Marie Claire L'Occitane Event Leeds

Hello! So this is a different sort of post from me today. I went to the Marie Claire event at my local L'Occitane in Leeds yesterday and I took a few photos to show you the store, products and what I got up to. It was essentially a private buying experience, something I would highly recommend, that you booked in advance and then on the night got drinks, nibbles, a healthy 15% discount on all purchases and a goody bag. My lovely flatmate Josie came with me and as you can see above we both took advantage of the complimentary champagne!

The Leeds store is on the corner of the Victoria Quarter, a gorgeous shopping arcade off Briggate Street, (Leeds' main shopping street). The shop is much bigger than it looks as it has a basement which is where the event was held. As soon we came down the stairs we saw pink and headed towards it! Cue peony, rose and cherry blossom scents and Josie almost instantly found a product that she's fallen in love with- a limited edition glitter oil which she's holding in the photo above. It's supposed to sell out by Christmas so if you're a fan of delicate floral scents and glitter then I would definitely check it out as it is just gorgeous.

We also checked out all of the other Christmas Limited Edition products and they're all lovely! We smelt everything and nothing disappointed, the perfume rollers are particularly nice and the Magical Leaves limited edition hand cream has gone on my Christmas list. There's an offer on in-store and online where if you spent £35 then you could buy the Enchanting Winter Collection (in the middle of the above photo) for £14 (half its RRP). It is an amazing deal as you get a brilliant selection of products and a little bag that you can use as a make-up bag. Josie got one of these and in it you get hand cream, honey soap, shower gel, foaming bath, moisturiser, toner and eye cream. 

We also both took advantage of a hand massage treatment where we got to choose which products were used on our hands. I chose the almond products (as they're my absolute favourite) and these included the Almond Shower Oil, Almond Body Lotion and the Almond Milk Concentrate. 

The Almond Milk Concentrate is literally dream worthy, I couldn't resist any longer and I bought a gift set that included both the Milk Concentrate and the Shower Oil along with some other Almond goodies!

Also, in case you didn't know, L'Occitane do candles and they smell gorgeous. They had one burning in the treatment room where they do skin care and hand treatments during the week and it made the room smell amazing. I've added these as a 'must have' onto my Christmas list (along with a couple of the face creams). 

If you're looking for a present for  yourself or for anyone else this Christmas then I would strongly suggest checking out L'Occitane's products. They're amazing quality, their famous Shea Butter is fair trade and they do gift sets that feature some great offers. 

In the end I bought the Almond Gift Set for £48 which includes a massive 500ml Almond Shower Oil (drools in delight) along with 100ml of amazing Almond Milk Concentrate as well as the Almond Delicious Paste, Almond Hand Cream and two Almond Soaps. They do similar gift sets for lots of the other ranges and they're all great value for money. I also bought a solid Cherry Blossom perfume (which is gorgeous) and a small pot of 100% Shea Butter to use as a  multi-purpose balm.

Lastly, included in the ticket to the event was a lovely goody bag full of lots of gorgeous products including shower gel, body lotion, shower oil, moisturiser, soap, hand creams along with all the lovely samples I was very kindly given over the course of the evening. I'll be reviewing all of these products once I've had a chance to try them out properly.

All in all it was a lovely evening, everyone in the Leeds Victoria Quarter store is really friendly and helpful and the treatments they offer are fantastic. I'm very glad I booked this event after reading about it in Marie Claire and if you ever get the chance to go to one of these private buying events I would highly recommend it as it is a lovely, relaxed way to shop.  For the service, treatments and chance to talk to other L'Occitane lovers it was a great way to spend the evening and the champagne, nibbles and goodie bag were all lovely bonuses.  

Have you got your eye on any L'Occitane products at the moment? Or have any of you attended the Marie Claire event in any of the other L'Occitane stores?

Angelica