PATRICIA SAYS: This is the time of year when, if you're anything like me, you feel like a physical spring clean. You may or may not have kept up with your New Year's resolution to get fit and stick to that diet, but you can without much effort take advantage of some of the latest beauty products to brighten and polish your complexion and best of all, they're all available online. The websites below not only make it easy to order but they also give you lots of advice on what would be right for your skin type so if you're in the slightest bit unsure as to whether one of the products would suit you just give them a call. Prices range from extremely expensive to very reasonable and delivery is usually speedy so you can order now to give your face a boost before the sun comes out.
www.beautyflash.co.uk Beauty Flash offer the full range from Dermalogica, including masques and moisturisers, specialist treatments, spa body products and sun care. Within the Conditioners Section you'll find their Daily Resurfacer which claims to brighten your skin and even out your skin tone. The Skin Doctors range, which they also stock, offers the Gamma Hydroxy resurfacing crème to regenerate skin renewal. Prices are mid range and delivery is to the UK only with an Express Delivery option.
www.blisslondon.co.uk Sign up for Bliss beut-e-mails and stay in the 'Glow'. Does that give you some idea of the tone from beauty online from New York and London's hottest spa? If you don't have the time to visit the spas themselves you can at least now buy the products online and relax at home with your own treatments, shower gels and shampoos with names like Sleeping Peel Exfoliating Mask, and Pore Perfecting Facial Polish. Some of the products are reasonably priced but you'll also find some of their marvellous anti ageing products will set you back a bit. It'll be worth it though. Worldwide Delivery.
www.boots.com On the Boots website youll find an enormous range of products, from everyday healthcare and toiletries, to fun cosmetic brands such as Urban Decay and Benefit and right through to beauty superbrands Lancome, Chanel, YSL, Arden, Clinique, Clarins and Estee Lauder. From Lancome you can buy their Resurface Peel, which is probably as near as youll get to a professional peeling system at home, and from Clinique try the new Turnaround 15 minute facial, which promises to reveal brighter and smoother skin in just 15 minutes a week. Express delivery is available and delivery is UK only.
www.espaonline.com Espa was created by Susan Harmsworth, an expert within the spa and beauty World, to bring together the best of ancient and modern therapies with the finest quality ingredients and skin care advances. This is lovely light and modern website offering their famous range of aromatherapy products from specific facial treatments including their Refining Skin Polish and Regenerating Skin Brightener to bath and body products and luxury gifts, with everything formulated from the highest quality organically grown plants. So if you're feeling stressed, this would definitely be a good place to start. Prices are very reasonable and they'll deliver Worldwide.
www.evelom.co.uk This is surely one of the most famous names in modern skincare. Eve Loms firm belief is that the best skincare is simply based on total cleansing using natural products and her famous polishing cloth. You may not be able to get to her for a personal facial but at least now you can find her products to buy online including her Rescue Mask and wonderful moisturisers. The range is small and definitely not cheap but you'll know that you're buying the very best and you can order from anywhere in the World.
www.garden.co.uk If you haven't come across it yet you should definitely pay a visit to this really good online beauty retailer, offering a comprehensive range of brands, from Chanel, Lancome and YSL to Caudalie, Roc and Nuxe. For a very good peeling mask try Roc's Multi-Correction Peel which is not only the best priced of the radiance boosting masks but is also extremely effective. Next day delivery is standard on UK orders, Gift Wrapping is free and they ship Worldwide.
www.hqhair.com HQ Hair is fast becoming known as the place to buy not only hair products (although they sell a huge range) but also fun and funky makeup, beauty accessories such as brushes, tweezers and sponges and also some great ranges of skincare, such as Aromatherapy Associates, Ren, Mario Badescu and Philosophy. All of these offer their own skin brighteners and masques but if you want a real boost then check out Pholosophys Microdelivery Peel, which is ideal for skin which is pigmented or sun damaged. Prices range for very reasonable to mid range, delivery is very fast and theyll ship within the UK.
www.kaven.co.uk This is a not very well known website which offers some really excellent spa and salon products, great advice (when you call them) and a very good service. The skincare ranges on offer include Decleor, Guinot and Payot. For reasonably priced spa quality radiance boosting masques try Guinot's Masque Beaute Neuve or Decleor's Phyto Peel. Delivery is very fast, they offer gift wrapping and you can order from anywhere in the World.
www.lizearle.com Liz Earle has a beautiful website offering her 'Naturally Active Skincare' - a pampering, well priced range of skin, body and sun care products. Shes particularly well known for her cleanse and polish hot cloth cleanser and excellent treatments and moisturizers which include her Deep Cleansing Mask, Gentle Face Exfoliater and Brightening Treatment to deliver instant radiance. Worldwide Delivery.
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