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Beauty Steal 💖 @elfcosmeticsuk Jelly Pop Cleansing Balm 🌟 Balms are our No.1 personal choice for removing make-up. It’s a requirement to massage them into skin, which has the side benefit of revving up your circulation either a bit (if you’re quick) or a lot (if you use this window of time as a chance to give your face a good, de-stressing session). Removed with a hot cloth, which dissolves both the cleanser, the gunk, your make-up and any skin debris, they are a great choice for end-of-day – and done properly (being sure to access those nooks and crannies, particularly around the nose), we find there’s no need for a double-cleanse. It isn’t the easiest to find one at a really affordable price, though – but this one, from e.l.f.’s almost cult-status Jelly range, comes in at just over a tenner. Can’t argue with that. Link in bio for the full review 💫 #beautybible #beautysteal #makeupremover #elfcosmetics #beautybibleloves #skincare #affordableskincare #cleansingbalm

🌟 WIN a £455 Bonanza of Beauty Bible Favourites! The last Bank Holiday of summer may be behind us (farewell lazy garden afternoons 👋), but we’re here to banish those post-summer blues in the best way possible… with a BEAUTY BONANZA 🎁💄 We’ve handpicked some of our absolute favourite finds – skincare, fragrance, pampering treats and more – to create one incredible bundle for one lucky winner. And trust us, this is not your average giveaway… 💗 Inside the bundle you’ll find: 🌹 @jurlique Rose Hand Cream 🚿 @jomalonelondon London Enrich Shower Cream 💅 @orlynailsuk Nail Lacquer in the perfect ‘Beauty Bible pink’ 👗 @praibeautyuk Ageless Throat & Décolletage Cream 💕 @olverum Alpine Revive Cleansing Balm ☀️ @coola_uk Classic Sunscreen Spray SPF30 Pina Colada 💖 @miicosmetics Refine & Pamper Nail Nourisher 🌿 @wildsmithskin Hydrating Light Cream 💫 @loccitane_uk Immortelle Divine Cream 🕯️ @connockengland Verdant Candle 🌸 @c.atherleylondon Geranium No.1 Room Spray 🐻 @dr.pawpaw x @paddingtonbear Lip Balm 💤 @aromatherapyassociates Deep Relax Pure Essential Oil Blend (Full details & reviews on the blog – link in bio to enter 💝) #beautybibleloves #prizedraw #beautybonanza #beautybiblefavourites #skincare #beauty #pamper #wellbeing #win

Fab Find of the Week: @byoma Blemish range 💙✨ BYOMA is a brand that is built on an understanding of the vital role that barrier function plays at keeping moisture IN, and keeping pollution and bacteria OUT. And now, they’ve added a Blemish range, for faces and for bodies, which is kind to skin while also fighting the factors which trigger breakouts. The range features what BYOMA call a ‘patent-pending Clearamide Complex’, based around ceramides, among other complexion-friendly ingredients, which are like the building blocks for a healthy barrier. BYOMA Blemish Clearing Cleanser – creamy and non-stripping, this gently foaming cleanser targets blemishes with salicylic acid, with bakuchiol and green tea extract to tackle the marks that spots leave behind, along with redness. Link in bio for the full review 🌟 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #blemish #skincare #cleanser

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @myleebeautyofficial Raspberry Ripple Cuticle Oil 💖 Our No.1 piece of advice with any beauty product is: IT ONLY WORKS IF YOU USE IT. That especially applies to products like age-defying creams (notably eye creams) – and, actually, to cuticle oils. Keeping yours soft requires a diligent approach. The more pleasurable the product, the more likely you are to use it regularly – and we think you’ll really enjoy this. Natural ingredients include sweet almond, jojoba and macadamia oils – and the scent really is raspberry-ripply (if that’s a word). Link in bio to find out more 🌟 #beautybibleloves #beautybloggers #weekendsteal #nailhealth #nailproducts

Jo’s Scent Notes: @creedfragrance Oud Zarian 💕 Instead of being heavy or overpowering, the 80-year-old aged Jalali oud gives structure to waves of rose, incense, and warm woods. The result is soft, elegant, and incredibly long-lasting (Jo could still smell it 8–10 hours later - and so could everyone else, judging by the compliments). Yes, it’s pricey - but Jo says it’s absolutely worth trying on skin. This is oudh as you’ve never experienced it before. Link in bio to read more 🤍 #beautybibleloves #scentnotes #fragrance #oudh

Fab Find of the Week: @emmahardieskincare Vit C newness 🫶 Since it was launched, when Jo looks in the mirror and sees… well, a grey face looking back, she has reached for Emma Hardie Vit C Radiance Gel Moisturiser, which launched a wee while back. Honestly, a bit of a miracle worker for the skin ‘blahs.’ Apply at night - especially if it’s been a big one – and by morning, skin just looks healthy and glowy, even after too little sleep. Its skin-brightening power is truly world-class. We were genuinely excited, then – excited enough to get on a train at stupid o’clock to attend the press launch – to check out the new skin-illuminating additions to the Vit C range (not least because Emma Hardie only bring out things when they’re ready, not just for the sake of it). ✨ If your skin’s been craving a little brightness boost, this new Vit C lineup might just be the radiance reset you’ve been waiting for. Tap the link in bio to see why we think these new Vit C launches are worth every drop. 💫 #vitamincskincare #emmahardieskincare #fabfindoftheweek #beautybibleloves #brighteningskincare #skincareglow

Up, up and away: a flight attendant’s insider travel wisdom ✈️ We’ve often looked at flight attendants and thought, ‘How do they do it? Stay looking calm, polished and generally rather flawless, at 37,000 feet. More than that: we know the havoc that even a short flight in Sahara-dry air can wreak on skin. Imagine having that to deal with, day in, day out. Indeed, as flight attendant Sophie Mousa, above – who works for honestly our fave airline, easyjet – observes: ‘As a cabin crew member, I spend more time in the sky than on the ground—and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that flying can wreak havoc on your skin, especially during the summer months.’ So when Sophie’s skincare recommendations landed in our inbox – and all of them available in security-friendly sizes – we felt we really had to share. Link in bio to read more 💕 #beautybibleloves #skincare #travelbeauty #travelskincare #traveltips

☀️ Sunscreen labels - what do they really mean? Confused by SPF numbers, UVA stars, and all those little symbols? You’re not alone - most people are! 🫣 ✅ SPF = UVB protection (think sunburn) ✅ Stars or UVA circle = deeper ray protection (think skin ageing & cancer risk) ✅ Higher SPF ≠ double protection ✅ Apply generously, reapply often, and don’t rely on makeup SPF for full sun exposure Protect your skin the smart way - read our full guide via the link in bio 🏖️ #beautybible #sunprotection #beautyclinic #spf #health

Sarah Loves... Summer 2025 🌞 We’re still feeling summery (especially with the UK heatwaves we’ve been having) so whatever you’ve got planned for the rest of the summer, here are Sarah’s must-haves. The line-up includes a glow-getting body treat, the perfect primer, a pretty scent – and an uncrushable sunhat, to shield against sun damage (and squinting)… ✨ @heliocarebeauty 360° Body Glow SPF50 – A sunprep with a Golden Touch that gives pasty skin instant glow (without transferring to clothes or sheets). Mega-moisturising with Fernblock®, vitamin C & E to protect and hydrate. £28.99. ✨ @charlottetilbury SPF50 Invisible UV Primer – Part of the legendary Magic Skin Ritual. Blurs, primes, protects – and crucially, no stinging eyes in the heat. £40/30ml. 👒 T.Snook Hatters Kauai Hat – West Dorset hat heaven since 1896. SPF50+, crushable, adjustable, perfect for garden or promenade. £36.95. 🌸 @loccitane_uk Néroli Orchidée EDT – Summer in a bottle: neroli, white orchid, lily of the valley, peach & fig milk. Layer with matching bodycare for extra staying power. £65/75ml. 💧@thenaturalafrica Kalahari Melon Seed Oil – Plumps, smooths, restores glow after even the worst product missteps. Sarah buys it herself!. £45/30ml. Link in bio to read the full review 🫶 #beautybibleloves #summerloves #beauty #skincare

Fab Find of the Week/Shops We Love: @spacenk Oxford Circus 🌟 We’ve always had a soft spot for Space NK 💫 Jo was the very first journalist to write about its Covent Garden opening (back when they sold clothes, too!) and we’ve watched it grow into a mecca for beauty lovers across the UK. But the brand-new Oxford Circus megastore? It’s on another level. Jo couldn’t make last Thursday’s preview (small matter of hosting tea for 220 charity guests in her garden ☕🌿), so she visited on opening day instead - joining beauty fans who camped overnight on Oxford Street. The buzz was electric, the store rammed, and Jo told the PR team: “The buzz makes me feel like I’m in New York…’‘ Link in bio for the full review 🛍✨ #beautybibleloves #beautybloggers #fabfindoftheweek #spacenk

Jo’s Scent Notes: A Brighton ‘sniffari’ 🫶 🌸 In the latest instalment of Scent Notes, Jo takes readers on a fragrant escape to Brighton - a city now brimming with exquisite indie perfume boutiques run by true scent connoisseurs. From leisurely bottle-unstoppering sessions to chats with passionate boutique owners, this sensory stroll uncovers the most exciting specialist fragrances of the moment. Link in bio to read more 💕 #beautybibleloves #scentnotes #fragrances

Fab Find of the Week: @dr.pawpaw x Paddington 💕 We love it when our Fab Find of the Week is also a beauty steal. But the fact is, anything Paddington still makes our soppy hearts beat that bit faster, so this is a collaboration made in heaven. You already know how much we love Dr.PAWPAW’s many and various balms. (Frisk any of our pockets and you’re almost certain to find one in there.) Well now, a limited-edition Orange Marmalade flavour has joined the collection, and you know what? It’s our favourite yet. Link in bio for our full review 🫶 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #drpawpaw #beautysteal

Read about our little Brighton #sniffari over on @beautybibleofficial , with guest appearances by @soliflore_store @wild_iris_perfumerie @nancymeilandparfums and @papillonliving . So worth perfumed pilgrimage (and treat yourself to a fragrant ice cream, as a finale!) #perfumeshopping #beautique #fragrance

Spas We Love: @champneysspas Eastwell Manor 🤍 When was the last time you had a ‘spa day’? File under ‘WE WISH’, in our case – but all that looks set to change after Jo was invited to explore the hotel and spa at Eastwell Manor, outside Ashford, and therefore within easy striking distance of her home in Hastings. Something she plans to take advantage of. This is a Champneys location, and of course, Champneys virtually invented spas in the UK. Set in the sprawling grounds of a home that once belonged to Queen Victoria’s son, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (and where she apparently loved to holiday), the spa itself is sleek and absolutely state-of-the-art. Link in bio to read our full review ✨ #spaswelove #spaday #champneys #beautybibleloves #selfcare

WIN DoSe by @victoriahealth Triple Vitamin C Serum (worth £20 and we’ve 20 for you!) 🎉 Have you discovered DoSe by VH? When our friend Gill Sinclair – who has made her mission to sleuth out the best skincare on the planet (among other beauty and wellbeing essentials), for her Victoria Health website – announced that she was launching her own range, we were very excited. (Not least because the products are at Not Silly Prices; the serum featured here is £20 for 30ml, which is terrific value.) DoSe by VH is formulated by Shabir Daya, Gill’s VH co-founder – for decades one of our go-to specialists, for his deep knowledge of supplements and ingredients. Link in bio for your chance to win this fabulous prize! 🌟 #beautybibleloves #prizedraw #vitamincserum #skincare #win

🌟 Fab Find of the Week: @wildsmithskin Light 🌟 We love the richness of Wildsmith Skin’s moisturisers. But we know that not everyone’s skin is as thirsty as ours. So, say ‘hi’ to lighter-weight versions of these skincare classics, suitable for oily, combination, blemish-prone and normal skins. And actually, these work even for drier complexions in summer, when skin isn’t assaulted by central heating. (Public Enemy No.2 for skin, after UV light.) They pack the same botanically-powered skincare punch. Wildsmith Skin Radiance Light Serum, for instance, offers extracts of English mulberry and resveratrol, together with niacinamide. And Wildsmith Skin Hydrating Light Cream promises 72 hours of hydration, through ‘slow-release bioactives.’ (We can’t attest to that – not sure how we’d test for it, since we cleanse at night and give skin a good swoosh with a flannel in the morning – but it’s nicely skin-quenching, for sure.) Link in bio to find out more 💫 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #wildsmithskin #hydrating #moisturiser #skincare

Step into the world of Virtual Beauty at @somersethouse 🌟 We got an exclusive preview of this summer’s must-see exhibition – and it’s every bit as powerful as it is visually stunning. Co-curated by a super-cool trio – @bunnykinney (Global Executive Creative Director of Dazed Studio), educator and writer @gonzaloherrero and visual anthropologist @matti_fries the exhibition was previously shown in Japan, and is open here in this stunning Georgian gallery beside the Thames, until September. (We love that you can ‘pay what you can,’ opening it up to a much wider audience.) Many of us have become obsessed with manipulating our self-image (Instagram filters, anyone?) – and indeed, by projecting it into cyberspace. (We’d struggle to find a ‘selfie’ taken as long as 10 years ago; now, millions are posted every day.) As the curators put it, ‘In an age when digital self-curation is second nature, Virtual Beauty invites audiences to reflect on identify, empowerment and the shifting boundaries of beauty in the post-internet era.’ Link in bio to read more 💫 #beautybible #virtualbeauty #somersethouse

🌟 Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @elemis_uki x @temperleylondon Skin Heroes collection 💫 Our weekend focus on affordability generally brings you our fave accessibly-priced finds under fifteen quid. (It used to be a tenner, but in the age of the £7 sandwich – and the other day, Jo paid £6 for a pack of Blu-Tac – those days are sadly over.) But we do also like to alert you to great gifts with purchase. And since many of you are fans of Elemis – that multi-Beauty Bible Award-winning skincare range (mutli-everything award-winning, actually – this is a fab gift with purchase when you spend £100 or more. Link in bio to find out more 💖 #beautybibleloves #weekendsteal #elemis #skincare #affordableskincare #beautybibleawards

🌟 WIN! @benefitcosmeticsuk entire POREfessional range (including new foundation), worth £350 🌟 To celebrate the launch of their fab new skin-smoothing, imperfection-blurring foundation – available in 40 shades (hurrah!) – Benefit are offering one lucky reader the chance to win their shade-matched base, along with the ENTIRE Benefit POREfessional line-up 🎉 This amazing prize includes: 💄 Your perfect shade of the NEW The POREfessional Foundation (£39.50) – blurring, smoothing, and infused with niacinamide 🌟 The award-winning OG: The POREfessional Primer (£32) 💧 The POREfessional Super Setter Setting Spray (£31.50) 🌬 The Power Powder (£31.50) for seamless, long-lasting wear 🧼 Get Unblocked Cleansing Oil (£33) – melt away the day! 🧖‍♀️ Speedy Smooth Pore Mask (£35) 🧪 Deep Retreat Clay Mask (£35) 🫧 Tight’n’Toned Foaming Toner (£32) 💦 Smooth Sip Moisturiser (£36) 🌙 Shrink Wrap Overnight Pore Treatment (£41.50) That’s £350 worth of pore-perfection magic up for grabs! 🛍✨ Link in bio to enter - prize draw closes Wednesday 17th August 💖 #benefitcosmetics #beautybibleprizedraw #porefessional #skincare #beautybibleloves #benefit #win

Jo’s Scent Notes: @jomalonelondon Raspberry Ripple 💖 Jo wasn’t expecting to fall for Jo Malone London’s Raspberry Ripple – but this summer-limited scent turned out to be a surprise obsession. What sounds sugary-sweet is actually a soft, comforting, quietly addictive blend of fizzing aldehydes, raspberry with a hint of violet, and skin-hugging musks. Think more elegant chocolate shop than Pick ‘n’ Mix – and yes, Jo’s been compulsively sniffing her wrist ever since. Link in bio for the full review 🫶 #beautybibleloves #scentnotes #jomalone #raspberryripple #summerscent

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