December Beauty Notes

Melanie Morris and Aisling O’Grady share their festive favourites.

LET IT GLOW

MAC’s iconic Strobe Cream has just had a family! One of the beauty industry’s greatest game- changers sees a brand extension in time for Christmas, available in five pearly shades of highlighting cream, €34 each, and four powder Skin Finish compacts, 31.50. Blend, dab, brush and stroke your way to the season’s most glorious, illuminated, radiant skin.

HELLO DOLLY

The smart addition to any party clutch: Vaseline’s limited edition Lip Therapy Lulu Guinness Doll Face Tin, €4.12

SELF GIFT

Colourful, quirky and impossibly cute, each of Benefit’s limited edition Christmas tin, €59.50, comes stuffed with a selection of key products in full and trial sizes. Boots, Debenhams and Benefit boutiques all have exclusive edits, so stay vigilant and collect the lot.

SCRUB UP

Kiehl’s Gently Exfoliating Body Scrubs with Aloe Vera & Chamomile, €37, take a softer approach to exfoliation, with natural, apricot seed particles to blend away dead skin cells, leaving skin polished and smooth. Available in Coriander, Lavender and Grapefruit, for deliciously-scented, gleaming skin.

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This article originally appeared in the December issue of IMAGE magazine.