Merionwen Vintage Rose Massage Bar

As you'll know I am a huge Merionwen fan!  The Vintage Rose Massage Bar* (40g - £7.50) is packed full of nourishing oils and butters and lightly scented with rose.

Individually wrapped and shaped like a flower it is easy to hold whether you are using it for massage or as a body moisturiser.

To use: smooth over warm skin allowing the oils to melt before massaging it in.

It leaves the skin deeply moisturised and smelling of roses.

Handmade in small batches, of spa quality and reasonably priced. It would make a great small gift and also be perfect for Valentine's Day!

Have you used this or any other Merionwen products?

*complimentary

merionwen gardener's flowers salt scrub

I'm a huge fan of merionwen products - having used Eastern Spice Bedouin Nights Body Butter - (review) as well as Turkish Delight Lip Balm and Vintage Rose Bath Treat - see here. Helen very kindly sent me gardener's flowers salt scrub* (200g - £5.50).

The scrub uses dead sea salt, ground lavender buds and ground rosemary leaves along with Sweet Almond Oil, Shea butter, Castile soap with Rosemary, Lavender and Geranium Essential Oils and the scrub is topped with rosebuds.

I'd not been down to the veggie plot for a while until Sunday afternoon (mine is the one with the herbs at the top). I'm just in the process of ordering seeds for the forthcoming growing season.

I used the gardener's flowers Salt scrub after my time working at the veggie plot. 

To use: rub approximately a teaspoon over dry hands and rinse under warm water. Afterwards apply the gardener's flowers hand balm.  I found this scrub really effective at scrubbing away grime from the garden as well as softening the hands and leaving them lightly scented.

Have you used any merionwen products before?

*complimentary

Merionwen Eastern Spice Bedouin Nights Body Butter

I recently bought Merionwen's very beautiful Turkish Delight Lip Balm and Vintage Rose Bath Treats. See my post here.  I popped back to the shop to buy another Lip Balm to send to Brogan for the #bloggerssummerswap. You can see what I sent Brogan here. I was so happy she liked it all! I've still to receive mine, can't wait!

At the same time I bought Bedouin Nights Body Butter from the Eastern Spice range.  It "evoke images of hot sultry nights in a silken bedouin tent". You can see all the ranges here.  A rich whipped butter scented with rose, sweet orange and frankincense - it's simply gorgeous.  Smooth onto the body avoiding the face and neck - it melts in easily to warm skin. It has quite a light scent but I can still smell it a few hours after applying.

A huge (200g - £9.50) pot which is packed full of a rich blend of cocoa and mango butter, safflower and jojoba oils and essential oils of rose, sweet orange & frankincense. Leave the skin super soft, moisturised and delicately scented.

Have you tried any Merionwen products yet?

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A Post-Holiday Haul

When I came back my holidays recently I had a bit of a splurge shopping online.  Here's what I picked up.

Balance Me Skin Bright Hydrating Mist £20 for 60ml - I simply adore this light and refreshing mist.  It featured in Shopping My Stash and my Balance Me Favourites posts.  I bought it from Naturisimo who at the time were offering a free One Love Organics sample set with orders over £15.

I picked up these lovely Merionwen goodies - Turkish Delight Lip Balm (£3.50 for 52g) and Vintage Rose Bath Treat (£2 for 5g).  See my post here.

Look how gorgeous the bath treats are - made me smile when I opened up the package - these would make a fab small gift.

A lovely Caudalie hand cream - in Feuille de Cassis (£6 - 30ml) - a rich hand cream scented with blackcurrant leaf, wild blackberry and Bergamot.  See my review here.

I'm nearly finished my first bottle of Skinvelop Cleanser (£10.50 - 120ml).  See my review here. This is one of my favourite cleansers and I'll always have it in my stash!  Jean also very kindly popped me in a couple of samples - Bamboo Glow - a facial exfoliator and Daily Rose Balm which smells gorgeous!  You can get further details about the products here.

I forgot to show you earlier two products I picked up on holiday - we stopped on the way home at Tarbert and I popped into the Loch Fyne Gallery a lovely shop with artwork, books, cards, jewellery, beauty products, candles etc.  I simply love Isle of Skye Soaps and I picked my favourite - Lemongrass Scrubby Soap.

I also bought Gigha's Natural Skincare Organic Coconut Body Butter 30ml - which I thought looked quite interesting. 

I simply loved the Lucy Annabella Organics Argan & Bergamot Organic Treatment Oil I got in my August Amarya box that I took advantage of the very generous 20% off any of the product featured in this month's box and bought a full size bottle (125ml).  This also came with a Trial Size Treatment Oil (10ml) which came free with any Lucy Annabella order (while stocks last) and if your order is over £5 you can choose three samples - I chose A'kin Macadamia & Wheat Conditioner (8ml), Estelle & Thild Facial Serum Rose Otto (2ml) and Lavera Beauty Balm 6-in-1 Tinted Moisturiser (1ml).

Have you used any of these products before?

Merionwen Naturally Nourishing - Turkish Delight Lip Balm & Vintage Rose Bath Treat

I first came across Helen's business Merionwen on Twitter and upon browsing her website came across a delicious sounding lip balm - Turkish Delight!

Helen has a background in Holistic Therapy and she specialises in Phytotherapy. She offers a range of massages and facials see here. Helen will come to your home - so you can sit back and relax after your treatment.  She also has a online shop which is full of gorgeous natural products.

There are four ranges to choose from - Vintage (classic aromas like rose and lavender), Eastern Spice (sweet florals to exotic scents), Country Garden (flowers and fruit) and Botanics (the herbs from natures medicine chest).

You can chose from bath salts, bath treats, lip balm, massage bars, whipped body butter, hand made soaps, cleansing scrubs and hand & foot balms.

I chose Turkish Delight Lip Balm (£3.50 - 52g) - this is simply gorgeous. Scented with Rose Absolute and packed full of nourishing cocoa butter and Coconut Oil. It has the exact aroma of Turkish Delight! 

The second item I chose was Vintage Rose Bath Treat (£2 - 5g) - it comes wrapped in pretty paper (I've not used this yet but it smells divine).  The bath treat is made by blending Shea Butter and Coconut Oil and scenting it with Rose Absolute.  Look how pretty they are - made me smile when I unwrapped them.

The products are quite simply lovely - I've just placed my second order!

See the website here

Follow Helen on Twitter @Merionwen