SK-11
Product Details
SK-II announces the launch of LXP Moist Softening Serum, the newest addition to the LXP range of products from SK-II.

LXP Moist Softening Serum is both a delicate serum and a rich treatment that helps improve the skin’s softness. Formulated with Pitera®, at its highest level of concentration in LXP, Sodium Hyaluronic Acid, and other powerful humectants (moisture retaining ingredients), this serum vigorously hydrates skin to help fight the signs of aging.

LXP Moist Softening Serum replenishes essential moisture helping to leave skin soft, delicate, and moist with a healthy glow.

Price: RRP £160
Availability: Exclusive to Harrods and available at www.harrods.com

Our Verdict
This is really lovely, a little goes a long way, it’s also quite deceptive, when you put it on you have no idea how soft your skin will feel as a result afterwards. There really is a noticeable difference. One of our favourite products !

Kate Somerville Goat Milk Cream
Product Details
A delicate, daily moisturiser, enriched with nourishing goat milk proteins, vitamins and amino acids to soothe and condition sensitive skin. Available in stores, online and via mail order (0208 740 2085)

Our Verdict
Gently moisturises your skin, a perfect day to day moisturiser. Lovely packaging, handy dispenser. Our only regret was it disappeared too quickly !



www.spacenk.com

Facial Detox Elemental Herbology

Product Details
A deep-cleansing and purifying mask, rich in soothing manuka honey and kaolin clay to absorb impurities and toxins from the skin. Ideal for erupted conditions or irritated complexions.

www.spacenk.com

Our Verdict
Refreshing gentle mask, didn’t dry out the skin, but removed all the impurities, our skin felt soft and refreshed afterwards. Delicate fragrance, perfect for our complexions.

Clinique Fresh Bloom Eye Shadow
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Long-wearing powder creates a sheer, subtle radiance that looks fresh, stays fresh.







Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara
Product Details

Helps coax lashes to a long, bold, upturned look, without a pinch, pull or tug. Smudge, flake, smear-resistant formula holds for up to 24 eye-opening hours. Ophthalmologist tested. Appropriate for contact lens wearers, too.



Our Verdict
We love this combination from Clinique, beautiful, jewel like colours, it feels like touching velvet as you apply the eyeshadow. The mascara, as ever, is gentle and suitable for our sensitive eyes, now you can take care of your eyes and looks fabulous too!

www.clinique.co.uk/

Sebastian Professional
Product Details
Sebastian Professional, the innovative cult hair care range is back! Having undergone a truly ground breaking and complete brand reinvention, the collection has been updated to include the latest in revolutionary styling heroes. Available from April 1st 2009, we have introduced new lines which contain the latest in hair science. Create fearless fashion for your hair and join the revolution.

Sebastian’s range of cutting edge products will enable you to create truly creative hair – the heroes of the revamped range will offer everything you need to construct your perfect style.

Sebastian has been divided into four collections – Flow, Form, Flaunt and Foundation. Each is designed to achieve a particular type of style to match your look, and our heroes below will add that spark of creative magic which will make you stand out from the crowd:

Flow - for soft, textured looks
Form – for strong, dramatic styles
Flaunt – for super gloss
Foundation - cleansers and conditioners to give you the base for creative styling.

Available exclusively at Sebastian Professional salons.
For further information, please visit www.sebastianprofessional.com

Our Verdict
This range has become a real favourite at Hot Brands, we particularly love the Whipped Creme because it feels like a cream when you put it on but dries keeping your hair in place and soft to touch. Shaper Zero Gravity is a fabulous hairspray, firm hold, our favourite for any kind of 'up' hairstyle. Our Creative Director used it for a special event and it kept her thick and heavy hair in place all evening. The Trilliant and Penetraitt ranges are equally fabulous protection and repairing products. We loved them all!

Retin-Ox™ Wrinkle Filler
Product Details

Dual action daily moisturiser immediately smoothes skin. At eight weeks even deep wrinkles are being filled. So you can enjoy youthful radiance, immediately and day after day. Specially formulated to minimise the risk of allergies, it is suitable for everyday use. You can apply it in the morning, as a base for make-up, and/or at night.

Our Verdict
Filling wrinkles is a major obsession for many of us, and this product did help with the appearance of wrinkles, it's easy to apply and gentle on the skin.

Piz Buin Self-Tanning Lotion
Product Details
Piz Buin Self-Tanning Lotion and Colour Dial is a packaging innovation containing two different chambers in one single product. Each chamber is filled with a distinct formula, containing a distinct level of DHA self-tanner.

The patented dial-cap technology ensures the right mix of the two formulas to deliver the desired shade. It is very easy to use-twist the dial-cap to one of the five shades and apply the self tanning lotion accordingly.



Our Verdict
We liked this, as we begin to expose our legs, this is a great innovative product, the dial-cap is simple to use, a real bonus is that you can choose your own depth of shade, and that there is a pleasant fragrance. A great Spring into Summer product.



JOHNSON’S® 3in1 facial cleansers
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Each have three fantastic skincare benefits, so taking care of your face needn’t be a chore and you’ll be left with effortlessly beautiful, cared for skin.

JOHNSON’S® 3in1 Gentle Exfoliating Facial Wash
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Gently cleanses, exfoliates your skin and removes impurities without drying – making it ideal for daily use. Soap-free, it is specially formulated with rounded micro-beads to leave your skin clean, soft and smooth. For a more invigorating wash, try JOHNSON’S® 3in1 Refreshing Face Wash, gently cleanses, tones and leaves skin feeling refreshed.

JOHNSON’S® 3in1 Make-up Removing Lotion
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For gentle, effective make-up removal. Gently cleanses and tones your face whilst removing all traces of make-up – even waterproof mascara – from just one sweep.

Make sure you are taking proper care of the skin around your eyes with JOHNSON’S® 3in1 Eye Make-up Remover Lotion. The two layers blend together to work in 3 ways for beautifully, clean skin. Gently removes all eye make-up, even waterproof mascara, conditions lashes and cares for the delicate eye area in one go. Whist the lotion is tough on eye make-up; it is suitable for use on the most sensitive skin thanks to its gentle, fragrance-free formula.

JOHNSON’S® 3in1 Eye Make-up Removal Pads,
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Perfect for the suitcase or for keeping in your desk door. These thick, super-soft pads contain a fresh mild lotion that gently removes even waterproof mascara, without leaving a greasy residue whilst at the same time cleanses and conditions the skin. Try some for yourself and wave goodbye to those early morning Panda Eyes!

Our Verdict
This is light, refreshing collection of cleansing products, really gentle on the face, practical, easy to use and effective - a great combination.

JOHNSON’S® Baby Lotion for perfectly babysoft skin
Product Details
Best for Baby JOHNSON’S® Baby Lotion is the most effective way to remove oily substances that water alone cannot and leave skin clean and babysoft.Best for You Specifically formulated for moisturing and cleaning in harmony with the skin.When you smooth it on, the skin just takes it in. Your skin is comfortably babysoft and fresh, just like a baby’s skin.

Our Verdict
This iconic product really has stood the test of time, a day to day essential for everyone from film stars to new mums with a clean comforting fragrance.

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Multi-Repair Cream
Product Details
Multi-Repair Cream instantly soothes and helps repair extremely dry and irritated skin. In only one compact 50ml product, new Norwegian Formula Multi-Repair Cream works effectively on dry, itchy skin as well as multiple skin irritations. Its developed with dermatologists, and uses Norwegian Formula intense moisture with an innovative technology, Biodynes®, in a rich creamy formula clinically proven for its multi-repairing efficacy. It can be used every day on body, face, hands and feet and is also suitable for people who may be prone to sensitive skin, eczema or dermatitis.

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Multi-Repair Cream, £3.99 for 50ml

Our Verdict

If you are looking for a hard-working everyday repair cream, this is an excellent product, creamy, very effective, useful handbag size.

Olay Regenerist 30 Second Wrinkle Filler
Product Details

30 second wrinkle filler Reduces the look of lines, instantly

* Why give in to surgery? Olay regenerist's new 30 second wrinkle filler reduces the appearance of deep lines in the time it takes to apply.
* Featuring a special nozzle to focus on wrinkle-prone areas around the mouth, eyes and forehead, its convenient/easy to use formula contains silicone beads which plump up lines instantly - bringing you dramatically younger-looking skin with lasting effects

Regenerist Daily 3 Point Treatment Cream
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Get beautifully fresh, younger-looking skin around those hard-to-treat areas - the eyes, jaw line and neck. Contains Olay's most concentrated amino-peptide formula ever.

* treats the difficult areas that some products ignore
* achieves dramatically younger-looking skin with the high levels of amino-peptide

Total Effects 7-in-1 Anti-Ageing Day moisturiser with SPF
Product Details

Olay Total Effects Day moisturiser with SPF 15 give you 7-in-1 anti ageing effects for visibly younger-looking skin.

* Minimises lines: Visibly reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
* Nourishing Moisturisation: For a Radiant Healthy Glow
* Tone Enhancement: Balances colour & visibly reduces appearance of age spots
* Gentle Exfoliation: Smoothes and evens skin texture
* Pore Refinement: Minimises the appearance of pores
* With Anti Oxidants: Helps prevent free radical damage to the skin's surface layers
* Subtle firming: Hydrates for firmer skin appearance.


Our Verdict
This is a fabulous collection of products, if you are looking to target a number of areas, these work really well together. Easy to use, rich and creamy, and does improve the appearance of wrinkles and makes your skin feel nourished.

Complete touch of foundation

Product Details

The ease of an Olay moisturiser, the finish of a sheer Max Factor foundation.

This daily moisturiser with a hint of Max Factor foundation hydrates skin for up to 24 hours and evens out your complexion for a light, effortless look you can wear every day.

* SPF 15 protects skin from harmful UV rays
* moisturises all day long to ensure skin glows with radiance
* enhances and evens out skin tone with a touch of Max Factor foundation
* suitable for women with fair skin


Our Verdict

We loved this moisturiser, it flows well, with good coverage, we loved the hint of foundation, we tested Fair which had a very attractive colour, blends well and was very effective acting as a moisturiser and foundation. Perfect for the day.

Revlon® Matte Lipstick
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Beautifully rich matte color glides effortlessly across lips.
Suede-like, cushiony feel and with maximum color impact.
Beautifully rich shades from nude to deepest berry.

Revlon® Matte Eyeshadow
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Soft, suede-like texture glides over lids smoothly and evenly.
Provides high-impact color and a soft matte finish.
Feels smooth and luxurious on the eyes.


Revlon® Kohl Eyeliner
Product Details

Intense matte colour glides on smoothly for all-day wear.
Smooth, rich, fluid colour glides on smoothly and evenly.
Rich kohl formula and ultra-soft smudger allows for multiple eye looks.


Our Verdict
This is a glamourous range of fabulous eye shadows, lipsticks, and eye liners, we really loved the impact of these colours, perfect for quickly creating a film star look after work, or for a more dramatic daytime effect.

Schwarzkopf’s Supersoft Range
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Available in the Supersoft Range are the Supersoft Smoothie shampoo and conditioners which combines yoghurt proteins and natural fruit extracts (they smell amazing!) Available in five different varieties designed specifically for different hair types. They are Supersoft Yoghurt and Peach Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner, Supersoft Yoghurt and Coconut Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner, Supersoft Yoghurt and Red Berries Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner, Supersoft Yoghurt and Lime Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner and Supersoft Yoghurt and Aloe Vera Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner.

Supersoft Smoothies are priced around £1.79 and are available nationwide. For stockists, please call Schwarzkopf on 0800 328 9214.

Our Verdict
If you are looking for a great combination of Shampoo and Conditioner this is perfect, fantastic value, rich and creamy lather, we tested the Supersoft Yoghurt and Peach Smoothie Shampoo and Conditioner, it has a lovely fragrance and left our hair shiny and glossy.

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