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Walking into a Bath & Body Works store is overwhelming if you’re a tourist. With little time to spare and a restriction on baggage allowance, the feeling is a grim combination of agony and frustration. I was relatively unphased by Bath & Body Works last December in New York, only walking away with a couple of modest candles, some body creams and a bunch of PocketBac Sanitizing Hand Gels. On this pretence I was confident I would not buy anything on my recent trip to the States.
Leanne wanted to pop into a store when we were in San Francisco and I trotted along, thinking I’d pick up an antibacterial hand gel as it was becoming increasingly common for public toilets not to have soap (and sometimes no running water). I left more than £50 out of pocket. I bought a few of the hand santising gels, yes but I also caved into the Golden Pineapple Luau range.
This tropical fruity blend is deliciously sweet with key notes of Maui pineapple, papaya, hibiscus, water lily and coral musk. The White Sand Body Scrub is my firm favourite, so much that I bought two. A pearl-esque cream with fine granules that pack a good punch when it comes to exfoliating scrubs and leaves a soft, lingering sweet scent after. The hand gel is also superb, retaining its pineapple scented glory, unlike some of the other santising gels which end up strongly smelling more anti-bacterial than their original scents.
I curse the baggage limit as I couldn’t take home the body lotion, candle and foaming hand soap and even with these purchases, I reached my allowance but from what I’ve tried, it’s safe to say I have an absolute favourite from Bath & Body Works (even if it’s seasonal).
The Golden Pineapple Luau White Sand Body Scrub costs $16.50, the shower gel is $12.50 and the PocketBac Sanitizing Hand Gel is $1.75. To find out more, visit www.bathandbodyworks.com. By the way, am old enough to remember the UK used to have Bath & Body Works…could it make a come-back, please?
