Product Review - Garnier Bodytonic Firming Lotion

Garnier Bodytonic Firming Lotion is a product designed to make skin firmer, hydrated and more supple by drawing on active natural ingredients such as grapefruit, kiwifruit and apple essences and caffine. It claims to have proven effectiveness in just 7 days, which I think is a rather hefty claim to live up to. I started using this product in conjunction with the start of my diet, just as an added boost to my toning routine. I bought it from The Warehouse, where it cost around $8, which I think is quite reasonable for any body care product. I apply it morning and night and sometimes more frequently throughout the day. I quite enjoy the citrus smell, its very fresh and envigorating as a scent for the body, and I do like to put it on just for the smell. I only use a little bit at a time, about the size of a pea on each patch of skin I cover, I wasn't exactly sure what the reccomended amount was. The texture is described as 'gel-like' and this is pretty much true, it feels just like a more viscous water, and it seems to absorb into the skin as you massage it in, leaving no oily residue like some of the more rich moisturisers I've used.
As far as the whole firming business goes, I've never considered myself to have tonnes of cellulite. I'm definately a bit "curvy", but not too saggy or wrinkly. I have also been using this on my upper arms to just help firm the skin around my shoulders etc. Truthfully, I dont really know what my bum and backs of my legs looks like, so I dont know what kind of damage was lurking back there. I do feel as though I am slightly more toned in the leg area and I donbt believe I have that much cellulite, but I can't put that solely down to this product, I have been doing a bit of exercise too. Therefore I can't honestly say that I have noticed any difference in the firmness of my skin. I do enjoy using this product though, as far as a body moisturiser goes its pretty good. I can't promise Garnier that I will repurchase, since I would quite like to try some of the other firming creams on the market and see if anything actually does make a marked difference or if I simply cannot be firmed. Untill then I will quite happily use this product untill it dies