What is the best style and beauty investment you've made

[JustAnotherDayWorkingAtHome]

For me:
Underarm laser hair removal
Medical grade skincare products
Botox (for now but I know there a shelf life )
Buying less clothes but spending more per item

I also tick a lot of the above and I’m thankful for them. But I wonder if actually my best purchase is my trusty babyliss big hair 😂 I have the medium barrell one and I never could do a decent blow dry without it!

Not for the faint-hearted, but not too bad. Remember, you can’t see it when it’s happening. I just take deep breaths and try not to think about it. It’s over quite quickly.

I focus on good supplements (collagen, fish oils, MSM, and others). Clean diet, exercise every day (lean with good muscle tone) good sleep and around the same weight for the past 20+ years. As low stress lifestyle as possible. Retinoids. Obsessive over skin care; only very light makeup. SPF. Proper care of teeth.

Just wanted to say I had a look at their website and the neck and decollete firming cream is basically a retinol cream.

Which is great, but if someone is already using tretinoin or another retinol product they are going to get the same results for much cheaper.

Can I ask how people are getting the tretinoin?

For me the Lumea has made a massive difference not only in hair growth but when I do shave now I get no irritation, which had always been an issue for me, shame it wasn't available in my earlier years, it would have given me so much more confidence.

I am not one for beauty treatments due to not only cost but hesitancy, I would like to get my eyebrows shaped and regularly maintained, but I am terrified of a disaster.

@itsnothingoriginal what is the medical grade neck cream please?

Losing weight and keeping it off makes me feel invested in me.

A hot brush for my hair and good hair products.

Lip filler.

Oh and micro-bladed eyebrows, they changed the structure and proportions of my face.

Edith head book.
Tweerman
Proper magnification mirror to do make up.
Brilliant hairdresser.
Buy less, wear what suits me and looks fab every day.
No more heels

Lip filler, Botox and staying trim

Paying to see a top dermatologist. Worth every penny.

1. Fortuitously - stylish parents who understood and enjoyed good clothes.

2. A Vogue habit from early teens. Combined with a fondness for portraiture in galleries - means I’m open to experimentation and novelty and the idea that clothes are meant to give the wearer presence.

3. Weekly veg box. (She says, whilst finishing the biscuits …)

Redken All Soft Shampoo and Conditioner.

BaByliss Flawless Volume hair dryer brush (better than their more expensive Big Hair revolving one).

Lancôme Hypnôse black mascara.

Lancôme Long-lasting cream concealer.

Jigsaw handbags.

An expensive but discrete necklace, bracelet and earrings combo that I wear almost every day, which makes me feel pulled together.

Oh and a really good haircut and colour four times a year. Ex-top London salon but now mobile so a fraction of the price.

Giving up on the whole madness about 15 years ago - saved me a fortune in both time and money!

Dyson Air wrap and straighteners

Same, and a bottle lasts for ages.

I've just seen someone mention the Dyson Air Wrap - does anyone know what happened to that poster who lent hers to a friend who was getting married and didn't get them back? I was really invested in that thread - did it disappear?

The last update was despite everything it still hadn't been returned and the OP was looking to go down the small claims court.
I think the bride had let the bridesmaid use it, she had spilt wine on it and broken it.

Getting down to a 'normal' weight.
and exercise.....clothes just seem to hang better when you have some muscle tone!

Losing weight and going to the gym regularly was the best thing i ever did style wise - lost a stone when i was 25 and kept it off right up until i was 35 😂 😢There’s really nothing like feeling and looking your best to make everything else fall into place.

Now while trying to get back to a size 10, it’s a good hairdresser, brow and lash lamination and St Tropez gradual tanner to feel put together on the daily!

Seeing an expensive dermatologist.

Dermatology-grade facials.

Pilates (mat)

Lazer hair removal under arms and bikini. Many years ago.
mire recently Botox once per year and Mounjaro

Laser hair removal

At present Soolantra via private prescription for rosacea.