Emu Cream anyone?

Target was having 25% off sale on all their beauty items and although they had all the big drugstore brands like Revlon and Maybelline, they were far too expensive for me to warrant this 25% off. I mean looking at a $25 Revlon lipstick really turned me right off of looking at all the cosmetic stands which was a shame because I could do with a couple more of those Australis lipsticks. Instead, I picked up a couple of body creams (you always need body creams right?). What seems to be really booming here in Australia at the moment are emu creams and oils. I'm not sure where the craze came from but you always see some really cheap emu or sheep creams around all the drugstores and chemists.

There was a time when the vitamin E or goat's milk creams were booming and you can get a big tub of the creams for $2. I feel like once this hits the rest of the interweb world, these puppies will cost alot more than just a couple of bucks.


I picked up a tub of the Australian Cream Emu Oil cream as well as their Lanolin Oil cream to combat against the harsh German winter.

The packaging states: Australian Emu Oil Cream is a rich moisturiser formulated with Emu Oil and Vitamin E to help hydrate and soothe dry and overworked skin and make skin feel fresher and smoother. Australian Emu Oil Cream contains natural Australian Emu Oil obtained as a by-product of farm bred Emus. Not tested on animals.


I'm still a little divided on the whole "putting emu fat on my skin and be ok with it" kind of thing and I guess it'll be a while yet until I try this on as I still find it a bit of a weird concept. Perhaps I'll ease myself into it by testing out the sheep fat on my skin and see how it goes, but one thing's for sure - if Australians are using it, it must be good for dry skin because the summers in Australia can make your skin dry up like an over-cooked chicken.

Where: Target and Big W ($2.98AUD for 250g)
With the 25% off they were $2.25