Now, this week's desert island beauty pick isn't exactly something that I can't live without, but rather it is something that I like and that might be extra nice if you happened to find yourself on a desert island.
Whenever I am in a foreign country I love browsing around the grocery stores, markets and pharmacies. While the chain of Boots pharmacies in the UK is pretty good, there is something fun about finding yourself in a foreign pharmacy, surrounded by hundreds of products in packaging (and language) that you don't recognise.
Whenever I go to Paris I make an effort to pop into City-Pharma (265 rue du Four, on the corner of rue Bonaparte). This pharmacy is usually jam-packed with people with shopping baskets full of French beauty products - including Nuxe, Caudalie, Vichy, Biotherm and many more. They often have great specials, particularly if you buy more than one product. I always buy a few tubes of Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré and stock up on Mustela products for my daughter.
A few years ago I discovered Roberts Rose Water (or Acqua Distillata Alle Rose by L.Manetti - H.Roberts & C.p.A., to give it it's full name) in Italy. This is a clear fragrant rose water that you can use as a facial toner, in your hair or even to hand wash / iron your laundry. I like to decant it into a small spray bottle from Muji and use it as a spritzer on hot days. I also find that it makes a nice delicate room scent if you spray it around the room. You can pick these up all over Italy at grocery stores and pharmacies - usually for around €5 per bottle.
While the beautifully packaged Depsea Water by Shu Uemura is possibly more natural if you were wanting a product specifically as a facial toner, I think the Roberts Rose Water works great as a spray that you can use liberally all over your face, body and room on hot summer days.
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