Wealden Times | WT165 | November 2015 | Gift supplement inside

eauty-ed sort of way, I followed instructions to smooth a few
drops into my skin. A little goes an incredibly long way (as
promised): a drop or two is genuinely all it takes to create an
even skin tone, in a great choice of 20 shades. (If you want
the technical bit, it features something called ‘Even Tone
Technology’, to neutralise redness and discolouration.) You
can’t feel it, once it’s there, while the finish is – well, skin-like
is actually the best way to put it: not too shiny, not at all flat.
Cover FX Custom Cover Drops, £36 for 15ml at Harvey
Nichols (do go to the counter to ensure you get the perfect
match).
This is something a little different: a duh-why-didn’tanyone-think-of-it-before
idea which allows you to customise
any skincare product to create a foundation, or to subtly
change the coverage offered by your current base. All it takes
is a drop or two. I’ve tried it, and it works with facial oil,
moisturiser, serum (it was demo-ed to me on Sarah Chapman
Skinesis Morning Facial, Nivea and many other popular daily
moisturisers). Mix the intense pigment into your favourite
skin treat, adding a drop (or two or three, depending on the
level of coverage you like) and hey, presto! It’s a foundation!
Saves time. Saves another ‘layer’ of product on your skin…
And, as if that wasn’t appealing enough, I love that we can
‘tweak’ the shade of a winter foundation with this as we
transition to spring, or increase the level of coverage of a
favourite base when it’s just not quite enough. The options
for coverage range from a tinted moisturiser almost to
camouflage.
Last but not least, I’m going to tell you about a brush that
came into my life this year and which I absolutely cannot
live without. I swear you could apply calamine lotion with
this and it’d create a flawless, seamless finish! (Not that I
recommend that.) The O Wow Brush literally makes child’s
play of foundation application. I often use this on the train
– which may not be fabulous beauty etiquette but never fails
to elicit a query along the lines of: ‘What is that? How can
I get one?’ To which the answer is www.victoriahealth.com,
price £20. This velvety-bristled brush enables you to ‘smoosh’
foundation seamlessly into your skin – you could almost
put base on in the dark with it – and we’ve now given it to
countless friends who declare it ‘Best Beauty Pressie Ever’.
Do check out Jo Fairley’s www.beautybible.com site – recently
redesigned and a one-stop info destination for all things
healthy and beautiful.
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