Review: I Love… Lemons & Limes Body Butter

I do love the packaging, no matter how cheesy it might look to you. I like their bold colors, cute hearts and the word “love” (I feel a bit emotional today, as you may notice). I feel like a kid at heart whenever I pick up some of these juicy, fun body butters. I also find the fun and playful description on the packaging very amusing. You get 200ml of product in this plastic jar with a black screw-on lid. Pretty basic packaging but the colors definitely grab our attention. These are not too expensive either, I believe that they cost approx 5-6$ but we always have some discount going on from store to store. As I've mentioned before, I even got it for a 30% lower price so it truly was a bargain. I can only say that I regret not purchasing more of these when I had the chance.

I da znate, meni je pakovanje skroz simpaticno, koliko god mozda vama izgledalo neinteresantno. Dopadaju mi se zive boje, slatka srdasca i rijec “ljubav”/ “voljeti” (danas sam malo u emotivnom stanju, ne zamjerite). Bas se osjecam kao dijete u dusi kada god uzmem u rucice neki od ovih socnih, veselih putercica za tijelo. Takodjer mi je simpa detalj zaigrani opis samog proizvoda. Dobijete 200ml proizvoda u plasticnoj prozirnoj kutiji koja dolazi sa crnim poklopcem na navrtanje. Pilicno obicno pakovanje ali boje su te koje plijene paznju. Svidja mi se sto nisu ni mnogo skupi, nekih 12KM ako sam dobro primjetila s tim da uvijek imamo neke popuste po dm-u, cm-u ili Parfumeriji Carolija u Sarajevu. Kao sto sam prethodno spomenula, ja sam svoj primjerak kupila po 30% nizoj cijeni tako da mi je stvarno dobra i isplativa kupovina. Mogu samo reci da mi je zao sto ih nisam vise kupila kada sam imala priliku po tako povoljnoj cijeni.

The scent is really something you will or won't like. All I Love Cosmetics products are heavily scented so if you're not the type of person who likes a bold, fruity scent you might steer clear from these. However, if you do enjoy a good, sweet and enthusiastic scent reminiscent of tropics and summer – than this, my friend, is the way to go. I don't know how to actually describe this Lemons&Limes fragrance note not because it's complex since it really isn't but more because it's a wicked compilation of biiter-sweet, fresh yet gourmet. It smells strongly of a heavily sweetened lemonade. It smells of a zingy mojito, a slice of a tart lemon pie, bubblegum heaven all poured in a fizzy, revitalizing tall glass of zesty heaven. It is a strong scent but it does tone down after applying so basically, after 20 minutes you have a light and fresh, very unobtrusive scent lingering about. 

Miris je nesto sto ce vam se dopasti ili uopste nece. Svi I Love Cosmetics proizvodi su prilicno naparfimirani tako da, ako niste tip osobe koja je ljubitelj jakih, vocnih mirisa – slobodno ga zaobidjite. Ipak, ako uzivate u jednom lijepom, slatkom i entuzijasticnom mirisu tropskih podrucja eh, onda je ovo prava stvar za vas. Nezgodno je opisati mirisnu notu Limun&Limeta linije ali ne zato sto je kompleksna jer zaista nije vec zato sto je jedna vraska kombinacija gorko-slatkog, svjezeg i gurmanskog. Intenzivno mirise na jako zasecerenu limunadu. Mirise na okrepljujuci mojito, na krisku kisele pite of limuna, raj zvakacih guma i sve navedeno zamislite da ulijete u veliku, pjenusavu staklenu casu. Prilicno je upecatljiv miris ali dosta se umiri nekih 20-tak minuta nakon nanosenja na kozu. Nakon toga ce vam ostati jedan blag, svjezi trag koji uopste nije napadan. 

What I also find interesting is the texture. Since I do own the coconut&cream body butter I can compare the two and conclude that the coconut one is a real, thick butter through and through. This one I don't think qualifies for a buttey consistency. Before you even touch and feel it on your skin, it looks like a light, fruity yoghurt. It looks like a light whipped body yoghurt and it feels like that on the skin as well. It almost leans to a very thick serum. To me, this is a beautiful refreshing body cream in the form of a whipped body butter, if that makes any sense. The zingy scent doesn't clash with my natural skin scent, they really do work together. In terms of hydration, I think that it provides an instant boost but just like the scent and the light texture imply, hydration is also light. It currently provides a skin revival but a truly dry akin would't find this adequate for its needs.

Ono sto mi je jos interesantno je tekstura. Posto posjedujem jedan kokos&krema puter za tijelo mogu da ih medjusobno usporedim te zakljucujem da je varijanta sa kokosom po svakoj definiciji, pravi mazivi puter za tijelo. Za ovaj limunasti primjerak mislim da ne moze tek tako da se ubroji u kategoriju putera za tijelo. Prije nego da i dodirnete te osjetite na kozi, vec djeluje kao jedan lagani vocni jogurt. Za mene je ovo jedna jako lagana krema za tijelo poput tucenog vrhnja ali umjesto njega zamislite jogurt a jednak osjecaj izaziva i dok je na kozi. Cak naginje na teksturu nekog jako gustog seruma. Okrepljujuci miris se ne sukobljava sa prirodnim mirisom moje koze vec zajedno jako lijepo suradjuju. Sto se tice hidratacije, mislim da pruza ternutacno osvjezenje i poboljasanje hidratacije koze ali bas kao sto lagani miris i tekstura nagovjestavaju, hidratacija je takodjer lagana. Odmah ce uciniti kozu svjezom i nahranjenom ali istinski suhoj kozi nece biti dovoljna njega kaka joj je potrebna.

When you take into account how fresh and tropical it smells, how light and pleasant the texture is you do get a sense that this is a perfect body lotion/ cream during the hot summer months. It will not leave your skin sticky or any residue at all for that matter. It will instantly replenish the skin but reapplying will be necessary. I think that dry skin would drink this in a second and that it will not substitute more emollient body creams. All I Love Cosmetics products are manifactured in the UK and I really appreciate and support their efforts regarding the animal testing. They claim that all of their suppliers do not test any finished product on animals and strive to use ingredients which have never been tested on animals. Also, they do not use any animal derived ingredients, with the exception of materials such as Honey, Royal Jelly, Beeswax etc which are obviously produced without harming the animals. I think that is awesome and makes them even more lovable.

Kada uzmete u obzir kako krasno svjeze i tropski mirise, kako je samo lagane i prijatne konzistencije, jednostavno dobijete dojam kako je ovo jedan savrsen losion/ krema tokom ljetnih mjeseci. Uopste ne ostavlja nikakav trag niti visak na kozi jer ga odmah upije. Trenutacno obnavlja nivoe hidratacije koze ali nece biti dovoljno niti intenzivno hranljiv kako bi zamijenio neke “jace” kreme za tijelo. Svi I Love Cosmetics proizvodi se proizvode u Velikoj Britaniji i zaista cijenim i podrzavam njihov stav i napore po pitanju testiranja na zivotinjama. Oni su stava da niti jedan njihov nabavljac ne testira gotove proizvode na zivotinjama i da teze koristiti sastojke koji nikada nisu bili testirani na zivotinjama. Takodjer ne koriste sastojke zivotinjskog porijekla uz iznimku meda, maticne mlijeci i pcelinjeg voska koje ocigledno ne nabavljaju na stetu pcela. Mislim da je njihov stav po tom pitanju super i cini ih jos simpaticnijim.