Tried and tested: mascara

No7 has three new mascaras on offer for the party season — in appropriately festive packaging — one gold, one red and one black.

1. Stay Perfect (€16.50) Long Lasting volume mascara which promises not to budge whatever your day throws at you — but will effortless glide off with just warm water when it has done its job — a good everyday mascara that will look the same at 5pm as it did at 9am.

Some may not be a fan of its thin brush with short bristles — great for lengthening but not so good for volume.