Midnight recovery and looking after your skin
Brilliant for night time use, a couple of drops of this relaxing, hydrating blend before you catch your zeds deliver smoother, brighter skin in the morning.
Lightweight, easy to use, this fits in well with whatever other skincare you use with it. The results? Six-to-eight weeks use result in a smoother complexion and a plumping out of lines and wrinkles.
The best serum bar none for reducing pigmentation marks, this is pricey and a little tricky to get to grips with too. Persevere: it works.
This bottle of wonder goo is brilliant if you’re suffering from winter-stressed skin. Containing water-attracting hyaluronic acid and an anti-ageing sugar, rhamnose, it’s plumping and skin smoothing.
Find this well-priced liquid soap at Marks and Spencer where it comes in stylish ribbon-decorated glass packaging, belying the small price point. Delicately scented, this makes a great guest soap.
In a variety of fragrances, these liquid soaps are perfectly priced for both kitchen and bathroom. Not for the sensitive skinned due to the high levels of SLS in the formulations, but a good budget pick.
Wicklow-based Max Benjamin continue to impress with the quality of its products along with innovative scent options. This new wash in lemongrass and ginger is gorgeous and nicely packaged.
I adore this French apothecary brand and while these hand washes aren’t the cheapest, the thick, unctuous texture means a little goes a long way. Available to match the brand’s perfumes, you can use them to layer your scent too.
Offering the best coverage of those tested, this is one for those who like a lot of product on their skin. A great bridal pick, this is fine for occasional use for the dry-skinned but will suit combo-to-oily for daily wear.
Lancôme’s answer to long-wearing base 2012-style is great. 18 options to suit all skintypes and fine, buildable coverage mean the emulsion paint effect we expected from longwear base of old is now firmly out of favour.
Despite having a ‘fits all’ claim, this doesn’t wear well on a dry skintype and is best for younger or sebum-prone complexions. Lots of silicone in the mix delivers a matte, medium finish.
20 shades, a ‘your skin but better’ claim and coverage that’s convincing and not clunky: this is a truly ace base. Best for daily usage on combo-to-oily skins, drier complexions can definitely get along with this too.
Abbott and Broome at Aldi; Avon www.avon.ie; Bioeffect www.bioeffect.co.uk; Chanel and Dior at pharmacies and department stores; Kiehl’s 35 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 and Dundrum Town Centre; La Maison de Senteurs at Marks and Spencer; Lancôme at pharmacies and department stores; Max Benjamin at Brown Thomas, House of Fraser, Arnotts, Kilkenny, Meadows and Byrne and gift shops; Roger and Gallet at pharmacies.
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