L'Occitane's Exfoliating and Defining Delicious Paste (RMB 395 at L'Occitane, Nanjing Lu store) is a tantalizing mixture of crushed almonds and sugar crystals that is so enticing you'll be tempted to eat it. This cake batter-like cream, with its intoxicatingly sweet almond scent, is the most sinful treat you may ever overindulge in-and one that is sensationally good for you. When massaged into wet skin, the paste melts into a milky glaze. It sloughs away dead skin cells and stimulates circulation, leaving skin unbelievably soft and toned, like you've had a two hour Pilates class.

Now that your body skin is as soft as angel cake, it's time to apply some delicate icing to your face. Kenzoki's Invigorating Exfoliating Flakes (RMB 340 at Sephora, Huaihai store) is a face scrub that is as fine as confectioner's sugar. It's ideal for washing away impurities-environmental pollution, debris and dirt-trapped beneath the skin's surface. Unlike creams or gels which alter and weaken natural exfoliating properties, this product contains pure, fine grains of white nettle extract, lightly scented with ginger. Add a small amount of water to the tiny white flakes and then gently rub the mixture over your face to achieve positively radiant skin, just like you've been sun-kissed.

Needless to add, both of these decadent desserts can be enjoyed without the corollary of unwanted kilos. So dig in! Summer is almost here.