COCOA BUTTER Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks 250ML Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

I love Palmers, 6 Oct 2010

I've always been a fan of Palmers, though I have to admit that they're products are usually pretty heavy.
Palmers is a bit like marmite, you either love or hate the smell.. but indifferent you won't be.
My son loves that I use it and is always telling me I smell like a waffle (whilst cuddling me LOL)

I used this particular product while I was pregnant with twins.
I only got to 7 months before giving birth so didn't get the full twin bump.
However, I did get quite big (akin to 8 months single pregnancy) and I don't have a single stretch mark.

It IS a bit sticky, however I found that a plus when it came to holding up tights, knickers etc. It also lasts ALL day.

If I were pregnant again, I'd go back to using it.

I gave it 4/5 because of the stickiness.

Good..., 13 Jun 2011

This product is to a very high standard, only a few issues- it does give off a slight chemical smell but it's nothing to offensive. Also does not help immediately, it takes time and regular use to see the benefits of this product.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Smells horrible and there's no proof that it works., 11 Aug 2010

Decided to give this product a try as I am pregnant and it is marketed as being a treatment for stretch marks, which I was really hoping to try and prevent.

The cream is quite thick and moisturising, but I was really put off by the smell. I know that pregnant women sometimes react more strongly to smells than non-pregnant women, but as this product is marketed to pregnant women I would have thought that that would have been taken into account. When you begin to the rub the cream in, it smells quite bizarrely a bit alcoholic, like a cream liquer or something, and not in a pleasant way. In fact, after a few uses I really couldn't bear the smell any more and had to give up using it.

Fortunately, I've since done my research and found that a study published by the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (the doctors in the know), concluded that using a cocoa butter moisturiser was no better than using any other kind of moisturiser in the battle against stretch marks, and so I have now gone back to using the normal body butters and moisturisers that I used to use before I was pregnant.

Give this a go if you want to, but you may well be better off using a cream that you're already used to and like, especially if there's really no benefit of using this over something else.