Sinsay Smoothing Hand Cream Flamingo Review
By Maychiri's Thoughts - January 03, 2024
One cream that looks like it was tailor-made for me: the
Sinsay Smoothing Hand Cream Flamingo. Note that the name is an
approximation since Sinsay doesn’t have any “official” names on their website!
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Of course I would buy this cream specifically, well, it’s
got a flamingo! I’m a known lover of all things flamingo, so there was no
chance I would pass this up! In fact, I was not supposed to buy any creams when
I went to Sinsay; I was there with a specific goal in mind: to buy a dress that
was on sale for a ridiculously low price. But, as I was browsing to see what’s
on sale I happened to notice the stand with beauty products... and these
adorable little birb creams on it! I love birds, and I love adorable things, so
this is like literally perfect for me! I knew I had to buy at least one of
them; well, would you happen to know, one of the creams has a shy lil flamingo
on it! Yup, I knew at that point, if I were to buy only one of them, I'd buy
this one! But I couldn’t resist them so I bought all three... oops! I am
particularly ecstatic to try out this cream – surely, the flamingo will be a
great cream? Well, I sure hope so! Now, let’s see what this little amigo has in
store for us!
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Ingredients: glycerine, shea (Butyrospermum parkii) butter, watermelon
(Citrullus lanatus) seed oil, papaya (Carica papaya) fruit extract, mango
(Mangifera indica) fruit extract, Leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate for
nourishment. No parabens. Hmm, this looks promising! The scent is not as
intense as with the other two birdie hand creams. It’s definitely tropical, and
very sweet, with an interesting hint of muskiness. Honestly, I wouldn’t know
what this scent is on my own! I love to eat tropical fruit, but I suck at recognising
all the various tropical fruit scents, haha! Apparently, this is a pitaya
scent, according to the back of the tube. Right, I haven’t really had fresh
pitaya as much as I would’ve liked, that explains why I didn’t recognise the
scent. In any case, it’s delicious, if a bit more subdued compared to the other
two. This one is low-key. The expiration date is listed as a concrete date at
the top of the tube.
This is a white cream... it would’ve been hella cool if it
were light pink, inspired by the flamingo, but oh well.
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Hmm, very interesting formula! And slightly different to the
other two hand creams. It is absolutely greasy, but it feels like a dry grease,
or more precisely, like butter. Yes, that’s right! It feels like slightly drier
butter. This feels like it’s the thickest of the three creams; not by a large
margin, but it for sure feels thicker than both the parrot cream and the toucan
cream. It also feels slightly waxier, or dry greasy. Despite that, it feels
incredibly lightweight; after I buff it into the skin (which takes maybe 30
seconds), it absorbs completely, so much that I literally cannot even feel it
anymore. Despite being the waxiest and thickest of the three creams, this one feels
like it is the easiest to buff into the skin, paradoxically.
Like, this type of
formula by all accounts shouldn’t be this easy to buff in, yet it is!
Marvellous! I reckon I could use it during the day, as well due to how smooth
and silky my skin feels after it absorbs! I don’t usually apply hand creams
during the day as I suffer from hyperhidrosis of the palms, so when sweat mixes
with the greases in the cream... yuck, it all usually becomes a gross, slimy
mess. But this cream doesn’t feel like it would be like that! Gosh, I love this
formula, even if it does feel a smidge too lightweight to use before bed.
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So... this is supposed to be a smoothing hand cream, eh? Sadly,
it’s not strong enough for my skin during either winter or summer. During
winter, central heating dehydrates my skin so much that my palms start to feel
like sandpaper, all rough and flaky. And during the summer, it’s the same end
results but with a different cause; due to the abnormally high summer
temperatures I tend to sweat a lot, and all that sweat then causes my palms to,
again, feel rough and flaky and like sandpaper (probable keratolysis
exfoliativa?), only it’s even worse than during winter. So I obviously need
strong hand creams... sadly, this one cannot heal or prevent this type of
drying out.
I apply a liberal amount before bed and, sure, my hands immediately
feel super soft and silky and smooth.
But that doesn’t last long, which is evident in the morning when I wake up with
dry, flaky skin. Even if it does manage to smoothen my skin, I should keep
reapplying it every 2 hours for it to actually have noticeable results. Of
course, it’s better than nothing... but it’s unfortunately not as good as I’d
hoped it would be. This makes me incredibly sad... the flamingo is unable to
help regenerate my poor skin. Sad face :( . Damn...
All in all, sadly, the lil flamingo couldn’t help my hands
as much I had hoped it would. The formula is wonderfully buttery but not at all
too greasy (it feels pretty dry greasy instead), and it takes all of 10 seconds
for it to absorb into the skin. I love how soft and silky smooth it leaves my
hands feeling! If only that lasted until the morning... I routinely wake up
with dry hands instead. The super lightweight, comfortable formula had a price
to pay in order to be like that and it turns out it is longevity, sadly. I need
strong creams to prevent my skin from cracking both in winter and in summer and
I really thought this one would be the strongest of the three, strong enough to
help repair my damaged skin. While it cannot help with this, it is the most
nourishing feeling of the three nonetheless! Now, the scent is not quite what I
was expecting from a pitaya scent... but then again, I had no clue what pitaya
would smell like, haha! It’s a low-key, very sweet, kinda milky but still
definitely tropical kind of scent. It’s not as intense as what the other two
creams have, for sure, but this makes it more appropriate to use before bed. I
still happily use this cream, even if it doesn’t really help me all that much. But
I do feel terribly sad that it has to be like this... but it’s a flamingo! The
lil flamingo buddy does look a bit sad or bashful, doesn’t it? Perhaps it was a
warning? Oh well, at least I’ll always have this adorable little birdie to look
at, and I am grateful that it at least makes my skin soft for a couple of
hours, if nothing else. I just wish it was more helpful. So... you know what? I
cannot not recommend it, I don’t have it in my heart. So yeah, I will
recommend this lovely little hand cream, but only to those who have normal-type
skin, anything oilier or drier won’t feel any benefit from this cream. Now this
lil bashful flamingo can go rest, I think it’s definitely earned it! It was so
nice knowing you lil flamingo buddy!
Rating: 6.5/10
Would buy again? YES (because it’s a flamingo goddamn it! It
doesn’t matter that it isn’t excellent!)
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