El's Beauty Bazaar

This is just a quick post to say how unbelievably jealous I am of all you American readers who have a Bath and Bodyworks near you. When I went to Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago I got extremely excited when I spotted a Bath and Bodyworks in one of the malls over there (we don't have Bath and Bodyworks in the UK). Naturally I made a beeline for the store and bought the most ridiculous amount of stuff... Above is just a selection of my favourite body washes. They smell so gorgeous and are luxuriously thick! My day was made even better when I found out that due to all of the products being repackaged there was a massive sale on all the products in old packaging so I managed to get each shower gel for 15 dirhams which is approximately £2.50 ($4) compared to the 60 dirhams (£10) they were originally priced at. As you can see midnight pomegrante is the current fave but japanese cherry blossom is a close contender! If anyone knows anywhere I might be able to get any of the Bath and Bodywork...

So this was a product that I had debated over buying for a very long time. I had always wanted a cleansing brush, but due to a number of factors including price I had always held off buying one. I had always thought about buying the more expensive Clarisonic Mia which starts at £100 but always felt I couldn't justify it for the price and what if it didn't work? Then I came across the Rio Sonicleanse. I had heard about it a while back but had never really thought about it as being a viable option simply because it didn't have the coveted "Clarisonic" name on the handle. A few weeks ago I received an email telling me that the Sonicleanse was available on amazon for the reduced price of £40 and at £60 less than the cheapest Clarisonic I started to do some research and found that this was a very attract option. I had read reviews about both facial brushes and found that although the Sonicleanse never out did the Clarisonic it was a close contender and for the...