Surrey Homes | SH64 | February 2020 | Interiors supplement inside
The lifestyle magazine for Surrey - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
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Beauty<br />
Tisserand Paradise<br />
Mood Mist,<br />
£9 for 50ml<br />
Simple Skin Quench Sleeping Cream, £6.99<br />
tisserand.com<br />
for 50ml. ‘Sleeping creams’ are night creams<br />
by another name, but have become a buzz<br />
in the skincare universe. (I do slightly wonder if<br />
it’s because they sound somehow sexier – we all spend so<br />
much time dreaming of sleep, one way or another.) This is<br />
a super-affordable version, from Simple’s hear-your-skinslurp-it-up<br />
Water Boost range: you’ll feel your complexion’s<br />
comfort level rising, but it’s not heavy at all, packing a<br />
moisturising punch <strong>inside</strong> a formula that’s satiny and airy.<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Spa 1 Minute<br />
Daily Glow Mask,<br />
£14 for 75ml<br />
sanctuary.com<br />
Heathcote & Ivory Neroli & Lime Leaves Hand Cream Trio,<br />
£5 for 3 x 30ml. Love Jo Malone Lime, Basil & Mandarin…?<br />
You’ll also adore the scent of this, from Heathcote & Ivory<br />
(who make the best hand creams at ANY price, in my book<br />
– and a huge selection to choose from). The fragrance is as<br />
cheery and sunshine-y as a smell gets – truly a breath of spring.<br />
And these particular hand creams are delightfully pocket- or<br />
handbag-sized, so there’s no excuse to leave home without one.<br />
(Larger sizes and some fab other products also available in the<br />
Neroli & Lime Leaves collection, at heathcote-ivory.com.)<br />
Revlon Nail Enamel, £6.49. You really can’t find a more<br />
durable nail polish than Revlon’s at any price, frankly.<br />
The design of the bottle hasn’t changed in decades and<br />
the formula is both chip-resistant and anti-fade, leaving<br />
nails ultra-glossy, smooth-finished and glam. There are<br />
now a staggering 47 shades to choose from, ranging from<br />
sheer to opaque, metallic, chrome and shimmer. (NB:<br />
different retailers stock different selections of colours.)<br />
Tisserand Paradise Mood Mist, £9 for 50ml. This springs from<br />
a collaboration between National Geographic and one of the<br />
most established names in aromatherapy, featuring ingredients<br />
which Tisserand promise are ‘sustainably-sourced’. There are<br />
many different offerings within the Paradise collection for bath,<br />
body and – here – for spritzing your home. What blew me<br />
away when I first opened this up was that the first mandarinpowered<br />
hit reminded me of a much-loved fragrance from<br />
my youth, Goya Aqua Manda. (And I know a lot of you feel<br />
equally nostalgic about that scent…) It also features jasmine<br />
and grapefruit, ‘to inspire positivity, provide a dose of calm and<br />
impart a warm inner glow’ – something<br />
we could all use right now, for sure.<br />
Sanctuary Spa 1 Minute Daily Glow Mask,<br />
£14 for 75ml. Not perhaps quite as cheap as<br />
most of the other products here, but still a great<br />
buy. You know those mornings when you wake up, look in<br />
the mirror and – sort of quote Peanuts’ Charlie Brown – just<br />
want to go ‘bleeaurgh’? This is for those mornings. Just slather<br />
the thickish, jelly-like, ever-so-slightly rough mask onto tiredlooking<br />
skin, leave for 60 seconds and then remove (I like to<br />
use a soft flannel). The granules buff, while a skin-brightening<br />
cocktail of vitamin C extracts puts back the glow, ultra-fast.<br />
Better You Magnesium Bath Flakes, £9.95 for 1k. Magnesium<br />
is another ‘buzz’ in beauty circles: a mineral that’s readily<br />
absorbed through the skin, restoring magnesium chloride<br />
levels (which in turn aids with sleeplessness and stress).<br />
About once or twice a week I soak in a bath infused with<br />
these on their own (they’re unscented) – but I also add<br />
generously to just about any other bath oil whenever I<br />
want a darned good night’s sleep. The flakes are therapeutic<br />
for psoriasis, eczema and other skin challenges, but they<br />
really do soothe the mind as well as a weary body.<br />
Beauty Bible Lip Balm, £6. Last, but by no means least,<br />
this could look like a shameless plug, but I’d buy it<br />
whatever brand it had on the packaging. Indeed, it’s the<br />
only product my Beauty Bible co-author Sarah Stacey<br />
and I have ever felt worthy of putting our website/books’<br />
name to: a chubby, amazingly nourishing lip balm that<br />
lasts all winter long, has no taste or scent, and is perfectly<br />
protective. (It’s stocked exclusively at victoriahealth.com.)<br />
SenSpa Hair<br />
& Scalp Mask, £7<br />
for 300ml<br />
senspa.co.uk<br />
All in all, there is no reason why beauty finds shouldn’t<br />
delight you – AND your bank manager…<br />
surrey-homes.co.uk<br />
Heathcote &<br />
Ivory Neroli &<br />
Lime Leaves Hand<br />
Cream Trio,<br />
£5 for 3 x 30ml<br />
heathcote-ivory.<br />
com<br />
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For more recommendations and the results of<br />
The Beauty Bible Awards <strong>2020</strong>, which will be<br />
released in late <strong>February</strong>, visit beautybible.com.
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