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My husband alerted me to this great offer advertised on HotUKDeals and I thought it was too good to be true. I wasn’t paying that much attention but I clicked on the form and entered a store where I could collect the free box that was advertised.

The email came pretty quickly despite the 24-hour disclaimer. I went into the Richmond store and low and behold they had the box!

I must say that I am rather impressed with this freebie. The contents are really good for something that is free and a very good idea from L’Occitane for adding VIB customers to their database.

The box called Welcome to Provence comes with the following products:

• A mini hand cream which is 10ml called Fleurs de Censier in Cherry Blossom
• Another mini but this time a foot cream which is 10ml called Peaux Pieds
• A 30ml Verbena shower gel and a 30ml Verbena body lotion
• A 25g soap with Verbana leaves.

All products smell devine. Verbena has a very citrus lemony smell. I am very pleased. 🙂

Click here to get yours!

Just a note that some stores may have run out of stock. I hope this doesn’t happen to you, as it is very disappointing. Happy shopping and hope you all that apply get your free box!

Afshan.

I was on the hunt for a great nude that would suit my (Asian) skin and I haven’t really been satisfied with the colours I had found. Maybe I was looking at the wrong colours! I realise now that I was looking for a pink rather than a pale brown. I was under the impression that a pale pink would not suit my skin, but I was obviously wrong.

I came across Faryal Makhdoom (aka Mrs Amir Khan; the famous British boxer’s wife), a recent blogger and YouTuber. I basically love the lipstick that she wears.

She wears both Velvet Teddy and Honey Love and I went to my local Mac counter on a hunt for them. I thought that Velvet Teddy would suit me, but when I was enquiring at the till, this lovely lady said that Honey Love would look better on my skin than Velvet Teddy and she was right. I wore it with Beurre lipliner and it looked great! So I snapped it up.

Keeping with the nudes, I also took the opportunity to purchase the most coveted lipliner – Whirl, a Kyley Jenner favourite.

As I am blogging about Mac purchases, I thought it is only apt to mention that I also made a cheeky previous purchase. I recently bought Viva Glam II, which is a great alternative to a blood red, as it is more darker. Plus I think bright red doesn’t particularly suit me. It is a lovely colour and I would highly recommend it.

Here are some swatches of the lipsticks:

The first is the Whirl Lipliner, second is the lipliner plus Honey Love and lastly Viva Glam II.

I love these – Let me know what your favourite nude lipstick is?

They say love is blind. I don’t know about that but it would be a crying shame if love wasn’t fragrant. Our sense of smell can trigger all sorts of memories and can also remind us of the ones we love.

What better way to enjoy this Valentine then with your favourite fragrance, without having to leave your home and create some ambience.

So we come to my new love. And yes you have guessed it… A fragrance!

I am loving the new Narciso by Narciso Rodriguez perfume. It has three notes to entice the heart with a musky yet floral, amber and woody toned scent.

I can’t explain it – I just love the smell! It smells devine and I can smell it on my skin longer than most perfumes, so that adds a bonus to the love.

The perfume comes in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml and you can get it from Debenhams, House of Fraser where I came across it and Boots (the bigger ones.)

I highly recommend this fragrance if you want something unique and lovel-ly.