L'Occitane Delice des Fruits and African Collection Hand Creams

Recently at the L'Occitane store, I picked up two of the African Collection Hand Creams in Desert Rose and Hibiscus Flower as they were on sale.

Made of 20% shea butter, these never fail to provide much-needed immediate relief to my dry and peeling hands in the winter weather over here. The cream absorbs fairly quickly without too much of a greasy feeling. The soft floral scents are pleasant without being too strong or cloying. It's a pity that these are limited edition.


The Delice des Fruits perfumed soap has a delectable fragrance of lemon and clementine, sweetened with sugar. This smells so divine that I'm reluctant to start using it!


The Delice des Fleurs body milk features a combination of May rose and violet petal notes. The rose note in this is more subdued compared to Crabtree & Evelyn's Rosewater range.


On a separate note, some ladies have asked me to review the Rouge Bunny Rouge Milk Aquarelle Foundation but I won't be able to do so for some time as I'm battling an eczema outbreak. It's traumatising dealing with eczema (which has caused the skin on my cheeks to turn leathery and bumpy) after having struggled with oily, acne-prone skin for so many years. So now I have an oily T-zone and eczema on my cheeks, ALL of which is still acne-prone. I'm hoping the antibiotics and Avene Cold Cream prescribed by the doctor will help to calm it, but the Avene cream feels like a layer of oil on my skin as the first ingredient is mineral oil. Anyhow, until the eczema clears up, I won't be using or reviewing any base makeup.