Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Ambre Cupuacu & Nut Oils Rich Moisturising Body Butter review

I liked the Ambre Mango & Carrot Seed Hand Cream I was sent so much that I immediately bought the Cupuacu & Nut Oil Body Butter myself.
The Ambre Body Butter is a fondant texture - it's not completely solid or waxy-feeling, but an oil-rich balm texture that melts on contact with the skin. It smells beautiful: bergamot, mandarin, lemon, rosewood and ylang ylang essential oils give a citrus with a slightly floral/woody twist scent that smells lovely on its own but works well underneath any perfume I've worn with it.
It's extremely good at dealing with my very dry skin, although I have found I'm using it up quite quickly; I've switched to making sure that I use on damp skin to eke it out further without compromising its effectiveness. Used every other day on dry skin, I'd use the 120ml jar up within a couple of months. This is £25 for 120ml so it is a reasonable price to me for a very high quality product: a tenner a month isn't a huge price for non-itchy skin that smells and feels lovely.

I bought this from www.beingcontent.com.

Ingredients:
Cupuacu Butter (Theobroma Grandiflorum), Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii), Avocado Oil (Persea Americana), Apricot Kernel Oil (Prunus Armeniaca), Sweet Almond Oil (Prunus Amygdalus), Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annuus), Safflower Oil (Carthamus Tinctorius ), Sesame Oil (Sesamum Indicum), Hazelnut Oil (Corylus Avellana). Non-GMO Natural Vitamin E (D-alpha Tocopherol), Rosemary Antioxidant (Rosmarinus Officinalis). Pure essential oils of: Bergamot (Citrus Bergamia), Mandarin (Citrus Racemosa), Lemon (Citrus Limonium), Rosewood (Aniba Rosaeodora), Ylang-ylang (Cananga Odorata). Components naturally occurring in essential oils: Citral, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Benzyl Benzoate.

9 comments:

  1. Hello Grace!
    I bought this product after i read your review of their hand cream...i have very dry skin and found it very suitable. Also,i am very interested in raw skincare and was just looking for a body cream or oil with such characteristics. I agree with you, the jar lasts for about 2 months if used every day...the product is very nourishing and smell very nice!
    I will definitely repurchase it and also would like to try their body oil (i have also bought their Costa the Azahar soap, which i like, as well)

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    1. Hi Clara - glad you are liking it too :) I also bought that soap, it's very nice. I want to try the Body Oil too, I think that might be more lightweight for summer (if we ever get one here).

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    2. Yes, i agree that body oil should be more suitable for summer...here in Italy we are in full summer weather with more than 35 degrees! I am off to a long weekend in my hometown in the south of Italy and looking forward to days at the beach!!
      Hope the weather will be warmer in London!!

      Cheers!

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  2. I love body balms and this look delicious! Unfortunately US shipping costs on the site are a bit prohibitive :(

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    1. Hi Caroline - fingers crossed someone like Spirit Beauty Lounge picks them up.

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  3. You've made this sound fantastic! If only, as Caroline pointed out above, shipping costs to the US weren't so high. (I just indulged in an order from Live Native, thanks to your wonderful reviews--with attendant high shipping-to-US costs--so I can't afford another "foreign" splurge at the moment!) Have you ever tried the In Fiore Body Balms? (They also make marvelous solid perfumes.) They're wonderfully fragrant and moisturizing, and great for travel because they don't spill, since they're solid(ish). But I don't know if they're carried anywhere in the UK. I don't suppose that's really a problem: while you have Ambre body butter, you hardly need anything else!

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    1. Hi Sam - I hadn't heard of In Fiore but I've just googled and their body balms sound wonderful! Now I envy you ;) The Dayala fragrance sounds glorious.

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  4. my skin is soooo dry, this sounds really fab for it

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  5. This sounds great, I bought the hand cream, face cream and the body scrub and I am very impressed so I'll buy this body cream for my next order. Thanks soo much for bringing this brand to my attention x

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