Being a beauty editor means you test a lot of products. New mascaras, buzzy perfumes, must-have self-tanners—the parade of new formulas that crosses my desk is endless. Not that I'm complaining mind you! It just takes something extra special to pique my curiosity and prove that a product is actually worth the hype. Traveling 19 hours and 4,500 miles to shower in the desert next to a volcano? Yeah, I'd say that would do the trick. That's exactly what I did to try out the new Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash.
Now I'm a dry skin girlie naturally; I don't necessarily need to hop, skip, jump to another continent to know that my epidermis craves hydration. On a good day, I can apply a lightweight lotion after the shower and go about my business without any additional irritation. In the winter or in a harsh climate (like that found in Chile's Atacama Desert) my skin is basically gasping for moisture the second I turn off the water. If I don't oblige with a body moisturizer, I essentially shrivel up into a dry, scaly mess. In other words, I do not play around with the idea of skipping a body cream, but the team at Dove promised that, after 15 years of innovation and planning, they had finally developed a body wash that could deliver 24-hour lotion-soft skin right out of the shower—no additional moisturizer required. Intrigued, I boarded the ten hour flight to Santiago (and then another two-hour flight to Atacama, and then a 90-minute bus ride to the desert) to find out. What can I say—I'm very dedicated to my job.
