The one beauty product that experts think is worth every penny
The single beauty product you love the most?
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From hairstylists to make-up artists and aestheticians, Rose Beer asked the experts
Many of my favourite industry insiders have founded sensational brands that I swear by; others are affiliated with, or work for, other brands I love.
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But strip all that away, and what would they buy?
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I asked 50 of them to name the single product that they couldn’t live without.
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Here’s what they had to say…
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Nicola Clarke, colourist and founder
Kate Winslet put me on to Oslo Skin Lab The Solution Beauty Collagen a few months ago after I commented on how great her skin looked.
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I can already see the benefits in my skin and hair and take a sachet a day in my coffee.
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When I was 21, I was on a shoot with a well-known photographer and a big model.
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He spotted another hairspray in my kit and said, ‘What the f*** is that?
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Why aren’t you using Elnett?
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Quite an introduction, but I soon understood.
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It gives control, shape and hold, but lets hair feel like hair.
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Annee de Mamiel, acupuncturist and facialist
I wouldn’t want to be without Cecily Braden’s lymphatic brushes.
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The touch is light, but afterwards my face looks fresher and less puffy.
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Mine live on the coffee table.
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In 2014, I was working on a shoot in New York with the legendary make-up artist Mary Greenwell.
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She found it hilarious that I didn’t have a skincare routine and told me that La Roche-Posay SPF50+ face cream was the best thing I could use.
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I’ve done so religiously ever since.
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Dr Ophelia Veraitch, dermatologist
Shavata has done my brows for 20 years and I wouldn’t be without her castor oil Brow & Lash Strengthener.
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Castor oil is high in ricinoleic acid, a fatty acid that conditions the hair shaft and stops brow hairs getting dry and brittle, so they look fuller and sit better.
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Cetera Lamb, colourist and creative director
One day I was doing Barbara Sturm’s hair, moaning about looking like a tired mum.
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The next minute, someone from her boutique, close to the John Frieda Salon in Mayfair, arrived with her Glow Drops.
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I’ve since repurchased them over and over, and will do so forever.
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They make me look alive!
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As a child my mother used mustard oil to tame the frizz.
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Today I swear by Hershesons Almost Anything Cream.
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It works on wet and dry hair and puts stubborn strays immediately to rest.
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Kate Kerr, facialist
These masks are a bit expensive, but their hydrating and soothing powers are worth it, especially when skin is feeling sensitive.
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I love using them as part of a DIY facial and on flights.
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Medik8 Ultimate Recovery Bio-Cellulose Mask,
Dr David Jack, aesthetic doctor and founder
My “One” is Hermès Un Jardin en Méditerranée, a fresh, woody fig and citrus blend that takes me back to Italian holidays.
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Rose Ferguson, nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner
I love the Victoria Beckham Beauty Reflect Highlighter Stick.
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VB told me I’d love it and she was right!
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In summer, it’s beautiful on sun-kissed skin, and in winter it brings light when my complexion needs a lift.
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It’s amazing!
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Debbie Thomas, skin and laser expert and founder
My one, were you cruel enough to make me choose, would be BioEffect EGF Serum.
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What sets it apart is how quickly I feel a difference.
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I use it at night and on waking my complexion is notably different.
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I use, make and sell a lot of very good products which I know deliver great benefits, but this one has real satisfaction due to the speedy boost.
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Milly Mason, nail artist
I buy 10 tubes of LCN’s 10% Urea Foot Masks at a time and think it’s the best thing in my kit.
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It’s affordable, no-frills and smells incredible.
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…and 114 more, not listed.
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