The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Hand Lotion > Reviews

Advantages: Really nourishing, works well, smells great
Disadvantages: Bit thick and gooey, takes a while to soak in

...problem is more prevalent in the winter (although living in Wales it is perfectly possible in the summer too) particularly with central heating blasting out... Anyway, the end result is that my poor leggies are red and sore and at their worst they have a burning sensation. Apparantly this is an allergic reaction... I ask you, allergic to the cold, what next? Which brings me handily to the subject of this particular op... Body Shop Cocoa Butter. ... Read review

Advantages: works really well
Disadvantages: none

...using it ever since, buying the larger 250ml bottles that cost about four pounds (cheaper if you pick them up in the sales Body shop have now and then, my last big bottle cost only £2.50) Cocoa is often used in skin products - for its smell and skin friendly qualities. However, this is a product grown in poor parts of the world, and most commercial users exploit their workers. The beans used from this product come from Ghana and are marked as "Community ... Read review

Advantages: soft skin
Disadvantages: the smell can be not to everyones liking

...being hard and chaffing in the winter. Having been given a free bottle of the Body Shop's cocoa hand and body lotion I was keen to try it. I love it. This product is so good that I think it should be available on the NHS. My hands are now constantly soft (people even ask me how I got such soft hands!). The product also has the benefit of sinking into the skin easily and not leaving a greasy, sticky layer on the skin. It can also be used on the rest ... Read review

Advantages: none that I found
Disadvantages: use it if you want greasy sticky mitts!

...size of this hand lotion. The lotion itself is a pretty thick lotion that takes ages to rub into your hands and even then its not really been absorbed that well. It left my hands sticky and feeling really greasy - I had to wash them several times till i got rid of the greasy feeling which rather defies the point of using it in the first place! Also it does not smell all that good either and usually you can say thats the one good thing about buying ... Read review