The How To | Bath Skin Care

As well as facial skincare this week I thought I'd pop a post in about body skincare. Recently I've been getting back into baths - I think it has something to do with the fact that I'm doing a lot more exercise and baths just seem a whole hell lot more relaxing than showers. In the bath I feel like I have more time to focus on sorting out my skin as well.

When I'm in the bath I start off with cleaning my skin - I've been using Bayliss & Harding Skin Spa body wash. It smells amazing and incredibly fresh thanks to the basil in the scent. It's beautiful and so luxury. Next up I use L'Occitane Shower Oil - yes I know, shower oil and I'm in a bath. However, after exercise this is pure bliss. It warms upon application and instantly relaxes the muscles. It's perfect for moisture as well. A touch pricey but it's great. Next up, exfoliate! I cannot impress upon you how important it is to exfoliate your skin, it gets rid of all the dead skin cells and leaves your skin super super soft. My favourite is the Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub - this smells absolutely incredible, so sweet and yummy. Enough to eat it - just don't! This leaves my skin amazingly soft and it helps not to encourage blemishes on my body as well. Lastly I do my face, which means one thing - face mask! I love doing this last because it means I can pop it on, then relax for ten minutes in my bath. My mask of choice is currently the Origins Out of Trouble 10 Minutes Mask, it's perfect for my skin at the moment and I love it.

Of course no bath is complete without a couple of candles, my one of choice at the moment (no photographed) is Bayliss & Harding's Strawberries and Cream candle. Sweet and gorgeous, I absolutely love it.

What's your bath routine?

The How To | In Shower Moisture

This is basically the lazy girl guide of how to keep your skin nice and healthy and moisturised with minimal effort. Basically, right up my street! There are three main products I use to help achieve this - I don't use all three everytime I take a shower, but I do use them for different things. There is also definitely a spree, spend and save for this as well.

SPREE | L'OCCITANE SHOWER OIL £17.50

I got this in the duty free when I was looking to spend the rest of my euros somewhere and this happened to be sat there. I use this very sparsly because it is quite pricey and very very luxurious. I've been usng it a lot over winter mainly because my skin is getting so dry, but this I use a lot on places like knees and elbows - those areas that get extra dry all year round. A little bit goes a long way with this. It lathers slightly on application in the shower and is warm as well so very relaxing. My skin always feels super soft after this and I only have to use this about once a week to keep it up.

SPEND | SOAP & GLORY WHIPPED CLEAN SHOWER BUTTER £8.00

This I have repurchased so many times and I love it. I use this as my shaving cream because it is so nourishing. I used to get very bad shaving rash and no creams seemed to help, but apply this over my legs, then shave and rinse. Absolutely perfect and my legs feel super soft and smooth. I use this whenever I want to shave my legs so about once a week as well. This goes very quickly - it's easy to use a lot of this and over indulge.

SAVE | NIVEA IN SHOWER BODY MOISTURISER £3.56

Fairly new on the market and a very quick favourite. I use this every single time I shower. It's basically conditioner for your skin. You shower and clean as normal - so shower gel, rinse etc. Then you put this on all over the body, then leave it for a minute or so, like conditioner. Then you just rinse. It feels like a moisturiser to it's a bit weird using it in the shower and rinsing it off - feels a bit wrong! However, it does the job and it does it well so you really don't need to then moisturise when you get out. Magic!

If you do get very dry skin then you probably still need to moisturise when you get out of the shower, and a lot more then me I imagine, but these product still do a lot of the work for you. I'm very lucky and don't tend to have very dry skin, it's very normal I'd say so this routine works for me, just remember all skin is different so it may not work quite the same way for you.

What's your lazy moisture routine?

Haul | French Holiday

I know, I know. When people go to France they usually come back with a case full of skincare from a Pharmacy in Paris. However, where I was based there wasn't much of a chance. So I took my chance on different outings and duty free...

Mac Lipstick in Coral Bliss

I bought this from the Duty Free at Gatwick. I knew I wanted a gorgeous holiday colour and I definitely got it with Coral Bliss. I was actually looking for Costa Chic, but I'm so glad I got this instead. It's pale and pretty and perfect with a tan. Best duty free buy ever.

Blue Ring

I bought this gorgeous ring - hiding behind the lipstick - from a teeny little jewellery shop in a town up in the hills, St Guilhem et Desert. They had them in loads of different colours, but I of course went for the blues and greys and it's honestly gorgeous and really wearable.

Pandora Charm

When I went to Carcasonne I wasn't expecting to see a Pandora, however we spotted an advert, went in and opps - out I came with a charm. This is from their new collection, a white murano glass bead with black flowers. It's so gorgeous and a reminder of my holidays.

"L" Candle Holder

Again, a tiny little shop that help candles and bath products. These were on a spinner just inside. They had lots of different names and phrases, no Lisa but they had an L and I couldn't resist. It's the cutest little decoration for my room.

L'Occitane Shower Oil

Again, courtesy of another duty free - the tiny one in Montpellier. I've heard a lot about this, all great things, and my skin could use a little more moisture, so I thought this would be a great investment and so far I am loving this.

What do you think of my little haul?