Emporio Armani In Love With You Freeze

Who wouldn’t love the gift of a beautiful new fragrance this Mother’s day?

Show your mum how much she means to you with In Love With You Freeze, the delicate and alluring new fragrance from Emporio Armani.

In Love with you Freeze captures the essence of freezing a joyous moment in time, allowing you to live the celebration and delight time after time so it never has to end.

Soft, fresh and ever-so-feminine, this exquisite fragrance is a lighter interpretation of the iconic In Love with You scent and its elegant notes make it an all-round people pleaser.

It can be hard to know what kind of fragrance to gift a loved one as perfumes can be so personal, but In Love With You Freeze possesses a host of easy-to-wear facets which together create a universally wearable scent for all occasions.

Housed within a luxurious, heavy, rectangular glass vessel that mirrors its predecessor, Freeze features frosted glass which still allows you to glimpse at the radiant nectar captured within.

Simplistic and chic with a circular silver stopper to contrast the lines of the bottle below, it gives little away in terms of what to expect from the fragrance itself.

Described as an oriental scent, In Love With You Freeze opens with appealing and addictive notes of juicy, sweet cherry.

This delicious sweetness is softened by heart notes of delicate peonies before mellowing into a wonderfully soft and sensual base of white musk and warm, elegant patchouli.

The combination of the sweet yet ever-so-tarte cherry blended with such feminine floral elements offers a light, graceful experience while the musky, powderiness in the dry down creates a gorgeous well rounded feminine fragrance.

A real classic scent, In Love with you Freeze is the perfect fragrance to take a chance on and gift a loved one this Mother’s day.

There’s nothing not to love about it, trust me!

Emporio Armani In Love With You Freeze is available now from The Perfume Shop and costs £60 for 50ml.

Rabot 1745

Treat your chocolate loving loved one to an entirely calorie free gift this Mother’s day with Rabot 1745.

The Rabot Estate on the paradise Island of St Lucia have been farming cacao since 1745 and it is here that cult UK chocolate brand Hotel Chocolat was born.

From the estates humble beginnings they now boast a boutique hotel, London restaurant and a fab new beauty range which have all been inspired by their love of the island, the people and the plants that flourish there.

In 2017 Hotel Chocolat's Angus Thirlwell invited modern apothecary and ex-Lush director Andrew Gerrie to explore the Rabot Estate with a view to imagining what the essence of their estate would look like, bottled. 

They experimented with the rich collection of flora on the estate to craft a range of natural and nourishing cacao-rich beauty products known today as Rabot 1745.

Powered by cacao, inspired by St Lucia and made in the UK, this beautiful collection comprises of a range of cacao-infused balms, oils, scrubs, butters and mists to delight both your body and mind and transport you away to a tropical paradise. 

The best way to explore the range is by treating a loved one to their Starter Kit Gift Set (£30).

Containing a collection of products worth £46, it features a selection of some of the brands bestselling products, from lip balm to body mist hand cream to scented candle.

This fully-immersive gift comes beautifully presented within a chic, re-usable gift box and allows the recipient to feel pampered from top to toe in cacao goodness.

Enjoy an intensely nourishing drink for your skin in the form of their luxurious Cacao and Coconut hand cream.

This rich, decadent and beautifully scented cream helps to soothe and repair dry skin with a range of natural ingredients.

Unsurprisingly cacao is at the heart of the collection and of course features within this cream in the form of cacao seed butter, rich in vitamins and fatty acids to aid hydration.

Coconut shell powder acts as a wonderful, delicate skin polisher to refine and exfoliate your skin while sweet almond oil softens while imparting a supershot of vitamins to help protect against the damage of free radicals.

A moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips need not apply with the inclusion of the delicious Coconut Chocolat lip balm.

The balm contains coconut oil, rich in nourishing fats and known for their antioxidant properties and this is an element that you can really smell on this scrummy balm.

Hydrating cacao seed butter and Abyssinian seed oil help to deeply nourish and soothe dry lips while shea butter intensely moisturises, locking in moisture for long lasting comfort.

Fully immerse yourself in the spirit of St Lucia with the inclusion of their bestselling St Lucia Body Mist.

This wonderfully scented, refreshing mist features notes of zesty lemongrass and refreshing pink grapefruit for a vibrant shot of Caribbean sun!

Spritz over your body, breathe in the invigorating aroma and you can practically imagine sunning yourself in a topical paradise away from your everyday stresses and strains.

Simply divine.

Continue this tropical experience with the aid of the wonderful Ginger & Lemongrass scented candle.

This cute, compact votive is presented in a cuter-than-cute reusable jute bag, offering a nostalgic nod back to Rabot’s cacao farm origins.

Formulated from a blend of soy, coconut, canola and beeswax, this luxury candle is infused with natural fragrances and essential oils to create a long lasting, deeply relaxing home fragrance experience. 

Soothe a tired body and mind by sitting back and breathing in the aromatic blend of invigorating lemongrass and warm, spicy ginger essential oils to leave you feeling revived and calm.

This gift set is a beautiful introduction to a truly luxurious and decadent brand which is both delightful and surprisingly affordable.

Rabot 1745’s Starter Kit Gift Set is available online now and costs £30.

Temple Spa Windows of the Soul Eye Cream for Dark Circles

Your eyes have long been said to be the windows to your soul, so with this in mind it’s important to take care of them.

The skin around your eye area is thinner and more delicate than the rest of the skin on your face so it requires a little extra TLC when it comes to your skincare regime.

My current favourite product to bring out the best in my eyes is this beautiful product from Temple Spa.

Aptly named Windows of the Soul (£30) is a daily anti-ageing eye treatment to help with the appearance of dark circles and puffiness while hydrating, soothing and brightening your delicate eye area.

Suitable for all skin types, this lightweight yet exceptionally rich, cooling cream instantly revives tired eyes while flooding your eye area with an array of skin quenching, soothing ingredients.

Its revolutionary formula offers the benefits of both a cream and a gel in one.

The light gel texture cools and revives tired skin, lifting and reducing puffiness while the luxurious creamy element replaces lost moisture, smoothing fine lines and restoring radiance.

The opulent formula contains antioxidant rich Vitamin E to help protect against environmental skin aggressors and softens and replenishes dehydrated skin.

Eyebright (a natural astringent and toner) refreshes and calms, helping your skin appear tightened and smooth while its anti-inflammatory properties aid with reducing puffiness and redness.

Another important ingredient is something called Edelweiss.

I know, I thought this was just a song from The Sound Of Music too!

Edelweiss is ALSO a mountain flower which possesses anti-inflammatory properties to help soothe and calm irritated skin.

It works to nourish and moisturise your skin, protecting it from inflammation and cell damage resulting in a smoother, more radiant complexion.

It also contains high quality anti-ageing elements which can help speed up the skin renewal process as well as promoting collagen production to plump the skin, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

I cannot get enough of the texture of this product.

Lightweight and non-greasy, it is exceptionally hydrating, more so than any other eye gel or cream I’ve used before.

Silky smooth like velvet, it glides across your skin, nourishing and calming as it goes, instantly quenching dry skin and relieving the sensation of tired eyes.

Super long lasting, this comforting sensation lasts long after the initial application and leaves your skin feeling wonderfully soft and smooth.

I find myself applying a more generous amount of a night time and come morning my eye area feels incredibly soft and hydrated, which I’ve found actually helps with my make-up application.

Where my skin around my eyes is plumped and nourished, my concealer applies like a dream and doesn’t seem to sit within the fine lines and creases quite as much, resulting in a younger, brighter overall appearance.

I am seriously impressed with this product. I’ve tried a LOT of eye products, some good, some not so good and this is absolutely up there with the best!

Temple Spa’s Windows of the Soul eye cream for dark circles is available now and costs £30.