Close your eyes. Imagine yourself on some faraway tropical island. You feel the warm turquoise coloured south seas lap at your feet as they slowly sink into the sparkling sand. The mild breeze is permeated  with the scent of beautiful exotic flowers. You hear drumbeats in the distance as the beautiful natives come closer. Then as your open your eyes you realise that natives aren’t just beautiful, they are stunning. They have beautiful lustrous brown skin that gleams in the sun as they have been using Monoi oil to soften and moisturise their skin for centuries. As you look up and see these sirens with tropical flowers tucked delicately behind their ears you (being pale, flabby with a big sun hat on) realise that you actually hate the natives!

How to use

The wonderful people at Hei Poa have given us mere mortals a chance to have skin worthy of our tropical friends. With it’s kitsch packaging and various formulas we all have a chance to have super soft skin. I chose the bath and shower as I thought that would be a good place to start. It should noted that this shower gel doesn’t really lather up as other shower products do. As a matter of fact I don’t really think the shower is the best place for this lovely creation. Now let’s get one thing clear, I don’t do baths! However I think on this occasion I will have to make an exception and say this is probably best used for a nice soak in the bath on a cold, wet, winter evening after you’ve had a rubbish day at work or you skin feels tight, dry and in need of some tlc. After I used it my skin felt silky and smelled wonderful and scent lingers all day. I think I expected my skin to feel oily but was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t as I was getting dressed.

A few other noteworthy points are  that while it does say it is gentle enough to use every day prolonged use may cause irritation to the skin and urinary tract. I wouldn’t be too alarmed though anything and everything can irritate your delicate bits so just be aware. I would also store the tube cap side up. While this awkward I found that because of the high concentration of oil is does leak.

Pluses

• Distinctive exotic fragrance
• Leaves skin dewy and strokably soft
• Doesn’t cost the earth

Minuses

• May cause irritation
• Cap may leak

Verdict

I will definitely be using this again and may even take a bath.  Shh don’t tell anyone!

Contains

Coconut Extract, Tiare Flower

Country of Origin

France