1. Sisleÿa L'Integral Anti-Age Concentrated Firming Body Cream

This powerful concoction of firming, hydrating, and smoothing ingredients address all the major concerns when it comes to stretch marks. The cream has all the benefits of firming care while improving skin elasticity. The bonus is the anti-aging benefits that it offers. It feels luxuriously creamy and the smell of it is another level. This is the perfect choice for indulging care for the body while loading up on essential nourishment on the skin, hence resulting in preventing new stretch marks from forming while working on existing ones if any.

2. Clarins Body Partner Stretch Mark Expert

Packed with banana extract and Centella Asiatica, this clever concoction helps to reduce the appearance of stretch marks. It works by improving the skin’s elasticity, and by doing so, will help to prevent further stretch marks from appearing. The hazelnut oil ingredient will also deeply nourish the skin, to leave it feeling soft and supple. This product feels luxurious and more like a serum than a targeted moisturizer. It’s best applied to hips, stomach, thighs or breasts and should be applied using a massaging circular motion.

3. Mama Mio Mama Marks Cream

This product is powered by peptides, which all help tone down stretch marks in colour and improve texture and appearance. It also contains algae extract, a great ingredient for repairing skin. This cream is also safe to use during pregnancy, so is a great option for moms-to-be.

4. Mutha Body Butter

This heavy-duty cream can be packed onto any unwanted stretch marks. It has a buttery texture (as it contains shea, cocoa and mango butter), and leaves skin feeling so much softer and looking better in tone. I use this on the areas where my stretch marks are at their worst. This formula is so rich, that it can be effective on old marks, too.

5. ESPA Smoother & Firm Body Butter

Probably the most luxurious body butter of the batch, this product works on smoothing out stretch marks. It contains argan oil and vitamin E, both famous ingredients for softening skin. Just like every other product from this brand, this cream creates a spa-like experience at home.

6. Indie Lee Whipped Body Butter

This air-whipped formula is so lightweight on the skin. Because it is such a fine texture, it absorbs into the skin so easily, and also contains marula oil which helps to increase elasticity. If your skin is newly stretched (for example, post-pregnancy), the bergamot and mandarin oil ingredients work great as instant soothers.

7. Kiehls Creme de Corps

Powered with Cocoa Butter, Beta-Carotene and Squalane, this body lotion is the perfect answer to the itchiness and irritation that dry skin causes. This rich and creamy formula moisturizes the skin without feeling greasy or heavy. The result is soft, smooth, and perfectly moisturized skin.

8. Bonus: Elemis Body Detox Skin Brush

Body brushing is a cheap and effective method of combatting stretch marks. If used religiously, a body brush can help the skin increase collagen production, which helps fade existing stretch marks. The brush should be moved in a circular, clockwise motion – and the pressure of the motion should vary between body parts. Where skin is thinner, apply less pressure, and vice versa in regions where the skin is more resilient. The brushing motion breaks up fat deposits under the skin, which will also reduce the appearance of cellulite.

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Key Ingredients

Brazilian Bum Bum Cream contains caffeine-rich Guarana extract that helps tighten the appearance of skin. Guarana has five times the caffeine of coffee and thus, very potent. Other key ingredients include Capuaco Butter that is full of fatty acids. Also, coconut oil nourishes and heals the skin. Moreover, Acai Oil and Brazil Nut are both high in anti-oxidants. Massaging this cocktail of nourishing, skin-loving, healing, and strengthening ingredients in circular motion instantly hydrates the skin while regular use helps smooth the skin with a visible tightening effect. The ingredients in this cream as sustainably sourced.

Scent

Brazilian Bum Bum Cream is scented with the Cheirosa '62 fragrance that has below notes:

• Top Notes – pistachio, almond
• Middle Notes – heliotrope, jasmine petals
• Base Notes – vanilla, salted caramel, sandalwood

My Thoughts

My first thought after opening the jar of Brazilian Bum Bum Cream was is this for real. It instantly uplifts the mood like I am at my favorite beach or island and enjoying each bit of my life. I know ‘happy‘ is a state of mind or mood but I can totally relate the first impression and scent of this cream to a version of happiness and joy. It is a very rich, smooth, silky soft cream. It applies very well and massages beautifully on the skin. Then, it absorbs with a little circular massage without leaving any residue. Despite being very nourishing, there is no greasiness. The only thing it leaves is beautiful skin and a scent that stays forever.

Brazilian Bum Bum Cream is one of those products that are long-lasting both in terms of performance, nourishment, as well as scent. Definitely, in my top favorites. I can smell it on my skin even at the end of the day. The scent is not overpowering at all but it reminds me of being there while I turn my face or move my arms around. I use it on my whole body and have noticed my skin is very happy. It is hydrating and nourishing. My skin feels comfortable and radiant. Also, it is soothing after a day out. The best thing is I have used Brazilian Bum Bum Cream in winter, spring, and now summer. It is a cream I can use all year round.

Another great thing is that this cream is suitable for expecting mothers and lactating mothers. My friend is loving it right now, she used it during the whole of her pregnancy and breastfeeding. But again, it is always safe to patch test before using it.

My skin is silky soft, smooth, and glowing. I have noticed the texture of my skin has improved, it is more even and I see some tightening happening. I am not sure it is due to this cream alone or just the amazing ingredients and nourishment that are doing this. But I would like to believe it due to the combined effort of this cream and my regular walking regime. I can totally keep on writing about this Brazilian Bum Bum Cream, it is so good and I would totally recommend you to check it out. I am impressed!

Please note that the limited edition ‘Biggie Biggie' version is 500ml and comes with a spatula. The original version is 240ml.

Where To Buy Sol de Janeiro Products?

• SoldeJaneiro.com
• Sephora.com
• HarveyNichols.com
• FeelUnique.com
• LookFantastic.com

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