{"id":101552,"date":"2023-12-04T01:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T01:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101552"},"modified":"2023-12-04T01:56:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T01:56:03","slug":"what-do-you-think-are-the-best-beauty-bargains-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/lifestyle\/what-do-you-think-are-the-best-beauty-bargains-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What do YOU think are the best beauty bargains of 2023?"},"content":{"rendered":"
A well-groomed welcome to this, Inspire\u2019s sixth annual beauty awards, and the second to take place during a cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n
Many of us also struggled through pandemic financial woes, meaning it\u2019s a long time since we have felt anything remotely resembling flush.<\/p>\n
Money has rarely felt as tight, not least as we stagger into Christmas, all of us busy cutting corners.<\/p>\n
But we still need our beauty wares \u2014 we will always need their magic. Indeed, I would argue that we crave glamour now more than ever: for cheer, for charm, for screwing up our courage into a ball and plodding Britishly on.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, nowhere does budget beauty as brilliantly as Blighty.<\/p>\n
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Hannah Betts argues that\u00a0we crave glamour now more than ever: for cheer, for charm, for screwing up our courage into a ball and plodding Britishly on<\/p>\n
In Boots and Superdrug, we have retail giants committed to bringing us the best the industry has to offer at bargain prices.<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s their own brands \u2014 such as Boots\u2019 trusty No 7 skincare or Superdrug\u2019s cracking cosmetic newcomer Studio London \u2014 or decades-old stalwarts such as Rimmel, Batiste and The Body Shop.<\/p>\n
From 1980s colour king Barry M to playful pioneers 3ina (pronounced \u2018Mina\u2019), the UK is the place for power pigment costing pennies.<\/p>\n
Add supermarket deals \u2014 Lidl and Aldi included \u2014 Amazon offers and international names such as L\u2019Oreal, Bourjois, Maybelline, Max Factor, CeraVe, Byoma, Garnier, Bioderma, Vichy, Aveeno, e.l.f., and Italian geniuses Kiko Milano, and it\u2019s entirely possible to look, feel and smell as dazzling as if you had spent hundreds.<\/p>\n
Many of us will also have subscribed to Beauty Pie, which offers state-of-the-art products without the mark-ups (from \u00a34.95 a month, or try its 60-day free trial, beautypie.com). With the wolf at the door, we are no less chic \u2014 but we are more inventive.<\/p>\n
To guarantee bang for our buck, we asked three industry giants for their product passions: CEO and founder of the British Beauty Council Millie Kendall OBE; make-up artist and brand owner Ruby Hammer MBE; and beauty guru and podcaster Emma Gunavardhana, of The Emma Guns Show.<\/p>\n
I have given you my own award-winners, too: the beauty buys I\u2019ve lived with, loved, and relied on time and time again in 2023, bringing me joy when it felt thin on the ground.<\/p>\n
Take a look at our inventory of excellence, cherry-pick for your Christmas stocking, and vote now to be entered into our fabulous prize draw to scoop a selection of our winners.<\/p>\n
…AND HERE ARE THIS YEAR’S ESTEEMED JUDGES\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Millie Kendall OBE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Millie, 56, dispels the myth that you need to splurge on expensive products when you get older\u00a0<\/p>\n Millie, who is the CEO and founder of the British Beauty Council, has been involved in the industry for almost 40 years. She says:<\/span><\/p>\n ‘It\u2019s easy to think that when you get to my age \u2014 56 \u2014 you have to splurge on expensive products to get results, but that\u2019s not the case. Some of my favourite bargain products are just as effective as more expensive counterparts.<\/p>\n ‘Take Curel\u2019s Intensive Moisture Facial Cream (\u00a319.50, boots.com). If you put your fingers in the pot with your eyes closed, you wouldn\u2019t know it wasn\u2019t Tatcha\u2019s Dewy Skin Cream, which is more than three times the price. It doesn\u2019t have the same fragrance but it\u2019s just as good.<\/p>\n ‘There are also some great steals to be had if you look at brands that you might not think are targeted at you. My daughter and I both use the Byoma Creamy Jelly Cleanser (\u00a39.99, byoma.com), which is quick and easy to use in the shower and a good all-round cleanser.’<\/p>\n Similarly, 3ina Lipsticks (\u00a313, uk.3ina.com) come in really great colours and the finish is a lovely semi-matte. The 503, a wearable nude pink, has become a digital media viral sensation.<\/p>\n Ruby Hammer MBE\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ruby, 61, is a professional make-up artist and the founder of her own range of beauty products\u00a0<\/p>\n Make-up artist and brand founder Ruby, 61, has been a beauty world go-to since the 1980s, and launched her own range, Ruby Hammer, in 2019. She says:<\/span><\/p>\n ‘As a professional make-up artist, and now the founder of my own range, I\u2019ve tried hundreds of products. And while there are some premium products I think are worth the money, the High Street is packed with really great, affordable products.<\/p>\n ‘Mascara is a basic staple. It should only last you three to six months as every time you open it you pump air into it so it dries out. You want something inexpensive enough to replace without hesitation. I\u2019ve had Max Factor Masterpiece (\u00a312.99, superdrug.com) in my kit since it launched. The brush grabs every lash and it lengthens, volumises and defines.<\/p>\n ‘I won\u2019t do ads or paid collaborations until I\u2019ve tried something and know that it works. That was the case with No7 Future Renew Serum (\u00a334.95, boots.com) \u2014 I tested it at its launch and I have to say it\u2019s bloody good! Given the technology and clinical trials behind it, it\u2019s a great price \u2014 although, like anything, the results are cumulative so you have to stick with it.’<\/p>\n Emma Gunavardhana\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emma, 45, has seen seismic changes in the beauty industry during more than 20 years working as a beauty journalist\u00a0<\/p>\n Beauty journalist Emma, 45, hosts The Emma Guns Show podcast which has had more than 15 million global downloads (instagram.com\/emmaguns). She says:<\/span><\/p>\n ‘I\u2019ve been working in the beauty industry for more than 20 years and the changes I\u2019ve seen have been seismic. More effective, affordable products are available, and brands such as Skin + Me (\u00a329.99 for a subscription, skinandme.com), which offers prescription-by-post skincare, have been serious game-changers.<\/p>\n ‘Once you have had the remote consultation, it takes all the guesswork out of standing at a beauty counter, it\u2019s democratised dermatology, and my skin has been changed for the better since I started using it.<\/p>\n ‘But there are also a handful of low-priced products that are classics for me. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation (\u00a312.99, superdrug.com) launched in 2010. It was discontinued in the UK in 2019 but returned three years later. It\u2019s one of those foundations that makes skin look instantly healthy and radiant.<\/p>\n ‘My favourite budget beauty buy is Vaseline (\u00a31.80, boots.com). Stick a layer on your lips before you go to bed, and you will never struggle with dry lips again.’<\/p>\n Hannah Betts<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hannah, 52, chose Glossier\u2019s extraordinary Stretch Fluid Foundation (\u00a334, ukglossier.com) as her product of 2023<\/p>\n After a quarter of a century writing about beauty, and 41 years wearing foundation (yes, I started aged 11), I know base has to be a perfect fit. I have found that in Glossier\u2019s extraordinary Stretch Fluid Foundation (\u00a334, ukglossier.com) \u2014 my product of 2023.<\/p>\n Apply it with my beauty-tool pick \u2014 Katherine Daniels Pure Pigment Foundation & Concealer Brush (\u00a325, katherinedanielscosmetics.com).<\/p>\n My other product of the year I bought when on offer at \u00a32 a shot, Studio London Flaunt Flawless Blusher (\u00a35, superdrug.com). The rest of my stash is no less cheap as chips. My day cream is Hello Sunday: The Everyday One SPF 50 (\u00a316, spacenk.com), which takes base beautifully; my flat-hair fix Batiste Dry Shampoo & Volume (now \u00a32.83, boots.com).<\/p>\n I open up my eyes with Rimmel ScandalEyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal (\u00a34.99, boots.com) on the lower rim, then Maybelline Colossal Curl Bounce Mascara (\u00a311.99, boots.com). A Barry M Velvet Matte Longwear Lip Paint (\u00a34.99, superdrug.com) is my latest power pout. Bargain bliss.<\/p>\n CHOOSE FROM OUR EXPERTS’ FAVOURITES<\/span><\/p>\n Brow product <\/p>\n Brow product <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Mascara <\/p>\n Mascara <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Eyeshadow <\/p>\n Eyeshadow <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Eye Liner <\/p>\n Eye Liner <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Concealer <\/p>\n Concealer <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Blusher \/ Bronzer <\/p>\n Blusher \/ Bronzer <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Lip product <\/p>\n Lip product <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Foundation \/ Base <\/p>\n Foundation \/ Base <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Night treatment <\/p>\n Night treatment <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Day cream \/ Serum <\/p>\n Day cream \/ Serum <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Bath or shower product <\/p>\n Bath or shower product <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Cleanser <\/p>\n Cleanser <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Body lotion or cream <\/p>\n Body lotion or cream <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Hair hero <\/p>\n Hair hero <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\n Beauty tool <\/p>\n Beauty tool <\/p>\n Now share your opinion<\/p>\nPoll<\/span><\/h2>\n
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