Review : Loccitane Lavender Hand Cream




Product Description
L'OCCITANE en Provence with AOC Lavender essential oil from Haute Provence
A signature L'OCCITANE essential. A worldwide best-seller. Blends the nourishing benefits of Shea Butter with soothing AOC lavender essential oil and rosemary extract. Contains vitamin E, shown to help encourage cell renewal, and--for sheer pleasure--bestows the subtle fragrances of the Mediterranean upon your senses. Feel transported to Provence with every application.

Surprising freshness for this light textured hand cream. Delicately fragranced AOC lavender essential oil offers antiseptic and soothing properties. Enriched with plant oils and honey extract, it leaves the skin feeling soft and moisturised*.

My 30ml sized hand cream from Loccitane Hand Cream Bouquet during the Sephora haul gives me yet another chance to try another of their bestseller. I really wish that i can say I love Loccitane hand creams like what people all over the world do. However, I am sad to say that it doesn't deliver the kind of stellar performances I would expect from a premium brand with its premium prices.

This Lavender hand cream is not as big a disappointment as its bestseller, Shea Hand Cream and is comparable to its Cherry Blossom Hand Cream. I do like the lavender soothing scent as well as its light and fluffy texture without any greasiness undertone but it doesn't moisturises very well, for my very dry hands.
 
Even though I know it doesn't serve me well under the humid weather in Singapore, I still brought it along on my trip to Minneapolis in its severe winter season, thinking perhaps it might behave better.

I have lost count of the countless times I whipped out the hand cream for my hands throughout the 20+ hours flight, in the hotel room as well as in the office over there. It just does not moisturise well and hence I have to reapply again and again.
 
The packaging tore before I even brought it to Minneapolis, probably due to the wear and tear of the pressing motions. There was a cut where the cream oozes out and I used a tape to secure it from further damage.

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Ingredients
Aqua (Water) (Water), Glycerin, Isononyl Isononanoate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) (Shea Butter), Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch (Corn), Cyclomethicone, Mel (Honey Extract), Polyacrylamide, Ceteareth 33, Phenoxyethanol, Malva Sylvestris Flower Extract (Mallow), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil (Coconut), C13 14 Isoparaffin, Perfume (Fragrance), Lavandula Angustifolia Oil (Lavender), Cera Alba (Beeswax) (Beeswax), Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E), Xanthan Gum, Methyl, Butyl, Ethyl, Propyl, Isobutylparaben, Laureth 7, Linalool, Menthol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Limonene, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract (Rosemary), Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil (Sunflower), Coumarin, Citral, Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol

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