I am a big fan of the scent of roses and as such tend to seek out whatever I can that will leave me scented like an English country garden. I've pulled together my top five favourite rose products for you to try for yourselves...
Yardley London English Rose Luxury Body Wash
Iconic British fragrance brand Yardley London has recently branched out to include bath & body products into their already popular fragrance collection. Including a Luxury Body Wash, Moisturising Body Lotion and Nourishing Hand & Nail Cream in five of the brand's signature scents, the most expensive product in the range is £5.99 making it an affordable bathroom treat. The delicately scented, lusciously lathering body wash is enriched with Q10 to cleanse and moisturise the skin, leaving it super soft and delicately fragranced. £3.50 available from www.yardleylondon.co.uk
Neal's Yard Remedies Rose Formula Antioxidant Face Mask
For an indulgent treat for normal skin, Neal's Yard Remedies' Rose Formula Antioxidant Face Mask contains gently exfoliating maple combined with damask rose and gotu kola (an Eastern herb used to cleanse the blood to treat skin impurities) to stimulate collagen, encouraging a fresher, brighter complexion and revitalising skin. £24.50 available from www.nealsyardremedies.com
L'Occitane's Delice de Fleurs Collection
A limited edition collection released in late 2012, the Delice de Fleurs range from French favourite L'Occitane combines the fresh, heady scent of roses with a sweet hit of violet for an intense floral hit. Though the EDT is now unavailable, the velvety Body Milk, rich Hand Cream and lip balms in rose and violet are still available online - snap them up before they go, the body milk in particular is a delicious addition to bathtime, leaving skin beautifully soft, supple and velvety. Its nourishing light texture formula with grape seed oil and shea butter is quickly absorbs enveloping the body with the delicious and powdery fragrance of crystallised petals. £18.50 available from www.uk.loccitane.com
Crabtree & Evelyn's Rosewater Hand Remedy
A product that has long been a handbag favourite of mine. Non greasy and instantly absorbed, the age-defying formula helps reduce the visible signs of aging, leaving hands soft and smooth with a more youthful appearance. A blend of peptides and naturally derived extracts helps even skin tone, helping to plump and firm skin, and improves overall suppleness. It contains a unique time-released capsule of antioxidants, which have been found to minimise the damaging effects of free radicals and a custom blend of natural butters and oils has been added to moisturise dry skin. £18.00 available from www.crabtree-evelyn.co.uk
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap
A true bathroom must-have, Dr. Bronner's Liquid Soap is the epitome of a multi-functional product. The Rose soap with its beautifully blended natural essential oils has an elegant and romantic traditional feel, with a scent that lingers throughout the day. Totally Fairtrade, all oils and essential oils are certified organic to the National Organic Standards Program. A combination of organic extra virgin coconut, olive, jojoba and hemp oils, together with pure essential oils, creates a unique soap that cleans effectively without being aggressive and produces a velvety-lather that leaves the skin silky-smooth and refreshed, containing no synthetic foaming agents, thickeners, preservatives, fragrances, dyes or whiteners, it's the perfect product for washing hair, body, make-up brushes and more. £8.49 available from www.asos.com
Love Laurel x
