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Saturday, July 31, 2004
 

Review: Avon Bust-Sculpt Contouring Cream

Avon sent me a preview product a few weeks ago called Bust-Sculpt. It arrived with my regular order in a 5 ounce shiny lavender tube. I picked it up and stared at it for a while, unsure why it was in my order box. After organizing the paperwork in my boxes, I figured out that Bust-Sculpt is brand new, not even in the catalogs yet, and will be introducted with great fanfare in Campaign 19. Avon is gearing up for a big seller. They handed out tubes at the Home for the Holidays expo last weekend, along with a glossy page extolling Bust-Sculpt's incredible virtues.

I don't know why Avon didn't go ahead and promise a Lexus, Brad Pitt, and immortality to every Bust-Sculpt customer because - goodness gracious - they promised everything else. According to the flier, Bust-Sculpt employs an "Exclusive Virtual Bra Technology that forms an invisible network for additional support to the bust area to firm, sculpt, and improve your curves," resulting in a firm bust in just four weeks. The flier boasts impressive statistics of satisfied firm-boobied test subjects and cajoles Avon Representatives into ordering Bust-Sculpt bundles so that crazed customers hungry for bodacious ta-tas will have this product in their hot hands immediately.

Well. This is all and good for Avon, and I'm sure they'll sell a zillion tubes, as American women are rarely satisfied with the firmness and size of their breasts. But does it work? I decided to open the tube and try it myself.

I'm not posting before and after shots of my chest for the sake of this review. I took a before shot, in a demure pink Avon camisole, but decided it was just a smidge beyond my comfort level. You'll have to live with my description of what happened.

The Bust-Sculpt lotion is white and creamy and smells a little like Vaseline. The instructions tell you that the stimulating botanicals in the cream works instantly to revive a tired bosom. You apply the thick cream in an upward motion, once a day. The first time I spread the cream on the underside of my breasts, ready to sweep upward, I noticed an odd swelling sensation, just short of tingle. I spread it up and up and up but I had to end up spreading it in circles to get it to absorb into my skin. I wondered why the upward motion was necessary and worried that all the circles would do something strange to my breasts. I didn't see a difference the first day, but they felt almost swollen, and more firm in the way that a balloon with more air is more firm than a ballon with no air at all.

Over a couple of weeks the Bust-Sculpt continued to supply the same sensation. In all honesty, when I look in the mirror, stark naked, with the critical eye of a media-saturated woman, I can see a teeny tiny difference in the firmness and size of my breasts. They are a teensy weensy bit larger, and a smidgen firmer. They weren't that small to start, so perhaps smaller breasted women will have better results. And as far as that Exclusive Virtual Bra Technology goes - Ya Right. There's no way in heck I can get away with wearing no bra, with or without the Bust-Sculpt.

Overall, the Bust-Sculpt provides an interesting sensation and a small amount of firming and smoothing and enlarging to the breasts. I personally won't continue using this product, only because I think my ta-tas are just dandy the way they are, thank you very much.


4:35:19 PM    doorbell  []  


13 Hours of Madness Begins in one hour!!

Today is my big 13 hour sale, part of the contest ideas. I notified every existing customer that I am having a sale, and plenty of new customers as well. I posted fliers for the sale at Vons, Target, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, the public library, and Sav-On at the community bulletin boards. I even taped a flier to the wall of the beach ladies' restroom. People have 13 hours to call in their order for a nice discount and free gift. I made it clear that I may be on the phone (all day! let's hope!) so if they get my voice mail, please leave their order on the message and I will call back to confirm it.

The only downside to this sale is that I'm homebound for 13 hours. I think I'll put the kids to work cleaning the house and I'll have a chance to type up a few more fun customer encounters for the blog. I will also be typing up an email notice for everyone on my Avon and personal list, yet another contest suggestion, explaining that all e-customers get a special discount and gift, too! Plus, another secret blog entry will be posted to my notification list along with my advertisement. If you aren't on my list, now's the time to request! Your wrinkles will thank you!


6:58:01 AM    doorbell  []  



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