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The best spring beauty products to keep you looking good and feeling fabulous
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Estée Lauder has teamed up with American designer Michael Kors to bring us the fabulously glam new Estée Lauder Michael Kors Very Hollywood Color Collection. In a spectrum of pinks, peaches, corals and classic beige tones, the collection oozes modern Hollywood luxury.
save The gorgeous new Strawberry & Pomegranate bath and body range from Be Delicious is a sweet-smelling snip starting at just £2.99, available from Boots, Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
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Love from New York DKNY, £29, is a sensual blend of water lily, freesia, magnolia and violet leaves, with a sparky mandarin and blackcurrant twist. Sexy, stylish and dripping with NY nostalgia. www.theperfumeshop.com 00
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SPRING SCENTS
Spoil yourself with Guerlain’s new Cherry Blossom blush, £31, and eye-shadow quad in Jeau d’Ombrelles, £36, or really splurge on the refillable Météorites Voyage pressed powder in Mythic, £102.
Limited edition Clinique Happy In Bloom, £23, teams the floral heart of the original Happy fragrance with fruity notes for a fresh, cool and clean spring scent.
Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothie Antioxidant Lip Colour, £13.50, comes packed with vitamins and antioxidants in 6 juicy shades.
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KEY Colours To celebrate the arrival of fabulous new spring make up collections from some of our favourite beauty brands, we’ve put the spotlight on a few key colour trends you’ll definitely be seeing a lot more of.
Corals
Bobbi Brown has made coral an easy to wear colour for women everywhere, with her latest Cabana Corals collection. New shimmer lip glosses, £14, Bobbi’s handy Pot Rouge, £16.50 and the Nectar Shimmer Brick Compact, £29.50.
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Need a new foundation for spring? Revlon’s PhotoReady, £12.99, has been tested under the harshest of lighting to ensure an impeccable airbrushed finish. For a longlasting finish, try the new Teint Resist from YSL, £28, which forms a radiant ‘veil’ of colour over the skin specially formulated to stay put for a solid 14 hours come heat or humidity. No.7 Essentially Natural Mineral Foundation, £11, available at Boots, wraps a whole load of goodness into one fab product with a special mineral complex of ruby, amethyst and sapphire, plus a unique antioxidant formula, SPF15, and a hydrating blend of grape seed oil, glycerin and moisturising ingredients.
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Bright, bold and creative nails are big news on the beauty scene this spring, so get a slice of the colour craze with the fabulously punchy OPI Hong Kong collection. Infused with a vibrant Pearl of the Orient theme, the 12 new shades are £9.95 each, available at OPI salons or at www.lenawhite.co.uk.
Nudes
In a homage to beige, Coco Chanel’s own elegant colour of choice, shades in the Les Impressions De Chanel collection blossom around classy nudes in beige, brown and khaki, with pink hues for lips. Favourites in the collection have to include the 4 new shades of the legendary Rouge Coco lipstick, £21 each, plus 3 delicate new Le Vernis colours, £16 each.
Moody
YSL has three new looks for spring with pinks, peaches, gold and honey shades throughout, but our favourite has to be the Moody Indigo palette, which offers an intense break from the floral norm. Create electric eyes with the fab Turquoise Blue & Hazy Violet eyeduo compact,£26, and complement with the new limited edition Sugared Almond Gloss Volupte, £20, and Apricot blush, £26.
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