Total Toothpaste...got that...tick
Pantene Pro V Shampoo and Conditioner...right got that...tick
Carex Handwash...ti...no...wait a minute, what’s that? New Dove Cream Wash,Refreshing Blue 1/4 Moisturising cream...on offer. Buy two for £3.00. Individually cost £1.89. Excellent! A bargain...(I’m a sucker for bargains)...Let’s give this one a try...”
And that is exactly what I did.
Now, I’m all in favour of hand pump dispenser soaps. I can’t be doing with messy bars of soap lying around my sinks, bath and shower. Nor do I relish cleaning the gooey residue they leave behind. So give me soap distributed via a pump dispenser anyday!
Dove Cream Wash Refreshing Blue comes in a white plastic bottle almost oval in shape. The Dove logo is printed on the front. The dispenser, midnight blue in colour, is attached to the top. The soap, also blue in colour is not too thick and not too runny (or as Goldilocks would say, “just right”!) and because the consistency of the liquid is balanced, it doesn’t allow for messy drips or gooey puddles over your sink surfaces.
The ingredients of the soap are numerous and I won’t claim to know what most of them are. Even after searching for hours on the Internet I’m still none the wiser.(Perhaps someone could give me a helping hand here and let me know where I can find this Info. Thanks) Ingredients aside (even though I know some of you are really interested in the chemicals that are injected into our products for environmental reasons and so forth) the soap itself performs more than adequately. Don’t expect bubbles and lather however, because you just won’t get it with this product. But as I’ve come to discover by reading several articles on this site, the lather doesn’t add to the cleansing effect or properties...it just makes you think it does. So...no lather, but your hands really do feel clean after washing with this soap.
The product manages to live up to its claim of leaving “your skin feeling soft and smooth”. I noticed how smooth my hands felt immediately after using for the first time and believe me, the effects last. This is an important consideration for me since I’m always complaining of sore, dry skin on my hands and since I have been using this soap there is definitely a remarkable difference. So top marks to Dove on that one!
The scent that lingers on your hands after washing with this is pleasant enough. A fresh, breezy aroma - not too powerful - but delicate and light. Again top marks there.
Dove Cream Wash Refreshing Blue is a product from Lever Faberge. One of the leading companies in household and personal care products. The company was founded by William Faberge in the 19 Century and began with Mr. Faberge manufacturing and selling bars of soap. Since then the company has prospered and now makes a vast array of famous/well known products such as Persil, Comfort, Domestos, Impulse, Lynx, Organics, Timotei, Vaseline Intensive Care and many, many more including Dove Cream Wash which was launched in 1997.
You will be able to find this information at the Lever Faberge website :
www.elida.co.uk
Alternatively you can visit:- www.dove.co.uk if you would like more information on the Dove range alone.
Although I am relatively happy with the performance of the soap there is no information on the bottle regarding non animal testing or hypoallergy testing which I know will be off putting to many consumers. And had I looked closely at the product before purchase I also may not have bought it for the same reasons. However, if you choose your purchases because of their performance then I would recommend this product to you...and all because it works a treat.
Advantages: good quality, good prices, wide availability Disadvantages: not the best brand ever...
Dove is, nowadays, a well-known beauty brand. It is well known basically because of its low prices and its good quality.
I decided to write about the Dove range since I have tried some of its products from body cream to hair conditioner, beauty bars... and I feel I might rate the range overall.
Dove is basically a beauty brand which bases its policy in finding solutions for women beauty needings...mmm...like most beauty brands do, you may say...and ... ...rest. In the case of Dove range, this special feauture, I would say, is that this brand claims to be the only one that uses 1/4 of moisturising milk in almost every one of their products. Moreover, and this is totally a subjective statement, I think Dove packaging is particularly outstanding and it helps the brand to be more recognisable in our eyes. The brand normally uses white satinated plastic packages and golden letters in most of their products, ...
flamenca7 15.05.2005
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Advantages: Feels like luxury. Disadvantages: Don't think there are any.
...the absolutely fabulous range of DOVE products. If you could look in my bathroom, you would see quite a lot of them there.
They are made by the Unilever Company-LEVER FABERGÉ. This company was founded back in the 19th century by William Hesketh Lever and Joseph Watson.
At that time, Lever had a soap making factory at Port Sunlight, where he also built a village for his workers, which had decent houses at reasonable prices. There was also a hospital, ... ...to tell you about the Dove Range, which has been a great success. Dove is made of neutral cleansing ingredients and ¼ moisturizing cream (milk in shampoo).Your skin, therefore, does not dry out, and always feels soft and clean. The range includes bar soap, liquid soap, body washes, deodorants, body moisturizer, shampoos and conditioners and cleansing wipes. The packaging and bottles are white with darkish blue writing and tops, plus a little golden ...
Rosassnaps 03.02.2003
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Advantages: A TRUSTED BRAND Disadvantages: NO ODOUR AT ALL
...quite a few reviews on Dove lately, people writing about the dove shampoo, the Dove bath cream, so I thought why not try the deodorant, I had seen this in the shops and having sensitive skin I also noticed that this is available in a Dove sensitive range.
PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
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As I have already said you can get Dove in a shower gel formula, a soap bar, and even in a shampoo, you can also get this is the deodorant form, which ... ...the Dove products available in most shops ranging in price from £1, to £12 depending on what you are after, as you can buy single products or gift sets.
These gift sets also contain bath wash scrunches giving your skin that extra clean feeling as you wash away the day’s cares and relax.
ABOUT PRODUCT
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Most of the Dove products I think you will agree have a very clean very fresh smell, almost to me anyway, but its almost that nice ...
vicky27 14.12.2003
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Advantages: Lovely smell. Lathers easily Disadvantages: A tad more expensive than most other brands
...care but I have tried Dove Soap several times and found it does seem to live up to the claims made by its manufacturer,Lever Faberge.. Unlike most other soaps this brand comes in a very attractive small box. It is apparently made up of one quarter moisterizing cream and three quarters soap. As the
advert says, ’’... Take the Dove 7 day test..’’ and the chances are you will find your skin is softer after using this soap. It ... ...by the entire family.
Dove has a nice rather flowery smell, lathers very easily and is pure white or creamy in colour. It has a very soft texture but the down side is that it dosen't seem to last very long,maybe because it is so soft. It also has a most interesting sort of sculptured shape.
Among its ingredients are Rosewood Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Coconut Acid and Water.
If you have dry skin I would ...
ashford 06.10.2001 (03.11.2001)
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Advantages: Leaves you clean & fresh smelling, sensitive skin friendly, has a weird ingredient - lol Disadvantages: When you run out, the price of some of the pruducts...
...(lol – I wish).
Dove have been around for a while now and I’ve been chasing their products almost as much as Tom chases Jerry (love it!!!) Onwards to the actual opinion before I screw it up completely!!! The lovely people at Dove have given us a humongous range of products which include the following:
~~~Dove Ultra moisturising Body Wash~~~
OOOOooo - A unique moisturising system that actively moisturises the skin for a full 24hrs. ... ...~~~Dove Deodorant~~~
The Dove deodorant range provides maximum dryness combined with moisturising cream to take care of your skin (yea – well, that’s what they all say right?). I decided to see if their claim of “gentle even after waxing or shaving” would really live up to it’s supposed glory and I’m happy to say that yup – it did (but don’t go shoving the roll-on into open cuts, etc because that would ...
pookypop 04.03.2001 (04.07.2001)
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Dove deodorants are obviously not the cheapest on the shelves but they do the job better than any other I have tried. Their range of deodorants have expanded over the years and I have tried most. At present I have their Go Fresh deodorant as it looked appealing on the shelves.
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