7 days closer to Christmas, 7 new products! Week 2 of december is over and that means: the second part of the Advent calendar trilogy. I got some very fun things this week, so let's get started!

The Body Shop 24 Days of Joy Advent Calendar: Week 1

This year, the countdown to Christmas eve is much more exciting, thanks to the Body Shop's Advent calendar! This is the first year the calendar is available in Belgium and I can't even begin to explain how excited I am about this. I got this way back in October and kept in my room, untouched, until last monday. I thought it would be fun to give you guys a weekly overview of the products that are hidden inside this box. So let's get started, shall we? 

The box is beautifully decorated with all sorts of Christmas drawings: presents, a snow man, santa's sleigh, a moose and lot's of snow. When you open the box, you get 24 little compartments filled with 24 products from The Body Shop. It's so much fun to wake up every morning and open up a little door, to discover what's behind it.

Rituals Happy Hands Hand Lotion Review

Last week, me and two friends went shopping in the fashion capital of Belgium: Antwerp. One of them wanted to visit the Rituals store. Rituals is a beautiful store with bodycare, skincare and makeup inspired by the eastern beauty and traditions. I've never really went inside the store, but I had tried a shower gel and deodorant once, that a class mate gave me for Christmas.

I looked around and I suddenly saw a sink with soap, a hand scrub and the 'Happy Hands' hand lotion with mandarin and mint. My beloved Khiel's handcreme had gotton old and I had decided to get rid of it a few days before (it's now sitting in my 'empties' bag, waiting for a future blogpost). So I put some Rituals handcreme on. And I fell in love with it instantly!

Yves Rocher Cacao Collection for Holidays 2013

Hello everybody! Every year, Yves Rocher comes out with a delicious holiday collection. Last year, they had the 'Pomme Delice' collection, which smelled as good as it sounds: like caramel-cinnamon apples. I bought the candle and perfume back then. This year, they have a Cacao collection (I just notice that it's 'Cocoa' in English and 'Cacao' in Dutch/French... pretty confusing, but I'll use the word 'Cacao' because that's the name of this collection here) with three scents: Cacao-orange, cacao-framboise (raspberry) and Cacao-pistache (Pistachio)

Khiel's Ultimate Strenght Hand Salve Review

Hi everybody, I know I haven't been blogging much in september, but I got busy with my new school year! :) I'm ready to start again and reviewing products for you guys.
Today I'm going to talk about a product I use multiple times a day, especially in the fall and winter! That product is: hand cream.

My hands can get really dry in the winter and I always like to have a good, moisturizing, non greasy hand cream with me. A year ago, I bought this one from Khiel's. I tried it in the store and I liked that it didn't leave an annoying greasy feeling on my hands, which other hand lotions can do sometimes. This cream 'protects' your hands against the cold and keeps them moisturized for a long time. It's a thick cream that smells like eucalyptus. I'm not the biggest fan of the smell, but it doens't bother me.

This hand cream is available in all Khiel's stores and on their website. You can get it for 16 euros. It might not be the cheapest handfood ever, but as I said, I've had this for a year or so know and there's still a lot in the tube. A little goes a long way with this one and it really is amazing.

What's your favorite hand lotion?
xx,
Astrid