Your Cheshire & Merseyside Wedding - Jan/Feb 2018 (Issue 37)

Wedding wellness Ivana Sidey looks at new products, tips and tricks for feeling your big-day best With Christmas and Valentine’s Day so close together, it’s hard to find time to think of a really amazing present for that special someone. For the beauty fan, the choice can feel overwhelming, which is why I love subscription boxes as they’re a great introduction to brands. However, I hate receiving sample sizes or awful products from obscure labels. Developed by a dedicated team of beauty experts, Mintd is different. It offers a monthly or bi-monthly choice of four-five amazing, deluxe-size products from brands like Aromatherapy Associates, Rodial and Omorovicza to name a few. It’s one of the most expensive boxes around but undoubtedly the most luxurious too. From £65 from mintdbox.com I can’t be the only one obsessed with the amazing, innovative Korean beauty products that have been appearing in our shops. The latest one joining the K beauty hype is London-based Skimono. It focuses entirely on sheet masks, combining the best technology with natural extracts to infuse the serum with as much skin-loving goodness as possible. I think they’re all amazing and it’s worth checking out the socks and gloves too. Priced from £9.99 from skimono.com Innermost is making waves in the supplement market with its ground- breaking formulations, delicious products and refreshing brand values. Manufactured in the UK and developed by a team of nutritionists, each product has been carefully formulated to contain protein, superfoods, antixoidants and nutrient-rich active ingredients that deliver a holistic approach to your daily needs. Understanding that every body is different, each blend targets different goals across four categories: strong, fit, healthy and lean. I love The Fit One that’s great at energising you post-workout. Priced from £30, liveinnermost.com REN has just introduced a new pillow spray that’s been created with a blend of essential oils to help restore a natural and healthy sleep pattern. I found it had a soothing, natural fragrance (frankincense and lavender) that helped me drift off and feel more refreshed by the morning. Priced at £18 from renskincare.com Samol is a natural hair and scalp oil that, when applied overnight, deeply nourishes the hair from root to tip, leaving you with moisturised, sleek and glossy locks – perfect for any bride-to-be! It contains natural ingredients such as cold-pressed sweet almond oil and pumpkin seed oil; both of which contain natural vitamins and proteins that have promoted healthy hair care for centuries. Priced from £5.40 from samolherbal.com Sometimes spa products are all style, no substance. But the Ushvani Spa, London’s leading Malaysian spa is thrilled to announce its new Kaffir Lime bath oil. As with with the rest of the range, this is highly effective and without the addition of any parabens, SLS, SLES or mineral oils. It’s a refreshing and fragrant bath oil that contains jojoba and sunflower oil, along with lemon and lime tea extract to hydrate and even reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Priced at £60 from ushvani.com By now, I’m sure we’ve all heard of the benefits of collagen on our hair, skin and nails – but what really works? Beauty Complex is a new supplement on the market supported by dermatologists. Dr Anita Sturman has actually said, “Women are spending around £2,000- £5,000 per year on treatments, but they need to be supporting their skin from the inside if they want to see good results.” This complex boasts visible results in 14 days (I was impressed) and studies have shown that 95 per cent of the collagen within Beauty Complex was absorbed and deposited into the skin and began working immediately to fight ageing from the inside out. Priced at £39.95 per box (21 day supply) from bodywiseuk.com There’s a new powerful face serum that I had to tell you about. W=Hb 2  is the first product to be based on a very special wellness secret formula, a two-phase skin rejuvenation serum that fuses Swiss scientific rigour and ancient oriental medicine with eastern methodologies, Power Duo Face Serum delivers complete skin wellness. It’s a great new addition for beauty obsessives to help keep themselves looking amazing. Priced at £185 from whb2.com Tisserand Aromatherapy has been sourcing and blending natural pure essential oils since 1974. It’s now campaigning for consumers to become their own aromatherapists and embrace the power of essential oils into their beauty regime, and has launched 94 variant in Boots stores so you can tailor your tonic to suit your skincare needs. Priced from £5.49 from boots.com 72