We’re yet to meet anyone who doesn’t love this matte but non-drying formula, and now have another for our handbag. One of just five make-up items in the calendar, we were particularly thrilled to find a full size Charlotte Tilbury’s matte revolution lipstick (£26, ) in the infamous pillow talk shade, which is a universally flattering nude. Read more: Harvey Nichols’s debut beauty advent calendar might be one of the best we’ve seen It’s particularly good on dry or bumpy spots, such as elbows, knees and, yes, the derrière. We don’t love a product that creates waste for regular use, but we were happy to add a three-pack to our travel toiletry rotation.Īnother firm favourite is Sol De Janeiro’s Brazilian bum bum cream (from £20, ), which – contrary to what the name might suggest – can be used anywhere on the body to create super-soft, hydrated, glowing skin.
Skin is baby soft and clear after use, rejuvenated and smoothed, and the appearance of fine lines improved. Dr Dennis Gross’s two-step alpha beta universal daily peel sheets (£19 for five sheets, ) are brilliant for exfoliating while travelling. There are also miniatures of products we’ve been using for a long time.
For a 500ml bottle, it’s a whopping £1,780 and sadly the 7ml size found in the calendar is not available to purchase anywhere. It’s rich but not heavy, and even the tiniest bit is restorative and soothing. The last on the list of luxury products we tried in miniature – and now desperately wish we could afford – is the La Mer crème de la mer moisturising cream. Be warned, the bottle is glass and – it turns out – fragile, so we wouldn’t suggest travelling with it. It worked wonders and our chronically dehydrated, season change-confused skin drank it up, becoming plump and radiant. Read more: Diptyque’s beauty advent calendar is stocked with divine fragrances and scented candlesĭr Barbara Sturm’s hyaluronic serum is well out of our budget in full size, but we loved sampling it all the same (£85, ). Lightweight and silky, it has become our favourite pre-make-up base, giving a glowing, almost wet look to the skin. It was also a good chance to finally try a 10ml version of Tatcha’s the dewy skin cream (a size you can’t buy on the high street), which we will definitely be ordering in full size in future. We loved getting the chance to trial Augustinus Bader’s the face oil (£68, ), a superb blend of seed oils – it would take far too many words to list them all – that is deeply nourishing, thick but not heavy, and leaves skin glowing and bouncy.
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