Nothing refreshes and delights like coconut water! Not by chance, summer 2017 wants a shower of coconut-based bath and beauty products! Flying from the Caribbean to Tahiti, jumping back to the 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 moisturizing and antiaging properties…

indeed, the high percentage of good saturated fats and Vitamin E contained in coconut sub products  hydrates, soothes and fights aging. Here’s explained 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!

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.

It can be sprayed all over your body and hair, after sports and even before going under the sun! It claims to refresh, moisturise, tone and relax. What should it tone, our skin or spirit? Mainly our souls but it really leaves 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 to spray it directly onto the skin but to mist it generously within your room, then walk through this “scented cloud” so that the alcohol won’t be perceptible. Recommended!
(Less than 10€)
 

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 nor to my nose, so that I apply it only after a cool shower at night. This Hawaiian Tropic body butter has an extremely strange scent: far from being delicious, fruity or juicy, it’s plastic-ky and unrealistic and the coconut note comes only after a couple 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 – what 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 form my childhood back again! Not recommended, of course.
(9€ ca)

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 limited edition exclusively by Douglas Perfumeries. Mine has a fresh coconut note mesmerised by vanilla subnotes. 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 dermatological tested and its ingredients are the secret for a shower gel that delicately cleanses while leaving the skin smooth for hours and hour. When I wake up my body is still soft and pleasantly scented. Recommended.
(6.95€)

Just in case you need some extra exoticisms, you’ve probably seen an intruder here: Viva la Diva Move Me Jungle eyeshadow kit 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 scent is a perfect companion for the season. It’s my mood-transforming magic trick! A cocktail I’d like to order over and over again… 24/7!
I go bananas for coconut, and you?