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Liz Earle Jan Constantine Stocking Skincare Gift Set, £50   You’re never too old for a Christmas stocking and I’d defy anyone not to be thrilled to find this Liz Earle stuffed lovely hanging on the mantle come Christmas morning.   Created exclusively by British designer Jan Constantine, it’s bulging at the seams with goodies including a 50ml Skin Tonic, a tube of Skin Repair Moisturiser, Orange Flower Body Wash, a Botanical Body Cream and one of my beauty staples,...
Are the pricier candles really better? And how can we get our money’s worth? Debra Brock asks some burning questions and tries not to get on an expert’s wick.   When it comes to candles, I have about as much self-restraint as I do with palettes – practically none. Towards Christmas my waxmania hits new heights, so it was a delight to speak to a next-level candle obsessive: Cheryl Hook, of Lancashire-based candlemakers Melt.   DB: How should someone decide...
Elemis Skin Nourishing Milk Bath, £33.49   If you want to buy your mum or gran a no-holds-barred, no-expense-spared, ‘start-ignoring-everyone-else-and-start-spoiling-yourself-FFS’ gift, then you could do a whole lot worse than this. It is one of my all-time favourite products and one I always squeal over if it lands through my letterbox. I hoard it, never pass it on, and timetable entire weeks around getting the chance to lock the bathroom door and soak in it for a good hour. This...