L’Occitane Luxury Advent Calendar 2020

This year, the luxury calendar from L’Occitane is just beautiful. Bright Christmas red in colour, it features a drawer design and inside each drawer you will find a product from across the home, bath, face or body range.

As the name suggests, this is a luxury advent calendar and inside you will 24 of L’Occitanes most luxurious products such as the Immortelle Overnight Reset Serum, the SOS Shine Hair Mask and my very own favourites from the Almond range.

Priced at £99 this Advent Calendar is on sale now* but there is a limited number of them available, so you will have to be quick to grab one. The full list of contents is shown below.

Contents

• 30ml 3-in-1 Micellar Water
• 75ml Almond Milk Concentrate
• 20ml SOS Shine Hair Mask
• 6g The Petit Remedy
• 10ml Shea Honey Hand Cream
• 40ml Aqua Réotier Water Gel Cleanser
• 5ml Immortelle Precious Cream
• 5ml Aqua Réotier Ultra Thirst-Quenching Cream
• 10ml Shea Intensive Hand Balm
• 50ml Almond Shower Oil
• 5ml Shea Light Comforting Cream
• 10ml Cade Energising Fluid
• 20ml Aqua Réotier Ultra Thirst-Quenching Gel
• 75ml Almond Shampoo
• 15ml Relaxing Pillow Mist
• 15g Almond Crunchy Muesli Scrub
• 20ml SOS Moisture Hair Mask
• 35ml Gentle & Balance Micellar Shampoo
• 4ml Divine Cream
• 10ml Shea Butter Hand Cream
• 10ml Cherry Blossom Hand Cream
• 5ml Overnight Reset Serum
• 4ml Shea Ultra Rich Lip Balm
• 5ml Herbae par L'OCCITANE Eau de Parfum.

A wonderful collection of products for anyone who adores the brand like me or for someone who has yet to try a single product! 

You can purchase this Advent Calendar right here. There is also the Classic Advent Calendar which is also on sale here* for just £53.

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Decorating my home on a budget

Renovating your home isn’t an easy job, despite the numerous house makeover programmes over watched - Homes Under The Hammer and my favourite Property Brothers with Jonathan and Drew Scott, nothing is ever as straightforward as it should be.  When we first moved into our home, the one thing I was adamant that was happening was the hiring of professional cleaning services London, because as I have mentioned before, the home we bought wasn't left in the most desirable state. Since then, everything we have done and have achieved, we have paid for and that makes me feel quite proud, though the list to complete is seemingly endless!

Since November last year we have renovated the bathroom which was part paid by our insurance because there was a leak coming through from the upstairs flat into ours and not only did it cause a whole host of mess and holes everywhere, the solid wooden flooring all lifted and it was just horrendous.

Since then we have gone on to redecorate the hallway, partly because of the water leak, with that came a new front door, again because of the water leak and then fixed flooring, painted walls and now a photo wall - finally finding somewhere for the family photos that we have to go. 

Now the lounge, a Lockdown project is almost finished. I say almost because the new flooring has gone down, the painting is done but a few touch ups are needed, bookcase is finished, new rug, new clock, new lamp, new heater cover and artwork almost all up on the walls. New sofas have finally been ordered and once they are here, in situ and hopefully as comfy as they look - yes they were a blind purchase, everything will finally come together.

As ever, you start with one thing and the list gets longer, things don’t match and need to be replaced and it is these “things” that add to your budget. We now need:

• Three new light fittings - one for the hall and two for the lounge
• A few floating shelves for more artwork to go on
• A mirror 
• New curtain poles
• New light switches
• New sofa cushions/throw

I’m sure anyone who has done any renovations will Have some sympathy with me and this entire subject.  The one thing I am glad about is that the glossing is complete and that won’t need to be done for a few years yet.

Just the kitchen and the bedroom to go and then everywhere has been updated - saving the two most awkward rooms till last.

Is there anything about home decorating that you enjoy?

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