Self-loving products for this Valentine’s Day
Create your own air of romance on February 14 with hearts, flowers, strawberries and champagne — of the beauty variety.
Whether you’re getting ready for a hot date or a romcom on the telly, make yourself feel like a million dollars with some indulgent beauty loving beforehand.
Transform your bathroom into a love shack with these heartfelt products.
A beauty product with a keepsake always deserves more love. Alice + Eliza’s Heart Tin Gift is filled with an Amber And Black Plum Shower Gel, Powdered Violet Hand Cream and votive candle. Keep the printed tin to stash all your Valentine love letters and cards, €16. From Marks & Spencer.
* Prime your lips for Valentine’s Day smooches. Lancôme’s head-over-heels range, Gloss in Love, is bound to get you noticed with its high-gloss finish and 11 kissable colours, from Glittermania to Peach Show, €24 each.
* Show your make-up the love it deserves with a new designer home. The white flower and hearts wash bag from Ashley Thomas is worthy of your best red lippies, €23.50.
* Who needs a bouquet when you’ve got a dramatic fragrance bottle? Vera Wang’s Lovestruck Floral Rush Eau De Parfum includes a bunch of indigo blooms on the lid and the fragrance is packed with pink passion flower notes to sweep you off your feet, from €44.50 (Debenhams).
* Re-create the flush of love for date night. Lancôme’s Limited Spring Edition Blush Highlighter is in the form of a beautifully embossed rose. Sweep onto the apples of your cheeks for a fresh, pink glow, €45.
* Crank up the love songs and light a candle as you get ready. Neom’s Luxury Organic Complete Bliss Home Candle will spice things up with the floral scent of rose mixed with lime and black pepper, €52.
Stay tee-total in the tub with Julien MacDonald’s Star Sparkling Champagne Bath Foam and Body Lotion for guaranteed intoxicating skin, €23.50
* Is there a better suited couple than strawberries and chocolate? The Body Shop has combined the two — minus the calories — with a Strawberry & Chocomania Shower Duo for a super-sweet combo, €9.95.
* Show your body some love with a top-to-toe spa kit. Baylis & Harding’s Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit Perfect Pamper Gift Set includes Body Wash, Body Lotion and Bath Soak to make you smell good enough to eat,€14.29.
This new superlight liquid foundation does what it says on the pack — it has a silky touch and gives medium cover, blending skin tone with a natural semi/matte finish.
Knowing it’s hypo-allergenic and has SPF 15 is a positive for those who resist applying foundation in the first place.
And the pocket-sized tube dispenses just the right amount at a squeeze to control what you apply, which means little goes to waste.
Coming in a range of 14 shades — we tried both the rather neutral light calico and a deeper shade of wheat, look for a perfect match for your skin tone at Boots outlets. It could be the start of a new love affair.
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