With its significantly higher fat content compared to body lotions, body butter is particularly suitable for the care of winter-stressed, dry skin. Of the 26 products tested, the majority are recommended, as established by Öko-Test.
Winter is in full swing. But the constant alternation between cold and heat and dry heating air – all this makes things difficult for the skin. If you are complaining about dry skin, body butter can be a good alternative to body lotion. Which is due to a significantly higher fat content. However, this also makes body butter a seasonal product, because in summer the recipe is too rich for most people, which is why light creams and lotions are preferred.
Since there are still a few days until then, the currently stressed skin can definitely use a little extra care. Öko-Test examined 26 corresponding products from drugstores, supermarkets and online retailers. Including seven solid pieces and 19 products in cream jars. At prices between 0.83 and 19 euros for 100 milliliters or grams.
The result of the investigation is largely gratifying. The testers can recommend most of the goods. Almost three quarters get “very good” ratings. The ingredients are largely harmless. However, in the “Bettina Barty Body Butter Rice Milk
The “Biotherm Lait Corporel Le Beurre” (“poor”), which costs 19 euros, has a significant proportion of silicones, around seven percent according to laboratory analysis. These, too, only have a nurturing appearance and do not fit into the skin’s balance as well as vegetable fats and oils. In addition, they accumulate in the environment. Both the Biotherme and the Straub product also contain PEG/PEG derivatives, which can make the skin more permeable to foreign substances.
On the other hand, you can use the very good, solid body butter “Alverde Solid Body Butter Green Tea Aloe Vera Fragrance” from DM without hesitation. Or with the “Terra Naturi Hemp Care Solid Body Butter” from the Müller drugstore (both 3.69 euros).
Those who prefer it creamy can do something good for their skin, among other things, by reaching into the jar of the following products rated “very good”: “Bevola Naturals Body Butter Organic Coconut
