February Beauty Thrills That Spread The Love This Valentine’s
With fresh and innovative new beauty brands landing on The Handbook beauty desk every single day, the choice of the best beauty products is fast becoming overwhelming, even for us. So, we’ve done the hard work for you and filtered out the products which really are worth your true love (and money!) These are the beauty products that our beauty editor has fallen madly, deeply in love with ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Pat McGrath Labs Love Collection, from £25
If you’re a sucker for fabulous packaging but don’t want to part with your firm favourites, makeup artist extraordinaire has come to the rescue with this new limited-edition packaging that encases the most requested products from the core collection, but in attractive love-inspired packaging.
Rare Beauty Lip Souffle Lip Cream in Confident, £21
Building on the existing success of these unique, lightweight air-whipped lip formulas, this new rosy-mauve shade glides onto lips for a velvety matte finish and will stay put even in a moment of passion.
Elemis Pro Collagen Rose Marine Cream, £94
What better time to launch the iconic anti-ageing moisturiser with a touch of pink? Infused with soothing organic English Rose for a calm and hydrated (and beautifully scented) complexion. There’s a reason it has a cult following.
Sundae Body Cherry On Top Whipped Shower Foam, £12.99
Like whipped cream for your body, this deliciously sweet-smelling (without being sickly)
shower foam is enriched with vitamin C and brings some strong retro vibes in your shower. Plus, it doubles up as a great shaving foam too.
KORA Organics Rose Quartz Heart Facial Sculptor £54
Uplift tired complexions with this heart-shaped Rose quartz, a stone loved for its soothing properties, perfect for calming the complexion and cooling a puffy face in the morning. Want to know how? Supermodel and KORA Organics founder, Miranda Kerr takes us through her gua sha routine.
Jurlique Rose Love Balm, £14
Not only for kissable lips but a great multi-tasker for all those parched ultra-dry patches that haven’t seen daylight since the summer.
Bobbi Brown Love Flush Blush & Highlight Duo in Pink Glow, £39.50
Fake that all-loved up radiant glow with this limited-edition blush and highlighter duo that pair perfectly together and alone.
Slick Hair Slick Stick, £15
This handy wand has been kicking up a storm on Tik Tok for all the right reasons. It keeps flyaways and styles in place for hours, super easy to use and doesn’t leave a crunchy to hair. A must for date night up-dos.
Makeup by Mario Master Metallics Eyeshadow Palette, £54
From the man best known for creating Kim Kardashian’s signature look, this eye palette is inspired by colours found within our bodies and represents Mario’s love of human nature. Metallic finishes and high impact shine will give you head-turning looks in just a few strokes.
Aromatherapy Associates Rose Shower Oil, £30
Not officially new on the scene but we’ve fallen back in love with this oil turn milky shower oil that nourishes skin and transports you into a heady and incredibly fragrant rose bush.
Bella Freud candles, from £50 each
Whether you’re self-gifting or hinting ever so slightly to your partner that you want a chic gift that gives hours of pleasure, (that isn’t of the human variety!!) then these candles from designer Bella Freud ensure love is most definitely in the air. And add to the collection with these winter warmers
L’Occitane X Lily & Lionel Forever Bottle, £3, Reusable Gift Bag, £4
Championing sustainability to the max, L’Occitane have joined forces with fashion label Lily & Lionel who are synonymous with timeless prints and designed a forever refillable bottle (that can be replenished instore at a refill fountain) and reusable makeup/toiletry bag creating a beautiful coupling that will live happily ever after. A beauty love story. Looking for more clever ways to bring sustainability into your beauty regime?
bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Brightening Under Eye Concealer SPF 25, £24
Trying to hide your sins from the night before? This ultra-lightweight, multi-tasking under-eye concealer, conceals, brightens, depuffs with a few mini taps under the eye. No one will be none the wiser about your Valentine antics.
Jones Road The Bronzer, £32
Two years in the making, Bobbi Brown has reinvented the bronzer as we know it and instead created a bronzer that adds warmth to the skin, and can be used as an all-over skin tint, or for colour correction when your skin needs a pick-me-up. A great product to take you from desk-to-date.
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