Beauty Buzz: 150 years of Bourjois, how to banish split varnish and taking care of neglected necks
While we merrily slather lotions, potions and bottled promises on to our faces, rarely do we attend to our necks until it’s too late. So when your jawline goes missing, you need to call in the skincare heavyweights. Not for nothing do Cindy Crawford and Anna Friel rely on a little help from Dr Sebagh’s products.
His new Supreme Neck Lift (£120, drsebagh.com) creates an instant smoothing effect and contains collagen-promoting peptides to help firm deep neck folds when used twice daily for three months.
Cosmetic doctor Elisabeth Dancey is a favourite among picky beauty editors for her ability to achieve breathtaking results with only simple tweaks. By adding volume with a pinprick of hyaluronic acid filler in the chin, temples and behind the ears, she engineers a subtle lifting effect that lessens the slack on the skin of the neck.
Step two is radiofrequency. ‘This gently heats the neck tissue, restoring lost tension in the spiral-like collagen fibres, similar to shrinking your favourite jumper on a hot wash,’ says Dr Dancey. And while you’d mourn the demise of a cashmere cardie, being reunited with your long-lost jawline will be cause for celebration. Fillers from £330; radiofrequency from £150, bijoux-medispa.co.uk.
Yves Rocher Nail Lacquer in Powdery MallowVANISHING VARNISH Your new mauve Yves Rocher Nail Lacquer in Powdery Mallow (£7.90, yves-rocher.co.uk) may look gorgeous on your fingers but is disastrous when spilt on wooden floors. How to remove? Spritz on hairspray and wipe away after 20 seconds.
NO SWEAT Slogging through a pre-bikini season fitness fest? Sling Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue deodorant (£22, harrods.com) into your gym bag and while the lemon, apple and cedarwood notes do double duty as a daytime scent, the new Bianca Balti and David Gandy ad campaign (below) will provide motivation.
Gym-spiration - David Gandy and Bianca BaltiDog candles are the way forward
All the best-dressed dining tables are decked out in pieces from artist and interior designer Rory Dobner. But we’re playing our beauty trump card with his new rose geranium Cosy Candle and Hot Doggie ceramic pot, £65, rorydobner.com.
Our blush crush: celebrating 150 years of bourjois 1863: Alexandre-Napoléon Bourjois begins producing greasepaint make-up. 1914: A pink compact powder blush called Cendre de Roses launches. Under the name Cendre de Rose Brune, it¿s still a bestselling shade today, £7.49. 2013: Bourjois brings us a 150th birthday blush with a new, four-shade, cream-to-powder formula that freshens skin in a flash. £7.99, Boots nationwide, from 15 May.Tweet your questions to @YOUMAGBella and we’ll answer the best. Or you can contact Bella at bella.blissett@you.co.uk
