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Five Products to Take Your Pamper to the Next Level

We all know what products make up the backbone of a good weekend pamper by now: masks, bath oils, a mini mani, two hours locked in the bathroom with only ELLE magazine for company – all that jazz. But what about the products that ramp up the pamper to the next level? Thought your regime couldn’t get any better? Time to rethink…

BODYa scrub/oil hybrid like Garnier’s Oil Infused Nourishing Scrub. Deploying a full-on body care routine is a process that I just find lengthy and downright boring, but this little handy scrub speeds everything up. It smells like summer and scrubs away while leaving behind a just-polished glow. Formulas like this are prone to leaving behind a greasy film, but there’s no slipperiness to be felt here, just a sheen.

HAIRa clay-based mud mask like Aestalance Mud Mask. I gave the full deets on this stuff here, but the long and short of it is that a clay-based mud mask for your locks not only sorts out any scalp issues by soothing and de-clogging, but also conditions the lengths leaving your roots happy and your ends smooth. It’s messy, but kinda fun and this one in particular makes your mop smelling über fresh.

MINDa spa-like soothing candle like Aromatherapy Associates’ Candle in Relax. Yes, yes I do love my candles (and now secretly have a special drawer for them, there’s that many – Houston we have a problem), but this new one from Aromatherapy Associates may just be one of my favourites yet. Myrrh and West Indian Bay mix to create a blend that is so spa-like all you have to do is close your eyes and you’re practically there; champagne flute in hand and shuffling around in your cotton gown and slippers.

FACEa one-week faux glow like Garnier’s Amber Solaire One Week Self-Tan Cream for Face. Once you’ve done all the masks and moisturiser get-up the only way to dial up your weekend facial is to slap on a one-dose-a-week tanning lotion. It sounds terrifying, but I assure you one light layer of this does the trick and ensures things look subtly sun kissed come the morning. Just re-apply each Sunday. I think this could be the easiest skincare step ever.

NAILSa two-in-one moisturiser and cuticle carer like Sarah Chapman’s Overnight Hand and Nail Treatment. Sure a thick mitt moisturiser is nice and paired with a cuticle oil your hands are going to feel seriously loved, but what’s better than that? A formula that does both and without greasiness. I pop this one from Sarah Chapman on before bed and in the morning things feel so smooth I just feel like touching my face all day like I’m in some kind of skincare advert. True story.

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