The Precious and Laidbare

Doing a bit of a compare and contrast this week - both brands I like, both have produced products that I love (L'Occitane's hand and body lotion, and Laidbare's fake tan which is stupendous) so I had high hopes.  Sadly, only one fulfilled them.  The Precious Cream from L'Occitane contains the flower immortelle.  Imagine walking across a field in Provence as the sun is setting and smelling the dry heat prickling with perfume - that is what this smells like.  Utterly gorgeous.  And it worked beautifully - soft on the skin, quick to absorb, and people keep telling me how healthy I look.

Unfortunately, I didn't get on with the Laidbare 9 to 5 moisturiser quite so well.  It just wasn't very...appealing.  It didn't seem to do a great deal, didn't smell nice and stayed sticky for a while.  I tried it first, so it wasn't that I was so in love with the L'Occitane that I disliked it on principle.

So if you want mine and Gollum's advice, go with the Preciousssss.