The festive season may be full of sparkle and celebration, but the aftermath can be less than glamorous…
Think tired, lacklustre skin, dry, overprocessed hair and nails in need of a little TLC. The New Year is the perfect time for ‘Beauty Rehab’. Meet the secret weapons to revive, restore, reset and bring your skin, hair, nails and body back to life.
Face the new year fresh
Katherine Daniels Anti-Fatigue Mask (£42 / 75ml, katherinedanielscosmetics.com)
Like an ‘energy drink’ for skin, this salon-strength mask is a true antidote to fatigued, lacklustre skin working to brighten, plump, firm and revive in just 2 minutes!
- Vegetal Taurine – commonly used in energy drinks and a powerful anti-fatigue ingredient. Boosts intercellular energy to deliver a skin plumping, hydrating flash.
- Carrageenan from Red Algae – this polysaccharide creates a supportive elastic microfilm to firm and lift.
- Marine Water – enriched with minerals to replenish, revitalise and stimulate your skin for an instantly brighter, fresher, more radiant complexion.
- Organic Oat Sugars - instantly firms your skin’s surface by forming an elastic microfilm, leaving it soft, smooth and the perfect canvas for makeup.
- Organic Sunflower Oil – nourishing, protecting and softening for a dewy, radiant skin finish.
Katherine Daniels Anti-Fatigue Eye Mask (£12 / 1 pair, katherinedanielscosmetics.com)
Banish the signs of skin fatigue around your eyes (fine lines, wrinkles, puffiness, dark circles and slack skin) in just 15 minutes! This unique wrap around eye mask covers your entire eye area (under eye, eyelids and even laughter lines) to deliver a salon-strength cocktail of ingredients to boost microcirculation and cellular energy, hydrate, smooth and envelop the eye area in an elastic microfilm to lift and smooth. It’s like shapewear for your eyes! The result? Brighter, fresher, firmer, more lifted and less puffy eyes in 15 minutes.
- Carrageenan from Red Algae – creates a supportive, elastic microfilm to lift and firm. It’s like shapewear for your eyes!
- Persian Silk Bark Extract - reduces lines, puffiness, and diffuses dark circles by boosting microcirculation and reinforcing capillaries.
- Phytospherix™ - Increase cellular energy and stimulates the production of youth proteins (collagen & elastin).
- Hyaluronic Acid - Hydrates and reduces puffiness and dark circles.
- Organic Barley Stem Water - Soothes, hydrates and nurtures.
Revive, recharge and roll away stress
MO1 Vita Fresca (£52 / 50ml, mo1global.com)
From long flights to post-party aches, this cooling, roll-on revitaliser works to soothe, energise and revitalise tired, tense, aching or jet-lagged muscles. A restorative blend of hand-picked ingredients from MO1's family-run farm in Puglia.
- Aloe Vera - rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to moisturise, soothe, and heal the skin.
- Olive Fruit Extract & Wheat Germ Oil – moisturising and antioxidant-rich to help protect against free radical damage.
- Hyaluronic Acid – hydrates, refreshes and revives dehydrated, thirsty skin.
- Peppermint Oil – revitalising cryo-cooling effect to refresh and soothe.
Bring nails back from the brink
Leighton Denny Nail Rebirth Intensive Repair Capsules (£17.50/ 20 capsules, leightondenny.com)
Bring your nails back to life with this innovative, intensive, 99% plant-based capsules designed to target and treat damaged and dry nails and get them back to optimal strength in just 14 days. The results? Even the driest or most damaged nail feels thicker, longer and stronger, healthier and more resilient. Ridges are smoothed, leaving the nail surface polished and shinier.
- Neonyca™ from celery seed extract - scientifically proven to hydrate and strengthen, bring the natural nail back to life and restore and maintain the natural beauty of a great nail*.
- An intense blend of Jojoba and Sweet Almond Oil - deeply hydrate and feed the nail and bed.
Hair hydration hero
Scandinavian Biolabs Hair Hydration Mask (£39/100ml, scandinavianbiolabs.co.uk)
Nourish lifeless, dry, damaged hair back to life with this ultra nourishing, hydrating mask.
- Argan Oil – rich in fatty acids and vitamin E to lock in moisture, smooth, protect against oxidative damage and reduce breakage.
- Hyaluronic Acid – a 100% natural and vegan derived ingredient with exceptional water retention properties shown to increase hair fibre water content for instantly fuller, hydrated, healthier hair.
- Quinoa - Rich in proteins, helps strengthen hair strands and repair.