Oh the smell of roses is dancing in the air, Michael Buble is now your morning prayer. Love notes pasted across the city of Paris leading you to the Eiffel Tower. Rose petals scattered across the bed with candles flickering in the background. While this may be your reality for French people, you will be surprised that French people are the most practical in love.
Rather than filling the ‘gram with cheesy love poems and expensive gifts that has been meticulously picked out for a few extra likes and follows. The French have a quieter expression for love, which all starts with loving and treating yourself.
The night before Valentines day, the bathroom is filled with all sorts of perfumes, creams, and treatments to make sure that they feel and look the best for their man. It starts with a relaxing bath with a glass of their favourite red. They say that you can’t give yourself to the fullest until you love yourself.
Pampering starts in the bath, French women love adding oils into the bath. In fact, oils are a common skin staple for a lot of French women. Oils when natural, deliver impeccable skin restorative properties like brightening, plumping and detoxifying the skin. It’s a common misconception that oils cannot be used on oily skin, and unfortunately the complexion is over cleansed and stripped. This actually produces more oils to compensate, resulting in a vicious cycle of more oil production leading to even an oilier complexion. What we should be doing is feeding the skin a healthy quality of oil to rebalance and strengthen the moisture barrier of the skin.
Some of our favourite oils are Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Oil and Caudalie Divine Oil. These multi-purpose oils contain a blend of oils to leave the skin feeling softer, repaired and nourished. A few drops in the bath is your entrée to your beauty pamper night!
Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse
The most popular oil in French Pharmacies. Its unique dry oil texture leaves the skin feeling instantly nourished but never greasy – hence the name dry oil! It’s enriched with Macadamia, Hazelnut, Borage, Sweet Almond, Camellia and Argan and Tsubaki oil to reduce the appearance of stretch marks, nourish and repair the skin. The aroma of magnolia and vanilla fills up the space making it a true indulging experience.
Caudalie Divine Oil
More hydrating with a richer texture that adds comfort to drier skin types. It contains a blend of Grape, Hibiscus, Sesame, and Argan oil with Caudalie’s famous anti-oxidant (Polyphenols) to firm the skin and reveal radiance. The warm florals with woody notes is utterly seductive and sensual and will leave your man craving more.
For the face, we love these overnight oils from Caudalie. Completely 100% natural, these oils work on overdrive, overnight! So you can wake up on day of Valentine’s day with a youthful complexion blooming just as beautiful as the roses.
Vinosource Overnight Recovery Oil
An age-defying complexion rescue to regenerate tired skin overnight! With a blend of 6 plants and essential oils including Grape seed, Jojoba, Rose, Rosemary, Palmarosa and Sesame Seed Oil, this comforting oil is the antidote for dry skin!
Vin[activ] Overnight Detox Oil
Rich in Omega 6 and Vitamin E. You can say goodbye to dull and tired skin affected by the daily skin aggressors: pollution, sun exposure, stress, lack of sleep. This dry oil flushes out toxins thanks to the essential oils of neroli, lavender, carrot, white sandalwood and petitgrain.
