Vivelle Body Lotion with VCO and Olive Oil

by Lena — Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 10:49 am

in Bath & Body, Cheap Thrills, Made in Indonesia, Skin Care, Tested and tagged with Vivelle

Many of us know the benefits of olive oil for our health and our skin, and many beauty and skincare products in the market tout it as one of its ingredients. But olives are not native to our tropical country, so virgin olive oil can be pricey. There is an alternative, however, that is gaining in popularity, and that is virgin coconut oil (VCO), taken from the meat of the coconut (Coconus nucifera, found everywhere in Indonesia).

Our elders have taken advantage of the many beauty benefits of coconut, such as the coconut milk for the hair and as skin moisturizer. VCO intensifies these benefits in a more concentrated form, without losing the aromatic properties of the coconut. I’ve been using VCO for my hair and my skin for years, sometimes ingesting it for it’s health benefits (coconut is loaded with vitamin E, and supposedly controls appetite). But VCO is essentially oil, so it’s greasy and not something you want to use when you head out of the house, so I was always on the lookout for products containing coconut oil that is more convenient to use.

So you can imagine how excited I was when I saw the set of Vivelle body lotion with the words ‘virgin coconut oil’ printed large on the tube. They all contain VCO and olive oil, and there are 3 variants to the set–for normal skin, for dry skin, and for very dry skin. Talk about double, no, triple!, whammy! I opened one tube and tried some on my hands right there at the store!

What differentiates the three is the amount of VCO they contain (twice and three times the VCO in the dry skin and very dry skin formula, respectively, compared to the normal skin formula). There is also some variation in scent and ingredient (normal skin has bengkoang or Jicama extract, dry skin has orange extract and very dry skin has white tea extract). The VCO, olive oil and the aromatic extracts are listed high in the ingredients list, so I feel confident that they do contain a significant amount of these oils.

I bought the dry skin and very dry skin formula, and really like them both. They sink quickly into the skin, not at all greasy, and make my skin softer right away (maybe because they contain Cyclomethicone, a type of silicone). I also like their scent, although they do smell a bit artificial, they’re not overpowering and does not last. I do wish, though, that Vivelle had retained the coconut fragrance for at least one of the variants.

The skin of my body is not dry, so I asked FD-er Silvershore_Lake, who’s got very dry skin, to give the one for very dry skin a try. After a couple of days, she reported no negative reaction to her skin, and proceeded to use the lotion for the whole body. She said it really moisturized her skin and the fragrance is nice, and that she would purchase again.

The very dry skin formula is also advertised to prevent stretchmarks, and I think this is cool because, face it, there’s not a lot of locally-made product for this, so if it really works, wow! If anyone does try it for stretchmarks, please let other moms-to-be know the results in the FD Mommies Chatter forum on preventing stretchmarks.

I bought these Vivelle body lotions in a supermarket near my house; they vary in price: about Rp9,000 for the normal skin formula (the cheapest) to about Rp14,000 for the very dry skin formula.

Has anyone else tried these? Please share!

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26 comments for this entry

Ajeng

Yay! Thanks Lena for sharing
I have rather dry skin and I hate greasy body lotion. So far I alternate between Marks & Spencer and Bath & Body Works. I love them, but not so much regarding the price ^_^
Will definitely grab the one for dry skin the next time I pay a visit to the supermarket.

January 5, 2010 at 11:04 am
paradis

waw cool!bisa dibeli dimana yah lena?kok kayanya belom pernah liat :sweat:

January 5, 2010 at 11:13 am
Affi

Wait wait, so these lotions don’t smell like coconut at all?? *kuciwa berat*

January 5, 2010 at 11:39 am
RitArif

I have #9……. for my smelly cracked feet……. smells so good and it doesn’t go greasy….. Baru seminggu pake nya and so far so good….

January 5, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Leela

ah..blm coba…mau ah! garis kehamilan byk nih…thkies Lenceh mariceh..;)

January 5, 2010 at 2:05 pm
ijoli

kemarin sempet liat di minimarket deket rumah, yg dry skin enak yah baunya… seger

Affi, ada yg bau coconutnya kecium kok… gw lupa yg varian mana. Pas gw endus gw pikir emang wangi coconut, ternyata semuanya emang mengandung VCO

January 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm
cEEcEE

Currently using no. 9 due to Lena’s recommendation in body lotion thread….
Emang top abis ^^, bener2 bikin gua yg super duper dry jadi moisturised, and wanginya enak…
I don’t know about the stretchmark, mungkin harus pemakaian rutin br bisa keliatan hasilnya. I’m still on my first bottle, and definitely will buy again when it runs out. Recommended!

January 5, 2010 at 3:58 pm
VINK

Gw juga pake yg ungu, baunya enak & seger! kulit jd lembab banget tp ga lengket lho.
cowku aja sampe puji2 bilang kulit gw alus tp ga lengket, ga kyk body butter b*d* s**p yg biasa gw pake itu lengket buanget. yang penting harganya jauh lebih murah dengan kualitas yg ok banget!

recommended!!!

January 5, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Kyla's mom

Thanks, Lena. Cocok nih buat kulitku yang very dry. Bisa dibeli di supermarket mana ya?

January 5, 2010 at 5:04 pm
jule

Gw nyoba dua duanya. Kl yg ngelembabin banged menurut gw no 9, tp wanginya gw ga kuat, terlalu strong buat idung gw. Kl yg no 6 wanginya enak cm kurang nenduang.

Kl gw bilang termasuk the best drugs store lotion for local brand.

January 5, 2010 at 6:41 pm
rere

skip… HATE the coconut smell. kecuali kalo kepepet banget kulit udah super kering baru lari ke merek ini kali ya, hehehehee…..

January 5, 2010 at 9:00 pm
jenjul

re tp ini ga ada wangi coconut sm sekali loh.

January 5, 2010 at 9:12 pm
freshmell

uhm..,q lom pernah coba VCO yg bt handbody..
tp q pke lulur yg pke VCO
alus,lembab n enak bgtzz dikulit…
BALI ALUS merknya (g smua supermarket pnya lo..)
ada g pernah nyoba?q pernah coba herborist n sekar jagad sblmnya tp akhirna mantap pilih BA walo nyarinya kdu lari ke mall ^_^

ntar de nyoba vivelle

January 5, 2010 at 9:21 pm
intanpw

wah kayanya bagus..bandung lagi dingiiin, kulit kering ga mempan pake vaselin..dulu biasa pake body butter body shop tp mahalll bgt deh buat kantong mahasiswa gw ..tp gw blm pernah liat produk ini d bandung..hunting time nih..hehehe

January 6, 2010 at 12:17 am
ijoli

btw body scrubnya vivelle jg lumayan. gw pake yg green tea. kalo ga salah mengandung olive oil gitu.

January 6, 2010 at 1:54 am
b1ttersweet_cho

ini wanginya sama ya ama body scrubnya ya?
gw selama ini sih make body scrubnya..(dari semua varian scrubnya, yang belum gw coba tinggal bengkoang)
klo body scrubnya, yang gw suka sih yang pepaya ama green tea.. itu ada juga ga ya lotionnya?

January 6, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Lena

wah sudah banyak yang coba ya ternyata!
kelihatannya produk ini memang masih baru, mungkin belum ada di semua toko, harus sabar dan cek secara rutin mungkin…

affi iya, gak ada coconut smell at all kalo nurut gue.

ijoli, hmm apa mungkin yg normal skin ada coconutey smell? nurut gue sih gak ada, tapi gue endus di toko jadi mungkin kurang menghayati hahaha

leela kayaknya untuk mencegah garis kehamilan la, bukan menghilangkan, tapi bisa dicoba aja, mungkin kalo dia efektif memperbaiki sel2 kulit, garis kehamilan juga bisa pudar….

scrub vivelle justru gue belum pernah coba, tapi dari deskripsi wanginya, kayaknya yg mirip cuma bengkoang ya? soalnya papaya dan green tea gak di line body lotionnya…

January 7, 2010 at 1:16 am
Lena

freshsmell, lulur bali alus sudah banyak yang coba, bisa dibaca2 di thread scrub, di FD forum

vink, suit suiiit! jadi tambah mesra dong gandengannya

January 7, 2010 at 1:18 am
onikchan

baca reviewnya jadi kepengin coba, sekalian melengkapi scrubku yg merk vivelle juga. dari dulu gw suka scrub vivelle yg kemasan lama, dan yg kemasan baru scrubnya terlalu halus buatku

January 7, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Lena

onik, ternyata scrub yg sekarang itu packaging baru ya. kemarin gue gak sengaja liat yg package lama di apotik di melawai, baru sadar udah pernah coba ahhaha. tapi gak gitu inget resultnya, berarti tidak berkesan….
kalo mau butirannya lebih gede, tambahin sendiri aja garam atau gula di scrubnya…

January 9, 2010 at 11:57 am
wheeta

hai girls, i using this for 3 bottle, verry recommended deh.. kulit lembab mungkin krn mengandung VCOnya itu, mirip2 sama body butter.. apalagi yg varian white tea seger banget..

January 9, 2010 at 2:39 pm
yuni

aku sudah coba yg no. 9
loveeee it so muchhhh
suka wanginya & cepat meresap

January 10, 2010 at 6:34 pm
msgetha

i wanna tryy ^^

January 12, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Kiki Noval

aku sudah coba..like it so much..especially yg white tea..*aku cobain ke kulit hubby dan viola..!! sukses besar..kulker-nya jadi so moist..belakangan dia baru nyadar…*nda ini kan buat ibu hamil..koq dikasih ke aku…gubraks..!!..overall very recommended stuff…d^_^b

January 13, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Kiki Noval

eh nambah lagi….daku belinya di supermarket…TipTop 4 about 8800-1300an/each

January 13, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Beta

q jg skrg lg nyoba yg ijo (white tea), wah enak bgt, wanginya jg seger, sampe” swmiq jg make krn seneng sm wanginya sm kandungannya.. dia jg makin seneng cium kulitku.. hm..

January 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm

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