Review of the New Sol De Janeiro Body Oil

Now that summer has (mostly) arrived, I was looking for the perfect body glow to wear to the pool and on long summer nights spent outside in shorts and a tank top. I was looking for a shimmer or an oil that I could use on my legs as well as shoulders, arms, and décolletage. Something similar to the Fenty body oil, but not as freaking expensive as that one. Happily, my search ended when I found the newly released Sol De Janeiro body oils. Sol De Janeiro is a brand sold at Sephora and they are famous for their Brazilian Bum Bum Cream. If you aren't familiar with that product or have not smelled it, it is one of the best smelling things I have ever come across. It is a body cream that is supposed to help lift and firm your skin, but it mostly just smells amazing. It honestly smells similar to the Butter Paradise Fragrance that Physician's Formula came out with., but even better, if that's possible.
     The new Sol De Janeiro oils are sold for $35 each and come in two shades: Ipanema Sunset, the lighter of the two, and Copacabana Bronze, a deep golden bronze. Naturally, I got Ipanema Sunset and I think it is a perfect shade for my skin tone, even when I am very self tanned. It is a beautiful, reflective champagne color. It blends in very easily to the skin and gives off such a gorgeous sun kissed glow. I like to apply it pretty much all over my body. It gives such a radiant look to any skin I have showing.

Swatches when I first apply the oil

  

Swatches when I first apply the oil

Swatches when I first apply the oil

 Although this product looks absolutely stunning on the skin, my favorite part about it is that it smells just like the bum bum cream. Once you apply the oil your whole body smells like it. However, I have found that the scent only lingers an hour or two, it does not have the lasting power of a perfume. Sol De Janeiro does sell a body mist, which I am dying to try.
     Once applied, the product does remain slightly tacky on the skin. It doesn't transfer on to my clothes and if I hugged someone it wouldn't rub off on them, but you can feel it on your skin. I think that if you applied it and then got into a pool it would completely come off, but I have not tested that yet.

Swatch after the oil has dried for five minutes

     One major draw back of this product is the packaging. It comes in a plastic bottle with a large cap on it. At first I thought that when I removed the cap I would find a pump underneath. But when I took it off I realized that there was just a small white screw on cap underneath that and in order to get the product out you must pour it. This proves to be pretty messy and I don't like that I can't control how much of the oil I am pouring out at once. I have found the best way to apply it is to pour a little out on my hand (a little goes a very long way) and then either apply it with my hands or a brush. Both ways work well and the product blends in nicely no matter how you apply it.

     Overall this product is very good. I love the color that I got and am interested to try the darker one for when I am extremely self tanned. It smells absolutely amazing, although the scent doesn't last as long as I wish it did. Ultimately it gives me the summer glow I was looking for and I am very happy with it. There is no doubt in my mind that I will be reaching for it all summer long.