L'occitane Almond Shower Oil!

Product:

As some of you may have seen, I purchased the much raved about L'occatine Almond Shower Oil when I went to Paris. I really like l'occatine products so was interested to try this. It is one of their best selling products and it is suppose to leave the skin feeling soft and hydrated after use.

Price:

I bought this for €15.50 but in the UK it's £17.50 for 250ml.

Use:

I personally use this with a shower gel, just for that extra clean. You don't need a load of this product, a palmful will get around your body easily. Because you don't need a lot I know it's going to last me a while, especially because I don't use it everyday. I heard that you could get it in a pump form but I couldn't see that one which is something I would have preferred rather than the push cap.

Results:

It's really interesting to use because when poured out and rubbed into wet skin it turns into a milky type colour and texture. It leaves the skin noticeable softer. I use it when I exfoliate with my exfoliating mitts, I find this way my skin doesn't dry out like it would exfoliating without something to run into my skin. When I get out of the shower and have dried off I visibly notice that my skin is less dry and 'ashy'. I don't know how much of a difference this would be on super dry skin, I would think that you would still have to put on a emollient cream on if you had that skin type.

The website says that it foams, it doesn't. I'm slightly confused why they would say that but who knows maybe I'm not using the amount required which causes foaming.

Everyone raves about the smell of this product, I kind of get it, when I've washed it off and there is just the lovely hint of an almondy smell left on me, but the initial scent isn't to my taste, it's too strong, but then I suppose that's good if you want it to last after your shower.

Would I buy this product again? Probably not, I get the same results using normal baby oil by rubbing it into damp skin and patting it off. The difference would be that the l'occatine product doesn't leave any residue on your skin and there is no distinct smell with the baby oil. It is a lovely product, I just don't find it amazing.

Have any of you tried this product? What do you think of it? Would you try it?

♥ RP ♥

Paris Haul!

Now, most of you will be disappointed that I didn't get a chance to get anything from any of the lovely French Pharmacies. We went into a couple but I decided not to purchase anything, hoping to go to City Pharma (recommended by Lisa Eldridge). We managed to go to City Pharma but it was Closed, it being a Sunday and all which I obviously didn't realise, sad times!

But, I did however manage to get a few goodies from L'Occitane. I found that the products were cheaper than British prices so obviously I was going to pick up a few things.

From left to right, this purchase was inevitable, I absolutely love the Dry Skin Hand Cream, it was one of my first ever posts here on this little blog. It's such a life saver for the winter months for me.

Next up is the Precious Eye Balm; not going to lie, this was a bit of an impulse purchase. I have a new obsession of finding the best eye cream for me. This says it combats a whole load of 'problems', so I'm looking forward to doing a proper review in a couple of months.

Last, but not least, is this little cult product, the Cleansing and Softening Shower Oil. I've seen this making its way around YouTube and wanted to give it a go. I've used it once so far and it looks promising.

So thats it, no Bioderma I'm afraid. But I have a sister-in-law who's French, so I can always get that when I run out when she goes and visits family.

♥ RP ♥

Hand salvation!

Well, I don’t know about you, but I am just about ready for this weather to warm up! This ‘yo-yo’ing’ that the temperature is putting us through is doing nothing for my skin, especially my hands! They are constantly dry.

My 150ml l'occitane shea butter hand cream

This is the saviour of my hands! It’s the l’occitane shea butter hand cream for dry skin…I cannot tell you how amazing it is for this time of year! I first got this in a gift set which I received for one of my birthdays (thank you to my friend Ling!). After being super impressed, I decided to get the largest one to keep on my bed side table (while a smaller one is in my handbag). The larger one pictured (150ml) retails at £17.50 and the smaller one (30ml) retails at £7.50. It’s a bit more expensive than most high street hand creams but worth a go if you have the spare cash.

Firstly, it smells amazing! Secondly (and more importantly), it hydrates my skin back to life! It is slightly greasy, so for those of you who aren’t keen on that feeling it may not be for you, but at this time of year and when the weather isn’t that great, it really does its job! And thirdly, it does get absorbed into the skin within a minute or so, a small amount goes far!

I definitely recommend it for anyone who has dry skin on their hands or working in an environment where they find their hands getting tight and dry

Hope it was helpful!! =) x