Beauty Expert collection beauty box – my first beauty box this year

Beauty boxes can be a real hit or miss – usually with a product or two that you will never use or sizes that make you feel like you have been cheated. I need to do my research thoroughly before succumbing to buying a beauty box, and it looks like my research has paid off –…

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My top 5 sun creams for the body, suitable for sensitive skin prone to heat rash

The weather is heating up, the sun is out more and more often, and many of you have probably booked your summer getaway. Lucky you 🙂 If like me, you struggle every year with heat rash when the summer starts, with skin needing to get used to the sun again, then you have my sympathy.…

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Ramping up the SPF for the face with some non-greasy sunscreens, now the sun seems to be making a more permanent appearance

I love this time of year getting excited and prepared for the Summer – rifling through last year’s clothes complaining that I have nothing to wear in this in-between weather; hunting down shoes that are not boots; revelling in the fact that my hair doesn’t turn into a poof-ball now that the air is dryer; using this…

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April empties from NARS, bliss, Ojon, Aveeno, Mary Kay, Pai, Shiseido, Soap & glory

A bumper crop this month, with some old favourites that I always go back for more or have spares of in my beauty cabinet (aka spare room).

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Shiseido Ultimune power infusing concentrate – steeped in science with real results

Another treat from my Latest in Beauty box by Get the Gloss – the Shiseido Ultimune power infusing concentrate is a hydrating and radiance-boosting serum for use under moisturiser. It’s supposed to repair skin, making it plump again, whilst strengthening it against future damage and wrinkles, with results being seen within 4 weeks.

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