Heliocare body glow…

I put off buying it for months on end. I spent hours trying to find a good realistic dupe because , honestly, as a student, spending £35 on a body glow wasn’t exactly top of my priority list. Especially when that’s about the same price as putting a quarter of a tank of fuel in my car! But eventually, I caved. I’d been influenced. My mum had wanted it for ages too, so I told myself I was just buying it to test it for her first.

So, after seeing all these girls looking effortlessly bronzed, glowy and expensive, I was sold. I wanted that sexy summer glow and I was determined to have it. And if I’m being honest I do love it and I completely understand why it’s gone viral. But as someone with autism, I struggle with certain textures, especially anything that feels sticky on my skin. If I’m going on a night out, my hair ends up stuck to my shoulders, and if I’m going to the beach? Absolutely not. The thought of sand sticking to me is enough to put me off. Plus, because it’s an oil, I don’t really want to layer SPF over the top. Don’t get me wrong, It does eventually dry down, but for me, it takes a little longer than I’d like.

Anyway, seeing as I spent a good £35 on this 75ml bottle of body oil I had no intention on finding a dupe, even if it was a little sticky, I had the real thing, so why would I? Then one day my mum came downstairs looking all glowy. Naturally, I assumed she’d stolen mine (seeing as she was the one who wanted the body oil before me, whoops!)

To my surprise… It wasn’t mine.

She was wearing the Heliocare Body Glow.

Now, after just spending £35 on the Sol de Janeiro, I really didn’t want to be influenced by another product. But we compared them anyway…

And this is where I surprised myself. The heliocare glow has the same gorgeous bronzed glow. It’s not sticky and it has SPF 50+ built in. Now, if you’re anything like me, you’ll know I’m the first person to moan about wearing SPF. It can feel heavy, greasy and my brain always tells me I won’t tan if I’ve got it on.

But this is completely different.

You still get that healthy, bronzed glow, but you’re protecting your skin at the same time. It honestly feels like you’re getting two products in one.

Although these products have different formulas , the heliocare feels like a moisturiser and the Sol de Jeanier one is a body oil so it ,naturally, feels quite oily on the skin when first applied. As much as I love the Sol de Janeiro body glow I much prefer being able to put on some type of body glow casually without it feeling like too much.