The French Table

A couple of weeks ago I went to a little restaurant called The French Table (website) , I might even go so far as calling it my favourite restaurant, even though I have only been to in 3 times, but boy is the food incredible!

Wishlist #2

Happy New Year!

I can't believe last night we waved goodbye to 2012 and welcomed 2013 and another year has flown by super quick, seriously where did it go!

I always look forward to the new year as I always like to make resolutions which will probably be quickly ignored, nevertheless I like the idea of a fresh start to the year, and I hope big things will happen in 2013. Firstly I have a new job to look forward to and I start tomorrow, nervous much! Next I am hoping to buy, yes BUY a house, probably more like a flat with the house prices where I live! And finally I am hoping to blog a lot more!

Here are my main resolutions what are yours?

Butter Up Your Body

Now this is a type of product I've never tried before, probably the closest thing I can compare it to is a moisturising shower cream, the product I'm talking about is the Lush King of Skin Body Butter. The very helpful lady in Lush described the use for this product perfectly, she said it was a moisturising bar that you use in the shower or bath so you can skip the step of moisturising your body after you wash, which I had a dubious raised eyebrow about. I also asked her what it is like for sensitive skin with eczema (which is my body skin type) and she assured me its all natural ingredients which should not irritate my skin, and as the King of Skin Body Butter did not have any harsh grains in it she said that this one would suit my skin.

Now I always moisturise my skin, especially my arms and legs and I usually use some type of liquid paraffin cream or gel that was recommended to me by the dermatologist because my eczema has come back in the last few years. But I always find that it is still has very dry patches towards the end of the day that I occasionally bother to top up with my moisturiser.

But since using this body butter in the shower I find I do still need to use my boring old liquid paraffin moisturiser but towards the end of the day my skin still feels hydrated, instead of skipping a step this product makes my body feel moisturised all day and it doesn't irritate my skin! Which I can see  it potentially being enough for those of you with normal skin to skip the moisturising your body which can be so time consuming!

What I do with it run it under the shower water and rub it gently all over my body, then have a quick rinse off and that's it! It does leave a film on your skin when you get out the shower but after towel drying it isn't that noticeable and it smells great too, a muted fragrance of the Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula is as best I can describe it.

This Lush body butter is available on the Lush website or in Lush shops for £5.25 and you get 75g of product. They have a few body butters to choose from but looking in the shop at them they all seems to be very grainy apart from this one, so would also double up as an exfoliator. Have you tried any of the Lush body butters?