The ULTIMATE Honeymoon Hair & Beauty Hot Picks
Every month I will be searching high and low to bring you the best products for your Honeymoon! I have spent the last 6 weeks trying out all the best hair and beauty products so I can report back to you on which are the must-have, can’t-live-without products!
SAVE Miners Colour Quilt in Cocoa Blush
These colour quartets from miners are fab for multi-use products, swept all over the cheek for creating a sun-kissed glow or used individually as eyeshadows (the lighter shade is great for highlighting your brow bones). £4.49 from www.miners.co.uk
SPLURGE Chanel 4 LIGHTS BRONZING POWDER (Limited Edition)
This gorgeous pressed powder is one of my favourite products at the moment. It comes with four shades to use on their own or together to create a sun-kissed look that works on any shade of skin.Use the two lighter highlighting shades to add a touch of radiance to the face and the two darker sculpting shades to provide a touch of sun. It is a steep £39 but a worthwhile investment, available from www.debenhams.com
SAVE Myface Lip Pop Gloss in Hey Baby
This gorgeous shimmery lipgloss is just stunning, it stays on really well and it is the perfect shade for bringing out your tan and giving you a perfect pout £7.82 from www.boots.com
SPLURGE Chanel Glossimer For Lips in Beige Guitar 121
This yummy long-lasting, ultra-shiny lipgloss is just mwah! It goes on perfectly and again looks stunning with a tanned face! £18 from www.debenhams.com
Save Collection 2000 Brilliant Shimmer Wand
I absolutely adore the new Duo Wands from Collection 2000, each end has a little wand for stroking on the cream-to-powder shadow, it’s a great texture for blending and the ‘smoke screen’ one is fantastic for creating a sexy smokey eye!
SPLURGE Pure Kajal Eyeliner
This was a great find for me, I pretty much use it every day and it’s spot on for creating a smokey eye! The sleek black packaging makes this eyeliner much sexier than all the rest. £11.75 from www.boots.com
SAVE Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara has always been one of my favourites, popular with make-up artists and celebrities they are definitely getting it right when it comes to smudge-proof mascara, they are brilliant for building up dramatic lashes and their Great Lash Waterproof is just perfect for long lazy days on the beach! £4.88 from www.superdrug.com
SPLURGE Jemma Kidd Lash Tint Mascara
This is one of the best mascaras I have found for staying inplace, it last for 24 hours without any spudges, No matter how hot the weather is this mascara will not be running down your cheeks, it’s brilliant!! £14.68 www.spacenk.co.uk
SAVE Barry M Nail Pain in Fuchsia
I have to say for the price this was a great nail polish, the colour was amazing and would look stunning on tanned hands or toes! It had an ultra glossy finish and it stayed chip-free for 4 days, which for a bold bright colour is pretty good. It needed two coats for a perfect finish and it dried really quickly! £2.95 from www.barrym.com
SPLURGE Ciate paint Pot in Plastic Fantastic
I am now a huge fan of the Ciate Paint Pots, these nail colours go on beautifully and dried within about a minute which was amazing, it needed a second coat for a perfect finish and then it stayed chip free for a whole week with a perfect wet look finish. £9 from www.ciate.co.uk
Body Beautiful
Now we all know how important it is to get our skin looking as perfect as possible before we go away, especially after a long Winter of neglecting to scrub, polish and moisturise! I have found some of the best products to get your skin looking and feeling fantastic before you hit the beach!
SAVE Spa Paradisa Passion Fruit Sugar Body Scrub
Wow – I love this body scrub!! Not only does it smell good enough to eat it leaves your skin feeling and smelling amazing! With ingredients such as sweet almond oil, sugar and coconut shell this body scrub is just wonderful for buffing away all that dry winter skin and uncovering the baby soft skin you didn’t even know existed! £8 from www.debenhams.com
SPLURGE Espa Detoxifying Salt Scrub
This invigorating salt scrub is very interesting, it makes your whole body feel tingly and awake.It is a blend of mineral rich sea salts and purifying essential oils which you mix up in the jar and smother all over your body. Cleansing grapefruit, stimulating cypress and cooling eucalyptus all work in harmony to leave your system re-energised and renewed. When combined with gentle massage, the marine and plant ingredients stimulate the body’s lymphatic system – boosting drainage and circulation and helping to speed the elimination of toxins from the body. My skin was silky soft after! I would say don’t use this if you have sensitive skin or on any broken skin. £26.50 from www.espaonline.com
SAVE Sanctuary Body Butter
This is officially my favourite body butter! I love it, it is a decadently rich body butter that smeels divine and leaves your skin silky soft! It’s crammed with nourishing Cocoa Butter and creamy Shea Butter laced with Sweet Almond Oil, smoothing Macadamia Oil and protective Vitamin E for all over pampering. £7.99 from www.thesanctuary.co.uk
SPLURGE Jo Malone Vintage Gardania Body Creme
I love this body cream from Jo Malone, it has the most seductive smell that I just can’t get enough of!! Not only does it smell divine it thoroughly mositurises thirsty skin and leaves it feeling soft and smooth. For an evening out this cream mixed in with a little shimmery bronzing liquid and rubbed in to your shoulders and decolletage will make you simply irresistible! £44 from www.jomalone.co.uk
SAVE Neutrogena Sesame Body Oil
This is lovely body oil with a yummy scent, it is perfect for moisturising your skin after the shower or to give your skin s sexy sheen in the evening! £7.48 from www.boots.com
SPLURGE Bobbi Brown Beach Body Oil
The Bobbi Brown Beach Body Oil is gorgeous!! It absorbs straight in to your skin and has the same beautiful scent as their Beach perfume, use this to keep your skin soft and nourished and in the evening for a sultry sheen. £19.57 from www.bobbibrown.co.uk
Best of the Rest
Lee Stafford Beach Babe Sea Salt Hair
If you love the look and feel of just stepped out of the sea, naturally sun dried hair then you will be love Lee Stafford Beach Babe Sea Salt Spray. It contains sunflower extract to help give moisture and shine and to protect and repair against free radicals. This is a great spray for the just stepped of the beach tousled look! £5.86 from www.boots.com
Avene Thermal Spring Water Spray
This amazing spring water spray is not only brilliant for carrying in your bag for when you need cooling down it is also ideal for providing relief on sunburnt skin, try spraying your sunburnt areas and then standing in-front of a fan for instant relief!! Also great for sensitive skin. £2.94 from www.boots.com
ZPM Bikinis Pink Wash Bag
Of course you need somewhere to put all your bits and pieces and ZPM have a fantastic selection of wash bags for you to choose from, I love this Pink Bikini one! £19.95 www.zpm.com
