Beauty Buzz

Beauty Editor Katie Corcoran brings you this week's hottest beauty news...

A natural winter

Leave your house smelling wonderful this winter with this 100 per cent natural candle from NEOM. Made from vegetable waxes and pure organic essential oils, this candle is a delight for the senses - besides the natural, no nasties, element, its distinctive scent will entice you. Filled with Christmassy cinnamon, ginger and mandarin, the spicy aroma evokes winter days, mulled wine and log fires. What's more, £1 from every sale will be donated to the Make A Wish Foundation, which helps to grant wishes to terminally ill children - yes this candle ticks all the right boxes...

NEOM Luxury Organics large 3 wick candle £40, neomorganics.com

100 per cent active

The new Bakel range from beauty brand BECCA has us all in a tizz! It's an exciting skincare innovation that contains zero useless ingredients and 100 per cent active ones to suit a whole host of skincare needs. That means on average each product contains only four highly active ingredients and nothing else, leaving these raw ingredients to do their desired job without being blocked by any added extras. Hurrah! Simply replace your daily moisturiser with one of these highly absorbing fluids to see maximum results and minimal skin aggravation.

Prices start from £68, for more information visit bakeltechnology.com

Offer of the week

This offer from Boots is worth starting your Christmas shopping for. The half-priced Elle Macpherson vanity case is full of all the pampering goodies any friend will need to get through the cold winter months. From an energising body wash to the divine and creamy body butter it's a purse friendly £17.50, and will give someone a big smile on Christmas Day.


The Elle Take Me On A Journey Vanity Case is available at £17.50 (usual price £35) until the 27 November. Boots nationwide and Boots.com

Celebrity favourite

These last few months we've been watching the transformation of Britney Spears from crying mess to comeback queen. Word on the street this week is that she owes her new fresh-faced look (as seen in her recent Womanizer video) to this fab SUQQU foundation. Make-up artist Pati Dubroff says, "The SUQQU foundation was the perfect tool to help me achieve that radiant flawless finish you see." So, if like Brit, your skin needs a new radiant flawless finish then this SUQQU foundation is the place to start. Ensure everyone wants a piece of you this Christmas.

SUQQU Foundation £60, Selfridges

Banish winter germs!

Now we hate to get all clinical on you but when we heard that an average office desk contains over 400 more gruesome germs than a loo seat we took notice. That's why these - maybe not so glamorous but oh-so handy - anti bacterial wipes from Wet Ones are fast becoming a handbag must in our office. Never ones to shy away from any form of beauty products, we think these travel sized wipes smell lovely and refreshing and are a desk drawer essential. So don't apply make-up with grubby fingers any more, leave the dirt where it should be and your skin germ-free.

£1.19, Nationwide and wetones.co.uk

Blissful skin

If like us you love spa range Bliss then you will be happy to know they have a new Blood orange and white pepper bath and body range out this week - as chosen by you, the loyal Bliss fans! Don't be fooled by the pepper tag, it smells delicious and the citrusy orange scent makes all the products an up-lifting treat on dark winter mornings. We love the Body Butter which effortlessly soaks into the skin leaving it silky soft and smelling edible! Bliss, we thank you!

Bliss blood orange+white pepper range from £16, nationwide and blisslondon.co.uk

Psssst

Want your man to start caring about his skin as much as you do? Then get him to check out the new Clinique For Men website for some online advice. He can get skincare and grooming tips, buy a host of products to keep his skin looking radiant and see what other products guys are rating. It's the simplest way to check out what's hot in men's skincare without having to feel embarrassed or ask a single shop assistant! May we all have lovely, fresh-faced men just in time for Christmas.

Visit cliniqueformen.co.uk

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