Exfoliating is back – just don't do it like you did in the Eighties!
Public Group active 3 years, 2 months agoMidlife women have a chequered history with exfoliation. When I was eight, back in 1924 — OK, 1979 — a twentysomething cousin armed me with a Buf-Puf, paint stripper-style toner and dense, old-lady moisturising gunk, and instructed me to scrub.I did so religiously for the next few years.
Frankly, it’s a surprise I have any face left.Buf-Pufs were basically plate scourers sold for the complexion and still seem to be available on Amazon, where reviewers rave. Presumably these hardy types are also fans of those pumice-like apricot scrubs that tore your face off in the name of loveliness.I see these products as a metaphor for the 1980s itself: a gritty decade in which a woman was required to slough off her softer features, even as a tween. MY ICON OF THE WEEKNAOMI CAMPBELL Naomi Campbell (pictured) starts her morning routine with La Roche-Posay’s mattifying Serozinc Face Toner MistBack on catwalks for Versace, Alexander McQueen and Lanvin, the 51-year-old supermodel has also been seen about town rocking thigh-high splits and plunging necklines. Her morning routine is said to start with La Roche-Posay’s mattifying Serozinc Face Toner Mist (now £8, boots.com). To maximise absorption, she uses a microneedling tool before applying serums mixed with vitamin E oil and hyaluronic acid, then Pat McGrath Labs cosmetics.COSMETIC CRAVING <a class="mol-product-header" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Seasonal Affective Disorder is the bane of my life at this time of year.So a kind soul de Mamiel-ed me up, with Annee de Mamiel’s award-winning Altitude Oil — a potent pick-me-up and the inhalation remedy carried about by Vogue’s beauty gurus. I have fallen hard for the oil’s spin-off product, de Mamiel Altitude Bath Soak (pictured, £48 for 400g, demamiel.com).The prospect of surrendering myself to its sublime blend of lavender, eucalyptus, fragonia, peppermint, pine, lemon myrtle and patchouli is what’s been getting me through these dull, damp days.demamiel.com <a class="mol-product-footer" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website MY BEST BERRY NAILS <a class="mol-product-header" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Oxygenated Nail Lacquer, Berry Fizz A non-chip glitter formula from the toxin-free nail specialists.nailberrylondon.co.uk <a class="mol-product-footer" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-header" website Nail Lacquer, Miami Beet A succulent, beetroot berry with serious staying power.opiuk.com <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-footer" website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-header" website Smart Nail Lacquer, Dark Wine This rich purple berry dries super-speedily to a high- gloss finish.kikocosmetics.com <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-footer" website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-header" website Diorific Vernis in Corolle Covetable limited-edition in a seriously seductive aubergine.dior.com <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-footer" website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="mol-product-header" website Nail Colour, Wicked A classic black-toned burgundy à la Chanel’s Rouge Noir.
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