Welcome to our round-up of the best festive beauty buys. Here, you can discover the newest and buzziest products on shelves across the country, perfect for treating yourself or someone you love. Editor Trudi Brewer shares her December obsessions.
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For a hair tool that is lightweight and helps you nail any style, a scented oil that grooms to perfection, mascara to amp up your smallest assets, a stretchable, designer concealer and a must-have scent - look no further.
Shark FlexiStyle in Copper, $550.
For anyone who wants a salon-looking style every day, this ultra-versatile multi-styler offers volume, curl, and a sleek finish with no heat damage. Five different attachments are in a handy zip-up, velvet-lined storage case; this would have to be one of the best new hair grooming kits around. It’s lightweight and easy to use and has everything a girl needs to achieve a great hair day. The limited-edition copper colour is pictured here, and it landed just in time for the gifting season.
SHISEIDO Future Solution LX Extra Rich Cleansing Foam, 125ml $108.
A pea-sized amount of this luxurious cleanser is all you need to give your skin the most precise cleanse. Once it hits the water, it foams to a creamy lather that instantly melts away makeup and oil. While it cleans your skin, it treats it with healing botanical extracts simultaneously, including Japanese Enmei herb and red algae extracts, purifying and preserving moisture - often stripped from the skin with cleansing —we adore it.
Gucci Concentré De BeauTé Liquid Concealer, $95.
This stretchable, long-wearing, yet breathable formula works like a second skin to cover and brighten wherever your complexion needs correcting. Black rose oil and hyaluronic acid also have soothing, hydrating, and smoothing benefits. Its lightweight texture feels comfortable and breathable. The best news is that it’s available in 40 diverse colours.
Givenchy L'Interdit Absolu, 35ml,$158, 50ml, $226, 80ml, $263.
The joy that is a floral, woody, ambery scent comes alive in this fragrance. Unconventional and long-lasting ingredients include fresh lavender, cardamom, and neroli in a bed of white flowers, including orange blossom, tuberose, and jasmine sambac. Topped off by the enigmatic blend of vetiver, patchouli, and tobacco, this fragrance was created for the party season ahead.
CZE Hair Nourishing Perfume Oil, $47.
We feel like we are the last cab off the rank to discover this divine hair oil - but now we are hooked. It’s your everything oil for pre- and post-styling and curbing flyaways, and the shine your hair will sport is unrivalled. Packed with hair and scalp-loving oils, including sweet almond, Kakadu plum, moringa, watermelon, hemp, cucumber, Tsubaki, and passionflower oils. The gorgeous scent blends sandalwood, pineapple, fig, and saffron. We are savouring every drop.
Charlotte Tilbury Exaggereyes Mascara, from $28.
Glam-looking lashes finish any makeup look, which is what mascara does best. It’s long-wearing, which is essential, and the ultra-curved lash boosts volume with glossy black coverage. But wait, there is more. It’s smudge, flake, and clump-proof, ideal for the festive season—and most importantly, this brand wears the Leaping Bunny cruelty-free status.
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