Sarah loves... May/June
Sarah loves a sizzling pink nail polish, tanned legs and feet, a night-time skin treat and her friend’s gorgeous feet...!
There’s something about sunshine, blossom drifting like confetti over gardens and pavements, and the promise of tanned limbs (see below!) tipped by coloured nails that demands a certain shade of (virtually) Shocking pink nail polish. So I emitted a small yodel of joy when I saw the new Guerlain colours, all ten named for the iconic perfumes. My beyond-everything favourite is Champs Elysées, which will adorn fingers and toes until autumn sends me into rich darks again. PS This new range features a particularly wide and extra-flat brush – much easier to get good coverage - and also promises long-lasting colour and shine – and It truly delivers.
• Guerlain Colour Lacquer/£18in 10 shades plus Protective Base Coat and Top Coat Gel, at www.debenhams.com - buy here
Now a little tip: keep your eyes peeled because right now we are doing a prize draw on this fantabulous self-tanner. I thought I would just give you a heads-up – or rather down… looking at my wonderfully golden legs (which have received compliments!). In fact, it’s a three-stage process: you exfoliate - but don't moisturize just before - apply the tinted tanning liquid with the special mitt, then keep up the silkiness daily with the Soufflé Moisturiser. I LOVE the results… and you will too.
• He-Shi Express Liquid Tan/£20 for 150 ml at www.he-shi.eu - buy here
Liz Earle Superskin Concentrate
This isn’t new, but it is a BIG Love. (And of Jo's, too.) I have several wonderful night-time oils but this trumps the lot with its simple fragrant blend of organic rosehip oil, argan oi, neroli oil and natural vitamin E. My complexion just looks extra plumptious and peachy when I use this. I stroke it right down to my décolletée (finally showing signs of the years going past fast) and it’s a boon too for cuticles.
• Liz Earle Superskin Concentrate/ £40.50 for 28 ml bottle from www.uk.lizearle.com - buy here
My riding buddy Jane confided that she had terribly rough skin on her feet, with cracks on her heels – the works! So I gave her this to try and she reports: ‘The Micro-Pedi is an amazing little gadget, the best thing I have ever used on my feet. Within a few days of using this, followed by Manuka Doctor Foot & Heel Cream my feet are soft and smooth. I now use it daily and my feet feel amazing, ready for the summer sandals. I will recommend it to my friends.’ The science-y bit is that the battery-operated device uses a micro-mineral roller that spins round at 30 times a second to buff away dead, hard, jagged skin on soles and feet. You can choose from two easily interchangeable rollers, coarse and extra-coarse (!).
• Micro-Pedi/£39.95 at www.micropedi.co.uk-buy here • Manuka Doctor ApiNourish Foot & Heal Cream/£8.99 for 75 ml at www.hollandandbarrett.com - buy here