Massage Creams and Oils

Advantages: Smells great and leaves skin feeling really soft.
Disadvantages: You need to shower after using.

...so knotted. To help relieve the pain and tension I will occasionally give him a massage. I find that without using a cream or oil it is a lot more difficult. Before buying this product I would use body lotion to make it as easy and pleasurable as possible. I decided to get this to make massaging easier for me and better for my other half. At the time there were two others available but I liked the smell of this best. The others are lavender and ...
...for getting you both in the mood! Although this bottle seems small at 100ml it will last a very long time as a little goes a long way. I have found that about the equivalent of a teaspoon full is enough for me to massage his shoulders and half way down his back. This really does make massaging him easier for me as my fingers slide across the skin more easily and it isn't that oily that it feels like I am rubbing chip fat into him. He says it feels ... Read review

Advantages: Lasts for ages and smells wonderful.
Disadvantages: Price!

Jo Malone used to be the perfume brand of choice for every Sloane Ranger around but the girls got her groove back and her products are flying off the shelves. It's no wonder, the girl knows her stuff and it's hard to find more fabulous fragrances around. If you dont want to smell like every other woman standing on the bus this is for you :) I usually wear Pomegranite Noir (the scent) anyway but am so hopelessly obsessed with it that I had to indulge ...
...As with all of Jo Malone's products, the packaging is minimal and chic, it leaves the product to do the talking. And dispite the hefty price tag, this bath oil really is fabulous, when you sink into a steaming bath topped up with this, the day will literally melt away and you're left with glowing, scented, soft skin, perfect. Even if you only splash out on it once in your entire lifetime, I reccomend you do, every gal deserves a little JM love. ... Read review

Advantages: Smells lovely, not expensive, works!
Disadvantages: none

I bought this from Boots after receiving a voucher for a half price tub. I was about 12 weeks pregnant at the time and had read a review of this in Mother and Baby. I was anxious not to get stretch marks. The body butter is thick and creamy but it rubs in well leaving a lovely orange smell. Its not too oily so I was able to get dressed straight after using it. I used it every day, initially just in the morning but then in the last couple of months ...
...when the get pregnant as its such a bargain price and a fantastic product. Forget all these expensive stretch mark creams, for £5 (and often on half price with boots advantage card vouchers) you can smell lovely and avoid stretch marks. A must for any pregnant mum to be. ... Read review

Advantages: Smells amazing, skin is wonderfully smooth and seems to keep those nasty stretch marks away
Disadvantages: You'll need more than one tub to get you through the average pregnancy

Being 26 weeks pregnant with twins and with a body expanding at an alarming rate, I reckon I'm not a bad guinea pig for any product that claims that it might help prevent stretch marks. I started slapping this yummy stuff all over my actively growing body parts every day from about 15 weeks pregnant. I know I've still got a long way to go but so far there's not a mark in site and I'm about as big as a mum-to-be who's 8 months pregnant with a single ...
...picked up my first tub of this after receiving a promotional voucher for a product in Boots' Mediterranean pregnancy range when I joined the Mother and Baby club. After scanning what was available to me in this range in my local store I settled on this because primarily I was keen to keep the skin on my bump as supple as possible and with ingredients included olive oil, shea butter, apricot oil and avocado oil, I figured this might do the trick. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Hubby wants a nightly massage now!

...I am a big Lush fan, and am easily tempted to part with large amounts of cash just by entering the shop. I used to have to travel into the centre of Newcastle to fulfil my Lush needs, but that has been sorted as they have now opened a branch in Gateshead's Metrocentre which means I can frequent their premises even more than before. Good for Lush, not so good for my purse, especially as my 8 year old daughter is also a convert. In the past I have ...
...the place to go was Lush to get something different, and this latest trip was met with a positive reaction from the husband…maybe because he thought he would be on the receiving end of something pleasureable! When I entered the store, there was a central display of quite a few massage bars, and as usual the smell was amazing. I began talking to one of the girls working in the shop, and as I was a massage bar virgin, she explained that for the most ... Read review