MSH Backup

With Christmas Day a little over a month away, I’m using this coming weekend very much as a ‘get my shopping all wrapped up’ one. With lots of Black Friday discounts on the go, it pays to be prepared, and I’ve lot a selection of prospective purchases all bookmarked and ready to buy. If you’re keen to get similarly organised- and especially if you’re shopping around for beauty bits- keep scrolling for a peek at my pick the goodies in the shops now: This Works Sleep Tight Kit, £13, Space NK/ Bobbi Brown Crystal Starlight Eyeshadow Palette, £35, Liberty/Skin Laundry Rejuvenation Essentials Kit, £110, Liberty/Diptyque Fragrance Surprise Pocket, £38, Liberty/Space NK Travel Bag in Champagne, £24, Space NK/Stila Liquid Glow Eyeshadow Set, £49, Space NK/Liberty London Beauty Cracker, £18, Liberty/Laura Mercier Magic Hour Face Illuminator Palette, £45, Space NK/Stars in Your Eyes Palette, £60, Charlotte Tilbury/Royal Lipstick Trio, £60, Charlotte Tilbury/Generation G Lipstick, £14, Glossier/Oi...

At this time of the year, and especially now that the weather is on the turn, I find myself regularly reaching for an armful of seasonal beauty staples- a few of which are new additions to my routine which I’m getting on really well with. I feel like I’ve said this a million times before, but I always tend to forget just how much my skin absolutely hates the winter, and because it’s so sensitive I always feel like it needs much more tlc at this time of the year than any other. Luckily, I’ve got a stash of supplies in my seasonal arsenal to help allay those winter woes: I’m a late convert to all things Elemis, but picked up this Papaya Enzyme Peel after it was recommended to me following a facial a few weeks ago. A happy halfway house between cleanser and exfoliating mask, so far it’s really helping to pep my complexion up, and in the long run I’ve been reassured that it will solve those problematic visible pores. In truth, I’ve always been a bit weary of exfoliators as the more abrasiv...