Botanicals Organic Body Balms

Winter is the perfect time to treat your body to some serious TLC.

There’s something about cold, dark days and long, dark evenings that make you want to snuggle down and pamper yourself- or is that just me?!

Either way there’s no better time to look after your skin as the winter months are usually when it could do with a little extra help.

Perfect timing then that Botanicals have launched four beautiful aromatic body balms.

Designed to do more than just nourish your skin these naturally fragranced balms have been created to stimulate your senses by restoring and recharging tired minds or creating warm feelings of contentment, peace and calm.

Hand made in small batches using active plant-derived active ingredients you get a real sense of bespoke luxury and the love that has been poured into every single one of these wonder balms is practically palpable.

There are four gorgeous balms to choose from, each one highly concentrated yet gentle and suitable for even sensitive skin.

You’ve got a Neroli Softening Body Balm, a Wild Rose Nourishing Body Balm, the Award-winning Lavender & Chamomile Soothing Salve and my favourite, the Lemongrass Revitalising Body Balm (£20).

This rich, nourishing and calming balm is infused with zesty, toning lemongrass and balancing mandarin for a beautiful citrus scent.

Packed full of active ingredients, essential fatty acids and shea butter the balm is wonderfully thick and nourishing.

A little goes a long way with this balm and when warmed between your finger-tips it transforms into a wonderfully light oil which is easy to apply to your whole body, cocooning it in moisture and enveloping your senses in a beautifully light, citrusy scent.

Calming, relaxing and comforting the fragrance lingers on your skin all evening and your skin is left feeling soft and nourished without a hint of greasiness.

I adore this balm and am looking forward to trying the other three!

Botanicals Lemongrass Body Balm is available now and costs £20 for 60g.

Botanicals Himalayan Rose Mineral Bath Soak

This week I had the pleasure of trying an award winning product from Botanicals.

In case you haven’t heard of them, Botanicals is a multi-award-winning natural organic skincare brand from Leicestershire, which uses the pure power of plants to bring beauty, health and wellbeing to skin and which is certified by The Soil Association.

This pot of pure bliss is their Himalayan Rose Mineral Bath Soak (£24.95 for 450g) and It has just won a Bronze Award in the Best Bath Treat category of The Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2015.

Sometimes I’m just not in the mood for a frothy, oily or creamy bath and crave something with a little more substance and this is where this soak comes in.

The Himalayan Rose Mineral Bath Soak is beautifully packaged in Botanicals signature apothecary style designs and smells UH-MAZING!

Immediately your senses are treated to an uplifting and relaxing experience thanks to the blend of organic essential oils including wild rose, rose geranium, palmarosa, ylang ylans and lavender. Mnnn the lavender!

When poured into a warm running bath, the pretty pink rock crystals slowly disappear, infusing with the water and leaving your bath smelling amazingly inviting.

This bath soak is so much more than just a lovely smelling bathing product though.

Thanks to the amazing properties of the Pink Himalayan rock crystal, which contain 84 essential minerals, skin is revitalised and tired muscles are left feeling relaxed and revived. This combined with the healing properties of the Dead Sea mineral salts your body is treated to the most healing and soothing bath you’ve probably ever had.

Yes, at £24.95 it’s not the cheapest bath soak you’ve ever come across, but for a once a week treat, it’s well worth the investment.

You can get your hands on your own Botanicals Himalayan Rose Mineral Bath Soak from their website now.