KEY POINTS:
Finally it's warm enough to start thinking about baring legs and shoulders, so make sure your skin is looking smooth enough to face the world with a post-winter rub-down, especially if you're about to apply fake tan. To keep your limbs looking luscious get in the habit of a weekly exfoliation with your shower.
1 Bodyshop Pink Grapefruit Body Scrub $18 travel size or full size $34
Smells extremely grapefruity, with very fine granules in a gel base. Does the job - the mocktail fragrance fades - and there's plenty of other fruity options.
From the Body Shop
2 Pure Fiji Coconut Sugar Rub with Starfruit infusion $65
Between Suva and our cooler climes, the natural contents of this generous tub had solidified, but once warmed, combined into a tropically scented rub akin to the coarser ones used by some spa therapists. Left skin glowing and with a coconut oil sheen.
From selected retail and spa outlets. For stockists 0800 7873 3454.
3 Origins Paradise Found Balinese Body Glow $63
Looks like porridge but smells great and has definite but non-scratchy particles. Your Bali spa at home. From Smith & Caughey and selected pharmacies.
4 Dr LeWinns Liquid Loofah Mineral Body Scrub $34.90
Has apricot and sweet almond oil, loofah and fruit extracts, but the smell is refreshingly minty. Felt effective and can be used to pep up feet also. From Farmers and leading pharmacies.
5 Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Revitalize Renewing Body Scrub $45
A lovely fresh fragrance and an almost buttery texture with plenty of fine granules make this scrub feel and smell like a real tonic for the skin. My pick. From Elizabeth Arden stockists.
6 Roger & Gallet Gentle Fragrant Body Exfoliating Gel in Rose $43
A moisturising gel-like texture, but the reddish particles looked like strawberry pips and didn't seem to come in much quantity to really exfoliate. The rose smell was faint. From department stores and pharmacies.
