the BEAUTY influencer
RED‘S BEAUTY DIRECTOR EVE CAMERON SHARES HER FESTIVE WISH LIST
PARTY PIECES
If all you want for Christmas is a cool new look, then head to John Frieda salons for an hour-long accessory styling masterclass. Learn how to rock ribbons à la Parisienne, and where to place pins, headbands and everything in between. Stylists use accessories from Red favourite Born In The Sun to bring looks to life, which you can also buy on the day. Masterclasses cost from £40, or book yourself in with legendary stylist Zoë Irwin for £100; accessories from £30.
SOAP STARS
As they have less plastic waste than liquid soap bottles, I’m stocking up on Guerlain’s oh-so-pretty handmade bars. They’re beautifully fragranced with raw materials such as Calabrian bergamot and Tuscan iris, which make up the Guerlinade, the brand’s signature scented refrain in its classic perfumes. £23, exclusive to Harrods.
NEW WAYS TO GIFT SCENT
I adore Diptyque, not only for its singular scents and design aesthetic, but also for its whimsicality.
Current crushes from the Prêts-à-parfumer range are the bird-shaped Perfumed
Brooch, £84 – a scent-infused ceramic disc slides into its body – and the Perfumed Bracelet, £64 – a scented ‘twine’ that you fasten to your wrist, allowing fragrance to waft with your body heat and movement.
Less quirky, yet still a different way to wear scent, is natural fragrance oil, and Votary’s Feelings trio comes with aromatherapy benefits to boot. Detach is earthy and verdant; Desire is laced with sensual orange and almond blossom; Drift takes you to a country garden, and is a heady haze of roses, lavender and camomile. Roll on and go where the mood takes you. £95 as a set, £45 individually.