Blimey, I desperately needed a break from talking about Christmas and Christmassy things! Can someone please remind me, next year, to keep my Gift Guides neatly contained within a single week – perhaps the last week of November? – and not a single utterance of the words “gift”, “festive” or “stocking filler” thereafter? Thank you.

And moving swiftly on to skincare: some bits and pieces that have really impressed me over the past month or so. A few serums, the world’s best lip balm (possibly) and a couple of new or yet-to-be-released face bases. Which, strictly speaking, are makeup products but the Effaclar BB Blur (see here) has oil-absorbing properties and the Armani Maestro Glow (released February) is just brilliant for dry skin.

Watch the video to hear all about my latest finds – I’ll be doing more in-depth reviews here on A Model Recommends, but probably not until after Christmas as I’m planning to shut down for my “holidays” in a few days’ time. Lots of the products shown have quite good offers on at the moment – the individual links are all below the video screen. Enjoy!

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