- The Observer, Sunday June 10 2007
Most wanted
Sisley
Sunleya Age Minimising Sun Protection , 50ml, £96, 020 7591 6380
By gosh it's expensive, but, for 'the ideal sun cream' (it helps you tan!), we're willing to start saving.
BECCA
Beach Tint Water-Resistant Colour for Cheeks and Lips, 7ml, £17, www.beccacosmetics.com
A little tube of summer love for lips and cheeks. It's all you need.
Bright lipsticks
Versace
Sensual Glam in V2018 £16, 01273 408 800
Utterly fabulous bright coral shade, just waiting for the right frock and two weeks in Pantelleria.
5 stars
Rouge Dior
475 £16.50, 020 7216 0216
Like Galliano went to a rave in 1983. Which he probably did. Perfect ultra-violet pinky-purple.
5 stars
Nars
Funny Face £17, 0870 837 7377
Hot pinky purple. Fantastic.
5 stars
La Prairie
Cellular Luxe in Flamme £32 ,Harrods 020 7730 1234
Perfect for dark skin. This is so Hawaii, darling.
4 stars
Body scrubs
REN
Guerande Salt Exfoliating Body Balm 330ml, £19.50, 0845 225 5600
The fresh scent makes this a good unisex scrub.
4 stars
Crabtree & Evelyn
India Hicks Island Living 175g, £14, www.indiahicks-islandliving.com
It's just a scrub really. It works. Smells OK.
3 stars
Yves Saint Laurent
Total Fitness Ultra-Smoothing Exfoliating Gel 200ml, £24, www.ysl.com
Does the job perfectly well, synthetic peachy smell.
3 stars
Carita
Renovatrice Exfoliating Cream 200ml, £36.50, carita.co.uk
Fine but boring, scratchy exfoliater, and less than memorable fragrance.
3 stars
Lip stains
Revlon
Just Bitten in Cherry Tart £10, available nationwide
Like you kissed until your lips bled (without the associated pain and inconvenience). Beautiful.
4 stars
Urban Decay
Lip Envy in Greedy £10, available at Boots 0845 708 090
Purply pink stain, lasts forever, or as long as you want it to.
4 stars
Bourjois
Lip Stain Pen £4.95, 0800 269 836
Super-easy to apply, like scribbling felt pen on your lips. Pretty colour.
3 stars
Benefit
Benetint + Gloss £14.50, 0808 238 0230
Big fan of the stain, but this doesn't work for me as the gloss doesn't sit easily on top of the stain.
2 stars
Nude lipsticks
Chanel Rouge Allure
in Evanescent £18, 020 7493 3836
Park Avenue Princessy. Flattering, natural looking.
Suqqu
in 05 £24, available at Selfridges 0800 123 400
Pink meets nude in a slightly Eighties way. Pretty.
4 stars
Givenchy
Only Beige £24, available at Selfridges 0800 123 400
Good flattering nude for mid-tone skins.
4 stars
The Body Shop
Bare £8.50, available nationwide
Creamy, like Kate Moss on that Pop! cover.
3 stars
Eyebrow pencils
La Prairie
Luxe Brow Liner Automatique £25, Harrods 020 7730 1234
Love this. The pencil's not too soft and it's a perfect colour.
5 stars
Bobbi Brown
Natural Brow Shaper £12.50, www.bobbibrown.co.uk
Like a mascara for the brows.
4 stars
Estée Lauder
Artist's Brow Mobile Essentials £18, www.esteelauder.co.uk
This is a mini brow clinic. But do you really need this much kit?
3 stars
Rimmel
Professional Eyebrow Pencil £2.99, available nationwide
Good colour, but not much staying power. The brush on lid is a plus.
3 stars
Stretch mark creams
Mama Mio Oil
Creme 125ml, £22, www.mamamio.co.uk
Just because I'm having a baby doesn't mean I want to smell like one.
4 stars
Biotherm
Biovergetures for Stretch Marks 100ml, £15, www.boots.com
Good moisturiser, but didn't feel like it was doing much beyond this.
3 stars
Phytomer
SeaTonic Stretch Mark Reducing Cream 150ml, £26.50, www.thebeautyroom.co.uk
So rich it was good exercise for my upper arms rubbing it in.
3 stars
Clinique
CX Stretch Mark Cream 100ml, £30, www.clinique.co.uk
Gets the circulation going, and is pleasantly tingly. Not crazy about the minty-fresh-breath scent.
3 stars
Mineral make-up
Jane Iredale
Amazing Base in Golden Glow 10.5g, £35, 020 8450 7111
Pretty, natural flawless skin, not too drying. Love it.
4 stars
iD
bareMinerals in Escape and Lovely £24,0870 850 6655
Blend together to make a very pretty rose-pink. The dispenser is messy and fiddly though.
3 stars
Laura Mercier
Mineral Powder in Pure Honey 9.6g, £30, 0870 837 7377
Awful. I aged instantly.
No stars
Bareface Beauty
Pure Minerals in Dew Drop 20ml, £8, www.barefacedbeauty.co.uk
Frightening. So ultra-violet you'll look like an electronic fly-zapper.
No stars
