We know how hard it is to write a book (do we EVER!), and thus we salute our colleague and beauty phenomenon Caroline Hirons for this 300-page tome, which has sky-rocketed up the bestseller charts and earned her a slot on countless podcasts and radio progs 

Focusing – um, the clue is in the name – entirely on skincare, it is a combination of sage, down-to-earth info and myth-busting mouthing off. Everything from the seasonal switches to make, through to diet and your skin, what to expect if you embark on a vitamin A regime, and oh, heavens, just a ton of easy-to-read, often very wittily-presented info, in all. (If you follow Caroline on Instagram, Twitter or visit her website, you’ll know she pulls no punches.)

We totally admire that Caroline has worked her way up from a beauty counter sales assistant to become a leading industry figure, while at the same time being brought bck down to earth every single day by being a mother-of-four. (She readily admits on her brilliant Holly Tucker Conversations of Inspiration podcast, here, that she couldn’t have done this without the help of her stay-at-home husband – so we salute him, too. 

One for every beauty bookshelf (and at time of press, it was half-price on Amazon – down from £20 to a tenner). 

£20 – buy here

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