beauty: quick-fix treats

One-dose wonders to perk up your skin, hair and eyes

Feeling the Christmas burn? All that socialising can leave you feeling exhausted, which in turn can affect your skin and hair. Don’t let festive fatigue spoil your looks this year. These speedy treats will keep you looking fab, all the way into 2018...

Get a radiant glow

If only you could wave a magic wand to perfect your skin before a party… Well, that’s exactly what Bea AHA Rejuvenating Wands,

£60 for 10, do! Use 24 hours before an event and these gentle fruit acid-soaked wands will zap spots, smooth skin and refine pores. Just sweep all over your skin and say, ‘Abracadabra’.

Wake up tired eyes

eyes looking puffy? try Katherine Daniels Instant Effect Eye Masks,

£58, for four treatments. it’s a professional-strength eye mask that you activate immediately before you use it, which ensures the formula is as fresh as can be. Wear them for 20 minutes and your eye area will be noticeably plumped, smoothed and rejuvenated – with wrinkles reduced by up to 70%.

Reduce redness

If your skin is red, dry and winter weary, soothe it fast with this festive Reindeer Calming Sheet Mask, £5, with its intensively hydrating and calming ingredients. Rudolf better watch out.

Refine pores

Want to detox your skin and refine your pores? Then smooth on this deep cleansing Charcoal Facemask, £4.99, Superdrug, for

a brighter complexion. It draws out impurities to leave skin cleansed and refreshed.

Party feet

do your feet need a pep-up in time to slip on your sparkly shoes? transform your tootsies with Kiko Fairy Feet,

£4.90, a hydrating and smoothing mask that’s made from herb-infused microfibre and slips on to your feet like a sock to encase your skin and toenails in soothing and nourishing ingredients.

Revive frazzled hair

hair not quite looking party perfect? give it an injection of moisture with

Hask Argan Oil Repairing Deep Conditioner, £2.49, to nourish and smooth dry, damaged strands and leave those locks positively gleaming with health.

Smooth lines

Wearing a low-cut dress? Give your chest and neck a boost before you party with Skin Republic Neck and Décolletage Repair Mask, £5.99, lookfantastic.com. It plumps and smooths, so skin looks fab, no matter how low you go.