The whirlwind of festive parties often leaves a trail of beauty casualties: skin parched from heavy make-up, hair frazzled from heat styling, and bodies squeezed into unforgiving attire. The traditional lull of Twixmas, however, presents the perfect opportunity for recovery.
The Ultimate Twixmas Beauty Recovery Kit
This period between Christmas and New Year is ideal for powering down and multitasking your relaxation with some targeted product therapy. A curated selection of transformative treatments can replenish skin, repair hair, and lift spirits, ensuring you're radiant and ready to welcome the New Year.
Targeted Treatments for Skin and Hair
For tackling sudden breakouts, The Ordinary Sulfur 10% Powder-To-Cream Concentrate is a brilliant new option. Dabbing it on spots can control oil and visibly reduce blemishes in just one hour.
To exfoliate and hydrate limbs, the new L’Occitane Rich Scrub, launching on Friday, promises skin that's beautifully bareable by spring. Olay Regenerist Firming Body Lotion now deploys proven ingredients like niacinamide and hyaluronic acid below the neck for hydrated, luminous skin.
Nourishing partied-out skin is easy with the Neal’s Yard Remedies Oat & Ceramide Barrier Repair Cream, a cocooning formula perfect for face, hands, and feet. To banish body acne, Spots & Stripes Anti-Blemish Body Wash comes highly recommended.
For a deeply satisfying treatment, the No7 Good Intent Dream Drench Wrapping Mask, infused with niacinamide and panthenol, locks in moisture and peels off pleasingly. An extra moisture boost comes from Garnier Hyaluron Barrier Repair Liquid Care, applied between cleansing and serum to plump skin.
Don't overlook the power of a good mud mask. Hungarymud offers next-level radiance; mix a teaspoon with water, apply for 15 minutes, and wash off for glowing results.
For hair frazzled by festive styling, the Virtue Overnight Scalp & Hair Elixir uses trademarked proteins to repair the hair shaft overnight, leaving locks looking rejuvenated.
The Ultimate Pampering Night In
For a complete at-home spa experience, a special edit box worth £218 is available for just £75 (including P&P). It contains a pampering regimen beloved by beauty experts.
The routine begins by lighting a Malin+Goetz Dark Rum Votive Candle (worth £24). Then, slip into a bath with Neal’s Yard Aromatic Foaming Bath (worth £12) to soak away stress.
Next, smooth on a Dr Jart+ Cicapair Intensive Soothing Repair Serum Mask (worth £8.50), allowing peptides and allantoin to soothe redness and repair the skin barrier.
After patting dry, apply the iconic Aromatherapy Associates Relax Body Oil (worth £60), which uses ylang ylang to soothe the mind and nourish skin.
Follow with Margaret Dabbs London Intensive Hydrating Foot Lotion (worth £20) to offer first aid to stiletto-weary feet and cracked heels.
Finally, tie hair up in a chic Slip Silk Scrunchie (worth £9) and massage in the super-luxe Votary Ultimate Rich Cream (worth £85). This box provides everything needed for a transformative, restorative evening.
To order the spa box, visit youbeautyshop.co.uk.
