Nivea In Shower Body Lotion for Very Dry Skin

I can remember once hearing someone say that it must be really difficult to be an inventor in today's world, because basically all the good stuff has been invented already.  I often think this is true of the cosmetics world as well.  If you think about it, most "new" products are just better versions of something already out there...'better' anti-wrinkle cream, 'more natural' foundation, 'more voluminous mascara'.  So when something genuinely new hits the shelves, it's going to get a little blogger like me just a teeny-tiny bit excited.

So here it is, Nivea's new in-shower body lotion! Oooooo.......

Basically the premise behind this new-kid-on-the-block is that you can moisturise in the shower. Novel, I know (I wasn't lying).  I've personally not seen anything like this before, other than maybe shower oils, but even they don't claim to be able to completely wipe out the need for a bit of post-shower moisturisation. 

Now it is times like this I love being a blogger.  I feel obliged, as a dry skinned young lady, to review this on my blog.  Excuse to purchase?  Yes I think so.

ANYWAY.  I'll admit I was genuinely drawn to this, as I have very dry skin and therefore have to moisturise my entire body after every shower otherwise I shrivel like a prune.  And I'll be honest, moisturising is boring.  At the same time though, I was massively sceptical about this.  Massively.

The product comes in a beefy 400ml squeezy bottle, but I think I'm going to get through this quicker than I think as it gets a bit addictive when you're slapping it on in the shower. The cream itself is a pretty standard body lotion consistency with the generic Nivea scent, and you basically rub it everywhere then rinse it off.  The rinsing intrigued me....I expected this to be more like a leave-in hair conditioner but for your body..but anyway. I rinsed as instructed.

The first thing that struck me is that you still feel clean when you come out of the shower.  My experience of shower oils (other than being one big old slip hazard) is that you come out of the shower feeling like you have a film over your skin.  This definitely doesn't feel like that.  You still feel clean and showered which I think is a really good point about the product.

Despite feeling clean though, my skin still felt soft.  Even half an hour or so after showering, I hadn't pruned up and my skin still felt supple and soft (rather than 2 sizes too small like it normally would if I hadn't moisturised).  Don't get me wrong, I didn't feel as moisturised as I do after using my normal body lotion, but then I use pretty heavy-duty, dry skin lotions and most people hate the feel of those. Either way I can firmly say I was impressed.  The moisturisation seemed to last all day and apart from a cheeky application of moisturiser to my shins, I didn't need to apply body lotion at all during the day.  What a little beauty!

Having said that, the second time I used this, I did feel a bit drier and a bit prune-y.  I'm not sure if it was a bit in my head, as my brain was thinking "woah woah woahhh, you missed the moisturiser!?" But as I have said before, my skin is DRY.  I think if you have normal-dry skin or just normal skin, this could be a blinder of a product for saving time or even for people who normally can't be bothered to moisturise.

This is going to sound a random comment, but other than when I am in a mega rush, I think the other time I'll end up using this product is before I fake tan.  I once read that fake tan goes on less evenly when applied over body lotion (something to do with the lotion sinking into your body at differing rates).  I've always had a problem with this because I have to heavily moisturise as fake tan can also cling to dry patches on your skin, and will come out much darker on drier areas (oh hello catch 22 situation).  I think however, that this product might be my compromise.  It moisturises me enough to stop me drying up, but it doesn't appear to leave a film which might interfere with my fake tan. Wonderful.

Either way, I'd recommend giving this a go as I think it's a neat little time saver and a genuinely innovative new product that's worth a look.  Oh and well done for hanging in there, because this was rather a long post about a body lotion.  Go reward yourself by having a shower.

Signing out...x