Cult Beauty: Christmas Unwrapped 2022

But that doesn’t mean your skin care routine is off the agenda completely. In fact, there are plenty of beauty heroes that can bring spa-worthy skin to your bedroom. Schedule some skin care indulgence this season with glow-bestowing formulas and rejuvenating tools that’ll make you cancel that end-of-year appointment with your aesthetician. Allow us to set the mood with This Christmas playing in the background, the delicious aroma of your home- cooked meal wafting through the air and the soothing sound of running water filling your bathtub. If that isn’t the most zen-like atmosphere then we don’t know what is. To kickstart your dew -it-yourself at-home facial, indulge your skin with Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare’s Hyaluronic Marine Meltaway Cleanser (£30/€33.90) to totally wash away the day. This non-stripping cleanser is overflowing — maybe even Words by Precious Sodimu more so than Santa’s sleigh — with antioxidant-rich marine algae, an intense dose of hydrating hyaluronic acid and all-soothing aloe. It lifts away make up, excess oil and dirt in one fell swoooosh . With a blend of vitamins and amino acids, this blue-hued tube may have a couple of guests at the Christmas dinner green with envy when they realise that this is your beauty secret. What’s an at-home facial routine without a mask you can trust? Enter: Aesop’s Chamomile Concentrate Anti-Blemish Mask (£33/€37.20) Face time “Schedule some skin care indulgence this season with glow-bestowing formulas and rejuvenating tools” It’s the most pamper-filled time of the year but with frantic shopping, back-to-back dinners, parties to plan and more, your skin may have been pushed to the bottom-end of your lengthy to-do list.