I’ve never been a huge advocate of toners; most that I tried in my teens and early twenties left my face so dry and stripped that my skin would be completely knocked out of balance. I think that there was a real trend, then especially, for “cleanser and toner duos”; you’d cleanse with a lotion…
Sunscreen formulas have been getting progressively lighter and more comfortable to wear. It’s true that some of the higher factor versions do still leave a bit of a white cast on the skin, but most are sheer and fast to disappear after application. The four sunscreens in the photograph above all impressed me in terms of finish…
Oh, what a beautiful collaboration this is! I already adore l’Occitane’s Amande range with its perfect green and white packaging and its warm, comforting scents, but throw a bit of ballet into the mix and you have something quite gorgeous. l’Occitane have teamed up with The Royal Ballet to produce an exclusive drawstring bag that’s filled with three ballet…
Just quickly, a couple of cute scents for Spring – I’ve been meaning to post these up for a while! 1) Vivienne Westwood’s Cheeky Alice, from £32 at Debenhams.com. This is a fresher, flirtier and slightly more floral scent than ‘Naughty Alice’ and I love the coral-and-gold packaging. There’s a patent red bracelet wrapped around the bottle,…
This candle smells amazing! Out of all of the candles I shot for my Christmas Candle video, I think that this is one of my favourites. And, as a Brucie Bonus, it’s also probably the least expensive! Result. I’d highly recommend picking one up to get rid of all of those ‘festive smells’ – namely…
I was in l’Occitane yesterday (yes, again) looking at all of their gorgeous Christmas gift sets, and I spotted this piece of lushness: It’s a little set that you can buy if you spend over £40, and it costs £12.50. As well as a rather jolly wipe-clean cosmetics bag, you get a selection of bestsellers…
If you are a l’Occitane fan you’ll have probably already heard about their new fragrance, Fleur Cherie. If you buy InStyle magazine, you’ll also know all about it, because this month’s has a free Fleur Cherie hand lotion! I have been using the body lotion, which is quite possibly the most fragranced body lotion I…
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the l’Occitane Prize Draw – I can reveal that the winner (as chosen by RANDOM.ORG) is Nicole Vargas! Well done Nicole – please get in touch with your details and the lovely serum and eye treatment will be in the post! (There’s an email contact form in the…
I have spent the past week testing out two products from the l’Occitane’s not-yet-launched Immortelle Divine range. Well, obviously I have been doing other stuff as well. things like working and emailing and planning world domination, but I have most definitely given the Immortelle Divine a good old testing. The ‘Divine Eyes’ and ‘Divine Extract’,…