British Vogue - 12.2019

AT PRESENT

For the season of giving,

beauty director Jessica Diner has

a colour-specific gifting policy

M

y rule of thumb when it comes to gift buying?

Buy something that you would want to receive

yourself. With beauty products often at the

top of everyone’s shopping list, I’m currently

inundated with requests to recommend presents for mothers,

mothers-in-law and sisters. This year, my advice is simple:

choose a hue for inspiration. For me, it’s sumptuous rouge

with a touch of gold (take Erdem’s a/w ’19 red brocade as

your colour cue). Don’t be afraid to treat yourself, too...

JO MALONE LONDON PINE

& EUCALYPTUS CANDLE, £48

Jo Malone’s cult chrome

packaging is given the Midas

touch. Get this gold edition

before it goes.

YSL HIGH ON STARS LIMITED

EDITION MAKEUP PALETTE, £45

Puffy gold leather detailing

on the outside, pretty palette

perfection on the inside – the

ideal beauty collectable.

LISA ELDRIDGE

THE VELVET

HOLIDAY

COLLECTION,

£26 EACH

The latest addition

to Eldridge’s

matt velvet lipstick

range features

The Blue Velvets

(three deep

shades with rich

blue undertones)

and The New

Velvets (the

suits-all nudes).

TOM FORD LIP GLOSS LUXE IN TANTALIZE, £38

If the decadent packaging isn’t enough to grab you, look for

what lies within – the ultimate red gloss for patent, lacquered lips.

GABRIELLE CHANEL

ESSENCE EAU DE

PARFUM, £118

A lighter version of

Gabrielle Chanel, Essence

builds on the creamy

ylang-ylang and orange

blossom of the original, but

is laced with berries, citrus

vanilla and white musk, too.

CIRE TRUDON

LUMIERE

CANDLE, £78

There is something

so infinitely divine

about any candle

from Cire Trudon.

Once fully used,

wash out the wax

and keep as a make-

up brush holder.

DOLCE & GABBANA

BLUSH OF ROSES

LUMINOUS CHEEK

COLOUR IN

PROVOCATIVE, £48

A compact so beautiful

that it deserves to be on

display, rather than in the

depths of a cabinet or

make-up bag.

GUCCI BLOOM

AMBROSIA DI FIORI

EAU DE PARFUM

INTENSE, £109

A sultry, heady take

on the classic Bloom,

including notes of

jasmine, tuberose and

damask rose.

GIVENCHY PRISME LIBRE IN

SPARKLING MOUSSELINE, £48

This much-loved powder quad for

mattifying, setting and colour correcting

has been given a sparkly update.

It instantly prettifies a dressing table.

FORNASETTI

HOME SCENTED

CANDLE, £165

Is it a cookie jar? Is

it a candle? Either

way, it’s an essential

all-year-rounder.

PIXELATE.BIZ

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