Dream Cream Self-Preserving

8 Reviews

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   peacefulRat1

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   I have very sensitive fair asian skin with dry spots on my body. Not full on flaking red eczema but just dry spots with a slightly rough texture. I bought this cream after reading the good reviews. I applied it right after showering and before bed. After the first few days, my skin felt softer. But after a few weeks, I noticed my dry patches were expanding in size and new dry patches were appearing. I am very sensitive to fragrance. The fragrance is probably whats making my skin worse. I threw it out after 2 weeks of using it. Waste of my money unfortunately. Good thing I had only purchased the smallest size to try it out.

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   murkyMackerel7

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   I have very dry, itchy and sensitive skin all over my body. i like to use this during The winter when my skin is superdry. it is almost as thick as charity pot, and If you use too much it gets greasy. but my skin loves that! during The summer when my skin is not as dry, I like to moisturise with buffy (scrub), sympathy for The skin (lotion) or vanilla dee-lite (discontinued lush-lotion ) .

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   kindBustard4

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   I’ve had a real problem with the skin on my arms and legs in the last couple of years. I’d never had trouble before but I developed very dry, itchy patches (probably age-related). I’ve spent a fortune on some very expensive oils, lotions and creams but I was recommended Dream Cream. I was a bit put off by the scent at first, but I’ve come to like it but the biggest bonus is that it has really worked. After a couple of days the dryness disappeared and my skin has started to look much smoother and the flakiness has gone. It absorbs readily and doesn’t leave a sticky residue.
   I’ve got a tub to take to the gym -particularly good to use after swimming (but you need to make sure you secure the lid properly -I found it makes a bit of a mess of your gym bag) I would really recommend this cream.

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   finickyLemur0

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   The proportions in which the water is balanced in relation to to the ingredients fungi want to eat, probably prohibits fungal growth: thus “self-presverving”. Also, Tea Tree Oil, Lavender, and Rose Oil are antimocrobials. This moisturizer may be “preserved” while it’s in its little jar, but, as sciencegeek beautifully explained in a previous review, this type of preservation may not last long…(Please read sciencegeek’s excellent review). Introduce something fungi want to eat into this product, and, guess what? (Critters live on our skin. It’s a fact.) What’s the point of so-called “self-preserving” anyways? Why on earth would anyone want to use bacterial infested products on their skin? And who would be stupid enough to do so? Maybe LUSH should just quit using those parabens everyone panics about in all their other products, if they’re so worried about preservatives? If not, they should keep using the effective parabens, and quit calling attention to preservatives, as if everybody else’s preservatives are the problem!! It’s parabens: THEIR preservatives of choice, that are the subject of preservative conspiracy theories.

   Dream Cream claims to be designed “to moisturize even the most sensitive skin”. It may well moisturize “the most sensitive skin” but, of you have certain allergies, or don’t like fragrance, it could be majorly irritating along with all that moisture. I received a tub of this in a lovely pre-packaged gift set. I wanted to show my excitement upon receiving the gift so I immediately opened the Dream Cream and rubbed it on my chapped, rough hands. First reaction: For anyone who is sensitive/allergic/dislikes fragrance, this is a consummate nightmare. I can use this on my hands and legs, but that’s the closest I’ll let it get to my nose. I’m not a huge fan of lavender. I don’t dislike it; I enjoy it very much in linen sprays and laundry soaps. But I can’t stand it as “perfume.” The base of the fragrance in Dream Cream is lavender essential oil, which, on its own, packs quite a punch. Lavender is mixed with Matricaria Chamomilla recutita (azulene), rose water, Tea Tree Oil, Styrax Benzoin, Benzyl benzoate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, and Linalool…all pungent perfume ingredients, and respiratory and/or skin allergens. In addition to all the fragrances this concoction contains moisturizing stuff like Goat Milk, Olive Oil, Glycerine, and Cocoa Butter. For me, Dream Cream is a straightforward hand and body moisture powerhouse. Its texture is exceptionally velvety, and I totally get why this is such a popular product. It’s soothing, comforting, softening, smoothing, plumping, refreshing, and really, really, really effective for healing dry skin. If you love lavender’s fragrance, you’ll adore Dream Cream! For me, the silky, airy quality of this cream is worth enduring the smell, but it’s unlikely that I’ll ever purchase this for myself. Like everything from LUSH, this is NOT a product for anyone sensitive to fragrance. It feels great on my skin, and a very little goes a long way. The more I use it, the more I find the smell comforting and soothing.

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   goofyGranola2

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   Love this crem i have psoriasis on my arms and legs ive tried everything with no joy and didnt like the steroids the gp prescribed
   From the very 1st time using it the psoriasis stopped itching andis now cleared up cannot recco ed this enough

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   lovesickOryx3

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   I keep this on my bedside table in winter (transfer a bit to a smaller pot and warm it up gently in a cup of hot water for after a bath or shower, amazing), and in my fridge in summer so it’s cold and amazing on sunburn. A little shoulder arm and hand massage before bed helps my insomnia. I’ve had little psoriasis so far this winter and I’d attribute that to my use of dream cream. It can be a little greasy if you’re like me and slather it on, it’s just so lovely and relaxing. A little expensive but I prefer cruelty free and ethical to my usual array of pharmacy brand lotions and potions any day.

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   goofyLizard6

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   Recently the skin on my arms and legs started peeling really badly and on my arms it got to the point where my skin hurt and felt like it was literally cracking seconds after stepping out of the shower. My usual body lotions, Palmer`s Cocoa Butter or Jason`s Aloe Vera didn`t seem to do anything for me anymore. I went to stock up on La Roche-Posay`s Lipikar, but I live in Japan, so they don`t always stock it. On a whim, I popped into a Lush store and the sales rep massaged this on my arms: it was so soothing, like putting aloe vera on a sunburn. I noticed that it has a very thick consistency, and that you need to use very little of the product, as it is incredibly rich. On my body, it has the consistency of a rich oil, and it takes a while to absorb, just like Palmer`s Cocoa Butter. But absorb it does, and after 5 days my itchy painful rashes have subsided and I have no flakes anymore. The fragrance is all right, lavender and camomile, not incredibly overwhelming, which I like.

   To answer the previous reviewer: while in principal I agree with you, cosmetic products with preservatives might be safer, and yes, you`re right that most people are ignorant about the science behind some of the artificial ingredients, that not all are harmful and that some natural ingredients might be more harmful to your health, why would you keep an all-natural product just lying around like that? I mean, most of the organic cosmetic and beauty products should be used right the way, and no longer beyond 3-4 months. This cream is kept in the fridge, and frankly, that jar is so small that it will all be used up in 2-3 weeks max. A person who claims to be so knowledgeable about science should be aware of these facts.

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   wearySwift0

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   First time I went into the Lush store I was having a look around… My body skin was dry and this caught my attention because it contains olive oil so high up on the list. I also really liked the lavender scent, which I thought would make it a perfect cream for when I shower or have a bath at night! I bought it on a whim, I had not purchased any Lush items before.

   Initially, I really liked this cream. Even though, I never agreed with the claim ‘easily absorbed’. My skin takes a while to absorb this and feels very tacky. Again, it’s fine for a night cream but I wouldn’t use it after a morning shower. However, a few days after opening the jar… The scent changed a bit. It did not smell so much like lavender any more. Now there were also strong chamomile notes. The change in smell was so noticeable it made me notice the packaging where it said ‘self preserving’.

   I would have never bought a cream which you have to dig your fingers into that has no preservatives. So that was a major reg flag to me. I went to Portugal for a few weeks (my home country, currently studying in the UK) and I thought it would be risky to take this lotion with me because it would probably spoil with the high temperatures. So I left it in my cold British bathroom. When I came back, it smelled even more of chamomile. Now it smelled like chamomile tea and the lavender smell was practically gone.

   I don’t like waste, and this pot cost me £11, so I decided to use it up as a hand cream before bed. But after a few days I just couldn’t handle the thought that I might be applying spoiled cream to my hands.

   Lush is a hippy brand, in my opinion. And hippy or ‘natural’ is in fashion this days. So many people buy into the idea that it’s worth it to pay a lot more for a product because it’s ‘natural’ or has no preservatives. As a scientist I don’t buy into these claims. People that claim a product without chemicals is better don’t even understand what a chemical is. Even an empty box is full of chemicals. Oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen are chemicals! Everything is a chemical!

   What people actually mean is that a natural product is better than a synthetic one. Again, those people probably don’t know that many natural occurring compounds are killers (vinca alkaloids, cyanide, etc) whereas many synthetic compounds are manufactured to be very well tolerated. And don’t get me started in the trend started by a certain British blogger which states mineral oil is bad for you and natural oils are better. Mineral oil derives from the nature as well!

   In relation to preservatives. I don’t understand why anyone would want to avoid them unless it was absolutely safe to do so. Placing a product without parabens in a pot seems very silly and risky. As a scientist I appreciate that bacteria that can get thrive in cosmetics are fare more dangerous than the hypothetical dangers of preservatives. If people considered that there are flesh eating bacteria (and that bacteria are becoming harder and harder to tackle due to antibiotic resistance) they would probably welcome any preventive measure such as having preservatives in their cosmetics so that bacteria is less likely to cause them disease.

   Sorry about the rant but it really frustrates me that people get their information from media and eat it up. I have recently noticed that some many women will believe anything that a certain British beauty blogger will say. And that’s where many people get their data/facts from. From unreliable sources, from bloggers who don’t understand Science. And many bloggers are more of product pushers than anything else.

   I have been there, at the stage that my breakouts on my chin were getting so bad, and getting me so down that all my good sense and rational thinking would go out the window. I sometimes joke saying that back then, if someone stated cat’s pee would clear my spots I probably would have tried it. But apart from those desperate moments that only hormonal acne sufferers understand, people have to think for themselves and get the information from reliable sources.

   Overall, this is an ok albeit overpriced lotion that would not recommend to anyone. The lack of preservatives in an open jar means that at any time it could become contaminated with undesirable microorganisms that could cause disease!