Audrey’s Top Six Essentials!
Christmas glamour is a cinch with these sparkling products, whether you give it as a gift or keep it for all for yourself!
1. HANDY COMPACT Stuck for Secret Santa ideas? Lip balm is useful in winter months and they don’t get prettier than Vintage & Co Baubles and Belles Compact Lip Balm £7, HEATHCOTE-IVORY.COM. The delightfully retro, sparkly gold compact snaps open to reveal a handy mirror and generous amount of creamy lip balm to keep lips soft.sf
4. TREE TREAT This stylish little cracker contains a sweet-scented hand cream enriched with anti-ageing vitamin E and shea butter to soften and smooth busy hands. Hang it on the tree now and pamper yourself with the contents when the baubles are packed away. Little Luxuries Bohemienne Hand Cream 50ml £8 FEELUNIQUE.COM.
2. BERRY LIPS Treat your lips to a Christmas makeover with Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil £19, Clarins in Red Berry Glam; it’s got it all going on. The colour is rich but sheer, the formula lightweight but nourishing, there’s a subtle gold shimmer and even a whiff of winter berries to make it extra special.
5. JUST PEEACHY It ddoesn’t get more glam than Too Faced Powder and Lipstick Set £36, Debenhams. Dust the sparkly loose powder over shoulders and high points of face with the powder puff for a flattering, peachy-gold glow. And the Peach Kiss Moisture Matte Lipstick in Sunday Funday is a good nude with smoky eyes.
3. GLAMOUR PURSE Girls of all ages will love Soap & Glory She’s A Glamour Purse gift set £20, Boots, which has all you need to look your most fabulous all through the party season: eyeliner, mascara, lip gloss and a lusciously plummy eye palette. With the cosmetics purse too, all in all it’s great value.
6. SKIN TREATS Cherry Blossom might be the scent of spring, but Cherry Blossom Festive Bauble £12, Debenhams by cult French beauty brand L’Occitane is the perfect stocking filler. Beauty lovers will love the 3 mini-sized treats inside: a shower gel, body lotion and hand cream, all delicately scented and luxuriously silky.