Britain\'s Best Selling Beauty Products
eye shadow, beauty, make-up
Great Britain Beauty
By Beauty Editor, Katie Corcoran
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For hundreds of years we have been dabbling in the beauty world, from the 14th century when whitening the face was popular, to rouge on the cheeks in the 1900s and the dark sweeping eyeliner of Audrey Hepburn in the \'50s. Today nearly anything goes and so the beauty industry has grown to mammoth proportions with thousands of brands trying to hook us into a new natural ingredient or some fantastic use of new technological formulas. There is nothing you can\'t get for ageing, hairy, dry, dimply, blemished or oily skin today - and thank goodness we say! But still with all this choice there are some clear beauty favourites on the market - those cult classics that you and I simply can\'t live without! We look at what are the hottest, biggest-selling products today that no woman should be without...
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm
eye cream, eye bags, beauty, Clarins
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm
Launched 20 years ago and still hugely popular today with women all over the world who swear by its skin boosting formula. That might be why a staggering six tubes of this cult classic are sold every minute in the UK alone! So if you want a beauty favourite that revives a tired complexion after any night out then this is for you. Fill in fine lines, smooth the complexion, even out skin tone and enjoy that ‘I\'ve just woken up from a good eight hours sleep\' look...
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£25, clarins.com
Dr Hauschka Rose Day Cream
skincare, beauty, dr hauschkas
Dr Hauschka Rose Day Cream
Dr Hauschka understands what the skin needs, and the company\'s commitment to producing natural products using raw ingredients means that your skin in encouraged to work alongside their products leaving you looking and feeling radiant. The Rose Day Cream is perfect for sensitive, mature, dry skins. It leaves skin hydrated, soft and smooth and has a beautiful rose scent. Containing rose oil and rose hip extract it leaves a protective film over the skin and the 1,075 rose petals used in every tube maintains a good level of hydration. A whopping 437 Rose Day Cream are sold every day in the UK, so they must be doing something right...
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£20, 01386 792 642 or visit drhauschka.co.uk
Elizabeth Arden Eight-Hour Cream
skincare, beauty, Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden Eight-Hour Cream
We\'re not surprised this cream makes it on the hot list with its huge fan base and celebrity following. It\'s Cult with a capital C! It\'s a multi-purpose handbag friendly balm that soothes skin from the elements, moisturises dry patches, can smooth down wild hair and gloss up lips in an instant. One tube of this multi-tasking wonder is sold every two seconds in the UK, and if you don\'t already have one, you should have!
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£20, department stores nationwide
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion
beauty, Clinique, skin care, moisturiser
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion
This is a worldwide favourite among women who have bought into the Clinique skincare brand and are unable to leave. They love the moisturising properties of this cult classic that has the same unique formula as the skin, enabling it to work with, not against it. It not only hydrates skin on a daily basis keeping it look fabulous, but it also smoothes and improves its tone and balance. This is one hot cream with celebrity status. Put it this way, if every Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion sold from 1968 to 2005 represented a person, and all those people formed a country, it would be the sixth most populated in the world! Wowza!
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From £15, clinique.co.uk
Yves Saint Lauren Touché Éclat
concealer, YSL, beauty, make-up
Yves Saint Lauren Touché Éclat
You will find it hard to come by any beauty junkie that hasn\'t heard of the YSL Touché Éclat. Launched in 1992 it is still going strong and is one of the world\'s best-loved beauty products. Worldwide YSL sell one every 20 seconds. Many say it\'s the magical ingredient to a radiant complexion. Banish dark circles, illuminate dull lifeless skin and conceal shadows and signs of tiredness all in an instant with this concealing treat. Sold!
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£22.50, 01444255700
Avon ANEW Clinical Eye Lift
eye cream, beauty, skin care, avon
Avon ANEW Clinical Eye Lift
Avon is a huge global beauty brand and their own range of skincare products are flying off the shelves both here and across the waters in the States. In 2007 this eye cream was the best selling eye cream in America. Since it launched in the UK, it has sold over a million pots, which is roughly one every 44 seconds. One reason for this could be that women swear it lifts the eye area, strengthens the skin, reduces puffiness and fills out fine lines. It\'s claimed to be one of the best-kept beauty secrets around today... now, where\'s that Avon catalogue?
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£15.50, avonshop.co.uk
No7 Protect & Perfect Serum
skincare, beauty, No.7
No7 Protect & Perfect Serum
When the No7 Protect and Perfect serum launched it immediately sold out nationwide and we could only sit and pray for another rush of stock. Now it\'s here and it still remains a firm favourite in the beauty industry selling over 7.8 million to date. Its blend of antioxidants, skin renewing ingredients and protecting properties mean you are left with silky soft younger looking skin. A firm favourite for those wanting a daily skin treat that\'s affordable.
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£17.75, boots.com
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Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
spa, beauty, Elemis, skin care
Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
Elemis is one the UK\'s leading luxury spa brands that have amazing results driven treatments which work alongside their extremely popular products. They claim that the mix of natural ingredients and new technology means we get the most from their advanced skincare range that is often a sell out. The Pro-Collagen Marine Cream has generated nearly £5m worth of sales for far this year alone. Its blend of natural marine ingredients and advanced formula means that it\'s clinically proven to reduce appearance of wrinkles and leave the skin looking younger and firmer. The price tag may be best for pay days, but let us warn you - once you start it\'s hard to stop using it.
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£125, timetospa.co.uk
New id Cosmetics i-smoulder
eye shadow, eye pencil, beauty, make-up, smoky eye
new id Cosmetics i-smoulder
It\'s not just wonder creams that sell like hot cakes here in the UK but make-up too! new id cosmetics is a fairly new brand to us Brits but they\'re growing a fan base already. There biggest seller is no surprise, it\'s the i-smoulder, selling around a 150 every day off their website alone. It\'s a double-ended pencil that makes even the most sophisticated of smoky eyes seem easy! Go black, gold or silver - which are fab for some festive season shimmer...
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£15, newidcosmetics.com
Nivea Visage Anti-Wrinkle Q10
wrinkles, beauty, Nivea, skin care, anti ageing
Nivea Visage Anti-Wrinkle Q10
The Co-enzyme Q10 is the most prominent ingredient in this well loved wrinkle cream. Since its discovery in 1954 formula has been developed even further and we now know it as the Nivea Visage Anti-Wrinkle Q10 range. The Q10 Anti Wrinkle Day Cream is one of the world\'s best selling anti-ageing creams and is found on nearly every British high street. It still contains its key ingredient discovered all those years ago, a fantastic SPF for skin protection and is great to use on sensitive skin such as the delicate eye area.
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£15, boots.com
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L\'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
hand cream, skincare, beauty, L\'Occitane
L\'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
Some people might think that hand cream is only for the winter months when your poor skin feels the effects of the elements. Apparently in the UK we think its something we need all year round because L\'Occitane tell us they sell one of their best selling Shea Butter Hand Creams every 30 seconds. So keep your hands in great condition all year round with their super rich, super smoothing cream containing Shea Butter, Honey, Sweet Almond extract and the nourishing vitamin E. Don\'t let your hands give you away, look after them with this firm beauty favourite.
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£15.50, loccitane.com
Garnier Caffeine Eye Roll-On
eye bags, beauty, Garnier
Garnier Caffeine Eye Roll-On
This little wonder pen for eyes is a big seller on the British high street, shifting one every 30 seconds, It\'s a whiz on dark circles, puffiness and dull tired eyes. It has a massage action in the roller ball pen that encourages drainage around the eye area to help smooth and replenish tired eyes. Plus we love the handy handbag size along with its gel formula. So don\'t delay - stimulate and hydrate your eyes today!
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£6.99, superdrug.com
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