Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Relief Healing Serum by Vaseline, Body Lotion Review

6

Nice to try, but nothing special

I was very excited to get the chance to try this lotion to review for Total Beauty. When it arrived, I was impressed by the generous bottle size-- serums tend to be smaller, so to get a serum in this quantity was a great surprise. I also liked that the packaging was a standup tube that I could put on my vanity for easy access. When I first tried the lotion, I was a bit surprised by the texture. It...read more was rather light, not as rich and heavy as I expected an "intensive" product to be. The scent was light and fresh-- a clean, after shower type of scent. I liked that it was not heavily perfumed. As I spread it on, I found that it absorbed easily, and didn't just sit on the skin. After a few minutes, the scent lightly lingered, and there was definitely a more moisturized feel to my skin. After a few hours, though, my skin felt normal-- not particularly more moisturized. I tried it again on a nightly basis for overnight moisturizing-- overall, I was not impressed when I woke up. I would have to say that this lotion is nothing special. It is nice enough, but I didn't really get the impression of the serum or any extra moisturizing. It was not much better than a regular lotion, and I would not purchase it over my regular product.

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4

I wish I liked this!

I received a free bottle of this product to review, which is always fun and I've always had great luck doing this, but this one is kind of a miss. I was pleasantly surprised by the packaging. Usually when a product has "serum" in the name, I think of a tiny bottle (usually expensive--this is not!) with instructions to use only a tiny amount, but this is a normal-size bottle of lotion. Nothing on t...read morehe bottle mentions that it's a fragranced product, but the first thing I noticed when I squeezed some out of the tube into my hand was an overwhelming powdery floral scent. I do not have a strong sense of smell at all, so it's rare that any product has an overwhelming scent to me, but I did not care for this. The lotion feels nice going on--it's not greasy at all and it absorbs very quickly (especially on super dry winter skin). Unfortunately, after rubbing it in, I noticed that the perfumey scent had gone away only to be replaced by a strong and unpleasant plastic-like or chemical-ish odor. And that odor stayed with me the entire day--I kept catching a whiff of it as I went about my day and it was so so not good. Another time that I used it I tried applying a scented body spray after to cover the smell, but it didn't really work. Another problem is that awhile after putting the lotion on my legs, arms, and hands (all my most stubborn dry skin areas), I noticed an odd plastic-like feeling on my hands. It wasn't super unpleasant or anything, just noticeable and weird. One night I put the lotion on after my shower and later the next day I took a shower and noticed my shower gel wouldn't lather on the areas where I had used the lotion the night before. Only after shaving my legs could I get the shower gel to lather on my skin as usual. Very, very odd. One day I put the lotion on after my morning shower and later that day I went for a run at the gym. After sweating, the areas where I had applied lotion were sticky (unlike any lotion I've ever used before). Ultimately, yes, this is a very deeply moisturizing product, but I'm just really not sure it is worth it to me to deal with all the negatives.

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10

A new favorite!

I love this new product by Vaseline. I already use the jelly so the fact that this lotion contains the jelly is a plus for me. I have rough elbows, specially during the winter time, so that's where I've been using this lotion. I love how quickly it absorbs into the skin, the creamy texture, and no oily residue. The scent is subtle but pleasant.

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