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: I have just discovered the secret to gorgeous, glowing, smooth, plumped up skin on my face.......
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I can't even remember what made me put it on my face one day but OMG - it is fab. I have been using it constantly for 2 weeks now and my skin now has the smoothest texture, which I don't think it's had since pre-pubescence. And it makes my foundation look super dewy and youthful too. It is SO much better than all the expensive face creams I have tried - including Creme de la Mer.
WC - I am 32. My skin is combination - mixture of oily in some places but very dry in others. Well it was until I started using the Bottom Butter. Now it is all plump and glowing and totally hydrated.
And no Bumper, it hasn't given me spots. In fact, as I no longer need to use foundation (cos skin is so great) then less likelihood of clogged pores causing spots!
looks like a case of my (babies) arse your face (cream) - seriously though is it greasy?
When I got married about 10 years ago I had a clinique facial and loads of samples. One face cream was fab, it sort of heated up when you put it on then turned my skin really smooth. i went back and asked what it was and could I have a larger size, where I was met with a smirk of 'that madame is cellulite cream for your legs'
Expat - that certainly sounds better. Anusol was all I had to hand at the time as I was in a hotel on a training course for work. I thought it would disguise the puffy eyes from too much boozing and not enough sleep. But alas, it just made me look even more booze addled than before!
if you don't have any green tea bags, i can't remember how makes them, i think it might be guerlin, i need to check, but someone makes these disc-shaped pads in a jar made to deal with puffy eyes like that and according to friends they really work.
I also swear by it for many things how funny you have tried it too!!
It started for me, on incredibly painful chapped lips. It worked within ooo, 20 hours maybe? Then, i rubbed some into my hands one day when they were chapped and sore and dry. it also cleared that up within a day or so.
I dont tell anyone as they thing i'm rubbing dirt butt cream onto my face and mouth. Of course, its clean! So cheap too ( compared to proper 'wonder balms' )
I'm with you on this one... totally. And NO its not greasy at all
best not tell everyone, or there will be none left on the shelves by the morning.
I also swear by it for many things how funny you have tried it too!!
It started for me, on incredibly painful chapped lips. It worked within ooo, 20 hours maybe? Then, i rubbed some into my hands one day when they were chapped and sore and dry. it also cleared that up within a day or so.
I dont tell anyone as they thing i'm rubbing dirt butt cream onto my face and mouth. Of course, its clean! So cheap too ( compared to proper 'wonder balms' )
I'm with you on this one... totally. And NO its not greasy at all
best not tell everyone, or there will be none left on the shelves by the morning.
Thats why it's so great soupdragon lovely ingredients!
have you tried it too ? if not, you must I also have to point out here, that my dd has never had nappy rash. well, once actually, and it was technically thrush from Anti b's .
My mum has a pot of it at her house for when Izzy spends time there. I can't remember how much it is, but am getting low on it actually.... must pop into waitrose in the morning.
( we do have a pot each now btw... just incase cross contamination occurs by less skillful nappy changers )
Have you tried the solid coconut baby massage cream? That looks nice too. I was wondering if it's worth buying in the hope of persuading dp to give me a back massage cos I love the smell of coconut.
made STUPID STUPID mistake of choosing the gelcream version when i thrillingly decided to treat myself to a pot of creme de la mer recently... had to give it to my mum as did F all for me [scowl]
oh - the coconut solid massage oil is nice. but rubbish for removing cradle cap (dont ask. i make some pretty dumb decisions sometimes)
Woo-hoo! I'm 33, with combi skin and am just running out of my lovely Lush moisturiser. Waitrose is closer to me than Lush, so guess where I'm headed tomorrow?! Thanks for the tip, FGT!
Bumerlicious: yes, thats the stuff. I also have the coconut massage oil. dd loves her massage with that. She lies back with her knees bent and crosses one leg over the top of her other knee, cracks me up, every time!
oooo, good ides slim22 Got to be the main ingredient in most shop bought body scrubs I'm sure.
yes FGT, totally worth it. Idont use it every day, as I have a gorgeous clarins one that I was bought and love the smell of, and it is fab too. How often do you use the botty butter?
I've just put some on (face not bum). I can report that I feel extremely greasy, as though I have just shoved my face into a portion of fish and chips.
OK, maybe I did use too much. Only read FGS's advice about thumbnail-sized blob after the application.
My skin (and hands) did feel very soft afterwards. I don't feel very youthful but then am a bit under the weather today so it might not be the cream's fault.
Will try to use it in more sensible amounts tonight.
Eyes no more puffy and bloodshot than usual (am I painting a nice picture?)
Have just applied the prescribed thumbnail-sized blob and deffo feel less like a bag of chips than I did last night. Will try to get a good night's sleep and hopefully will emerge as plumptious and dewy as a princess tomorrow morning.
Well, for me, it was after putting it on my lips. Then rubbing the excess off onto my hands and elbows which were really dry. Had a really cold patch here, a few months ago, really windy and my face ended up really dry and sore. So... thought i'd put a bit on to see. Thats why I used the botty butter on a different set of cheeks
thanks bossybritches - am already patricipating in the experiment using my bottom butter purchased at our local John Lewis.
Am still waiting to emerge from my chrysallis as gorgeous butterfly, but that may have more to do with several years of broken nights and advanced age than inneffectiveness of product. Perhaps it will just take a little longer to penetrate my hide. Will keep you posted.
I also am a secret bottom butter lover!! I've used it since before DS was born as I have incredibly dry skin. I also swear by the coconut oil as a body lotion. And they're so cheap!! I also love the fact that you can just get them delivered along with your groceries - one less thing to have to buy separately!
Just wondering... if all this botty cream has in it is olive oil, chamomile and vanilla, couldn't you just mix some olive oil in a tub with a little bit of chamomile essential oil and some vanilla essence and keep it in the fridge to solidify? Sounds like it would have much the same effect and cost a lot less than £2 per 100 ml (although I do appreciate it is already significantly cheaper than most fancy moisturisers).
mummypig: trust me, you only need such a teeny amount per application of this that a tub of £2 cream will last almost forever. Honestly.
I opened my new tub last night, as we'd run out, and you cannot even see that i've used it yet, thats how little I use. I must just say, when I bought it in waitrose, I took the last one on the shelf, and had to chuckle and wonder if there are more MNetters living in Kingston than I thought
Oooh, I have some of this hanging around. I'm not that keen on the smell but for glowing smooth skin, I could live with smelling like a cheap ice cream.
Actually you smell more like a Kinder Egg (well I say 'you', I mean 'me wearing bottom butter').
Have been using it for three days and my skin has improved a bit I think, BUT I have developed two spots. However, spent the weekend over-indulging so it might be down to that.
I've used it morning night the last few days and have to say, even though I was using it before, my skin is deffo looking better. My mum even said I looked really well today. which is saying something, as I had about 2 hours sleep last night!
I used to alternate it with clarins day cream, ( another cream i'd highly recommend btw ) mainly because that smells so lovely, and cost a bomb! I do really like the smell of botty butter though.
I have to stress here, you really only need such a small amount. I literally swipe my finger over the top with a tiny bit of pressure and use on cheeks, repeat motion again, and apply to forehead, and again for chin and so on...
Don't know if any of you tried the boots renewal balm or what ever it was called, that sold out in minutes and was on tv. Well, I think my skin feels like a slightly more moisturised version from when I used that.
You do feel it there for a good hour or so, though not a lot. I was able to put powder blusher on this morning, with out that over blushed sticking powder on effect you get if you apply too soon after cream, before it's dried IYSWIM?
oooh i use Body Shop body butter on my face at night, but i wouldnt use it in the day! When i wake up my face is v smooth and soft, and it doesnt give me spots.
Those of you who are worried about feeling all greasy, apply a tiny bit to slightly damp skin. If you are still feeling a little like fish and chips, put some more water over the top - ideally use a bottle with a fine spray, but I guess splashing a bit on will do the job.
It's much the same principle as using an oil (Jojoba, Rosehip, avocado etc) as a moisturiser. They do absorb in but just take that little longer than a traditional cream.
I will take my Waitrose-loving arse to buy curry and bum cream as soon as DH gets in tonight. If they can treat me like a princess, make fab food AND take years off my skin I will never leave the place again.
Ooh - have I caused a run on Waitrose Bottom Butter now? I'd better make sure I get stocked up myself (though I don't think there are a proliferation on MNers near me - but best be safe!). I am pleased that others are benefitting from my odd discovery though. But should I feel guilty all those poor babies in Kingston who might be subjected to chemical bottom creams cos we are using their normal natural botty cream on our faces?
i got some at my waitrose today - there was quite a lot there so obv. not many Mners around!
I love the smell btw! - have put it on my hands. Thinking about trying it on face overnight, but judging by how it is on my hand, i'm thinking it might be kind of greasy??
madeamess, we probably pass each other every day Its really funny, how often I see mums this children, and wonder if they are a MNetter... Then they catch me looking at them in an odd way, half smiling, and probably think i'm a loon!
Bought mine yesterday, quite a lot of stock btw. Am a little worried about using on my fact, so have started off by using on my arms. Have a wedding to go to soon with sleeveless dress.
Honsetly scanner, It really is great to use on the face. I was thinking this morning as i applied it to my face... how after, it looks really glowing. This is definitely down to the really good massage I inadvertently do on my face, to rub it in.
You have to do it really thoroughly, to make sure its all covered, and rubbed in. If it is a really quick job, to rub it all in, you are probably using too much, and therefore it would be a bit greasy. Hope that makes sense?
Definitely Bumper - you will wonder how you lived without it. And all your friends will be jealous of your youthfulness. (Someone assumed I was 19 the other day! )
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