{"id":98431,"date":"2020-07-24T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=98431"},"modified":"2020-07-24T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:10:12","slug":"british-botanicals-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/julia-roberts\/british-botanicals-are-back\/","title":{"rendered":"British botanicals are back\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you read my blog regularly, you will know that I\u2019m a big fan of British beauty brand Elemis<\/a>, so imagine how disappointed I am that I\u2019m not on-air with their fabulous Today’s Special Value<\/a> this weekend. To say it could have been put together with me in mind is an understatement! My all-time favourite night cream, out of all of the ranges QVC sell, is the Pro-Collagen Overnight Matrix, which is normally \u00a394 for the 30ml size that is in this Today’s Special Value collection\u2026 as the whole collection is \u00a369.96, you will have it to try for less than its usual price, and get five other full-size items as a bonus!!! Forgive the exclamation marks, but this really is an amazing offer.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The Overnight Matrix targets the effects that stress and lifestyle have on the skin, and let\u2019s face it, 2020 has been a pretty stressful year so far. Personally, I use it on top of the Peptide4 Night Recovery Cream-Oil, which works brilliantly for me, but the Super Serum Elixir is in this collection, which you could slot in instead as it can be used in your routine both morning and night. So not only is my \u2018favourite\u2019 Elemis product in this Today’s Special Value<\/a>, the one I use to quick cleanse my face every morning, Micellar Water, is also included. This is a thorough cleanser which can also be used to take off make-up at night-time and contains distilled rose water obtained from the production process of the Elemis Rose Facial Oil and the Rose Facial Cleansing Balm.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

You can probably get the sense of how excited I am about this Today’s Special Value and that is before I even mention that Elemis have brought back British Botanical for the body products in this collection, which was originally only meant to be for their twenty-fifth anniversary five years ago. I LOVE this aroma; it\u2019s a beautiful herby\/floral blend including geranium, chamomile and lavender, with citrus notes in the Bath & Shower Milk, and is definitely unisex. How can I claim this with such certainty? I used the Bath & Shower Milk in my bath last night, followed by the Body Cream before going downstairs for dinner. \u2018What is that gorgeous smell?\u2019 asks my husband, Chris. I told him, followed by the words, \u2018You are not allowed to use it.\u2019 The smile playing at the corners of his mouth told me I would need to go back upstairs and hide it. What is the saying? What\u2019s yours is mine and what\u2019s mine is my own. Call me selfish, but this is one QVC bathing product I\u2019m not sharing!<\/p>\n

The sixth element of the Today’s Special Value is the British Botanical Hand & Nail Butter which, while being sumptuous, is not too thick to rub in easily. All in all, this is a Today’s Special Value not to be missed – \u00a3225 of value for under \u00a370 \u2013 it\u2019s already been selling phenomenally well on pre-sell on the website<\/a> so may not last very far into Sunday.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m keeping my blog quite short today as you may remember me mentioning last week that I\u2019ve taken some annual leave to get some writing done. I\u2019m three days into that leave and have already managed 7000 words, so I\u2019m ahead of my 2000 words a day target before the end of July when the first draft of my next novel needs to be submitted to my publisher.<\/p>\n

While on the subject of my books for Bookouture, my first one, Little Girl Missing, reached a lovely milestone of 300 customer ratings yesterday, with an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5. Thanks so much if you\u2019ve read and reviewed – it really is appreciated.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Tonight at 8 p.m. I\u2019ll be finishing off the live reading of Carol\u2019s Singing on my JuliaRobertsTV Facebook page and also on IGTV \u2013 you can find me at juliagroberts. I hadn\u2019t realised that there was a one-hour time limit on IGTV so it cut out halfway through a chapter last week \u2013 sorry! I will start tonight\u2019s reading from just before where it cut off and hope we can get through to the end without mishap.<\/p>\n