L'Occitane Boutiques: Experience Provence Without Traveling to France

Hello Divas!

I hope your life is marvelous! Be thankful for all that you have and you won't have time to be envious of others. So true.

From yesterday's post, you Divas know how much I love natural beauty products like shea butter.  Especially shea butter combined with essential oils.  Shea butter mixed with sweet almond oil or lavender oil makes my skin feel like "butta' plus the oils make the shea butter smell so good!

If you read my blog, you know I especially love L'Occitane hand and body butters because they contain all natural ingredients like shea butter, are super hydrating to the skin, and the packaging is simple yet classic.  I usually purchase my favorite L'Occitane hand cream from Sephora, but this summer I was in an airport that had a L'Occitane boutique.  After visiting the boutique, I have committed myself to shopping at L'Occitane boutiques from now on.

Entering the L'Occitane boutique is like entering a serene spa.  First, there are candles burning, and the lighting is not overly bright but muted.  I instantly felt calm and relaxed when entering the boutique.  Of course, it smells like Lavender, which is a key ingredient in most of their products.  Lavender is known to calm and soothe.  I love it!  Next, the display of products are well organized and there are samples of everything.  I particularly loved the display of french soaps.  I love picking up travel size soaps when traveling and L'Occitane has shea butter travel sized soaps for only $4.  That is a good deal for a quality product!

More importantly, the customer service at the L'Occitane boutique was superb!  The associate was well versed on the product offerings.  She encouraged me to try different products and she was so nice, I could not leave the store without buying something.  Good customer service will ensure a return customer every time.  I don't understand why other retailers don't get it. 

Anyhoo, L'Occitane boutiques are located in over 70 countries around the world.  Click here to find a boutique near you and experience Provence without traveling to France.

Toodles!


Disclaimer:  This is a sponsored post.  However, my opinion and experience with L'Occitane is 100% honest and mine.

African-American Baby Products: Shea Body Butter

Hello Divas!

Stay focused on your goals and dreams despite setbacks and distractions!

As you know I love body butters.  Especially, the body butters that contain shea butter.  Shea butter is an all natural ingredient from the Shea tree and it contains Vitamins A, D, E, F.  Wow!  It is so moisturizing and heals dry cracked skin.

Last summer, I went to the Mocha Moms National Convention and there was a vendor at the Expo selling African-American Baby Body Butter.  The body butter contains Shea Butter and I knew it would be great for luxe baby's skin.  But I loved the product so much, I have been using it on my skin and it is simply Fabulous.  Why is it so fabulous?  This body butter contains a blend of shea butter and sweet almond oil.  It is super hydrating and really does heal cracked skin.  I particularly use it on my heels and elbows.  I have been using it so much, luxe baby and I are running out and I need to purchase several more jars of this wonderful body butter. 

The wonderful thing about this product is that it does not contain any parabens & phthalates.  So it is also good for you and your babies too!

A 4 oz jar of Baby Body Butter retails for $10 and you can purchase it here.  Unfortunately, it is not available in many places and that is a shame because it is a superb product.  But hopefully the company will get more distribution and the products will be easy to find.

Do you use Shea Butter?  If so, what is your favorite brand?

Toodles!