Your Cheshire and Merseyside Wedding - September/October 2020 (Issue 53)

SCRUB UP WELL Building on Crystal Clear’s years of innovation and expertise in skincare, its new home spa range, Quartz Spa, offers crystal- infused aromatherapy enhanced by the therapeutic healing effects of quartz. For super-smooth and hydrated skin, check out the Mineral Body Scrub. Made with salt from the Dead Sea and crushed precious garnet powder, it’s blended to perfection with strawberry seed, grape seed and avocado oils, to simultaneously hydrate and exfoliate your body whilst detoxing your mind. Choose your blend of essential oils from Energise, Hope, or Happiness. Priced at £42, it’s available at www.quartzspa.co.uk wh ere you can also shop the rest of the range. Sustainable luxury Over 5,000 years ago, when perf mes were first used, they contained no chemicals or synthetic ingredients, only naturally derived fragrance. Three years in development, Potion Paris returns to these foundations with its first collection of seven luxury perfumes, using only natural and toxin-free ingredients. The 70ml Collection Set is a great option if you’re, as yet, undecided on your big-day signature scent. The brand has a fantastic return, refill, repeat programme, and works in partnership with One Tree Planted. Luxury has never smelled so sweet. Find out more at www.potionparis.com A PRIME EXAMPLE Bridal make-up artists the world over would agree that a good primer is the key to ensuring your big-day look stays in position all day. Kevyn Aucoin’s Sensual Skin Primer is weightless and hydrating, infused with hyaluronic acid. It perfects and minimises pores, creating a smooth canvas for any make-up look. Blended with a potent cocktail of botanical extracts and anti-oxidants, it also works hard to protect skin from environmental pollutants. Now available in a travel-friendly packaging, ideal for your honeymoon supplies, it’s priced at £33 and available at www.spacenk.com GLOW UP Dolphin skin is latest summer beauty trend championed by ICONIC London and sweeping celebs’ Instagram pages. This fresh, translucent glow is achieved using the brand’s must-have Prep Set Glow (£18.50), Illumiator (£30), and Sheer Blush (£18.00). These liquid products melt seamlessly into the skin creating a dewy, radiant gloss that won’t budge. Check out the look for your wedding day. Find out more at www.iconiclondoninc.com A little light relief We love this Body Oil wonder product from Olverum, a much-needed solution to those skincare niggles caused by weeks of lockdown. Its deeply moisturising formula contains skin superfood and potent anti-oxidant, raspberry seed oil, which leaves skin feeling smooth, plumped and rejuvenated. The heavenly aromatheraputic actives, which include lavender flower oil amongst a wealth of others, also help to calm and soothe the mind. Plus, if you’re struggling with sore, dry hands from repeated washing and use of hand sanitiser, a few drops offer some welcome relief. Multi- tasking brilliance. Priced at £42. Discover more at www.olverum.com. Tan away One of the chief concerns for brides deciding whether to tan for their big day, aside from the obvious worry about muddying the dress, is over it’s irreversible nature, at least in the short term. What if you go a shade too dark? What if you simply don’t like it? What if there was a ‘whoops’ in application? Well, worry not. Rose & Caramel have developed a one-step solution to this age- old problem. Purity Self Tan Removing Bubble Bath is a real game changer, making backtracking on that golden glow a total doddle. Simply pour in the bath under running water, relax for 20 minutes as you soak, then buff with the exfoliating mitts provided, and you’re back au natural. Available at www.justmylook.com, pr iced at £23. BEAUTY NEWS 71

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