When I first got my paws on some Principessa products, my own mother promptly relieved me of the amore afterglow salt buff and sported smooth pins all through summer as a consequence. Being incredibly sweet of tooth, I gravitated towards the delizia mia sugar polish (oh who am I kidding, I gravitated towards the entire range and it has since become something of an unhealthy obsession. Thank God it’s actually stocked in Australia, albeit in one place and one place only, but that’s good enough for me.) There may have even been the odd occasion where I tried to eat a whipped crème moisturiser or fresh shower cream, even though we all know beauty products never taste as good as they smell (and it takes a few bites from the cake of soap when you’re a kid to figure that out).
The thing with exfoliating in winter is that your skin tends to be dry and whilst using a basic exfoliant will scrub away dead skin cells, it will also take away much needed moisture. So you need to find yourself a product that exfoliates and moisturizes, which Principessa Sugar Polish does beautifully with its blend of dry oils.
And the scent. Oh my God, the scent. Principessa’s two signature scents, Bellocia and isolina could either bring world peace, or a recreation of that scene in Patrick Suskind’s Perfume when everyone starts madly copulating after smelling the dreadful protagonist’s concoction. Or, it could rule the world. Forget Obama, the heady combination of orange blossom, peach and vanilla will do the job just fine.
This is an indulgent scrub (minus the indulgent price tag) that’s gentle formula is perfect for winter and outstanding fragrance will remind you of sultry (I have been dying to use that word) summer nights. What more could you want?
RRP: $37.50
Principessa is stocked exclusively in Australia, by Sassi Sam.
