Dear Body, I’m sorry.

This is a sponsored post for NIVEA.

Dear Body,

I’m sorry.

I’ve neglected you. I truly have. This winter may have been one of our worst. I failed to nurture you, to love you, to carry you through life with the utmost respect and adoration that you deserve.

I’ve been growing a baby, which sounds wonderful and for the most part it is, but it also includes daily morning sickness, epic indigestion and general uncomfortableness. I’ve also been chasing after a 5 year old, which indeed sometimes involves chasing. I may have yelled once or twice, “I have to stop running, I’m shaking this baby like a milkshake!”

So, I’m sorry. I’ve neglected you. I’ve rarely moisturised. I’ve rarely touched my makeup bag, my mascara has gone unused, my bronzer is crying out for a little love, and let’s not even get started on my hair. I’m sorry.

The one time I decided to indulge in a proper massage the lady kinda gasped, “Your skin is so dry.”

I squirmed a little. I’m sorry, to her AND to me.

I will change. I will make an effort. I will do better. I’m time poor, but I’ve found a way. I think you’ll like it.

So again, in case you didn’t get it the first time, I’m sorry. But onwards and upwards from here. Spring is just around the corner, and thy skin shall be nurtured. I promise. PROMISE!

Much love {well, more than I’ve been showing of late},
Me.

NIVEA has just released a revolutionary new product, an in-shower moisturiser. Can you imagine the team sitting around a table and someone piping up with this idea? Genius. For me, the shower is my haven. It’s where my family knows not to bother me, and let me be. As soon as I step out of the bathroom, it’s on. I’m being asked where things are, if I can do one thing or another, or I just have an audience while I dress {Lacey, not Hubby… cos that might be weird}.

So moisturising in the shower makes sense to me. I gave Hubby a bottle, took one for myself and off we went to our own  bathrooms and gave it a try. Hubby is a bit of a metro-type man. He moisturises religiously, every single day. He doesn’t have to say sorry to his body. Men always seem to make time for everything, don’t they?

First you wash, as per usual, then rinse, as per usual, and then you apply the in-shower moisturiser and then rinse again. It works. I don’t know how, but it does. Hubby was thrilled with the results {but we won’t tell his macho-type mates that, OK?} and I loved that it saved me time, was easy to use and I was giving my body the love and moisture it deserved. It’s the kind of treat you reserve for special occasions; dinners out, drinks with the girls, weddings, parties, anything… but now it’s easier to have the special occasion skin all the time.

I’m expecting a thank you note from my Body any day now.

To celebrate the launch of the NIVEA In-Shower Body Lotion, I’m hosting a give away over on Facebook. Two lucky people will win a $200 lastminute.com.au experience voucher plus two samples of NIVEA In-Shower Body Lotion each. Simply head on over to my Facebook page for more details.

If you’d like to try the new product, and give your body a little love while saving yourself time, you can pick up a bottle at either Coles (from mid-August) or Woolworths for $7.99.

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