Best Overall

La Mer The Renewal Oil, €185, Brown Thomas

Oils have become a beauty staple, though they cannot cure all ills. If your skin is dehydrated, sort that first, or else you are putting oil where water is required. As a winter insulator, however, oil is king. This is a beautiful product, combining the anti-ageing ingredients of all La Mer products, with rich oils and antioxidant lime-tree extract. “Shake to combine the oil-and-water ingredients, and it glides on,” said a panellist. “My skin is just softer after a few days, it also seems less sensitised and traumatised.”