Yesterday, so we’re told, was the day when we most felt Christmas’s pinch. On 20th January the credit card bills hit, AND it’s aeons till payday.

So we’re going to share with you a product we recently rediscovered which is one of the best ‘beauty steals’ we know.

Truly a beauty classic, Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder is honestly one of the best powders on the planet. And while there’s been a fashion for dewy finishes lately, there really is nothing that makes foundation last longer on the skin than a whisk of face powder.

Available in eight shades (none particularly dark, but there is a Translucent), the packaging may not be the most glamorous – a simple plastic lid, no mirror. But what you do get is a super-fine powder that gives the most cashmere of finishes.

Just add a whisper, with your biggest, fluffiest brush. (And we haven’t tried it, but Rimmel tell us that it can be used with a sponge to press onto blemishes, to conceal them.)

What we’d categorise as a ‘cheap thrill’, actually.

£3.99 – buy here

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