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L’Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Scrub – Luxury in the Shower

Believe it or not, I got back from vacation with my skin dryer than ever.  All I wanted to do was bathe in a vat of oil, but first I had to get rid of dead dry skin that had accumulated over the two cold weeks. I was lucky.  L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body [...]

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L’Occitane Shea Butter Beauty Balm

I totally get a kick out of my friends pulling out a product that they absolutely love out of their purse, just to see that it is something that I love too! This happened in the case of L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Beauty Balm.  I had been using it to treat some really dry skin, while [...]

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6 Hand Creams: The Good, The Bad, And the Best!

Over the past few months, I have been trying hand creams left, right, and center.  I have a bottle at work, one on my nightstand, and of course one in my purse. I’ve also been checking out some of my old favourites of course, and I remember that they are my favourites for a reason. [...]

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Take Care of Yourself: 4 Ultimate Pampering Products

Although the Holidays is a time of giving, I would like to remind you that it’s equally important for everyone to take care of themselves during the holiday season. The Holidays is a time for partying and fun, but it’s also a time to rejuvenate and get refreshed for the new year. Here are the [...]

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L’Occitane’s Lavender is Naturally Antiseptic

Check it out: with cold and flu season now here, you’re going to want some kind of hand sanitizer to carry with you at all times.  If you want something natural, head over to L’Occitane.  Their hand sanitizer, Clean Hands Gel, uses Lavender which is a natural antiseptic.  For $10, it’s not much more expensive [...]

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Fall Scent Trend: Rose Notes

I would have to say that my most favourite floral fragrance note is that of the Rose. I know that it reminds some people of grandmothers, or of a stuffier era, but to me it’s timeless and beautiful. It always reminds me of pure luxury and nothing else. The scent of a rose should be [...]

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Bergamot Tea for the Summer

L’Occitane’s new scent collection is called Bergamot Tea and I’m not letting my bottle out of site this summer. The fragrance is light and fresh and the notes are as follows: Top Notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Cardamom, and Grapefruit Heart Notes: Black tea extract, Wild rose Base Notes: Blond wood, Black wood and Musks Mostly, I [...]

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The Spring Brings Peach Blossoms

We’ve been telling you about new spring bath and body scents. There was Optimism from Bath and Body Works, which was a lemony-verbena concoction, there was the fruity Wild Cherry from the Body Shop, and now there’s Peach Blossom from L’Occitane. Peach Blossom smells, as the name would suggest, like peaches! It’s a fresh peach [...]

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The Story of L’Occitane and the Almond Tree

By Kyle Gordon What can I say? I’m a sucker for beautiful packaging, hence my love affair with everything L’Occitane en Provence. Even the name conjures images of the French countryside and my beloved Toile de Jouy (a beautiful fabric usually depicting a pastoral scene). When this Mist Concentrate was brought to my attention I [...]

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L’Occitane’s Mud Mask Brings in the Clean

I love multi-tasking products, and this one works quite well.  It’s a mask, a scrub, and best of all I can use it in the shower and still get the full benefits from using it. L’Occitane’s Face Scrub Mud, is part of their Olive Oil range of products but that shouldn’t discourage those of you [...]

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