zNothing refreshes and delights like coconut water! Not by chance, summer wants a shower of coconut bath and beauty products! Flying from the Caribbean to Tahiti, and jumping back to Hawaii, these “exotic” personal picks hide in the intimacy of my (bath)room…
Why “coco beauty”? Coconut is the key ingredient in many summer products thanks to its moisturising and anti-ageing properties…
The high percentage of good saturated fats and Vitamin E contained in coconut sub-products hydrates, soothes and fights ageing. Here’s why coconut oils and butter are in your summer beauty products to give shine to your hair and quench your thirsty skin. Tahitian people think coconut can even block sun rays!
Coconut Perfume: Perlier Thai Coco – Coconut Water
My go-to summer scent is a body spritz: Perlier Thai Coco – Coconut Water (150ml). An “anti-stress” body spray with glycerine and 100% bio coconut extracts inspired by Thai massage. It has a sweet but fresh coconut fragrance that’s long-lasting but delicate.
This body spritz can be sprayed all over your body and hair, after sports and even before going under the sun! It promises to refresh, moisturise, tone and relax. What should it tone, your skin or spirit? Mainly our souls but it does leave my skin hydrated despite the alcohol, which I dislike in this scent.
The scent puts you instantly in an ecstatic, good mood. I recommend not spraying it directly onto the skin but misting it generously within your room, then walking through this “scented cloud” so the alcohol won’t be perceptible. Recommended!
Coconut Bodycare: Hawaiian Tropic Exotic Coconut After-Sun Body Butter
Hawaiian Tropics means delicious coconut and vanilla sunbaths to me, this is why I ended up with this “giant” Hawaiian Tropic Exotic Coconut After-Sun Body Butter jar without further doubts. It’s a rich and yellowish after-sun product. A melting butter, a tropical bomb with plenty of butter, oils and exotic fruit extracts.
It contains mango, papaya and guava extracts; cocoa, shea and mango butter, coconut and avocado oils and aloe extract for a deep hydration and soothing effect. It’s recommended after sun exposure and all year around. Unfortunately, it isn’t fresh to the touch or my nose, so I apply it only after a cool shower at night. This Hawaiian Tropic body butter has a strange scent: far from being delicious, fruity or juicy. It’s rather plasticky and unrealistic and the coconut note comes only after a couple of hours.
Actually, this product works as it makes my skin glowy and elastic, and my tan long-lasting (notably, no skin peeling off at the moment, which is a record!) but it’s quite oily and feels unpleasant. I wouldn’t buy it again! Sorry, Hawaiian Tropics: I consider your latest body product a miss and I want that mouth-watering perfume I remember from my childhood back again! Not recommended, of course.
Coconut Showertime: Douglas Les Délices Unicorn Coco Vanilla
After a torrid day, nothing beats a cool shower and tons of sweet bubbles. I conclude these hot summer days with Douglas Les Délices Unicorn Coco Vanilla Creamy Body Shower Gel. Coco Vanilla is one of the four shower gels created in a limited edition exclusively by Douglas Perfumeries. Mine has a fresh coconut note mesmerised by vanilla sub notes.
It’s a long-lasting scent that evolves into an aquatic perfume. It contains coconut extract (acid), glycerine and aloe vera extract, its formula is dermatologically tested and its ingredients are the secret to a shower gel that delicately cleanses while leaving the skin smooth for hours and hours. When I wake up my body is still soft and pleasantly scented. Recommended.
Tropical Beauty: Viva la Diva Move Me Jungle palette
Just in case you can’t get enough of tropical vibes, you’ve probably seen an intruder here: Viva la Diva Move Me Jungle eyeshadow kit. This eyeshadow palette has nothing to do with coconut but it’s a “postcard for a mental vacation overseas” with its floral packaging and bright colours.
Coconut oil and butter are my skin’s best friends, and coconut aroma is a perfect companion for the season. It’s my mood-boosting magic trick! A cocktail I’d like to order over and over again… 24/7!
I go bananas for coconut, and you?
