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■ If being more sustainable in your beauty choices is one of your New Year’s resolutions, these Reusable Make-Up Rounds should go on your eco shopping list. Made from organic cotton, each pad contains naturally antibacterial bamboo, which feels silky soft on your skin. The rounds can be washed and reused making them much more gentle on the planet, too. Available as a set of 5 (£6) or a set of 10 (£12) and with an organic cotton storage bag (£1) from tabithaeve.co.uk
■ Boots Glow Banana range could be just the kickstart your 2022 beauty regime needs. The facial toner, peel and mask, £5 each, all contain extracts from the fruit, providing a natural source of exfoliating AHAs, plus vitamins A and E. Together these help to brighten and hydrate the skin – and there is a faint nostalgic whiff of those foam pick ‘n’ mix banana sweets...
■ While we’re on the subject of your five a day, here’s a brand that is doing cool things with the bits you usually chuck in your bin. UpCircle is on a mission to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases produced from food waste by turning the by-products into beauty products. The new Night Cream with Blueberry Extract, £18.99, Hand + Body Wash, £11.99, and Hand + Body Lotion, £14.99, are all made with antioxidant-rich fruit extracts left over from the juice industry.
■ Glitter isn’t just for Christmas, you know... Dear Dahlia’s four Mezmerising Moment Palettes, £49 each, are full of natural and wearable shades, and the powders are beautifully blendable and buttery-soft.