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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
'Luxurious' anti-ageing set with 50% off leaves shoppers with 'dewy' skin
IT Cosmetics fans have called the skincare 'heaven in a jar.' The set, which contains two full-sized products, is now half price Debenhams has slashed 50% off an IT Cosmetics skincare gift set that had one shopper who uses the brand's products saying: "I'm now approaching 70 years old and love how I look!" The IT Cosmetics Celebrate 24/7 Hydration Two Piece Anti-Ageing Skincare Gift Set contains two full-sized products. These include the Confidence in a Cream Hydrating Moisturizer (60 ml) and the Confidence in Your Beauty Sleep Night Cream (60 ml). The IT Cosmetics Celebrate 24/7 Hydration Two Piece Anti-Ageing Skincare Gift Set set, which is now on sale for £32.50 cut from £65, helps to make skin feel 'vibrant' and 'youthful.' Both products are suitable for all skin types and help to add hydration. One shopper said of the skincare set: "Love both of these. The night time cream is absolutely smooth and luxurious!" Lisa Snowdon loves this hair serum that's 'must have for hair loss' now 20% off Boden's autumn collection has arrived and these are the best items to buy now Another described the skincare as 'heaven in a jar.' Other beauty sets currently on sale include the Liz Earle Skin Discovery Collection for £22 down from £28 at LookFantastic. One shopper said: "A great set to try out this brand, very effective products, great quality. Ideal for daily use even for sensitive skin like mine, absorbs quickly, skin feels hydrated and clear. I also got these to give as present, fab presentation at a great price." Upgrade your skincare routine £65 £32.50 Debenhams Shop here Product Description Another option is the Vichy Mineral 89 Daily Hydration Essentials Starter Kit which is now half price cut from £29 to less than £15 at Boots. One shopper said: "Saved my dehydrated and dry skin! I also have very sensitive skin and rosacea and had zero issues." It's worth noting that whilst most of the reviews displayed on the Debenhams website were positive, one shopper said: "The new formula of Confidence in a Cream Anti-Ageing is horrible! The old formula was amazing. I'm very disappointed!" Others were pleased with the products, writing: "Wonderful value for money. Usually a single costs more than this - and you get two. The creams are very moisturising and leave my skin feeling soft. I prefer to wear them alone because they are quite thick so it's hard to layer." A further shopper wrote: "I'm three weeks in and so far I love it! I have somewhat sensitive skin and I haven't had a break out which makes me super happy. My skin seems dewy and moist."
Daily Mail
25-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
You've been doing your make-up all wrong! Celebrity cosmetics guru reveals the 11 mistakes most women are making without realising - and how to fix them
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more If there's one make-up artist whose advice we'd trust blindly, it's Caroline Barnes (@carolinebarnesmakeup). The pro is known for painting the faces of some of the biggest names in Britain, including Erin Doherty, Mia Mckenna-Bruce and Charlotte Ritchie. Below, we asked her to reveal the most common makeup mistakes women make – and how to avoid them to achieve a flawless-looking face… 1. Not analysing the colour of your foundation in daylight If you're splurging on a foundation, getting the wrong shade match can be an expensive mistake. But it's a mistake more than a few women make because they're not testing the product in natural light. 'Most people buy a foundation in a store with overhead lighting, which can distort the undertone and make it appear warmer, cooler, lighter or darker than it actually is,' Barnes explains. 'This can sometimes lead to the wrong colour choice.' Your best bet is to apply the product in daylight. But if that's not an option, ask for a mirror to check the shade match outside. Alternatively, a lot of brands also offer little testers or samples online. 2. Not matching your neck and chest to your face While we're on the topic of foundation, your face can be a lighter colour than your neck and chest because of the use of SPF. When you're choosing your foundation shade, Barnes says you need to make it the same as your body, no matter the coverage. She recommends applying foundation in a vest top or a bra so you can see if your face matches your neck and chest. 3. Not knowing your skin type Per Barnes, choosing the right foundation starts with understanding your skin type. For those with oily or combination skin, she recommends a water-based foundation such as the IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Natural Matte (£39, John Lewis); those with dry skin would benefit from a formula with hyaluronic acid, like the Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gel Tint (£34, Cult Beauty). 4. Applying too much highlighter Everyone wants glowing skin, but if you apply highlighter all over your face, your complexion will end up looking very oily rather than glowy. For flattering results, follow Barnses's advice and only apply highlighter to the outer edges of your complexion and the high points of your face (bridge of your nose, top of your cheekbones, underneath your eyebrows and cupid's bows) to enhance your bone structure. 5. Using eyeliner to frame your eyes Many people mistakenly think that eyeliner is the quickest way to flatter the eyes, but Barnes points out that heavily lining the eyes can actually make them look smaller. Instead, she recommends using mascara as the best and quickest way to frame the eyes. 6. Making your eyebrows too dark Eyebrows act like a frame for the eyes, so it's important to make sure they're shaped just right as they can transform your whole face. Rather than colouring in your brows with a pomade, Barnes recommends using a pen like the NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen (£11.99, Boots) to paint fine, hair-like strokes that look more real and more flattering. 7. Only using one concealer If you've only got one concealer in your makeup bag, you're missing a trick. Per Barnes, everyone benefits from using two different concealers: one to cover up imperfections and one to dot around your eyes. 'The skin around your eyes is delicate and fine, so you need something to reflect the light, like the Maybelline Instant Eraser Eye Concealer (£9.99, Boots). It has a sponge applicator, is really light and lasts a long time,' recommends Barnes. 'If you're trying to conceal veins, scars and pigmentation, you need something full coverage that matches your foundation like the Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer (£36, Cult Beauty).' 8. Not using a tubing mascara If your bog-standard mascara tends to smudge throughout the day, a tubing mascara could be the solution. 'A tubing mascara contains polymers that wrap around each individual lash,' explains Barnes. 'It is not dissolved by the natural oils in your skin; only by warm water so you don't need makeup remover. I use it on my clients on the red carpet because I can't afford for the mascara to transfer.' Her favourite? The Rum Wrap Party Tubing Mascara (£22, We Are Rum). 'It's the best one on the market.' 9. Applying your blusher wrong You probably don't really think about it when we're doing your makeup, but where you place your blusher can make a big difference. For a healthy and youthful look, Barnes suggests swiping blusher on the fullness of your cheeks and in the direction of your temple. For a more sophisticated, sculptural effect, take the colour underneath your cheekbones and sweep up and over temples, rather than in that straight line. 10. Sharply overlining your lips Not all of us have been blessed with naturally full lips, but luckily there are a few tricks that can make them look bigger. Overlining your cupid's bow is a well-known technique, but Barnes advises against creating sharp lines. 'A sharp lip can come across as a mean lip,' she explains. Instead, use the side of your lip pencil to softly add a little bit of volume and shape from the corners of your lips. 11. Less is not always more 'Modern makeup is all about simplicity, but that doesn't mean the no-makeup makeup trend is about wearing less products,' says Barnes. 'It's about choosing tonal eyeshadows, neutral blushes and your-lips-but-better lipstick shades, and pairing it with fluttery lashes and structured eyebrows to create a very modern and polished look.'
Times
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
This blush-bronzer is the perfect summer beauty product
• This article contains affiliate links that can earn us revenue I am very pleased with today's column because I think I have found the perfect summer product. It is a blush-bronzer hybrid, It Cosmetics Glow with Confidence Sun Blush (£33, and it is so good — the best thing I've come across in years when it comes to making you look healthy, natural and sunkissed. It's a cream and it comes in five shades. The one that I am raving about specifically is called Sun Warmth. I am reasonably confident that it is almost a universal shade, though you might need an extremely light hand if you are the colour of photocopying paper. (Do people still photocopy things or just scan them with their phones? I am old enough to remember when people photocopied their bottoms at drunken office parties. Good times.) On the other hand, IT Cosmetics knows what it's doing and so presumably the shades it deems best for fairer or darker skin work just as well. But Sun Warmth! Sun Warmth is literally perfection. It's a sort of brickish terracotta shade, and on the skin it is exactly — exactly — the colour skin goes just before it burns: that optimal shade that looks amazing for one night only, before it goes red and peels. Do you know what I mean? It's a colour that looks like your skin has absorbed all the heat and sunlight of the day, and that makes everybody much better looking than they actually are, because it evokes fresh air and light and carefreeness and joy. Also, lack of effort. This is a product that looks like the results just happened without any input by you. Products that do this are my favourites and they're also few and far between. In this instance, genius colour aside, the texture has a lot to do with it. It presents as solid in the pot, but it melts on to the skin like a sort of balm — I think we could technically call it a balm, except that 'balm' suggests something that will slide off and this won't. Anyway: its balminess means that you could apply it with your eyes closed and it would still look great. Don't, obviously — apply it with your eyes open a) on your cheekbones and/ or cheeks (higher is better if you're older, because otherwise the colour is too low down when your face is in repose), b) on your temples, c) wherever the sun would naturally hit, including maybe the tip of your nose. The brickish colour of this means that I like applying it in a sort of blurred-out stripe across the centre of my face, from cheekbone to cheekbone and across the nose. With a light hand! Honestly, it is so flattering that I almost laughed out loud in delight. I would suggest using quite a stiff brush rather than anything superfluffy, in a dabbing/stippling motion — but do whatever works best for you. It contains skincare too. To be honest I wouldn't care if it contained weasel pee and chopped up worms, so pleasing is its effect on the skin, but skincare is a nice thing obviously. Skincare is the cherry on the cake. Here we have hyaluronic acid for hydration, vitamin E to feed the skin and our trusty friends peptides, who do everything helpful. What a product! I could not love it more. The pot is huge, by the way, and will last you for ever. PS If you're looking for something to wear underneath, the same brand's CC+ Nude Glow (£38, which I have written about before, is very good. Cook For the Love of Lemons by Letitia Clark (Hardie Grant £28) is a single-theme — lemons! — cookbook that is summer between hard covers. The recipes are Italian or Italianish and lend themselves particularly well to lunch outside under a parasol. The Sunday Times Style Beauty awards are back for 2025. You could win a luxury five-star holiday at Sani Resort in Greece, plus we have more than £25,000 worth of beauty prizes up for grabs. To be entered into the prize draw, vote for your favourite products at
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Travel + Leisure
24-05-2025
- Travel + Leisure
Jenna Bush Hager on the Jet Lag Cure She's Used Since College—Plus, the Caribbean Island She's ‘Obsessed' With
Even though Today Show host Jenna Bush Hager is a celebrity with presidential lineage, she shares a common travel fear with many of us: lost luggage. As a result, she has become an extremely efficient and strategic packer—she will even stick to only a carry-on for a long trip. 'I like to always pack in a carry-on. Even when we left last summer for two weeks, I traveled with a carry-on because I'm always in fear my bag will get lost.' Travel + Leisure caught up with Bush Hager on her impressive packing strategy, her favorite trips to take with her family, and the jet lag cure she has been using since college. Her fear of lost luggage has led her on a quest to find products that can serve her in multiple ways. 'As I travel, I feel like I want products that do multiple things because I like to always pack in a carry-on.' She noted the CC+ Cream Foundation from IT Cosmetics, a brand she recently partnered with for a campaign, as an example of this—the product does triple duty with SPF, skincare ingredients, and coverage. Jenna with the IT Cosmetics Do It All Radiant Concealer. So does she have room in her carry-on for anything unexpected? 'A set of matching pajamas for a girls' trip. I like to bring a PJ so we can all match,' she said. Perhaps her love of matching pajama sets stems from being a twin. Bush Hager and her sister were freshmen in college in 2001 when their father, George W. Bush, became president of the United States. As the granddaughters of George Bush, who served as president from 1989 to 1993, they were used to being in the public eye, but being daughters of the president brought their fame to a whole new level. Though some of their teenage antics received a lot of press attention, Bush Hager did pick up some great travel habits during her college and First Daughter years as she traveled a lot—and even Air Force One trips can leave you jet lagged. Window or aisle seat? Window. What's your go-to plane activity? Reading. What's your go-to travel outfit? Comfortable cotton pants, a t-shirt, and a nice sweater. What's an item you cannot travel without? The IT Cosmetics Do It All Radiant Concealer. It's the one beauty product I always keep in my bag on travel days and just gives me that extra boost of confidence when I need it, especially if I'm tired from traveling. Best jet lag cure you've picked up over the years? Exercise and water. 'One thing that I always do when I get off a long flight is move my body because it helps with jet lag. I've done this since I was in college and would travel far away. I also drink a lot of water because I always feel a little dehydrated when I fly. Every time you fly, for every hour you're on the plane, it's recommended to have that many glasses of water. I believe in salt packs or hydration powders, so I travel with those. I travel with Vitamin C and other extracts, which make me feel better. I would say movement, Vitamin D, and a ton of hydration is key.' She also adds that when you try to get your body moving post-flight, especially on a walk or a jog, you get the bonus of on-the-ground exposure to a new destination, and you can see things you may not have otherwise. As soon as she gets to her hotel, she also unpacks for herself and her children, daughters Mila and Poppy and son Hal. She loves traveling with her family, including husband Henry Chase Hager, but she makes it clear that traveling is different than a vacation . 'I love when it's traveling and not a vacation, so as long as that's the expectation—that you get to show them other cultures and get to take them to places that show them how big and beautiful the world is and know you're not going to be lounging by the pool with a book,' she told T+L. In 2023, the whole family went to Normandy, France, and she said the best day of the trip was when they took the children to the American cemetery in Normandy. As for their next trips, she wants to take them to the other side of the world. 'I've never been, but I would love to take them to Australia and New Zealand, but I'd also have to have more than a week off to do that.' Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb with special guest Andy Cohen on an episode of the Today Show. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images While some trips are all about on-the-go exploration, Bush Hager also loves a relaxing vacation and was recently surprised by a trip to Nevis in the Caribbean. 'I thought I would love it, but I didn't know how much I would love it. Nevis, which is a small island in the Caribbean, is located outside of St. Martin. I was obsessed with it because I felt like it had incredible food. It had hiking, which I love. It had a ton of beautiful activities, and yet it isn't wildly touristy. It's still kind of off the beaten track. It's so beautiful, and it has all the things you would think about in a Caribbean island—the beaches, the snorkeling—but it also has culture and delicious food.' Hopefully, once they announce the new Today Show co-host, Bush Hager can get some time off and take a well-deserved vacation and travel with her family.
Irish Examiner
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
TikTok is loving cool-toned makeup – here's how to try the 90s trend
Thanks to TikTok, the way we're doing our makeup is changing. Take the myriad brides-to-be asking the platform for tips ahead of their big day, or the re-appreciation for classic products — Benefit's Benetint, for one — so that those starting out on their journey can discover the products that stand the test of time. At the moment, creators and fans alike are extolling the virtues of cool-toned makeup, the trend that reigned supreme in the 80s and became eminently more wearable in the 90s. The trend, which sees products centre around cool greys, purples and browns as opposed to warm oranges and golds, champions muted tones to create sculpted, striking looks. Think Pamela Anderson with grey eye shadow and a frosted lip, or Alexa Demie with contoured cheekbones and a feline flick. Interested in trying, but don't know where to start? You have to fight the mind first, says M·A·C Global Senior Artist, Carly Utting. 'If you've always leaned towards the warmer tones of makeup, trying cooler tones can seem totally against your instincts,' she says. 'Slowly incorporating colder, greyer undertone products such as lip liners and blushers is a great place to start. 'M·A·Cs Lipliner in Stone is a firm fan favourite, bringing just the right amount of coolness to the edge of the lip, creating the most perfect 'lip contour' shade. M·A·Cs Pink Swoon blusher is a glorious 'cool' pink tone, it leaves 0 orange tone and instead is the perfect winterly chilly pink.' You can check your undertone by looking at the veins on your arms. Are they more blue or purple? Then you're a warm or pink undertone. If they're closer to green, you will usually be more of a cool or yellow/olive undertone. Cool-toned makeup works especially well if you have undertones of pinks and reds in your skin tone, making it a perfect choice for Celtic skin. Some cool-toned makeup from MAC and IT Cosmetics 'The cool contrasts of blue and grey complement the skin tone beautifully,' Utting continues. 'This being said, if you're an olive undertone makeup lover, a combination of both the more bronze/warmer tones alongside a dabble of cool is perfect.' Deciphering undertones can seem overwhelming. 'In my many years of doing makeup, this is definitely one of the topics that confuses people the most,' makeup artist and UK and Ireland Brand Ambassador for IT Cosmetics, Rose Gallagher, says. But there are ways to simplify. 'To begin, keep your cooler tones to any areas that you want to define. Skin naturally will have warmth to it, so anything cooler will look a bit more polished. Things like a blue-pink blush, for example, can be beautiful for creating an elegant and polished looking makeup, and a blue-red will do wonders to whiten the look of teeth and whites of eyes. If you'd prefer a more natural look, you might wish to opt for neutral or golden undertones.' When choosing new complexion products in different tones than usual, simply reading the product descriptions can be a big help. 'For foundation, for example, it can be as simple as choosing a different variation of your everyday shade,' Gallagher says. 'Let's say at IT Cosmetics, the Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer will have a C, N or W next to the shade name, indicating Cool, Warm or Neutral. You can stick to the same shade family (like Light or Deep), but just select a different undertone if you feel something is off. Then, when it comes to things like your bronzer or contour colour, I would try and find something two shades deeper than your natural complexion to begin with. That's another thing — contouring. How does one gauge the difference between contour products and bronzing products? 'Contour products are usually very cool in undertone and are designed to mimic natural shadow,' Gallagher says. 'The whole idea here is that you can emphasise the shadow placement on your face, for example under cheekbones or in the socket of the eye, to create more depth and sculpt the features somewhat. Seeing as shadow is always quite dark, there is no warmth in these. 'On the flipside, bronzer is going to create light and dark, but in a different way! This is usually much warmer in undertone, and designed to give a natural wash of colour all over, but with emphasis on areas that the sun would naturally hit. Using the same sort of principles, this adds structure to the face in a much more natural and soft way.' Gallagher's favourite tip with bronzer? 'It will always look more natural if you add some of your blusher into it — if you caught the sun ordinarily, you'd be a bit rosier as well as sun-kissed.' Read More Sustainable beauty is the future: Here are my top picks for a green routine
