Buying online I do quite a bit of my shopping online now (and yes, I'm sure saying "online" makes me sound old) and part of that is the joy of receiving a parcel. I guess it taps into the childhood pleasures of Christmas and birthday events. Embrace the inner child, I say. It's the anticipation of a treat coming your way. This lady understands, she's been putting on her best straw cone-hat and waiting by the chinoiserie letterbox every day since 1961!
The only downside, of course, is that you have to pay postage and packaging to get your treats to your letterbox. Here at the Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez shop, I have kept the postage costs down to a minimum. Here they are: 1 to 3 bars - $7.00 flat rate; and 4 bars and above - $11.00 flat rate. Now, following on with the '60s theme, here is a song I'm obsessed with at the moment - very sweeping and dramatic (the sort of song someone who would use Madame X... might like...):
Photo: detail from found photo dated October 1961. Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez collection.
The gin and tonic of soaps! Having spent the last 4 weeks curing, The Fez No.1 is now ready and available through Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez's shop. This beautiful new soap has a wonderfully aromatic scent of juniperberry, wormwood, lemony may chang and lemongrass. It is packed with skin loving and super conditioning oils including olive oil, olive pomace, shea oil and vitamin E-rich rice bran oil. And it looks a treat too, with a rich golden yellow swirl of natural annatto colouring. All vegan, no palm oil and totally natural!
A new soap Just released today, Madame X... is a wonderfully sensuous soap. Spicily scented with ylang ylang, rose geranium and black pepper, it is packed with super luxurious and skin-loving oils including olive oil, olive pomace, cocoa butter, apricot kernel oil and the exotic musk melon oil. The soap has a deep and mysterious colour - from Australian red clay. It gives the soap an antique feel - it makes me think of a late eighteenth century adventuress racing across the moors in a glittering black carriage. But I have some imagination! What is clear is that this soap feels and smells luxurious. Now available in Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez's store, which you can access by clicking the shop button above. Let me know if you have any questions about Madame X... - I shall be discrete...
A deliciously scented new soap A wonderful addition to the Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez collection - Sunday Spice. With a blend of oils packed with skin-loving goodness, like olive oil, olive pomace, cocoa butter, shea oil and avocado oil, Sunday Spice is a rich and luxurious soap. Scented with carrot seed and ginger essential oils, this soap will make your mouth water! Delicious! Sunday Spice is all natural, vegan and palm oil free. Gentle on your skin and a treat for your senses! Now available through Shanghai Lil and The Scarlet Fez's store. Pay a visit by clicking the shop button in the right-hand column.
