Sleep Well - L'Occitane Lavander Pillow Mist

I don't always have trouble sleeping but my dark circles around the eyes begs to differ. Thats why I picked up a bottle of L'Occitane Lavender Pillow Mist on my way home.It cost RM80 for 100ml and if you show your membership card , its RM76 . Not as costly as a bottle of Lavender EDP which would be around RM175.



The smell of Lavender can clam you down and makes you sleepy. While I find the smell wonderful , it would be nice if the smell could linger around longer than 10 minutes so that it could have time to calm me down and make me sleepy. This pillow mist lacks staying power, and I did not skimp on the spraying either, 5 serious squirts on the pillow and the smell will be gone in less than half an hour.

Luckily I am not a whiner and do not think of refunding it but for what its worth, you did not get what you pay for . Spend your ringgit to try other stuff in their shop.

Olive Express Radiance Mask

I went to the L'Ocitane Members Day Sale and this is all I have to show for it.

Well , that and a piece of Almond Soap that is not on sale.

I meant to try the Olive Face Scrub Mud but it was regular priced. So I figure this would have to do.
After all , the packaging is almost the same only the sticker differs in color . The price is also right - RM105.60.

Just exfoliate your face before application. Its simple enough to apply and it has a mild olive smell that I love. Follow the instruction and rinse the mask off after 10-15 minutes.

I tried to look up some testimonials for it and only found one comment at an chinese site. One that says - "Its Okey-ish". Not Good, Not Excellent , Just "Okey-ish".



The comment basicly says - A little goes a long way . Don't rinse it off as per the instruction on the box. Instead rub it off and it will leave your face clear and beautiful.

Multitasking L'Occitane Products

It all starts with the eye cream .

You don't need eye cream, you know that right? The cosmetics cop Paula Begoun told you right off the bat that cosmetics companies "sells you a product that is almost the same product as the face product and charge you twice as much and gives you half as much" for eye creams. Don't belive me? YouTube it yourself.

So , this gets me thinking . With the price of everything else sky rocketing following the fuel hike, is there something we could do to stretch our hard earned ringgit but still be able to afford luxury products such as L'Occitane?

Well, obviously getting a membership discount is a good 5% savings in itself. Yet if you visit their international sites especially the USA site, you will find that we in Malaysia is paying RM390 for L'Occitane's best selling Almond Milk Concentrate 400ml while their USA customers are paying RM 193 (USD56) for the same 400ml. In fact , we are in the same boat as the Canadians , they pay around RM189 (CDN58)for the 200ml version and we get it from The Spring at RM198 . Its pretty much a direct conversion for Canadian prices here in Malaysia .

If the cosmetics company sold us eye creams that is identical to face products , then we should investigate if the body/hand products would work on our faces since theres another trend - the mililiters content of the body products are almost always twice/three times as much compared to the face product.

For example , Almond-Apple, L'Occitane's Face Range , all the Almond-Apple products are for face use only - toners , cleaners , peels(100ml), moisturizers(50ml).The Olive range too have their own moisturizers for face - Olive Radiance Moisturizing Cream(50ml) . Red Rice have its Ultra Matte Face Fluid(30ml).

Yet you get your body products : Almond Milk Concentrate in 200ml jar, your Almond Delicious Paste also, in 200ml jars. Shea Butter Ultra Rich Cream ? Yup , 200ml.

The Almond Apple Sweet Peel (100ml) goes for RM123 and the Almond Delicious Paste (200ml) goes for RM155. So today I went and got L'Occitane's Almond Delicious Paste to use as scrub for my face.

Can my face tell the difference? Nope. It smells great and the almond seeds and what not did a good job on my face , I even scrubed the back of my hand (which has coarser skin than the palm)while rubbing my face . Talk about getting the most out of your products.

Almond Milk Concentrate or Grape Beauty Milk can substitute your nightime face moisturizer too if you find paying for 50ml dose of Immortelle Night cream or Olive Radiance a bit extravagant.

Multitasking is no longer restricted to operating systems and processors anymore.