Celebrating 70 years in the beauty business, Elizabeth Arden has launched a limited edition version of its iconic and acclaimed Eight Hour Cream.

The worldly adored miracle cream soothes and restores skin and can often be found pictured in a celebrity make up bag, dominating fashion beauty print. Apparently it’s an absolute must when flying as skin often dehydrates when you’re so high in the air, so I read. This year to celebrate Elizabeth Arden will donate £1 from every Eight Hour Cream sale to Look Good Feel Better, a cancer charity. A beauty must have!

Get your vintage inspired, packaged Elizabeth Arden, Eight Hour Cream, available at Boots costing £15 for a 30ml tube.

I’m sad to say it but the Pout make up website is closing down on the 24th of December so now is the time to make your purchases.

On a lighter note because the website is closing down all products are discounted by 50%. Stock is selling extremely fast so invest as soon as possible. As of now the entire Sexy Sunwear collection is still available so prepare your self for summer or bronze yourself now. The Firming Shimmer Sun Cream is amazing, firms the skin and protects, leaving a gorgeous shimmer. The Instant Shimmer Tan is heaven sent, easy to apply and takes seconds to develop, perfect for that instant sun kissed look.

Visit Pout and see what you can find.

Keeping within the Christmas spirit, we strive for a festive look. What better accessory to an outfit than glitter?

Urban Decay happens to glow with glitter, the range of products, sparkle and shimmer and are some of the best kept beauty secrets. The Urban Decay, Heavy Metal Glitter Eye Gel in particular can rock up an outfit or add a glitzy touch. Available in six different colours, Arena (golden bronze), Backstage (Silver), Bootleg (blue), Power Ballad (white), Roadie (green) and Rock Star (purple) the gels dry to leave an immaculate finish.

Spice up your Christmas look with the Heavy Metal Gels priced at around £11.50 available at Urban Decay concessions located in selected Boots pharmacies, House of Fraser’s and Debenham’s.

Well ladies, this is a beauty product most of us can only dream about. Kiss Kiss Gold and Diamonds is the first ever $62,000 custom designed lippy.

Guerlain who actually created the first automatic and solid lipstick back in the 1920’s have custom designed this little beauty that is adorned with 110g of solid 18-carat yellow gold and sprinkled with 199 diamonds. The gold encasing can be engraved to add that personal touch for someone special - and lets face it they would have to be extremely special to justify spending a whopping $62,000.

So if you feel the need to quite literally kiss $62,000 away then you will have to include a flight to New York into the budget as you can only buy through private consultations!

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MAC, the fabulous make up company, can never do anything wrong, its consistently bringing out new products, revamping colours and making girls look gorgeous.

Christmas time, MAC really shines, often limited edition products are introduced for the holiday season and then other products are packed together as Christmas gifts. This year the Curiousitease range, part of the new Antiquitease collection (a range that has taken glitter and frosty colours to a new level) has become the most sought after gifts, especially the 5 cool pigments and glitter set. The cute mini pigments come packaged in a white box, decorated by a silver crown. Inside this Christmassy packaging, 5 cool- toned pigments stand in colours, Helium, Softwash Grey, Naval Blue and Forest Green and then they are complimented by the Reflects Blue Glitter.

The selection of pigments cost £24 and is available at www.maccosmetics.co.uk, in stores and concessions, also visit the website to view the complete collections.

Insolence is a gorgeous fragrance, worth shouting about.

I am not always swayed by celebrity endorsements so I often skip pages of perfume advertisements when a celebrity is involved, which is probably why I missed Hilary Swank advertising Insolence by Guerlain. I could smell something gorgeous when I was in a rest room last week and had to find out what the sweet scent was. Needless to say the candy, feminine scented perfume that oozes confidence and has an ever lasting smell was in fact Insolence by Guerlain.

Test the fragrance at selected House of Fraser’s, The Perfume Shops and Boots or purchase the 30ml gift set at www.boots.com for £27 including a 75ml body lotion or simply the 30ml fragrance alone for £26.

Check out these great gift ideas from Life & Style Magazine, there’s something for everyone on these two pages alone. The world will be going mad on Christmas Shopping sprees but I seriously can’t be bothered with the hassle and prefer to do everything on line.

Have you seen the Argos advert? that is exactly how I imagine shopping centres will look!! So browse around and see what you can find on the net, and you can start off with the great ideas above.

Anatomicals.net is a quirky beauty brand that offers a great and fun selection of all sorts of lotions and potions that are guaranteed to sort you out in these next party filled weeks leading up to Christmas.

Some of my favourite products include the ‘Bender Mender’ and ‘no old bags allowed’ which promise to get you back feeling good as new after a few heavy sessions out with the girls.

The ‘Bender Mender’ is a herbal remedy invented by a Russian Doctor who originally perfected the product for the Russian Navy so I’m thinking it’s got to do the trick! It claims to end the feeling of nausea and will settle your stomach giving you a clear head to get on with day. It would appear to be a miracle working product and will only cost you £3.50.

‘No old bags allowed’ costing just £4 has been created to tackle those unsightly bags that develop under your eyes after one too many late nights. You no longer need to hide behind dark glasses after using this refreshing gel and orange flower water.

These products are to name but a few so check out www.anatomicals.net to see what our beauty saving products you can get your hands on.

Face Boutique has created a great range of products for young skin that remain free from all potentially harmful chemicals - and the products actually work!!

Not only do these products leave you with a clear conscience but they also smell divine, look great on bathroom shelves and leave our bodies feeling lovely and clean.

Whether you’re after body, face or hair products you need look no further as Face Boutique have it all. They have also created a fab body kit gift set just in time for xmas that contains handy travel size products from their body and hair range. It’s deliciously scented and especially formulated for our young skin. Each product comes in dinky 75ml bottles and the set itself is just £22.

You can find Body Kit as well as the whole range at www.faceboutique.com.

Tell me if I’m wrong ladies, but don’t you just end up getting really fed up with trying to fit your essential items of make up in to your favourite but tiny clutch bag on a big night out.

In fact I avoid buying small bags these days because I’d rather have a bigger and sometimes heavier bag than be caught out one night looking like a monster without make-up!!

However fear not, it would appear we can have the best of both worlds. This revelation comes in the form of Boujois’s new mini make-up collection. The range caters for all our beauty needs but for half the size. Choose from mini eye shadows in all your favourite shades, lip gloss that you can cleverly attach to your mobile and beautiful shades of nail enamel for all occasions.

Now you can have your favourite but small clutch bag by your side at all times. If you want to check out the whole collection on offer for yourself then log on to www.minibourjois.co.uk

Ever wondered what it takes to create the beauty and elegance of the Girls Aloud girls, Nadine, Cheryl, Kimberley, Sarah and Nicola? Wonder no longer as the new DVD Girls Aloud Style presents an insight into how the looks are created.

Sharing their own tips in fashion and beauty the girls give great advice on how to rock a look. Watch Sarah and Nadine shop, Cheryl share secrets, Nicola find the perfect jeans and Kimberley talk through Internet shopping and the benefits.

Plus have some of the girl’s best music videos on hand to watch and dance to, such as Sound of the Underground; See the Day, Long Hot Summer, Biology and Sexy! No No No, to name a few.

Buy the new DVD from Amazon.co.uk priced at £10.98, plus postage and packaging.

The new collection is sparkly, glitzy and glamorous, and is for a girl who loves silver and gold. The antique inspired range represents a modern natured, flirty girl with the fashion style of another time.

Characterise your lips with colour that stands out like the Queen’s Sin or Guilty Kiss priced at £11, use instead of lipstick or simply compliment it with the Tinted Lipglass such as Red Romp costing £10.50. Shimmer Mineralize Eye Shadows, £12 such as Engaging or Family Silver over the lids and define lashes with Fibre Rich Lash, mascara that lengthens and thickens lashes costing £10. Finally accessorize your outfit with Nail Lacquer, a glossy nail varnish that’s bold in Gold Veneer, £8.

View the entire collection at www.maccosmetics.co.uk or visit a MAC concession or store to test and buy.

Need the perfect gift for your girly friend? Stila could have the answer to all your anxieties!

Give the gift of Stila lip gloss in apricot, brown sugar, grapefruit, vanilla with an additional two limited edition, sweet and spicy flavours, candy cane and nutmeg spice, all in mini at the cost of £20.

Or perhaps give the new, Stila talking eye palette to perfect smoky eyes? Simply press a button and receive a step by step guide on how to create the smoulderingly sexy, smoky eye look. The palette comes with four shades a base colour, lid colour, crease colour and line colour. Invest in the Stila Smoky Eye Palette as a gift for a friend or better yet, yourself for just £35.

Nails inc. has invented the ultimate splurge. All healthy, beauty conscious girls have a nail file but do they have a diamond one?

As one of the most glamorous gifts this Christmas, the Diamond File is the ideal present for someone who has everything that only replacing the old for new can be possible. With 20 real diamonds distributed neatly across it, the glass nail file, packaged in a velvet box is desirable and luxurious. But like all luxury, it costs and it is available at the whopping price of £1000.

To see the product and purchase yours visit www.nailsinc.com.

Kuati.com is a one-stop shop for present buying this Christmas. You will find gorgeous products from a huge selection of accessories including jewellery and lingerie and a great collection of bath treats which are always a hit amongst friends and family members.

They cater for her, for him, for baby and even for your home. They also have a great gift set selection. They pride themselves on their gift wrap quality and will even hand craft and package the goods themselves to provide that extra personal touch.

Being that most of us are trying frantically to think of original and well loved pressies, I thought I’d show some examples of the lovely gift sets on offer and most are reasonably priced so considering they cater for all you could find yourself having done all your pressie shopping on just the one site - perfect!!

This Le Bel Aujourd’Hui Provence Spa Set costing £30 would be ideal for our mums and aunties. The set gives the whole spa experience with luxury bath, shower and body products. Its also wrapped by an expert so need to worry about extra presentation and it will look like you have gone that extra mile to find the perfect pressie.

Whilst you’re buying for mum, you might as well get dads! You can find some great male grooming products like this D R Harris Aftershave Milk for £25. There’s a great selection to please all!!