I am having a bit of a love affair with some Antipodes products lately and this is one of them. I do feel the price is up there, however I am only using this on my hands and feel it will last a very long time so for this reason I am happy to pay. I have very busy hands working in retail and a lot of hand washing as well so I really do appreciate a good hand cream. This cream is a rich formula which smells beautiful. Even though it contains avocado oil it is not the least bit oily or greasy. It absorbs so nicely and leaves your hands feeling and smeling beautiful. I also make sure I rub some into my cuticles to keep them nice. The tube is a very attractive pink colour which is easy to find in your hand bag. I take it everywhere I go and share it as well.
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Antipodes Joyful Hand and Body Cream
Glorious summer blackcurrant flirts with South Pacific hibiscus bloom in this captivating and velvety cream that leaves skin dewy, fragrant, and free from oily residue. Use this body and hand moisturiser any time that skin calls for nourishment. The certified vegan formulation contains avocado oil and macadamia nut oil to leave skin soft, smooth, and hydrated Wild blackcurrant is packed full of Vitamin C and Vitamin E, as well as the essential fatty acid gamma-linoleic acid.
Website antipodesnature.com
Availability: Farmers, Life Pharmacy, Unichem, HealthPost, Health2000, Chemist Warehouse, Ballantynes, Bargain Chemist, H&J Smith, Commonsense Organic
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it has a nice slight smell to it and feels so nice to rub on your hands, keeps them moist, would need to reapply every couple of hours or so but thats fine for me. the metal tube also feels really nice and fancy to use lol. def out of my price range tho, but if you want to treat yourself, go for it
I got this as a gift and I couldn't love it more. The smell lasts for ages and smells absolutely heavenly. Only downside I can think of is its not as moisturising as other hand creams I've used but thats not at all a problem for me and the scent definitely makes up for it.
Tips: Use in morning to smell great all day
I actually really like this cream. I like the ingredients, the packaging and especially the scent. The scent is gorgeous fruity floral scent. I got this as a GWP. I have really dry eczema prone hands and I didn't find this cream moisturizing enough for my hands. I definitely think it's a real treat as a body cream since the consistency is nice and thick but absorbs and the fragrance is gorgeous. But I do find it rather pricey for me to use as a body cream as I ended up going through it rather quickly. So the next GWP tube went to my and I needed a gift for my grandma so I gifted it to her and she really liked it for her hands. As a hand cream it would probably suit you if don't have really dry hands like me and it does come a really big tube, also makes a really nice gift to someone who loves fruity, floral scents and natural skincare.
Tips: If you use it as a body cream you will go through it significantly faster than if you used it as a hand cream so to prolong the use of the tube but still enjoy the pampering you can use an unscented or lightly scented or at least a non-clashing scented body lotion, cream or oil all over and just put a little Joyful Body Cream on some parts that need a little bit more moisture or pampering or anywhere that a bit heavier moisture would go nicely like legs or arms. That way you get some pampering and you get to experience the fragrance but you don't use up the tube so quickly since it's pricey.
I found this product quite nice to use not greasy and left my hands feeling soft but found it didn't last long
The smell of this cream is beautiful and it melts quickly into my skin, but I feel like the nourished and hydrated feeling doesn't last very long. It is a more expensive cream I guess and I don't think I would repurchase it because of this, I much prefer the jubilation body creamy antipodes even though the smell isn't half as good.
Flowery moisturizers always make me a bit hesitant as they tend to either be lacking in fragrance or like you have been smacked over the head with a bouquet. To my surprise, this fragrance is very nice; the right hint of flowery in a mostly clean-scented lotion.
The consistency of the lotion was also very pleasing, not leaving an oily residue on my hands like I had just finished eating a bucket from KFC. I wouldn't say it is an intensive moisturizer, but a good day-to-day one for normal skin.
My skin is very sensitive and runs from dry to normal. I didn't have a reaction, thankfully, and it worked well on my hands though not as well on super dry areas.
Is it worth the price? I wouldn't have paid for it if it wasn't a freebie with some other Antipodes products I bought, but I was pleasantly surprised with it and would buy it again... on discount.
I loved this hand cream, and personally found the smell is divine! It is strongly scented and a thick cream but I found it absorbed relatively easily. I did need to reapply fairly regularly, particularly when in an air conditioned office. My only complaint is the metal tube packaging - made it difficult to squeeze the cream out and the lip of the tube was rough which detracted from the experience of using it.
Tips: Could be a hit or miss product to buy as a gift given the strong fragrance!
I was so excited to try this out when it came out because I have found other Antipodes products awesome and the packaging is so pretty! I forked out over $40 for it and was really disappointed as it did a pretty poor job of moisturising. For the price I was expecting a better product. Personally, the fragrance is a bit sweet for me too.
I love the metal packaging of these because it's so different. There is a lot of moisturiser and it smells amazing. It really smells like New Zealand in spring. It's not the best ever moisturiser but it still works well :)