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L’Occitane Candle For Sight
I’ve long since been a fan of L’Occitane’s beautiful candles, for both their amazing scents and great transportable tins. They’ve released a new addition to the line called ‘Candle for Sight’, raising money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which will go towards its Training Grade Scheme, providing professional training to partially sighted…
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Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, an Italian icon, celebrating 400 years of uninterrupted business, and the producers of some of the most stunning cosmetics and fragrances I’ve come accross to date. Their home is in Florence, Italy, but I was told about this right here in Barcelona by my landlady. Well, needless to say,…
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Sofitel Essaouira Mogador Golf & Spa Hotel
This is my third and final post on my trip to Morocco with Sofitel at the Sofitel Essouira Mogador Golf and Spa resort and the majority period of my journey. After we’d visited the hotel at Marrakech, we were transported by car, two hours south east, to Essouira, a fishing town rich in culture, history…
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Caravan Fragrancias en Supermercados Condis
[alert style=”green”]Este artículo también está disponible en ingles. This post is also available in English. [/alert] Puedes estar pensando, ‘¿Qué diablos es eso?’. Bueno, esta es una nueva línea de fragancias que están almacenadas por Condis Supermercados españoles. El envase no es nada especial, y de € 9.95, es apenas una etiqueta de precio de…
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Kiehl’s Magic Elixir / Strengthening and Hydrating Hair Oil-in-Cream / Deeply Restorative Smoothing Hair Oil Concentrate
This week, one of my favourite cosmetic companies, Kiehl’s, sent me a trio of after-wash hair care to try out and I have to say, me and the other half were pretty damn impressed. Now he has really thick, curly (really curly) hair that’s devilishly prone to dryness and frizziness. I on the other hand have…
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Anthony Logistics Mint And White Tea SPF 25 Lip Balm
Well my Anthony Logistics for men blood orange lip balm finally ran out, it was a match made in heaven. I thought therefore I might try its partner product with Mint and White tea. This also contains a mineral SPF with a factor of 25 (titanium dioxide) so is great for taking with me as…
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Moroccanoil
Until trying this multi-award winning hair treatment, I’d always thought it was confined to the world of women’s haircare, unsuitable for shorter, thicker and often oilier hair. How wrong I was. Moroccanoil is the new love of my life. This product, that comes in two formulations, original and light (the light version for being for…
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Baxter of California Oil Free Moisturiser
I actually wrote about this in February and had used the moisturiser for a good week but even though I enjoyed it, I didn’t really rate it as anything overly special. How wrong I was. A few weeks ago I moved house and all my cosmetics were packed away in various boxes, with my usual…
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Alvarez Gomez
A new arrival to the UK, Alvarez Gomez is one of Spain’s oldest and most famous perfumers and cosmetics manufacturers, being a family owned business celebrating 100 years this year. They have just made their range available right here in the UK and I was lucky enough to be able to try a selection of…
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Sofitel Marrakech Palais Imperial Spa & Lounge
On arrival to Marrakech, once clearing the really quirky little airport, we were whisked away to the Sofitel in Marrakech. We were greeted by the manager and shown around the location. There are actually two hotels here, which are joined together; there’s the Palais Imperial and then the Lounge & Spa. The Palais appeared to…
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