Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic
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February 7th, 2010: Mosturisers
Q I seem to spend my life trying to perfect my beauty routine! I'm going to try Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish hot cloth cleanser on your recommendation but I wonder if you can suggest a moisturiser which would work well with it. Im 23 with fair freckly skin, which doesn't cause me any major problems but always looks a bit dull. It can also be sensitive so as much as I love face scrubs and masks I have to be careful with using those.
 A You may find that when you use the hot cloth with the Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish, £12.75, that your dull skin problem is solved as very gently rubbing with the cloth removed the top dead layer of skin cells, which is causing the dullness.
If you’re in search of more, we think you could try the same range’s Brightening Treatment Mask, £4.75 for 15 ml ‘try me’ size, which suits both our very sensitive skins. Also, despite our initial worries, we have both found that Liz Earle’s Gentle Face Exfoliator, £4.75 for 15ml, is just that. We can’t guarantee it, of course, that your skin will like these products as much as ours do (and Liz Earle do say to be careful with sensitive skin, thus our recommendation to start with the sample size) but we do think they are worth trying. Or their Intensive Nourishing Treatment Mask, £4.75 for 15ml, is calming and soothing for stressed skin.
A granny’s remedy which we love is steam! Pour some not-quite-boiling water into a mixing bowl, tie your hair back and pop a towel over your head so you can steam your face. Stay like that for five minutes or so, then cleanse gently with your Liz Earle product, using the hot cloth.
As for a daily moisturiser, why make things complicated? Liz Earle’s Skin Repair Moisturiser comes in two options, for dry/sensitive or normal/combination skin, with a 15 ml sampler tube just £6.25. (There’s also Skin Repair Light for combination/oily skins.) Skin Repair has always scored highly in our Tried & Tested consumer surveys for Beauty Bible, both as a facial moisturiser and as a neck cream – so do remember to take it down to your bosom.
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. .Weleda Pomegranate Body Oil, £19.95 for 100 ml. Slurp, slurp, slurp. That’s the sound of our bodies, drinking in the antioxidant rich goodness of this oil from Weleda’s new collection, packed with antioxidants and targeted at more mature skins. It’s rich, it’s unctuous – but what we love the most is that extraordinarily, it smells extremely like Shalimar! No synthetic ingredients or fragrances - but somehow the natural scents in this blissful oil subtly deliver up the warm, powdery, vanilla-y sweetness of one of our favourite expensive perfumes.
Where to Find Products
Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish, £12.75 for 100 ml pump and 2 muslin cloths, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Brightening Treatment Mask, £4.75 for 15 ml, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Gentle Face Exfoliator, £4.75 for 15 ml, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Intensive Nourishing Treatment Mask, £4.75 for 15 ml, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Skin Repair Moisturiser, £6.75 for 15 ml, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Skin Repair Light, £6.25 for 15 ml, is available to purchase online from www.uk.lizearle.com
Weleda Pomegranate Body Oil, £19.95 for 100 ml, is available to purchase online www.lovelula.com
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic Archive
January 31st 2010 - Concealers
January 24th 2010 - Primers
January 17th 2010 - Choosing skincare products
January 10th 2010 - Parabens free make-up
January 3rd 2010 - Cosmetic Dentistry
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic Archive 2009
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