The media has never been so powerful. With TV, internet and magazines all channelling messages direct into our lives 24/7, advertising is at it’s influential best and it seems that everyone wants us to be beautiful, including us.
For too long, a fascination and constant media scrutiny of anorexic celebrities left us with withering role models, skeletons clad in Dior; an unrealistic and unhealthy sort of idol.
Finally though, this is starting to change. The unlikely Gok Wan and his one-man crusade to make us all to love our ‘womanly bangers’ along with big brands such as Dove, embracing ‘real women’ is really starting to pay dividends and redefine the face of beauty.
Now that we’ve come to embrace our various shapes and sizes, we can work with what we’ve got and enjoy pampering ourselves and looking our natural best, just in time for Christmas.
There are hundreds of scrumptious products out there available at online retailers such as very.co.uk, whether you’re out enjoying party season and need to put some festive sparkle in your make-up box, or staying home and enjoying some indulgent pampering, you will find an array of products perfect for you.
Love Label’s Luscious Lashes will help perfect impact eyes for all those Christmas parties while YSL’s Touche Eclat is perfect for the morning after and will keep your skin glowing throughout the cold winter. Try Barry M make-up for shimmering eye shadows and bold, statement lipsticks to brighten up the dark winter days. If you’re not a lipstick girl, use Vaseline to lock in the skin’s moisture and protect your lips from the cold.
If you’d rather be enjoying a hot bath than braving the elements, Burt’s Bees body wash with citrus and ginger root is packed full of essential oils for super soft skin and Nails Inc’s hand wash and lotion will leave you mani-pedi ready.