Be More Pacific Shower Cream from Bath & Body Works

Never Again...

I love Bath & Body Works. To be more specific, I like their True Blue Spa line a great deal. I do not, however, like anything at all in the Island Getaway line. This Be More Pacific shower cream is not the worst of that line, but it is not nearly as nice as most shower creams I've
Be More Pacific Shower Cream from Bath & Body Works
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I was looking for a fairly scent-less body lotion actually, and the clerk was just sooo raving about the Island line and suggesting I should get that. I was skeptical, but let myself be talked into a set of the stuff anyway. I'm a sheeep.

So. I got talked into buying a nice little clear zippered bag for traveling. In this bag was 3 of the Island Getaway things. I think I paid about $15 for the set, and have no idea how much each goes for separately, nor do I care. It's crap. (ok I looked it up, it's a ridiculous $15 for 8oz) Look here, you can buy Tone at Wal-mart for a third or fourth of that price and it works 10 times as well... and smells so much better too.

The Be More Pacific shower cream is 2oz worth of pineapple-ly smelling blue cream. It was used up within one week because it just hasn't got any lastability to it. There is little sudsing and it just like totally dissolves off the bath sponge before you've even washed both arms. It takes sooo much each shower to do that job that even if I did like that sickeningly sweet smell, I would not buy it again.

The key ingredient in Be More Pacific shower cream is Monoi Oil, whatever that is. It is suppose to be: an ingredient used by the best island spas for its deeply moisturizing, supremely soothing effects. (from their own website). Wellll ummm NO. While it didn't exactly dry my skin out like some products do, it didn't especially do anything to make it softer either. Nor was it in any way soothing. It was quite the opposite. Having to use so much of it each time is annoying. And aggravating. In fact, it makes me want to slap the folks who designed this product. Definitely not soothing. No.

Love the travel bag for the shower items I will keep with me, do not like the products inside it.

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  • Terrible sudsing
  • Sickeningly sweet smell
 
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So, Be More Pacific did not transport you to that Pacific fantasy island, in spite of the oean and sky blue color or the pineapple-ly (cool word!) scent. Bummer. Maybe if you share this article, Bath and Body Works might invite you to a future testing party?! :)

Posted on 07/06/2008 at 5:07:21 PM

Uhhhhhg, girlie stuff, lol.

Posted on 03/15/2008 at 9:03:25 AM

OK... I guess I'll steer clear of this one. Thank you for the thorough review!

Posted on 12/19/2007 at 7:12:55 PM

I can smell it all the way over here!

Posted on 11/12/2007 at 7:11:00 AM

Great Review

Posted on 11/05/2007 at 7:11:00 PM

Great review! At least you got a little travel bag out of the deal. I hate when sales people rope me in, I always walk away, bags in hand, and kicking myself in the rear. I'll keep away from this line, thanks!

Posted on 11/05/2007 at 8:11:00 AM

Glad I never tried that one.

Posted on 11/04/2007 at 6:11:00 PM

LOL. Great, honest review. Sounds like the sales person was either getting incentive for selling that product or had sniffed one too many pineapple lotions.

Posted on 11/03/2007 at 1:11:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up!

Posted on 11/02/2007 at 4:11:00 PM

Will stay away from it. Didn't like it when you mentioned it was almost scentless. Sorry, I like mildly scented lotions.

Posted on 11/01/2007 at 1:11:00 PM

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