Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream
Written by bakesnknits
September 05, 2023
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Summary
Brand
Ethics
Texture
Size
75ml
Indicative Price
£21.00
Price per 100 ml/g
£28.00
Discontinued
Description
The award-winning Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream leaves skin with a smoother appearance and a sumptuously soft finish. Pronounced “boom boom” in Brazil and taking inspiration from the nation's obsession with body joy from head to toe, the body cream works to visibly firm thanks to a nourishing cocktail of ingredients.
The formula is enriched with guaraná extract, five times as rich in caffeine as coffee, cupuaçu butter, açaí oil and coconut oil, delivering deep hydration and nourishment to the skin. It locks in moisture for long-lasting suppleness and a radiant glow. Scented with the iconic Cheirosa ’62 fragrance, combining notes of pistachio, salted caramel and vanilla, the body cream will leave skin feeling and smelling irresistible. Vegan.
- Key Benefits:
• Helps visibly smooth and tighten the appearance of your skin thanks to potent, caffeine-rich Guaraná Extract
• Fast-absorbing Cupuaçu Butter delivers deep hydration and essential fatty-acids deep into the skin, making this incredibly hydrating cream an instant treat to leave your skin feeling silky soft.
• Antioxidant-packed ingredients like Guaraná Extract and Açaí Oil help prevent environmental damage on your skin.
• Infused with Brazil Nut Oil, the most selenium-rich food in the world, to help support the skin's natural ability to protect itself while giving it the glow of healthy-looking skin.
• Irresistibly scented with our Cheirosa '62 fragrance with delicious notes of pistachio, salted caramel and vanilla, apply this body cream all over and you’ll feel body-confidence wherever you go, from day to night and well beyond.
• NEW! refill pods provide the same amount of our iconic body cream with 89% less plastic. Clean and dry your current jar (and lid), slip pod into place and enjoy.
• Available in 25ml, 75ml, 240ml, refill
The formula is enriched with guaraná extract, five times as rich in caffeine as coffee, cupuaçu butter, açaí oil and coconut oil, delivering deep hydration and nourishment to the skin. It locks in moisture for long-lasting suppleness and a radiant glow. Scented with the iconic Cheirosa ’62 fragrance, combining notes of pistachio, salted caramel and vanilla, the body cream will leave skin feeling and smelling irresistible. Vegan.
- Key Benefits:
• Helps visibly smooth and tighten the appearance of your skin thanks to potent, caffeine-rich Guaraná Extract
• Fast-absorbing Cupuaçu Butter delivers deep hydration and essential fatty-acids deep into the skin, making this incredibly hydrating cream an instant treat to leave your skin feeling silky soft.
• Antioxidant-packed ingredients like Guaraná Extract and Açaí Oil help prevent environmental damage on your skin.
• Infused with Brazil Nut Oil, the most selenium-rich food in the world, to help support the skin's natural ability to protect itself while giving it the glow of healthy-looking skin.
• Irresistibly scented with our Cheirosa '62 fragrance with delicious notes of pistachio, salted caramel and vanilla, apply this body cream all over and you’ll feel body-confidence wherever you go, from day to night and well beyond.
• NEW! refill pods provide the same amount of our iconic body cream with 89% less plastic. Clean and dry your current jar (and lid), slip pod into place and enjoy.
• Available in 25ml, 75ml, 240ml, refill
Directions
Massage in a circular motion to create warmth for better absorption and circulation. Use it on your bum bum, legs, tummy, arms—anywhere you need a lift for positively glowing skin.
- To insert the refill:
1. Wash, rinse and thoroughly dry your original Bum Bum Cream jar and lid (p.s. it’s dishwasher safe)
2. Drop pod into jar, then peel off pod's seal
3. Screw on your original lid. Enjoy!
Additional refills sold separately/
- To insert the refill:
1. Wash, rinse and thoroughly dry your original Bum Bum Cream jar and lid (p.s. it’s dishwasher safe)
2. Drop pod into jar, then peel off pod's seal
3. Screw on your original lid. Enjoy!
Additional refills sold separately/
Ingredients
- Key Ingredients:
• Guaraná: Found in the Amazon, it has five times more caffeine than coffee, which is known to help stimulate micro-circulation and boost energy for smoother-looking skin.
• Cupuaçu Butter: The Amazon's answer to Shea Butter, Cupuaçu Butter is chock full of fatty-acids, Phytosterols, and Polyphenols to lock in moisture and help support skin elasticity.
• Coconut Oil: Long before it became trendy, Brazilians have been enjoying this miracle ingredient for centuries to nourish and heal skin. Ultra-nourishing and replenishing, Coconut Oil melts quickly into skin to soften, condition and moisturize.
• Açaí Oil: An antioxidant-rich super fruit that helps protect skin from environmental aggressors like pollution, keeping skin vibrant and youthful.
• Brazil Nut: Prized in Brazil for centuries for its ability to strengthen the immune system, the Brazil Nut is the most Selenium-rich food in the world and grows abundantly along the banks of the Amazon, Negro and Tapejós Rivers. Selenium found in the Brazil Nut is known to help support the skin’s natural ability to protect itself.
- Formulated Without:
Cruelty, gluten, soy, paraben, artificial colorant, 5, 3, phthalate, paraben, PEGs, talc, sulfate, mineral oil, microbeads.
- Full Ingredients List:
Aqua (Water, Eau), Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dodecane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Parfum (Fragrance), Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit (Açaí) Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuaçu) Seed Butter, Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil Nut) Seed Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Paullinia Cupana (Guaraná) Seed Extract, Ilex Guayusa Leaf Extract, Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract, Bixa Orellana Seed Extract, Tocopherol, Squalane, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Mica, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Coumarin, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene.
• Guaraná: Found in the Amazon, it has five times more caffeine than coffee, which is known to help stimulate micro-circulation and boost energy for smoother-looking skin.
• Cupuaçu Butter: The Amazon's answer to Shea Butter, Cupuaçu Butter is chock full of fatty-acids, Phytosterols, and Polyphenols to lock in moisture and help support skin elasticity.
• Coconut Oil: Long before it became trendy, Brazilians have been enjoying this miracle ingredient for centuries to nourish and heal skin. Ultra-nourishing and replenishing, Coconut Oil melts quickly into skin to soften, condition and moisturize.
• Açaí Oil: An antioxidant-rich super fruit that helps protect skin from environmental aggressors like pollution, keeping skin vibrant and youthful.
• Brazil Nut: Prized in Brazil for centuries for its ability to strengthen the immune system, the Brazil Nut is the most Selenium-rich food in the world and grows abundantly along the banks of the Amazon, Negro and Tapejós Rivers. Selenium found in the Brazil Nut is known to help support the skin’s natural ability to protect itself.
- Formulated Without:
Cruelty, gluten, soy, paraben, artificial colorant, 5, 3, phthalate, paraben, PEGs, talc, sulfate, mineral oil, microbeads.
- Full Ingredients List:
Aqua (Water, Eau), Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dodecane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Parfum (Fragrance), Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit (Açaí) Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuaçu) Seed Butter, Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil Nut) Seed Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Paullinia Cupana (Guaraná) Seed Extract, Ilex Guayusa Leaf Extract, Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract, Bixa Orellana Seed Extract, Tocopherol, Squalane, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Mica, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Coumarin, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene.
User reviews
2 reviews
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Overall rating
4.7
Packaging
5.0(2)
Texture
5.0(2)
Absorption
5.0(2)
Effectiveness
4.5(2)
Ease of use
5.0(2)
Scent
5.0(2)
Value for Money
3.5(2)
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Cool bright packaging.
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