The best body oils and the mess-free trick that makes them a joy to use Lashing them on in the shower makes them go much further than normal
Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 06:00
I could never get along with body oils. They simply didn’t appeal to my foundational characteristic as an enthusiastic beauty consumer – laziness.
In a life that is all about working toward things, and being sensible about things, beauty should really be a wonderful means of instant gratification. I have particular affection for a product that gives it all away up-front and requires little convincing to do so.
There is little as dispiriting, in my opinion, as standing in the bathroom in the nip, temperature dropping like a ham newly emerged from a steaming pot, and tearing oils across itchy skin. I haven’t the patience for it. Besides, it seems to take forever and half a bottle of oil to cover the whole body, after which I always feel like one of last Christmas’ lingering unwanted Quality Street, fester