I ran out of my beloved cold creams about a month ago.� Can you believe I went a month without cold cream?� I can, but that’s because I am witnessing the dull, dry skin first hand.� I made the herculean effort to drag my tired body through Target for the 2nd time today and left with what might be a winner.� It’s too soon to tell if this will be a long term commitment, but I am definitely making googley eyes at the Burt’s Bees Soap Bark & Chamomile Deep Cleansing Cream.
Pros:
- Squeeze/tube dispenser, as opposed to less hygienic cold cream jars
- Mild, pleasant odor
- Goes on super thick and stays in place (almost like zinc oxide)
- Wipes off easily (it says to rinse, but I don’t)
- Tingly, tingly, tingly skin
Cons:
- That remains to be seen, although some people say it’s not a good cleanser if you wear a lot of makeup (I don’t).
Coupled with my rose petal witch hazel, I left the bathroom feeling prettier than a sparkly dinosaur.
I will be interested to hear if you like this after a couple weeks of use. I use a lot of their other products but haven’t tried this yet. Merry Christmas!
It’s hard to beat a sparkly dinosaur!! (which by the way look great!) I love Burt Bee’s products.
I have alligator skin… its bad… but every cold cream i try leaves me breaking out… argh!
I use this. I rotate it between my Avalon Vitamin C wash and my Origins wash.
I heart the Burt’s Bees.
I think I’ve tried a bit of everything – I tried this as a matter of fact. I think I liked it. Not sure why I stopped using it. Now I’m back to the ol’ High School standby – Purpose. So cheap, so uneventful … but it makes my skin as soft as a baby’s butt … even in the midst of winter. Sigh.
I’m lucky enough to know someone who has an amazing line of organic lotions (Stolat Organics) She make the grapefruit scent just for me. The key for me in this cold, dry, frozen North East is to put it on at night. I also have to do oil in the shower right now because it is crazy dry. We get Arctic wind for gods sake! Arctic. Wind!
And I am stealing the phrase ” feeling prettier than a sparkly dinosaur”.
Thank you : )
Tristan emailed me last night after she got home from a party. Apparently someone there was 50 but looked 30. Her secret (Tristan wouldn’t let her leave w/o knowing) was Cetaphil and something from Avon. Cetaphil is what my dermatologist told me to use many moons ago. I like cold creams better. I will keep everyone informed of this skincare development, unless Tristan posts it here, first.
Brook–I’m sorry! Have you tried the Japanese or European cold creams? I heard they are fabulous and much better than anything we have in the states.
Love Burt’s Bees-I have insanely oily skin, but I tend to use the cleansing cream type cleaners because they don’t strip all the GOOD oil out. My trick though is once a week or so to mix a bit of it with a micro-dermabrasion cream (Avon makes a great one-maybe that’s what she used-I love the one from St. Ives too) and scrub my way to baby booty skin. Still nothing compared to sparkly dinos, but pretty darn close : )
Oh I can’t wait to hear the verdict! I am using the Thayer’s lavender, I don’t like it as much as the rose but I love the vintagey packaging. I like the idea of tingly skin, yup, I am interested in your results:)
Any Avon reps around here? I need to get my paws on some cream STAT!!!!