The best part of enjoying your prep for the day is surrounding yourself with gorgeous lotions and scents. Choose those with silky textures and sensual fragrances.

When you shower or bath, opt for a body wash that relaxes you, that puts you in the right frame of mind for the day ahead. Creamy formulas that contain rose, vanilla or amaranth oil extract soothe the skin. Buff away dead skin cells with a body scrub, and apply a lightly fragranced body oil before your lotion in order to lock in the scent and keep your body moist and hydrated. Planning on showing a little cleavage later in the day? Add a décolleté repair cream into your body care regimen.

Products We Love

• TheraVine, Hydravine rich bath milk (R313)
• Comfort Zone, Tranquility shower cream (R400)
• Wema, body oil in rose geranium (R170)
• Crabtree & Evelyn, pear and pink magnolia body soufflé (R650)
• White Orchid, sugar scrub (R49.50)
• Elizabeth Arden, Prevage anti-ageing neck and décolleté firm and repair cream (R1 045)

Words: Kelli Clifton, Fairlady
Image: Anèl van der Merwe, Fairlady