I must admit, my shower is quite a fun place.
As you can probably imagine, it’s a revolving door of the latest and greatest body care and hair care products including masks, body washes, scalp scrubs and at least a handful of half-empty shampoo bottles.
When a new player gets inducted into the shower, my partner receives instructions on whether he’s allowed to use the said product and how to use it (I won’t go into why we have to have this discussion, but let’s just say he’s generous when he pours things out of the bottle).
Cleansers come and go, as do shampoos and conditioners and body washes, and yet despite the revolving door and the anticipation of trying a new product, there are three staples in my shower that have stood the test of time – one in particular for over a DECADE.
The Shower Oil I Keep Repurchasing .
I’m known to rave about this product a lot (like, almost too much) but ICYMI, the shower oil I’m referring to is none other than the L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil.
One unit of this product sells every 15 seconds worldwide – the hype is absolutely real. But why has it become a staple in my shower, you ask?
It has a fragrance you won’t easily forget – imagine a warm, inviting, vanilla-almond scent that’s not sickly sweet, but the soft sillage lasts on your body after your shower.
It quickly lathers up from an oil to a milky body wash when mixed with water, and a little bit goes a long way so it’s actually good value for money in my opinion.
It contains moisturising ingredients like sweet almond oil, grape seed oil and other nourishing lipids to support dry, flaky (particularly in winter) skin.
We know I love a big boy product – this one comes in a 500ml pump bottle which is ideal if multiple people are sharing it.
Jo’s tip: if you have a bath at home, I love to pour some of this into my bath (even though I also use the Milky Bath), I find this helps my skin to feel less dehydrated after I’ve been soaking in scorching temperatures.
