I’ve just had the deepest, most luxurious bath. Finally I feel properly relaxed and, most of all, clean. Having been released from four days in hospital in London, I felt sticky and grubby. It’s not that the hospital was dirty, far from it (the Royal Free is pretty immaculate), but that I didn’t feel well enough to wash my hair, and that taking a shower in flip flops (the bathroom is shared by four people on a ward) doesn’t make you feel squeaky clean.
First off, I took a shower, using Olé Henriksen’s African Red Tea Exotic Body Scrub to slough off any trace of hospital. Brown sugar, linseed oil, grapefruit, orange & tangerine extract combine to make a most delicious-smelling exfoliating & emollient goop, which leaves my leaves my skin silky soft. I exfoliated my face with the brilliant Caudalie Gentle Buffing Cream, which I use every 2–3 days in winter and once a week in summer.
Then I washed my hair with Say Yes to Tomatoes’ new Daily Volumizing Shampoo which handily arrived from the publicist last week. I’m a huge fan of Say Yes to Carrots, its sister range, and I liked this too. My hair is now all soft & shiny, but not in a weird over-siliconed way. (I also liked that it’s inexpensive, comes in a huge bottle, and is petroleum, SLS & paraben free.) I combed a dollop of the equally goodmatching Daily Volumizing Conditioner through, before wrapping my hair in a towel to let the product sink in whilst I bathed.
I drew a bath & filled it to the brim, adding an extremely liberal pour of ESPA’s Restorative Bath Oil, with its soothing and stress-reducing combination of myrrh, sweet orange oil, rose geranium and lavender. On my face went a thick, indulgent layer of Chanel’s Précision Masque Déstressant Hydratation to iron out the illness worry lines.
I spent the next fifteen minutes reading Sunday’s Stella mag, drinking a cup of Earl Grey and turning into a prune, before hopping out to take another shower to rinse off the conditioner and face mask.
Result: one super clean, slightly less stressed and shiny Sasha.
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So glad you are out of the hospital and feeling better
Oh that lovely ritual would clean all sin from the Devil! What bliss. You are making me wish I had a decent shop and a bath. Glad you are on the mend.
So glad to read that you are finally at home where you can properly get yourself back on your feet, LLG.
Say Yes To.… sounds intriguing! I followed your link, but it only seems to offer delivery within the US. I googled and found that The Big Online Book Retailer also stocks it.
Keep well.
Ali xxx
What a beautiful way to feel better! You are making me long for a decent shop and a bath. Glad you are on the mend.
I am glad that you feel well enough to have a relaxing bath (^-^)
About 2 years ago, I also suffered with a long illness related to the respiratory system. It just started with a bad flu. And I ended up being ill for 6 month.
I am completely recovered now. However, it took a long time to be the same again. So please take everything easy and don’t be too stressed.
I look forward to seeing your wonderful blog in full swing again! (^_<)b
am just catching up and am so sorry to hear how poorly you’ve been– though pleased you’ve had such great care. Glad you are on the mend now x
The E’spa oils are amazing, I also love their salt scrubs in oil and the pink hair mud .. wonderful xx
Sounds like a delicious routine –glad your feeling slightly better x
glad to see (read, actually) that you are feeling better already
Dear Sasha,
So glad you are feeling better.
Wishing you a quick recovery and lots of great posts as usual
liz from Paris
i used to have say yes to carrots hair mask , it is really good and gives your hair a lovely sheen and conditions it really well, especially if your hair hair is feeling dry and brittle
Sounds like it was just what you needed. Good to hear you’re on the road to recovery — you’ve had quite an ordeal lately haven’t you?! What with fires and tropical diseases. Hope you manage to find plenty of time to destress and get 100% better soon x
Is there a better feeling than being able to properly bathe after a long-haul flight or bout of sickness? I’ve been a bit the same — slipped a disk in my (perennially rubbish) back at the start of the bank holiday and have thus been forced to lie on my back without moving a muscle and finally managed to take a shower last night (although i’m still not able to wash by hair properly) which felt so heavenly.
Hope you’re being thoroughly pampered at home
Miss B xox
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LLGxx
Sounds like a perfect way to spend the morning. I hope you are following doctors orders and restingxx
Sounds like just the ticket. I approve also of your tea cup and saucer. Decadence and pampering are the only way to get properly well, and a bath always makes me feel better. I am really glad they have let you out. I hope you manage to stay out and recover perfectly.x
It’s amazing how restorative a bath can be
i second the love for E’spa. Would never use Yes to Carrots/Tomatoes because they are an Israeli company and I feel so strongly about the Israeli government’s consistent disregard for diplomacy and complete disrespect of international law, on top of perpetrating horrific human rights abuses, that I feel boycotting their goods is the least I can do. I really don’t want to contribute to the economy of an apartheid régime — it’s only a small sacrifice on my part. Sasha I’d really love a reply/post from you about this, it would be really interesting to get your perspective as a beauty industry professional. (added by Mobile using Mippin)
It’s so good to hear you’re feeling better and have been sent home!
I wrote this about you today, I hope it makes you smile instead of installing a high-tech security system.….http://blahblahbecky.blogspot.com/2010/06/stalker.html
xx
Sasha, I just read the post from your hospital bed first and subsequently this, so I’m really rather delighted you are now on the road to recovery.…Take it easy Lady…swinging by Hampstead Village Thursday so just holler if you want anything.…xxx
All this verbal lushness makes me want to luxuriate in a beautiful bath of my own!
I’m so glad you are feeling better. Be careful tho, you have to be completely well before you go back to work or even get out of bed. I’m myself a bit of a workoholic so i know the feeling.. xx