Some time back on the blog, I waxed lyrical about my love for The Body Shop satsuma body polish and cocoa butter shower cream. Now with only a tiny bit amount of strawberry shower gel left in the bottle, I’m here to report that my love affair with The Body Shop continues. Continue reading

After sending my son off to school this morning, as I sat down to enjoy my favorite cup of black cardamom tea, I realized it was pin-drop silence. Even the branches of the tall eucalyptus tree in the garden opposite our house, swayed quietly in the breeze (The house was all buttoned up of course)! But it seemed to me from inside the room, as if someone has just turned on the ‘mute’ button of a reality show starring me! Continue reading

Oh winter,

How much I hate you – you’re just so damned cold and dark!

For a while a there, you had me totally under your curse – locked up in my room, snuggled inside the quilt with nothing much to do but brood over the darkening days.

Now with sun shining in all its glory – thank God, I’m totally over you.

Valentine’s is past, birds are back, leaves are green – ah, welcome to spring!

I am a fragrance person and I love using distinctive scents when the seasons change. And so to welcome spring I have bought this orange scented Satsuma Body Polish from The Body Shop Satsuma range because it just seemed so fresh and springy to me.

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It’s December and Mother Nature has begun to chill. If your skin is like mine that dries out as soon as we enter Fall, you probably need all the moisturizing help you can get. And to save myself of those super dry scaly skin days this winter, I have bought this bottle of The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Shower Cream. Yes, it’s a shower CREAM, not a gel or a wash! Continue reading