Delizia mia creamy sugar polish - body moisturizer discontinued by Principessa Beauty - review by ~LaUr3n~

Principessa Beauty has some great products with amazing ingredients. Delizia Mia is one of those with wonderful organic extracts. It's a sugar body polish that improves skin tone by rejuvenating the surface and getting rid of dead skin cells. It exfoliates, smooths, and replenishes, leaving your skin soft and never greasy or oily. This polish can reduce the appearance of cellulite and firm the surface of the skin over time and regular use. It needs to be used on wet skin for the best results, so it can't be used anytime anywhere, but it's a lovely addition to my bath time routine.

It has some pretty awesome ingredients!:

Sucrose, Glycerin, Propanediol, Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract, Olea Euopaea (Olive) Fruit Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Hydrastis Canadensis (Golden Seal) Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Althaea Officinallis Root Extract, Verbascum Thapsus Extract, Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum.

-Sucorse: This is your typical sugar. It's what exfoliates the skin.
-Glycerin: Produced by combining water and fat, Solvent, Holds moisture in the skin
-Propanediol: Solvent
-Cetearyl Alcohol: Surfactant, Boosts foam and opacity
-Ceteareth-20: Surfactant, Cleansing agent
-Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter): Vegetable fat that is a skin conditioner
-Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice: Made from the Aloe plant Reduces the appearance of dry or damaged skin
-Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Linseed Seed Extract, Olive Fruit Extract: Skin conditioner, Retains moisture
-Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract: Antioxidant, Increases a youthful skin appearance
-Laminaria Digitata Extract: Derived from algae, Skin repair
-Morinda Citrifolia Extract, Green Tea Leaf Extract: Regulates cell function and cellular regeneration of damaged cells
-Golden Seal Extract, Licorice Root Extract, Althaea Officinallis Root Extract: Skin conditioner
-Verbascum Thapsus Extract: Antifungal, Multiple places said that this is an anti-viral agent against herpes outbreaks!
-Flower Extracts: Fragrance
-Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol: Preservatives

Since the bulk of this is mostly sugar granules, it's very coarse and thick. The non-sugar part is also very thick, like a cream and balm put together. It has a sort of waxy feel to it. If you were to flip the jar over, the sugar polish wouldn't move an inch. It needs to be scooped out with cupped fingers; it's that thick. This needs to be sued with water. When it mixes with water, it's easy to smooth around and exfoliate the skin. I would not attempt to use it without water. It will leave the skin waxy if you do.

Unfortunately, Delizia Mia is scented with a Principessa Beauty signature fragrance, Isolinia (little island in Italian). The reason I say this is unfortunate is because every product I've gotten from this company so far seems to be scented with that. It was okay the first time around, but it's easy to get sick of. The Principessa Beauty website describes the Isolina scent as having top notes of "violet leaves and mimosa blended with middle notes of rose petals and neroli. Heliotrope and precious woods round out this ultra feminine elixir that is best described as pureness in a bottle." It's extremely floral and smells like a designer baby powder. It's not that it smells bad, it's just too much. Fortunately, it doesn't stick to the skin much. Once you open the jar it can fill a room, but in use it washes away and won't make you smell like a baby prostitot in the process.

To use the body polish you have to use it on wet skin. I prefer to use it in the shower. I don't stand under the water stream when I apply the polish. It's not the easiest thing to get out of the container. You have to get enough of the stuff to cover large areas like the hips, chest, buttocks, thighs etc. To do so, I curve two or three of my fingers and scoop out an amount about the size of a large grape. After I've soaked my skin, I rub the polish on the desired area and exfoliate in circles. Feeling the sugar granules move around my skin feels great! I especially love using them on my breasts. It's actually arousing when used that way! No matter where I use it (stay away from the vaginal lips and eyes!) the balm portion of the scrub can be felt enveloping my skin in a silky serum. When you feel like the skin is exfoliated enough, simply wash the left overs away. Except, it's not so simple. I always seem to miss a few granules and uncomfortably find them later.

The rewards are obvious. I noticed visibly smoother skin. It also feels silkier and smoother. With repeated use, the wear that the winter season had on my skin went away. My skin also looks healthier. The results might not be noticeable to other at this moment, but I can tell a difference and it boosts my confidence at the same time. That's all that matters to me!

The polish comes in an ominous and large black jar. It's made of plastic and has a screw off top. The front has a pink matte label with a feminine and vintage feel to it. The back label is black and the writing is really small, some people might have a hard time reading it. It explains the product, ingredients, and how to use it. The amount contained in the jar is 12 ounces. It seemed like a generous amount, but if I were to use this every time I took a shower on a few areas at a time, I don't think the jar would last more than a month or two. The jar doesn't leak and I think it would make an excellent gift.