Milk made nourishing body butter - body moisturizer discontinued by Cake Beauty - review by Jul!a

What is it, and why are you telling me about it?

This is a fantastic lotion from Cake. It has a wonderful scent that sticks all day without being overwhelming in the process, and will last you a good long time.

Neat, can you tell me about the packaging at all?

I sure can. The tub itself is what I'd call "average" sized and holds 8 ounces. It's not small, but it's not huge either. I have relatively petite hands and I can easily hold this and carry it with one hand. It's completely discreet as far as not revealing that you may have gotten it from a sex shop, with the front just saying "Cake milk make" and the back listing ingredients.

The lid screws on tightly and while the tub isn't the smallest thing ever, you can still travel easily with it.

Awesome, I love stuff that fits right in with the rest of my stuff! Can you tell me what the ingredients are?

Sure thing! They're listed as Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric triglyceride, Cetyl alcohol, Stearic acid, Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed oil, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) oil, Macadamia integrifolia seed oil, Mangifera indica (Mango) seed butter, PEG-100 stearate, Glyceryl stearate, Ceteareth-20, Cetearyl alcohol, Isopropyl palmiate, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl acetate, Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, Hydrolyzed Milk Protein, Fragrance (Parfum), Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Benzophenone-3, Tetrasodium EDTA. Near as I can tell, there's nothing too scary in there, so unless you have extremely sensitive skin, you should be good to go.

Cool. Tell me about the scent. How long does it last? How strong is it? What does it smell like?

It's a neat raspberry vanilla scent that's a bit hard to really pinpoint something specific to relate it to. To me, it smells a lot like a candle that's trying to smell like a baked good. It's not an overly strong scent unless you're very close to a person and the scent doesn't seem to last terribly long, although if you sniff the skin directly even hours later you can still catch a whiff.

Awesome! How well does it work?

I really feel like it moisturizes very well and keeps most dry patches from coming back during the day. A lot of times I'll use it when I get out of the shower as an all over moisturizer and occasionally I'll end up with dry hands later but only if I end up washing my hands a lot during the day.

Because it's got a thicker consistency, you don't have to worry about it sliding all over the place as you're trying to apply it either. A little bit also goes a long way; I only need a quarter sized dollop per leg and a dime sized for each of my arms.

Got any tips for us?

I do actually. For people with long nails, tubs of lotions and creams and such can present a problem. I want to get the product out, but I don't want to get it underneath my nails, what do I do? I've found the best solution is to dip a knuckle in and then wipe the product off with your fingers and spread around as you want. I do it with lotions, hair products, and anything else that's in a tub that I want to get out.

A while back I got the chance to use the hand cream version of this particular scent and it took me a while to really appreciate the scent. At first I found it off putting, but now I just adore it and was beyond excited to get my hands on this little tub of lotion as well. The only thing I don't really like about it is that it's in a tub because I hate getting stuff under my nails and the best way to do that is to try and dig something out of a tub, but I've been making it work so far. If you're a fan of Cake products and the baked raspberry scent you'll love this stuff too.