Review: My Trusty Sunflower Body Butter

If you have been following my blog for a while you may recognise this brand as I have reviewed their hand cream in the lavender scent before (here) which I adore! They have recently brought out a body butter, which I was so excited to try as I love the hand cream and I have actually used up the whole tube so I need to buy a new one asap!

I have the *My Trusty Sunflower Body Butter (£7.99) which contains sunflower oil, coconut oil, bergamot fruit oil, shea butter and many other fantastic ingredients. The body butter looks very average, off white and very thick. However, the scent is heavenly, it smells citrusy but musky and comforting as well, it is a gorgeous scent especially for this time of year. The body butter applies smoothly and easily despite it being so thick and it moisturises so well without leaving my skin feeling greasy or tacky. As well as a general body butter I have been using it as a foot cream and occasionally as a hand cream - it is an amazing all round moisturiser which is super hydrating and non-irritating even on my eczema!

I have tried so many body butters, including pretty much all of The Body Shop butters so I know my stuff and this body butter in my opinion is better than the body shop body butters. Also to make it even better it is not tested on animals, it is paraben free, lanolin free, colour free and all of the profits go straight back to NHS patient care which is amazing! 

Overall, I am very happy with this new addition to the My Trusty Sunflower range, I genuinely cannot rate the body butter and hand cream enough! They also have a face and body oil as well as a subscription service so you can receive your My Trusty Sunflower products every month. Overall rating: ★★★★★, 5/5.

Have you tried any products from My Trusty Sunflower? 

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Review: My Trusty Sunflower Cream

I saw this cream on Bloggers Required (it's similar to EtailPR and The Blogger Programme but you don't have to sign up, you can just apply to work with brands on the campaigns that are advertised) and I had to try it. I was very kindly sent the cream to review, for more information on my disclaimer, click here, honesty as always. 

I have the *My Trusty Little Sunflower Cream in the Lavender scent (100ml, £6.99). This cream is not just any cream, it was developed my the Salisbury District Hospital as a moisturiser for patients but it is now available to purchase online. And the best thing, all the profits from this cream go straight back to patient care!

Now onto the product, firstly, I love the packaging - so simple but colourful, effective and eye catching. The cream comes in the lavender scent and also an unscented version. I picked the lavender version as the scent of lavender to me is just gorgeous and very appropriate for this time of the year. The cream itself is white and it looks pearlescent - metallic almost which is a bit unusual but you do not get glitter or shimmer on the skin thankfully. 

The cream is thick but smooth and it applies really well to the skin. I have mainly been using it as a hand cream and it works really well as a thick hand cream but the best thing about the cream...it absorbs so quickly, within 60 seconds it will be fully absorbed, unless you just loads and loads of cream at once! The cream sinks in well and doesn't really leave any residue, it moisturised my hands very well and leaves the skin with a slight floral lavender scent. As well as a hand cream it is great for the nails/cuticles and also elbows etc - it is a great multi-use cream. 

Overall, I am very impressed with this cream, it is really moisturising despite the fact that it absorbs really quickly. It has a nice scent, it doesn't irritate my skin (even my eczema - unless my eczema on my hand is very bad then I have to use a very basic face cream on my hand). I have tried a lot of hand creams such as the Soap and Glory hand food, a lot of the L'Occitane hand creams, one from Avene and more - my favourite hand cream ever is the Kiehls Hand Salve which is a miracle worker!! The My Trusty Little Sunflower Cream is a very good hand cream, it is just as good as the Soap & Glory and L'Occitane creams, in my opinion. ★★★★★, 5/5.

Have you tried this cream before? What is your favourite hand cream?

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