REVIEW: L'Occitane Almond Delicious Soap

This is another item that I got in the L'Occitane Delightful Almond Collection that I picked up at the Marie Claire Event. There were two of these in the collection which I was a little bit skeptical about at first but I have been blown away by these so I'm actually hugely pleased that I have more than one.

The Soap is really rich and foams up in the most amazing way when it comes into contact with water. It contains small, but quite rough, crushed almond shells which allow for serious but not too tough exfoliation. The high quality ingredients make it quite moisturising which is a plus for people like me with very dry skin. In its ability to foam up and as an exfolitater it is better than Lush's Porridge Soap which has been my favourite for a long time now. 

At £4 on the L'Occitane website it might seem like quite costly for such a small soap. However, I've used it about 5 times (twice weekly since I got it) and I've only used up about one third of the soap so an entire bar will last for over a month and I really do think that given the quality it is totally worth it. This is another L'Occitane almond beauty that I'd highly recommend!

Have you found any great exfoliating products that you'd recommend?

Angelica

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Tonic Cosmetics, York: Soaps, candles and bubble bath cupcakes!

So last week I made a day trip to York for a Postgraduate open day when I stumbled upon a shop called Tonic in the city centre which has the cutest selection of soaps, candles and bubble bath cupcakes. All the products are paraben free and the soap slices are hand made using the cold process method, ph neutral and they contain perfume oils which means they leave long lasting scent. I was really impressed with the look of all the products so I thought I'd just share with you some photos of the things that really took my fancy. As well as the cheeky purchase that I made!

A lovely sweet Rhubarb scented soap! I've never come across anything like this before.

I was mainly drawn to this by its appearance but it smells gorgeous.

I love how this looks and the lavender scent is so dreamy.

Cupcake candles! And cute soapy swirls on a stick :)

Cupcake soaps and soap cake slices, so so pretty.

Although I was tempted by pretty much everything I saw I only ended up buying one item and that was a rose scented bubble bath cupcake. It smells absolutely heavenly and is something that anyone who is a fan of rose scents would just start drooling over! It cost me £5.50 but is really big and I reckon I can get at least 4 uses out of it (the Tonic website also advertises this as being the case).

I have tried the bubble bath cupcake once now so I can do a very basic review of it. It smells just as gorgeous when it dissolves and it creates beautifully milky, cloudy bath water but it really doesn't foam up or bubble as much as other products that I've tried. Saying that, however, it does bubble enough for me and the scent (which really lingers on the skin after use) is just so delicately fragrant. Given how cute it is and how many uses I'll get out of it I would definitely repurchase this, although now I'd have slightly lower expectations on the bubble-front!

Overall, a lovely find and I'll definitely be returning to purchase some of their soap next time I'm in York! They also have a website where you can browse their products and make purchases so that is also worth checking out if you like the look of the products.

Have you found any lovely independent shops like this? I'd love some recommendations! 

Angelica

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