I Tried the Bum Bum Cream and Nope.

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I hate giving bad reviews to products I wanted to love, especially if those products are raved by many others. I really hate giving bad reviews to products that were expensive because a girl feels like she just wasted her damn money.

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But here I am.

Looking for a new moisturizer for my skin in this tough winter, I decided to do a splurge and get the highly raved Bum Bum (pronounced boom boom) cream from Sol de Janiero. It promised a lovely scent along with intense moisturizing cream. With damn-near 5-star ratings across several websites, I was sold. I was going to love it.

So, I purchased it at Sephora and I lucked out that I ran out of Vaseline the same day. Awesome. This is perfect for me to try, right?

Wrong.

First, it smells really good and I think that’s the main selling point. It’s on par with Bath and Body Works and other lotions and creams I’ve used over the years.

However, for 50 big ones, I hoped this would have a lot more moisturizing cream. I get really dry skin so it’s imperative I moisturized. I get what a lot of other Black folks like to refer to as ‘ashy’. I often look like I got into a fight with flour and badly lost if I don’t put some lotion, oil, or cream on my skin.

I’m not about to make an entire post about how bad the product is. It is pretty big and for what it’s worth, the cream does promise to tighten the skin. It’s not something that’ll happen over one use but gradually over time.

The company is environmentally conscious and that was a pleasant surprise when I opened the box:

I will give Bum Bum Cream credit where credit is due – it does boast of a lot of great ingredients such as cocoa butter, coconut oil, and acai oil. It does have an interesting ingredient, guarana, which is caffeine. That’s used to tighten the skin.

If you look closely at the picture, you’ll see the main ingredient is water followed by a whole lot of scientific shit a sista cannot pronounce. The main ingredients that claimed are key in the formula are listed way down. That’s probably why my skin was drier than J. Lo’s vocals.

Still, the packaging was pretty:

And it did feel great and smelled delicious!

Now that we’ve met the players and watched game, what was the end score?

Pros:

It smells great. Some have complained the scent was overbearing, but I didn’t feel it was and I have a rather sensitive nose.
It does moisturize but results may vary.
You can order it online via Sephora or Amazon.

Cons:

It’s very expensive. The large jar costs around $50. The small one is about $22.
The main ingredients are very small in quantity. You may not receive the benefits you thought you would’ve.
It does moisturize but results may vary. Yes, this is also a con. I had to use more than I intended.