Delacroix, The National Gallery & Moroccan Rose

Last month I managed to just catch the Delacroix exhibition at the National Gallery before it closed. It was wonderful - so interesting to see the works of this talented and lesser-known artist, who was the inspiration for so many of the great masters. Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, Van Gogh and Matisse all idolised his work and I too was blown away, particularly by his paintings of Morocco.

One of my favourite parts of visiting exhibitions is browsing in the shop afterwards. I love to buy gifts for people inspired by what I've just seen - I think I inherited this from my mother, as a child it seemed that Father Christmas spent rather a lot of time in the V&A or National Gallery gift shops!

So after the Delacroix I dived into the National Gallery shop, but this time instead of gifts for others, I treated myself to some amazing Moroccan rose treats and this weekend they really came in use; feeling very glum after Brexit I decided to pamper myself by decorating my bathroom with roses from the garden and run a lovely rose scented bath using the gorgeous

Ren Rose Otto bath oil that I bought in the shop.  I also bought the amazing body scrub, body wash and body lotion as well as some lovely rose-scented candles.

It was a full pampering experience and definitely helped calm my mind and lift my mood!

LBM

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