Skin Care: Venus and Mars Bare It All Emu Cream

This cream has been said to be "the cream for the roughest and darkest areas" on the Venus and Mars website, and all I can say is, "affirmative." No cream in the market has been able to lighten and smoothen areas the way this cream had done.

Product Description (from the Venus and Mars website)
Bare It All Emu Body Cream is specially formulated to smoothen and whiten the roughest and darkest skin areas. Shea butter, jojoba oil and mango butter are known to be the best moisturizing elements from nature. Just imagine how good these can be when mixed with EMU OIL, the ONLY natural oil that is closest to the human oil components. It also penetrates 5x faster than any other natural oil! This could be the holy grail of body creams! This product also has papain, a powerful whitening extract. The peppermint content is sure to give you a relaxed mood that’s enough to ditch all day’s (or even the brewing!) stress.

Ingredients: Emu Oil, Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Mango, Papain, Peppermint

Yay!

• Effective. My knees and elbows are softer and smoother (and lighter too!) after just a few days of usage. This product exceeded my expectations!
  
• Very moisturizing. It moisturizes like no other cream or lotion does. I've used tons of lotions and body butters from well-known brands but none has ever compared to this cream. My sister who suffers from excessively (and somewhat grossly) dry chicken skin even swears by the effectiveness of this product.
  
• Availability. It's locally available to consumers in the Philippines.
  
• Relaxing Scent. I was never a fan of lavender scents but with this one, I found it to be so relaxing and soothing.
• Minty feel. Oh, I love how this feels so minty cool on my skin. I love putting it right after bath as it gives that really cool and fresh feeling. It's also my best friend at night, as I found it to help me get a good night sleep.
  
• Non-greasy and non-sticky. I hate creams that make me feel like I bathed in butter. This one sure doesn't! It's even perfect during the hot summer months!
• Doesn't feel heavy. If not for the tingling sensation, I wouldn't be able to tell that I put something on my skin. It's that light on the skin!
  
• Varieties. It comes in four variants: Lavender (mentholated and plain) and Mango (mentholated and plain)
• Organic. Ah! My love for everything organic outweighs everything.
• Philippine made. Don't you just love buying and supporting Philippine made products that deserve all the exposure that they should be getting?
  

Nay!

• Php225 (a little over $4.50) is a little too costly for a 100g tub that lasts me only a month.
  
• Unhygienic. If you're an OC, then you will find it unhygienic to dip your fingers in the tub once in a while.

My Verdict
Ever since I started using this in May, I have never itched to try other creams. I'm totally sold on this product for being very effective. It totally blew me off after a few days of usage. My once dark and rough knees and elbows are now worthy of attention. They're lighter and softer and smoother to touch. That's when I told my sister to try this product, and sure enough, she herself got hooked. Well, who wouldn't? For something this effective, I wouldn't mind paying over 4bucks every month.

Will I recommend this product?
Hell yeah! Start ditching your other creams/moisturizers/lotions and start using this cream from Venus and Mars. Take my word for it lovelies (I have never been this gaga over a skin care product) and order from Jamie (owner of Venus and Mars). She's one of the sweetest and most accommodating sellers around. Buying from her is always pleasing.

What's the best, most moisturizing body cream for you? I'd love to hear your thoughts!