
08 Dec
Bobbi Brown Everyday Pretty Lip & Eye Palette, £24 Look, if it were down to me every single door on this advent calendar would have a palette behind it – 24 perfectly proportioned make-up boxes of wonder. Sigh. I have, however, managed to sneak one in and my choice is this rookie palette by Bobbi Brown. The biggest criticism levelled at those of us who like palettes is that one never uses all the colours in the pan. Well,...
07 Dec
Cowshed Knackered Cow Duo Gift Set, £16 It’s all very lovely receiving sparkly make up and Winter scents at Christmas, but what one really needs after a hectic festive period is a pick me up. Here’s the very fellow – providing the recipient doesn’t mind the ‘Knackered Cow’ tag, which, frankly, I’d go with on the basis of it being accurate for most of us, if a little direct. Lavender and Eucalyptus will ease the stress of peeling umpteen spuds...
06 Dec
Benefit Best of Benefit tins, from £39.50 Any beauty-loving teen will flip her lid over these – I know I would have back in those days when premium cosmetics seemed like the ultimate sign that life was going well. There’s so much to recommend these kits. Firstly, the products themselves are cleverly chosen heroes from Benefit’s most loved products, like hugely popular The Porefessional balm, the iconic Benetint stain and the UK’s best selling premium mascara, They’re Real. The contents...