Category: Body

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m definitely going to try and feature more products that are a bit easier on the budget – there’s no doubt that we are all going to be somewhat squeezed in the coming months so any finds I make that exceed expectations I’ll post about. I’m starting with Palmolive UP Rose Petals Infusion Shower…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think it was last year that The Body Shop took avocado from its natural home – on toast – and turned it, via sustainably sourced avocado oil from South Africa, into body products. The collection has had a makeover and a few new additions and here we are. As you know, I adore…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Every year L’Occitane brings out a variation on their delicious vervene collection (my dad’s favourite – still wearing cologne at 87!) and this year it’s a citrus/menthol version in a ‘granita’ texture. Which, translated means that it comes out of the tube looking a little like just starting to melt sorbet – on the…

[unpaid/sample] I’d be the first to confess to not paying my hands enough attention although I am trying to remember to use SPF on them with a 7/10 approximate success rate! My nails aren’t great which is a source of disappointment because I used to love painting them but I think a mix of gardening…

[unpaid/sample] Gosh, by now we must all be experts in hand sanitizers and cleansers. I’ll admit to using them slightly less than I used to but I found it so useful to have in my bag and I keep some there still, even just for wiping over outside cafe tables. If I see some in…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] There’s so much to be said for products that squeeze out all the water and just give you what your skin really needs in the way of moisture. Beauty Kin is a relatively new brand that does exactly that using approximately 70% less water than would be needed in a similar liquid version of…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Nobody has ever offered to rub me up and down with a passionfruit, but if they did, I think it might be something like being slathered in The Body Shop’s new Refreshing Passionfruit Body Yogurt. It’s really quite thrilling because it is SO, SO fruity. There’s also a dash of sharpness, just like a…

[unpaid/sample] We’ve all done it – exfoliated, moisturised, applied so carefully, and still ended up with patches of self-tan not doing at all what you wanted it to. I very rarely crack out the self-tan other than on my face, neck and chest because it seem so hard to get right particularly on my feet where I’ve…

[unpaid/affiliate/ad] I think Aromatherapy Associates is one of my most featured brand because I use it so often and like it so much. I was going to do a quick round up of Jubilee sales but this won’t wait til Friday (and I’ve changed my mind anyway) because it’s too good. I actually like the…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Launched in 2020, Keys Soulcare is going from strength to strength. Maybe we have cynical expectations of ‘celebrity’ brands (Alicia Keys is the founder) but the wisest are using the sound knowledge of professional dermatologists and leaving it up to them to do the skin wisdom while they do the messaging. Interestingly, the dermatologist…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this is very much the dream team! A special Aromatherapy Associates blend housed in a Liberty design team print that’s exclusive to this blend – what could be better? Well, some reference to the print on the bottle please – that would be better. Other than that, nothing. And Clear Mind could not…

[unpaid/sample] My friend Genevieve has been a long time fan of Albus & Flora so I have wanted to try it for ages. When I came home from Milan a box was waiting for me and now I see what she likes about it so much. It’s absolutely perfect for anyone who just wants a…