Burt's Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Cream

First of all, I totally fell for the adorable packaging. It's so cute! I am in love with glass jars so this one really spoke to me. I love the tin lid and I love the design which is printed on it. There is a cow on the lid – how cool is that? You won't see many hand creams feature a cow…or a bee for instance (and we love those hard-working bees). Besides being interesting, this packaging features some important info. It's suitable to be recycled, it will stay fresh for a year since you've opened it, it's made of 100% natural ingredients and it's cruelty free. Music for my ears. You also have a thorough ingredients list as well. Sweet almond oil, beeswax, grapefruit seed extract and soybean oil are merely a slice of the entire list here. I bought my jar at feelunique.com and I think I paid approx $8-$9 for it. I'm not sure but I will check it out when the site resumes since I currently cannot visit it. Are you having these same problems, or is it just me?

Prije svega, apsolutno sam zaljubljena u ovo krasno pakovanje. Preslatko je! Inace “padam” na staklenke tako da mi je ova teglica dosla kao narucena. Dopada mi se metalni poklopac i dopada mi se ono cime je ukrasen. Kao sto vidite, imamo jednu kravicu naslikanu – iz nekog razloga mi je to nevjerovatno simpaticno. Mislim da necete cesto vidjeti kravicu koja krasi pakovanje jos neke kreme za ruke osim ove…A cini mi se i da su pcelice rijedak ukras (a mi volimo vrijedne pcelice, zar ne?). Pored toga sto je interesantno, na pakovanju se nalaze sazete sve bitne informacije. Pakovanje je pogodno reciklazi, zadrzava svjezinu tokom godinu dana nakon otvaranja, krema je napravljena od 100% prirodnih sastojaka i nije testirana na zivotinjicama. Melodija za moje usi. Takodjer su i sastojci detaljno popisani. Slatko ulje badema, pcelinji vosak, ekstrakt sjemenki grejpa i ulje soje su samo djelic onoga od cega se ova kremica sastoji. Kupila sam svoj primjerak kreme na feelunique.com i mislim da sam je platila cca 13KM no provjeriti cu dodatno. Inace bih vam odmah napisala preciznu cijenu ali mi feelunique stranica ne funkcionise. Da li se to i vama desava kada je pokusate otvoriti, ili je samo do mene?

Now, I shall warn all those among you who detest hand creams and anything extremely nourishing on the skin – if this is the case, this is not a cream for you. The Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Cream is intended to provide extra rich care for hard-working skin. Burt's bees really are hard-working as well because I've never encountered a more thorough and caring hand cream in my life. You actually don't appreciate a good hand cream until you need one, trust me. I've searched high and low but no hand cream has helped me in my time of need. They all do something but never enough. I was getting tired of having rough, dry and scaly hands. They even cracked from all the dryness and my cuticles never looked so horrid. No cuticle treatment was working. And my nails? Oh, the horror. I always had brittle nails but this was a completely different territory. My nails pealed like they were made of paper. It's the most uncomfortable feeling ever. And I'm the kind of person that loves nicely groomed hands and nails so this really was hard to tackle. 

Dok se ne zanesem, zeljela bih upozoriti sve vas koji ne podnosite kreme za ruke uopste ili ne volite jako hranljive kreme – u slucaju da se nalazite u ovoj skupini, ova krema nije za vas. Krema za ruke sa bademovim mlijekom i pcelinjim voskom je namijenjena da pruzi intenzivnu njegu i da bogato nahrani kozu ruku koje mozda isuvise vrijedno rade (ili isuvise cesto budu oprane). Burtove pcelice uiztinu vrijedno rade posto nikada nisam naisla na bogatiju kremu za ruke od ove. Nema gdje nisam potrazila neku novu, drugaciju i jos neisprobanu kremu kao spas od suhoce ali pomoci nije bilo. Sve su ostale kreme dobre u necemu i pruzaju neki vid hidratacije ali naprosto nisu imale ono sto je meni bilo potrebno. Mogu reci da mi je bilo preko glave konstantno gledati i osjecati svoje vec grube, suhe i perutave ruke. Znale su i popucati od silne suhoce a zanoktice su bile u jednom takodjer jako losem stanju. Nista sto bih koristila da ih omeksam nije pomagalo. A nokti? Oni su oduvijek bili krhki ali ovog puta smo zasli na jednu posebnu teritoriju kada je to u pitanju. Ljustili su se kao da su bili od papira. To je jedan od najneprijatnijih, najneugodnijih osjecaja ikada. A sve mi je ovo jako tesko padalo posto sam osoba kojoj je jako stalo da ruke budu uvijek uredjene i njegovane.

Let me say that I'm fully recovered and if I ever notice a rough patch on my hands, or if my nails seem to be needing some extra care – this is the hand cream to turn to. The smell of this cream is very specific, very potent and I believe that it might be a dealbreaker for some people. It's of a nutty almond scent but some people tend to pick up an earthy herbal aroma. I've heard it associates them to a herbal ointment. Not a particularly sexy scent to be quite fair. I, on the other hand, pick up marzipan notes but I distinctively detect almond oil. So be careful if you're sensitive to certain smell. I actually am in love with it and to let you know that I'm not the only one who loves it – I've been inquired about what smells so good too many times to count. People cannot believe that this hand cream is what oozed of this delicious scent. The texture is also quite different than most stuff I've tried. At first, it was rather firm and resembles a hardened balm. Over time, it softens on a room temperature and becomes much softer thus easier to scoop up and use.

Drago mi je da sam ruke uspjela u potpunosti oporaviti a ako ponovo primijetim da se suhoca vraca, da su mi nokti ponovo zeljni posebne njege – odmah cu stvari popraviti bas ovom kremom. Njen miris je jako specifican, dosta je jak te vjerujem da ce nekima biti presudan kod kupovine. Dosta je orasastog mirisa badema iako sam cula da nekima mirise izrazito biljno i zemljano. Drugim rijecima, ne bas najprivlacije. Moj nos ipak detektuje nesto jako slicno marcipanu iako jasno osjetim i slatko bademovo ulje. Tako da znate, budite oprezni ako ste osjetljivi na neke mirisne note. Meni se srecom miris jako dopada i iznenadjujuce mnogo me ljudi upitalo sta to lijepo mirise. Iznenadili su se kada bih im otkrila da je ova krema “krivac” za taj lijepi miris. I tekstura ove kreme je dosta drugacija od ostalih krema za ruke koje sam isprobala. Na pocetku je dosta kruta i djeluje kao balzam koji se stisnuo kada bi ga stavili na hladno mjesto. Nakon nekog vremena omeksa na sobnoj temperaturi i postane jako maziva a samim tim i dosta laksa za upotrebu.

This is a really rich hand cream. This is a fact that all of us suffering from dry hands will appreciate. If you dislike oily, heavy, creamy things on your hands than I reckon you won't like it as much as I do. It's pretty thick and you get the sense of thickness when you rub it in your hands. It's definitely waxy due to the beeswax which melts beneath the warmth of your fingers. It coats hands so beautifully and it keeps them nourished and protected for a long time. If you don't like using something like this while at work or something like that – it will be a perfect overnight hand treatment. I wake up every time to notice perfectly smooth and soft hands. Since my hands are quite chapped, I use it whenever I feel the need to. I always carry this jar with me. I love to carry it in my bag and it saves my hands while I'm at work (I'm not too fussy while at work). I always apply it after washing when at home so, it's a beautiful all-rounder for me. It coats hands in this wonderful, rich, balmy-waxy texture and this coating stays on my hands even after 2-3 hand washes ( I've double, no, triple checked!). My nails and cuticles look revitalized and sooo much better than before. Since it provides a protective waxy coat, I've noticed that it gives just a little push for my nails and they grow longer. They instantly look healthy after application and so does the skin of my hands. No more nicked cuticles, less peeling of nails, softer hands which look so much nicer with a pretty manicure. This is my perfect hand cream and I might even dare to say that it has outdone my L'Occitane shea butter hand creams. 

Nema sumnje da se ovdje radi o jednoj ultrabogatoj kremi za ruke. To je nesto sto ce cijeniti svatko tko pati od suhoce ruku. No ako ne volite nista bogato, masnije niti tesko na svojim sapama onda mislim da vam se ova krema nece dopasti. Dosta je gusta a tek osjetite u kojoj mjeri nakon sto protrljate malu kolicinu kreme izmedju dlanova. Definitivno se osjeti i da je voskasta zbog udjela pcelinjeg voska te se jako lijepo topi pod toplinom prstica. Omota ruke ugodnim zastitnim slojem te ih odrzava zasticenim i nahranjenim jako dugo vremena nakon nanosenja. U slucaju da ne preferirate koristiti jako bogate kreme za ruke poput ove dok ste npr. na poslu – biti ce vam idealna kao nocni tretman. Svakog jutra sam se nakon nanosenja iznenadila mekocom ruku koje su noc prije bile izuzetno hrapave. Ja je koristim kada god osjetim potrebu za time posto su moje ruke jako, jako suhe. Uvijek je nosim u torbici i volim je koristiti cak i kad sam na poslu. Dok sam kuci, obavezno ruke namazem nakon svakog pranja tako da je meni na svakom koraku pogodna za upotrebu. Vec sam spomenula kako obavija ruke ugodnim bogatim, voskastim zastitnim slojem koji je slican i balzamu po mazivosti. Taj sloj se na rukama zadrzi i nakon 2-3 pranja sto sam licno testirala u vise navrata. Nokti i zanoktice su mi u neuporedivo boljem stanju nego prije. Posto su i oni namazani voskastim slojem nakon nanosenja, primijetila sam da taj sloj dopusta noktima da porastu i nesto duze nego sto bi inace. Kao da zagladi povrsinu nokta i produzi period dok se ne pocnu ljustiti. Cim nanesem kremu djeluju dosta zdravije, bas kao i koza ruku. Nema vise ostecenih zanoktica, nokti se rijedje ljuste, ruke su nevjerovatno meke i cjelokupan dojam ruku dosta ljepse djeluje uz urednu manikuru. Ovo je moja savrsena kremica za ruke a usuditi cu se reci da je cak nadmasila i meni standardne L'Occitane kreme za ruke sa karite puterom.