Hero products

[RunDownRita]

Yesterday I bought a new tube of 8 hour cream. In less than 24 hours it has fixed my chapped lips, healed my lingering angular cheilitis (Pringles mouth), sorted out my cuticles and generally made me as happy as can be. I'm slapping it on everything.

What are your hero products?

Sudocrem for spots

LRP cicaplast balm. Thick moisturiser that doesn’t cause spots.

Also like the version for hands.

Physicians Formula Matcha cleansing balm, Superdrug hydraulic and shea butter lip balm, Nubian Heritage coconut and papaya bodywash, O'Keefs hand cream and K18 Hair Mask.

UltraDex mouth spray. Confidence in a little pump. It's amazing stuff!

Nivea blue lipbalm for everyday lips

Astral cream as I'm outdoors a lot it stops my skin getting chapped

Blistex cream for splitting lips.

Maybelline Tattoo Brow paint on stain/gel stuff

St Tropez facial tan mist

Burts bees tinted lipbalm

Ceramide cream dr jart

Paulas choice salicylic toner

Burts bees beeswax balm for dry bits

Holland and Barratt sweet almond oil for all over body moisturiser

Anastasia Beverly Hills brow pomade and wax

Good old Estée Lauder double wear, max factor masterpiece mascara, morphe eyebrow definers, Charlotte tilbury Hollywood filter, lately loving the kiko water eyeshadows

I was thinking that today as I used the end of my Elizabeth Arden 8 hour- I use it for everything!

my current miracle product is a £2.99 impulse purchase of Aldi illuminating primer, it really makes my skin look amazing

Sudocreme

Weleda Skin Food

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Cream - the most effective foot cream ever (and better than the brand's actual foot cream)

Superdrug Naturally Radiant Glycolic Tonic - way better than Pixi and much cheaper

La Prairie loose face powder - an unsung hero, amazing stuff that comes in a huge pot WITH a travel size pot too

Giorgio Armani youth eye serum - the difference it makes is visible to your eyes AND bank account 😂

Hourglass Lip Oil - extortionate but worth it

Marc Jacobs eye liners and lip liners but sadly they stopped making his beauty range 😫

Paula’s Choice BHA Liquid Exfoliant
Amazing for unclogging blocked pores, smoothing skin, and banishing spots.

Aveda damage remedy, nothing else comes close.
Aveda flat iron heat protection in the blue tube, last one lasted 5 years.
Dermalogica toner & multivitamin recovery mask.

Baby oil for waterproof mascara removal.

Mustella emollient balm is the most hydrating and nourishing cream. Designed for babies.

Prickly pear oil and argan oil from Morocco.

NipnFab glycolic pads

Sisley black rose cream.

In this cold weather, Nivea (in the blue pot) and Neutrogena hand cream. Nothing else will do.

Blue pot Nivea is just great for everything.

Agree with PP Marc Jacobs eyeliners were brilliant. Have heard good things about Victoria Beckhams eyeliners but cba to spend that amount of money!

This isn’t helpful but mine is a facecream made by a local company - it has a really simple/‘clean’ ingredient list with tonnes of aloe vera in it and it’s the best moisturiser I’ve ever used!

Kerastase ultimate elixir l'huile originale hair oil. Tiny amount does wonders for my dry frizz. Spendy but a bottle last me a year.

I'm the PP who wanted to cry when MJ stopped doing make-up. I HAVE tried VB eyeliners (after seeing so many recommendation on S&B) and I was very impressed with how they went on. I don't think they have quite the staying power of MJ but they're not a bad replacement. I want to try VB lipliners next and I'm hoping they're half as good as MJ's as I just haven't been able to find a decent replacement for his lipliners at all (I had a stash but I've used them all up).

Estée Lauder Double Wear. Wore it in my thirties and early forties then stopped as it was looking cakey. Have recently gone back to it and now applying with my fingers rather than a brush and it looks good again.

Dove gradual tan - use it all year round and buy it every time I see it on offer.

Sudocreme

The eye liners for me are hourglass

No7 gold tube mascara. Never, ever shifts. Miraculous!

Sadly discontinued though!

Cetaphil moisturising lotion - keeps my skin feeling good through out the day without needing a top up.

Nivea Soft
Max Factor 2000 Calorie Curl Addict mascara
Rimmel Lasting Radiance foundation - now sadly not available in Australia, so I stockpiled while in the UK this year.