Category Archives: Beauty & Grooming

Discover your ‘sleep in a jar’ night cream to protect, treat and support your skin with Dr Somji Skincare

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Newly launched Night Recovery Cream from Dr Somji Skincare is perfect for Christmas. It’s the perfect treat for your skin while you enjoy a quiet night in, preparing for the Christmas cheer ahead. 

Night Recovery Cream, £85 

Available from drsomjiskincare.com

Did you know that the best time for skin rejuvenation and regeneration is while we sleep? As the holiday season gets busier, with late nights filled with festive fun and all the classic holiday havoc, it’s easy to forget to pamper our skin. This is exactly why a nurturing nighttime routine is essential to keep us looking and feeling our best.

Packed with powerful ingredients like hyaluronic acid to draw in moisture and squalane to lock it in, this cream boosts your skin’s hydration while you rest. Its unique formula, including encapsulated retinol, Indian gentian extract, and probiotics, works to smooth wrinkles, even out skin tone, and strengthen your skin’s barrier. It supports your skin’s natural repair and regeneration process overnight, helping restore balance and reduce the effects of internal stress.

Think of it as your “sleep in a jar” – a multi-tasking wonder that protects, treats, and restores your skin while you dream. Whether you’re treating yourself or gifting it to a beauty lover, it’s the perfect holiday skincare essential for anyone looking to streamline their nighttime routine with one transformative product.

Keep Your Skin in Top Condition This Ski Season

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It’s ski season and our skin will bear the brunt of the cold weather. Skiing exposes our skin to harsh conditions like cold winds, low humidity, and intense sun, which can strip it of moisture and damage its protective barrier. We’ve rounded up the best products from Teoxane, the creators of RHA resilient hyaluronic acid.
To maintain healthy, resilient ski skin, hydration is crucial, and hyaluronic acid plays a vital role as it helps to retain moisture in the skin, keeping it plump, smooth, and protected against the drying effects of the elements. 

Teoxane (Teosyal) RHA Serum, £85 Teoxane (Teosyal) RHA Serum contains a potent blend of resilient hyaluronic acid, antioxidants and amino acids, which help to perfect the tone and texture of dull, tired skin within 14 days.

Teoxane 3D Lip, £35 This rich, hydrating and reparative daily lip care treatment features densifying and nutritive ingredients that work together to smooth, nourish, and achieve a plumping effect for the lips.

Teoxane (Teosyal) UVA Shield SPF50+, £55 This very high UVA and UVB protective sunscreen works to prevent UV-induced photoaging and the appearance of dark spots.

I’m obsessed with sunscreen and this one is brilliant.

Your Winter Handbag Hero Is Here – And It’s Under £30

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The cold weather is terrible for my skin. It gets dry and a lot of products make my skin red and sore. Enter Wonderbalm. Finally I have something I can use which actually works.

Winter can be rough on skin, hair, and everything in between, which is why WONDERBALM (£29) has become the must-have handbag hero for tackling those cold-weather woes. Compact yet powerful, this multi-use balm is a favourite among savvy shoppers and jet-setters alike. Whether it’s soothing dry hands, taming flaky scalps, or acting as an overnight lip mask, Wonderbalm truly does it all (and more).

With a nourishing blend of Olive Oil, Shea Butter, and Orange Peel Oil, it’s designed to deeply hydrate and restore skin and hair while fitting snugly in your bag. It’s no wonder customers rave about its versatility:

  • “I have psoriasis on my scalp on which can get really bad on my hairline and behind my ears. It can get really dry and flakey and is super embarrassing. I put this product on and instantly the itchiness subsided. Within a day the flaking stopped and was much smoother. Really lovely product and smells great too.”
  • “I use this on my hands and fingertips. The skin was cracking and was really sore. I have been using now for a few days and I can already see an improvement in the skin.”
  • “Every night – the best lip balm solution I have found!”
  • “I can’t stop recommending this product to friends and family! Have swapped out my cleansing balm, lip balms and hand cream for this one product! It really works wonders as an overnight lip mask to avoid any cracking from the cold weather.”
  • “I absolutely love it! I had really dry knuckles from UK winter and it’s basically gone away now”
  • “One pot wonder”
  • “I have been getting a dry, sore patch in between my fingers that has been flaring up occasionally. After using WONDERBALM it was feeling so much calmer and the redness had noticeably subsided.”

Why It’s Your Next Handbag Hero:

  • Dry Skin & Scalp Savior: Tackles irritation and dryness with antioxidant-rich Shea Butter and Orange Peel Oil
  • Compact Travel Essential: Perfect for handbags or carry-ons so there’s no need to pack bulky hand creams or multiple products
  • Cold-Weather Cuticle Care: Repairs cracked knuckles and soothes eczema-prone skin
  • Beauty Multi-Tasker: Use it as a cleanser, makeup remover, or an overnight lip and face mask for ultimate hydration

WONDERBALM 50ml, £29, Available at Wonderbalm and Amazon 

How To Get Perfect Eyebrows And Top Tweezers

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The perfect eyebrows really frame your face. They are essential for grooming. Brow Expert and Owner of Rubis, Fides Baldesberger, has the perfect tweezers for the job.

Everything For an Everything Bath at Elemental Herbology

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A bath is the ultimate in self care and having the right products is essential. These products are all brilliant. All hail the ‘everything bath’ – the ultimate in self-care, me-time! Based on traditional Chinese Medicine, Elemental Herbology have everything you need for your everything pamper – from diffusers that will turn your bathtime into  a spa, to bath & body oils, to luxury haircare, to decadent body care and beyond! 

Sweet Orange & Rosemary Exfoliating Hand & Body Wash, £14, www.elementalherbology.com. Encourage a feeling of euphoria with this gently exfoliating hand & body wash, enriched with a zesty essential oil blend to cleanse the body and energise the mind. 

Sweet Orange & Rosemary Exfoliating Hand & Body Wash

Zest Sugar Body Polish, £40, www.elementalherbology.com. Awaken your year-round summer glow with this zesty sugar polish, enriched with a nourishing blend of superfood plant oils to maintain skin health and reveal brighter, smoother skin.

Zest Sugar Body Polish

Neroli & Bergamot Shampoo, £25, www.elementalherbology.com. Found in select spas, salons and hotels around the world, this uplifting shampoo is sulfate and chemical-free. It nourishes and restores the hair while calming the mind, bringing hotel luxury to your home. 

Muscle Melt Body Balm, £29, www.elementalherbology.com. Instantly soothe tired and aching muscles with this warming muscle balm. This luxurious balm-to-oil formulation uses natural anti-inflammatories to help reduce tension and speed-up muscle recovery.

Muscle Melt Body Balm

NEW BEAUTY LAUNCH | Mylee’s Blooming Gel

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Who doesn’t love a good nail? Whether you prefer a marble mani, flirty florals or gorgeous gradients, Mylee have you covered. Set to be THE nail trend for AW24, Watercolour nails are made blooming easy with Mylee’s BRAND NEW Blooming Gel collection.

Simply apply the gel over your chosen colour, paint your design on top, and watch your canvas bloom. Magic at your very fingertips, quite literally.

Marble Quad, £26.99, www.mylee.co.uk

Marvel with a marble mani that’s no longer impossible to DIY. Create the cult classic trend with this do-it-all kit, including Mylee’s innovative Blooming Gel (that allows gel polish colours to spread magically), moon-white Luna, peony-pink Californian Love, and man-made metal Steel My Heart. Ready, set, marble.

Marble Quad, £26.99, www.mylee.co.uk

Marvel with a marble mani that’s no longer impossible to DIY. Create the cult classic trend with this do-it-all kit, including Mylee’s innovative Blooming Gel (that allows gel polish colours to spread magically), moon-white Luna, peony-pink Californian Love, and man-made metal Steel My Heart. Ready, set, marble.

New Beauty Product From Elemental Herbology: SmartScreen SPF50+

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Your Skincare Routine Just Got Smarter
When it comes to skincare nothing is as important as SPF so I’m always on the lookout for a new one. This one from Elemental caught my eye. It’s SPF50+. Let’s take a look…

It’s time to get smarter with your skincare regime, with the latest launch from award-winning skincare and spa brand, Elemental Herbology.The Smart Screen SPF50 is a feathery-light SPF moisturiser, enriched with skin-loving vitamins including Provitamin B5 and Vitamin E, and highly protective ingredients such as Pollustop and Aquaceria to shield skin from every day sun damage, blue light from screens and environmental pollution.The vegan, silicone-free and fragrance-free formulation is perfect for all skin types for everyday use either as a lightweight moisturiser, or in addition to your current skincare routine.SmartScreen SPF50+ 50ml, £45.00, www.elementalherbology.com


Vitamin E & Provitamin B5: contains antioxidant properties to protect from free radical damage and pollution, while locking in hydration and strengthening the skin barrier.
Anti-Pollution: contains the unique ingredient, Pollustop, to shield skin from damage and dullness caused by pollution, helping to maintain healthy, glowing skin.
Blue Light Protection: creates a physical barrier between the skin and blue light rays using the ingredient Aquaceria to reduce oxidative damage and early signs of ageing including fine lines and wrinkles.
Elemental Herbology is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. The new SPF is the latest member of the Fire Element, perfect for all skin types and use across all the elements.
Each element is associated to a personality type, a season, colour, and even a taste and TCM informs us that each person has a unique balance of these elements. The Fire-dominant character is likely to be sociable, charismatic and often possess an infectious enthusiasm.
They make great leaders and friends, but exert a lot of energy which, when out of balance, can leave them burnt out. This new SPF, and the rest of the Fire range aim to bring this back into balance, re-energising skin, body and mind.

Brilliant Face Masks For Self Care

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I love a face masks. People always notice when you have used one. It’s also great to take a few minutes out of the day. Nothing says self-care like a face mask. You feel the moisture locking in, you’re rewarded with instant hydration and can target specific skincare needs – dryness, acne, brightening etc, and you can just leave it on whilst getting on with other things! The post-summer, autumn/winter skin has been (if you’re lucky) exposed to UV rays, get togethers where you’ve had drinks or long nights, and really, for want of a better term our skin has taken a battering.  There’s a face mask out there for all, whether you prefer a sheet, cream or LED – we’ve rounded up some of our keepers…

RETINOL FACE MASK

Retinol Anti-Ageing Facial Sheet Mask, £6, BeautyPro.com / FacetheFuture, Boots, BeautyBay

This plant based formula uses Seaweed Kelp Complex, Organic Pine Oil and Wild Yam to help you to achieve skin that’s clear and youthful. A 15 minute Retinol treatment is a great choice for those looking to target acne or the signs of ageing due to it stimulating collagen production to help aid repair. This renewing formula will help to diminish fine lines, minimise inflammation, reduce pore size, even the skin tone and protect from free radicals.

KOMBUCHA

Kombucha Infusion Sheet Mask, £9, elementalherbology.com

Instantly brighten your complexion with this natural, plastic-free sheet mask infused with nourishing botanicals, probiotics, vitamins and enzymes to promote healthy skin and lift overall complexion for a radiant, luminous appearance. Rich in probiotics and antioxidants to plump the skin and fortify the skin barrier.