One of the most popular body products in most editorial and bridal MUAs kits is Tom Ford Soleil de Blanc Shimmering Body Oil ($165). It's infused with gold and platinum leaf, instantly illuminating the body. It smells of creamy amber and sandalwood, with cardamom and pistachio notes thrown in, essentially like summer bottled up. It also costs three figures, which is a lot in the current cozzie livs crisis we're having.
If you're looking for some body products that mimic its effects, scroll down to read them. You'll be flaunting that glow-from-within in no time.
Garden of Wellness Nourishing Body Oil
The Garden of Wellness Nourishing Body Oil in scent Lavender Calm ($31.50) will moisturise your skin while soothing your mind. In addition to lavender oil, it's also got grape seed oil, vitamin E and no less than 10 botanic oils. The resulting oil is light but non-greasy and can be quickly absorbed into the skin.
Eucerin Original Healing Cream
Eucerin is a dermatologist-recommended body moisturiser formulated with conditions like eczema, psoriasis and ichthyosis in mind, along with harsh climates (I remember the emptied shelves of pharmacies during New York's coldest winter). Unlike Soleil de Blanc, Eucerin wasn't formulated to take you to the Amalfi Coast, nor does it have expensive ingredients. Its formula includes petroleum, mineral oil, ceresin, lanolin and glycerin. It has a thick consistency and needs to be worked into the skin.
Eucerin is available in a few different formulations. Like other heavy-duty moisturisers like La Mer, Eucerin Original Healing Cream needs to be worked into the skin. While Eucerin isn't available on Australian pharmacy shelves, it is available at iHerb.
Nivea Essentially Enriched Body Lotion
Enriched with almond oil and sea minerals Nivea, Essentially Enriched Body Lotion ($21) non-greasy, super-absorbent lotion that sinks into your skin and leaves it feeling like silk. With a sleek, pump bottle with is a mess-free option for winter mornings.
Kiehl's Creme de Corps
Featured heavily in any New York "It Girl"'s top shelfie Kiehl's, Creme de Corps ($64) is consistently rated one of the best body moisturisers. With a luxuriant, balmy texture and natural ingredients like jojoba oil, squalane and shea butter Kiehl's Creme de Corp has a comforting honey scent and will leave your skin nourished in a flash.
The Body Shop, Shea Body Butter
We all had a tub of this and a pot of watermelon lip balm in high school and we can confirm, the body shop, shea body butter is still bloody good. Thick and luxuriant with fair trade cocao butter this is still an exceptional option.
Fenty, Butta Drop
Rihanna has the smoothest, silkiest limbs in the beauty biz so as always, we're buying what she's selling. Fenty Skin, Butta Drop ($65) is an oil cream that gives all of the slick sexiness of a body oil, with none of the mess.
Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum
The hype around this body butter is real. With caffeine packed guarana Sol de Janeiro, Brazilian Bum Bum Cream ($65) provides an instant tightening effect while acai and brazil nut oils nourish and smooth and cupuacu butter, packed with fatty acids, protects. What makes this butter *so* popular? The rich sweet scent of salted caramel, vanilla and pistachio. Indeed, the scent is so addictive its spawned several spin off fragrances. It's a scent that kills drab winter vibes in seconds.
The hype around this body butter is real. With caffeine packed guarana Sol de Janeiro, Brazilian Bum Bum Cream ($65) provides an instant tightening effect while acai and brazil nut oils nourish and smooth and cupuacu butter, packed with fatty acids, protects. What makes this butter *so* popular? The rich sweet scent of salted caramel, vanilla and pistachio. Indeed, the scent is so addictive its spawned several spin off fragrances. It's a scent that kills drab winter vibes in seconds.