A Birthday Wish

Don’t you hate it when you forget a best friend’s birthday? That’s how I felt when I heard that it was Korres’ 15^th birthday in September. A belated birthday card to one of my absolute favourite brands. To celebrate, I want to share my top three products from Korres (although, I use everything in my Korres collection until I have to recycle the packaging):

-          Absinthe Shaving Cream: My boyfriend’s favourite but I also love love love this. It is so conditioning, smells delicious and feels so much more delicate on the skin than chemical-laden shaving foams.

-          Cherry Lipgloss: The scent is so sweet, I defy anyone not to develop a lip-licking habit. This shade, Light Pink, is perfect for the 60s babydoll pout.

-          Coconut Milk Body Milk: I love all the Korres body milks and body butters, but this Coconut one is not overpowering but the lovely coconut smell still lingers.

Happy Birthday my lovely Korres and let’s for a moment forget Greek financial woes.

http://www.korres.com/CountrySelect.aspx

Loco for Coco

Although summer is now nearly officially over (I was actually at an ‘End of Summer’ party last night), I am still reminiscing. I have fallen head over heels for anything coco. Loco for coco. The smell is summer in a bottle. Nothing conjures up memories of a beach or balmy summer nights more than the smell of coconuts.

My coco-loco-routine is as follows (if, like me, you want to smell of coconuts head to toe):
1. I am washing my hair with Crème de Coco from Bumble and Bumble, which leaves a faint whiff of coconuts upon my tresses. The Murumuru butter, mallow and milk thistle gently cleanse for the softest baby-hair in result.
2. I slather on Jergens Naturals Cocoa Butter body moisturiser, which has a sweet scent of coconuts and almonds that is not sickly, but rather a long-lasting exotic scent.
3. Finally, I dab Body Shop’s Coconut Perfume Oil on my pulse points for good measure.
In conclusion, I am dreaming of the Caribbean, even when I’m in a concrete jungle doing my weekly shopping.

Bumble and Bumble Creme de Coco Shampoo, £17 from Liberty
Jergens Naturals Cocoa Butter Body Moituriser £4.99 from all good chemists and supermarkets
The Body Shop Coconut Perfume Oil £6.50