WORDS BY FIONA EMBLETON. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON LLOYD-EVANS. STILL LIFES BYPIXELEYES. *EXCLUSIVE TO SELFRIDGES FROM 14 AUGUST; NATIONWIDE FROM 4 SEPTEMBER
FEELINGBEAUTYWakingup to sunlight naturally switches off melatonin, the hormone that stimulates sleep. Drawing
light to the face with a shimmering highlighter has a similar energising effect. Stick to just subtly dewing
up your cheekbones, eyelids and bridge of the nose with Dolce & Gabbana Sunlight Liquid Highlighter
in Sunset, £38 (Harrods.com). Or, if you’re a powder devotee, try Milk Makeup Flex Highlighter in Lit,
£24, which also contains hydrating hyaluronic acid-filled spheres, so it doesn’t cake.Over 30 per cent of British women
have fine, frizzy hair, which falls flat
at the sight of traditional smoothing
products. Cue John Frieda’s Frizz
Ease Weightless Wonder range.
The clue is in the name: polyols
(sugar alcohol) in the shampoo and
conditioner (£5.99 each) eradicate
fuzzy cuticles, while the Featherlight
Smoothing Crème, £6.99, uses less
than 3 per cent silicone (compared to
over 70 per cent for serums designed
for coarser hair) to de-pouf.LIGHTEN UPoperatorSmoothDidyou know that nurses and midwives wash their hands around 55 times
a day while caring for patients? You may not have heard about Nursem before,
but it provides a month’s worth of free hand cream to these NHS heroes for
every product sold. Throw in the fact that it contains repairing Manuka honey
and we’re in. Nursem is available in Boots stores nationwide.SMALL ACT
OF KINDNESSNotjust a pretty face, here’s how beauty can
enhance your mood and well-being, too
ISABEL MARANTShufflingon to your daily commute with a hangdog
expression? The post-hols slump may not (yet) be
an officially recognised syndrome, but 57 per cent
of Britons apparently feel depressed or deflated after
coming home. Thankfully, the latest perfumes not only
open a time capsule of happy memories but also stop
you coming down to earth with a bump by broadening your
scented horizons. Fancy being whisked away somewhere
awe-inspiring? Chanel Les Eaux De Chanel Paris-Riviera
EDT,£99 for 125ml (Fabled.com), bathes skin in jasmine and
citrusfrom the South of France. For something more exotic,
try Michael Kors Wonderlust Sublime EDP, £70 for 50ml,
which teams Tahitian tiare flower with amber to remind
you of suncream and secluded beaches. Or, for scents
that are emotional balms, try Gucci Mémoire D’une
Odeur EDP, £54 for 40ml (Fabled.com), which
has soothing chamomile at its heart, alongside a
musky mineral accord. Meanwhile, Armani Privé
Orangerie Venise EDT*, £135 for 100ml, with
neroli and bergamot, taps into the anti-
anxiety benefits of citrus, so you
can hang on to those relaxed
holiday vibes for longer.BEAUTYINSIDERSUNSHINESPRITZES