Review: Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Kiss Cupuaçu Lip Butter

 

I have used Bite Beauty Lip Mask and Lip Balm for several years but they have been recently discontinued due to Bite Beauty reformulating their lines to adhere to vegan principles. My lips get dehydrated and start peeling very quickly as a side effect of long term medication so finding a lip balm that works is important to me. As I was searching for a new lip balm I found the Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Kiss Cupuaçu Lip Butter (£15). Made with Cupuacu (which is related to the cacao tree) the lip butter supposedly  smells “good enough to eat”. The Cupuacu fruit is combined with coconut oil and açai oil to create a lip butter which is creamy, velvety, smooth and richly hydrating. What have I got to lose (apart from £15) whilst on the search for hydrated lips?

I purchased my lip butter from Feel Unique so I could collect my points. When I opened it I immediately smelt a sweet, cocoa fragrance, that did smell good enough to eat. 

         

The lip butter did feel smooth and creamy when I applied it to my lips. They did feel moisturised at first but would that moisturising effect last? I found that it did. I don’t need to reapply throughout the day, which in someways was a shame as I enjoyed the fragrance of the butter which wore off before I needed to reapply. The butter left a nice sheen to my lips, making them look healthy and hydrated. 

I would repurchase the lip butter. It did rehydrate and moisturise my lips, without needing to reapply during the day. Most lip balms can’t cope with my desert dry fentanyl affected lips! 

I purchased the item myself and the views expressed in my blog are my own 

Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Body Fragrance Mist & Review of London Loves Beauty

I purchased the Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Body Fragrance Mist , 240 ml (£44)  from the London Loves Beauty website.   There is also a travel size version available which is  90ml  (£27).  I purchased the famous BumBum cream ages ago from Sephora and loved it, but they do not ship the mist due to shipping restrictions.  London Loves Beauty was the only UK site that I could find that stocked the body mist.

The bottle is big and chunky with the name embossed on the lid - this thrilled one of my friends who is completely blind because for once she wouldn't need to make a braille sticker to identify it!.  The smell of the mist is the same as the body cream ,a gourmand combination of  pistachio and salted caramel.  The spray can be used on body, hair and clothes/ lingerie.  The spray is quite fine and doesn't drench me when I use it.  I sprayed some on my pillow when I was feeling down and it almost cheered me up! Some reviews say the smell doesn't last,  but on a hotish day (for the North West) at 80 degrees it lasted a good 5 hours and 7 hour when layered with the cream.  I find 2 sprays is enough so the bottle will last ages.

I had never heard of the London Loves Beauty website until I was looking for a shop that sold the body mist.  Shipping is free for purchases over £70 for UK deliveries or £3.95 flat rate if under that.   Other shipping rates are listed on the website.  My parcel came securely packaged and nicely wrapped in purple tissue paper.  There is a Facebook messenger  live chat available 10am -5pm 7 days a week.  Once I had purchased my item I was notified of my shipping order/dispatch.  I got my item within 3 days.  I would use London Loves Beauty again as they have brands that are normally difficult to get in the UK such as ColorPop and Drunk Elephant, their website is easy to navigate  and their customer service is great.

I purchased this item myself and the views expressed i this blog post are my own.

Available From: London Loves Beauty