Lunchtime Buys – 10 Amazing Beauty Products To Get You Ready For Spring
We don’tknow about you but Spring doesn’t just mean getting a pedicure, kicking ourwinter coats under the beds and hayfever. It also means putting away the harsh,berry toned beauty products that we have used all winter and welcoming a softercolour palette into our lives.
With so many new beauty products hitting the shelves in the last few weeks – and more to come – we have dug through the latest launches on your behalf and made a list of amazing spring-ready beauty items that you need to know about.
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If you love to try out cult or up–and-coming brands, receive parcels in the post and a good bargain, then you will love Birchbox’ new collaboration. Our favourite beauty box subscription service has teamed up with Tatler Magazine for a limited edition,‘The Best of British’ box - £25 & £20 (subscribers) via Birchbox -in celebration of the magazine’s new supplement. ‘The Best of British’ special collector’s box will includea collection of products from Liz Earle, Bamford, Dr. Jackson’s NaturalProducts, Percy & Reed, Aromatherapy Associates and Ciaté.
Proving that the best things in life come in the prettiest bottles, the new Parisian Millefleurs Flower Water- £45 via Crabtree & Evelyn – are a spring-time treat. Inspired by romance in the city of Paris, Crabtree & Evelyn Parisian Millefleurs fragrance blends an array of contrasting floral notes for fresh and spicy scent. If you cannot resist spring scents, then prepare to be delicately encircled with soft narcissus, rose, tuberose and violet notes balanced by a sparkling green accord of French juniper and cypress.
News Alert!!!! Bourjois have extended their amazing Rouge Edition liquid lipstick collection with the launch of their Rouge Edition Aqua Laque range – £8.99 via Boots – You are definitely going to fall in love with the new La Laque lipsticks as they give your lips a pigmented, wet-look shine that is non-sticky and just doesn’t budge! Thanks to a high concentration of water and nymphea extract the Bourjois La Laques will not transfer onto the tiny, little cracks in your skin and will keep your lips moisturised for up to 10 hours #winning
As everyone and their best friend are obsessed with sculpting their face using a mixture of highlighters and contour kits, we couldn’t do a beauty guide without mentioning the Blush! Bronze! Illuminate palette - £19.99 via Crownbrush - This palette was MADE to live in your bag. How do we know that? Easy!! This Crownbrush palette effectively comes with almost everything you need for ‘on-the-go’ makeup touch ups; a rose-pink blush, . a contour powder and a shimmery illuminator, plus a HUGE mirror so you can see everything you are doing with ease.
With the festival season right around the corner, it is time to start thinking about fantastic, boho-chic, festival hair. It doesn’t even matter if you are not heading to a festival this summer because you can still create that fuss free look at home. The new Nicky Clarke Diamond Shine Pro Salon Styling Wand – £34.99 via Boots - is just what you need to create an organic tousled curl. Our tip is to tong lots of curls in opposite directions, let the hair set then pull out the curl with your fingers.
Finally!! A product that stops you creating huge blush blotches on your face! The new Diego Dalla Palma Bonbon Blush – launching in May 2015 via Marks & Spencer – is a pink-tinged blush that comes complete with a puff for direct and even dosed application. Designed to create a delicate, English rose effect, the Bonbon blush will leave you with a soft radiance and colour that will not weigh down your facial features.
Suffer from dry, parched skin?! Then listen up as this serum is one of the best ways to hydrate your dry skin on the UK beauty market at the moment. The Pestle & Mortar Pure Hyaluronic Serum - £33 via Pestle & Mortar - is a lightweight, fragrance-free concentrate that targets fine lines, dullness and dehydration by providing continuous moisture to your skin. To get the best out of the Pure Hyaluronic Serum, wash your face and apply just before you reach for your moisturiser – as this products works like a Superhero Primer – every morning and night.
If you cannot leave your house without a pair of perfectly shaped brows that would make Cara Delevingne jealous, then get ready for a treat! The Stila Stay-All-Day Brow Gel & Brush – £28 via Stila – is a tinted, long-wearing brow gel that comes in 5 shades to suit all brow colours and has been formulated with botanical oils to hydrate, nourish your brow hair. While the fact that this non-flaking brow gel comes with its own concave, angled brow and mascara spoolie brus duo earns it a few Brownie points, the best thing about the Stay-All-Day Brow gel is that it is waterproof and transfer-proof!!
If you prefer soft, natural makeup and can’t stand lipsticks, get a soft, hydrating kiss of colour with the Origins Coral Crush KissZing Lip Crayon – £16 via Origins – These Mango Seed and Shea Butters enriched, pocket sized lip crayons from Origins are extremely moisturizing, deposit a subtle wash of colour that glides on effortlessly, and don’t require much attention (though you might want to top up the colour during the day). The fact that these pencils can be slipped into your back pocket or the tiniest of clutches on a night out is definitely a bonus.
As some of us – not naming any names – are obsessed with a certain Disney live-action movie now in cinema’s nationwide. Induge in lush cremes and magical shimmers with the Morgan Taylor Cinderella 2015 Spring Collection – £10.99 via Sally Express – The Morgan Taylor Cinderella polishes are Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP, Formaldehyde Resin and Camphor free and includes names like ‘The Slipper Fits’ and ‘Best Ball Gown Ever‘ so there is no doubt that you will be “fit” for the ball .
