Valentine’s Day Competition with L’OCCITANE

Panicking about a valentines gift for your loved one? Then look no further! This February we have been lucky enough to team up with L’OCCITANE, to give one lucky winner the chance to receive a spellbinding ‘relaxation Valentine’s Day pack’.

All of L’OCCITANE’s products and stores reflect the company’s core values of authenticity, simplicity, sensory pleasure and respect for people and the planet. Infused with rich Provencal tradition, L’OCCITANE represents the heritage of this simple, yet vibrant region and celebrates the culture of the people who live there. So if you’re looking to surprise a loved one this Valentines, then breathe deeply and relax your mind with these breathtaking beauty products.

The Valentine’s Day Relaxation Pack – Competition Prize:

1x Immortelle Overnight Rest Serum: Transform your skin overnight with this NEW hero serum.
1x Relaxing Pillow Mist: Made with essential oils, this mist creates a calming atmosphere that promotes relaxation and well-being.
1x Lavender Foaming Bath: A luxuriously rich foaming bath oil has a captivating lavender scent. Let your mind escape to Provence as you breathe in its fragrance and enjoy a soothing moment of relaxation.
1x Lavender Scented Candle: Enriched with relaxing lavender essential oil, this scented candle fills your home with a oozing, aromatic atmosphere for up to 24 hours.
1x Lavender Hand Cream: The Lavender Hand Cream gently nourishes the hands and delicately perfumes the skin.
1x Ultra Rich Shea Body Cream: A nourishing and creamy balm to help comfort and protect dry skin. Enriched with apricot oil and natural extracts (linseed, marshmallow, sweet almond and honey) it provides lasting hydration – for up to 72 hours.
Soak&Sleep: 2x Personalised Dressing Gowns

Cuddle up in Soak&Sleep’s irresistible dressing gowns. A classic unisex design, generous pockets and a relaxed fit, all made up in our favourite Egyptian cotton. Delightfully, lightweight and stylish, these 100% cotton dressing gowns can’t go a miss this Valentine’s Day…

We also had the pleasure to speak to L’OCCITANE, to hear a little bit more about all their dreamy, signature competition products…

What’s the history of L’OCCITANE?

In 1976, a young Frenchman studying the arts, Olivier Baussan, decided to share his passions with the rest of the world. He was (and still is) passionate about the secrets that plants offered for our skin and our wellbeing. He wanted to capture the healing powers that the iconic plants from the landscape of his hometown, Provence, offered. His journey began when he bought himself a handsome copper still that was sitting outside a shed on the side of the road, from a gentleman whose need for it had withered. Now that he had this handsome copper still, it only made sense to use it to draw beautiful healing powers from the plants that surrounded him. The first ever essential oils that Olivier Baussan distilled were rosemary and lavender. From there, L’Occitane en Provence was born!

The beginnings were humble, with Olivier Baussan wheeling out his beloved cart holding his home-made essential oils and soap formulas every weekend. He would set up a stall at the open-air markets in the little village of Forcalquier in Provence. The brand stays true to these humble beginnings by having 100% traceability of where their ingredients come from by maintaining a close relationship with all of their harvesters, growers and distillers.

Through word of mouth, L’OCCITANE’s popularity grew quickly, with the first ever boutique opening only a few years later. Now, you’ll find L’Occitane en Provence in more than 500 countries with more than 1,555 stores.

What’s your No1 product that keeps customers coming back for more?

Our Shea Butter Hand Cream is the most iconic of L’OCCITANE’s products, selling 1 every 4 seconds around the world.

Is there a secret ingredient that stands out in all your products?

It’s the not-so-secret ingredient, shea butter, which you’ll find within so many of our products. Shea butter derives from the nuts on a shea tree, also known as the tree of a thousand benefits, and is an incredibly rich, universal skin treatment that works deep down to nourish and protect. L’OCCITANE has succeeded in capturing its excellent moisturising properties in many of its products, to provide special and tender care for dry and sensitive skin.

Created thirty years ago, the best-selling L’OCCITANE shea butter range can now be found all over the world. This success wouldn’t have been possible without the know-how and commitment of Burkinabé women. In 1981, when the mutually beneficial partnership began between L’OCCITANE and the women of Burkina Faso, just a dozen or so women were making high-quality, shea butter. Now there are around 17,000 women working in these cooperatives. This sustainable and fair trade partnership supports the women of Burkina Faso by developing their education and literacy. Over 9,700 of these women have been helped by the L’OCCITANE FOUNDATION and as a result, the company has been cited by the UN (within the framework of the UNDP) as an Exemplary for its actions in Burkina Faso.

What key messages are L’OCCITANE trying to send out to the world?

L’OCCITANE has six key commitments that run through all that they do

· INVESTMENT IN WOMEN

· HEALTHCARE FOR EYES

· RECYCLING FOR OUR FUTURE

· BIODIVERSITY FOR OUR PLANET

· RECOGNITION FOR OUR ARTISANS

· SUPPORT FOR OUR PRODUCERS

(Click HERE to find out more)

So if you want to take some time to relax with your partner this Valentine’s Day with breathtaking scents that will not cease to amaze, then enter yourself into our ‘loved up’ competition, for your chance to win the ultimate relaxation pack: ENTER

Please ensure you read the T&C’s before you enter. Competition ends midnight Monday 11th February 2019.

Good luck!