I'm a secret lover of bath products. It's going to be a matter of time before this obsession is unleashed on all of you. I'm going to give you a brief report on one of my favourite soaps of all time.


I have sensitive skin even on my body and I have a love for soaps and lotions that have food smells. Give me anything that has a caramel, vanilla, chocolate or nutty smell and I'm sold. Lush's Honey I Washed the Kids fits my criteria perfectly. It is a glycerin based soap and doesn't contain any animal fats which is great for vegetarians like me. It also doesn't contain sodium laureth sulfate, which is a foaming agent, so the lather is rather unspectacular compared to your average shower gel or soap. This in no way detracts from the soap.

The soap leaves my skin very soft and I find that it is enough for my oily skin in the summer. In the winter it helps boost my skin by imparting a bit of moisture. It is so incredibly gentle on any nicks and cuts I might have from shaving. However, that's not the best thing about this soap. What I love most about it is the smell. It is a divine milky honey smell laced with warm toffee. Whenever I'm in the Lush store I want to eat their products. I'm not joking. I feel that some of their products smell and look better than their edible counterparts and I have a hard time not biting into them. This particular smell is so warm and inviting that it has me finding excuses to shower. And after the shower I can't get enough of the soft smell it leaves behind on my skin.

Lush's Honey I Washed the Kids is by far one of my staple bath products. I have a lot, but this one is warm and comforting. If you like food smells in your bath products, give this a try.

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I didn't plan on making a section for creams, lotions, scrubs etc for the body. Since I love them and have just found the body cream that I humbly attribute the power to launch a thousand shopping sprees, I figure I ought to share this obsession with you too. The body cream in question is the Essence of Beauty Walnut Whip Body Cream.

I was slumming at my local CVS (the staff there knows me as the make-up cazy girl who haunts the aisles and goes "oooohhhh prettttyyyyyy" at all the colours) when I picked up the Walnut Whip Body Cream. This comes in a round, brown tub and weighs 205 grams. The cost is a little less than $5 but I think these go on sale once in a while too.

I've been using it for the past few days and I cannot believe how much I love this cream. The texture is medium to light and it feels very airy when you apply it. It doesn't feel greasy and moisturizes quite well. I've had body creams that moisturize better but this is nothing to sneeze at. My skin doesn't get dry during the day with this cream and since it's winter I think that's an accomplishment.

As for the smell, it smells like a warm walnut and vanilla mixture which makes it a fairly sophisticated and complex. It also lasts for a long time and doesn't disappear into thin air. If you like warm, vanilla food smells, the Walnut Whip Body Cream is a great choice. I love this smell so much I can't stop marveling at how great I smell. Yes, I know, I'm complimenting myself here but this cream smells so very good.

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