Skincare Reviews
All skincare reviews are by Thom Watson with a background in luxury beauty retail and luxury beauty retail training with both an accreditation in skincare and beauty therapy qualification under my belt.
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Kose Seikisho Face Soap
Individually hand-made, Kose Seikisho Soap is a mild but highly effective, medicated soap that will clear up even my worst breakout. Packed full of water-soluble moisturising ingredients, even though this is a soap bar, it’s as gentle as any liquid cleanser. Before I even get into the ingredients and what-not, I have to talk about…
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The Refinery Eye Gel
The Refinery, London’s one-stop Grooming Emporium for men, has developed a line of luxury men’s grooming products with Aromatherapy Associates. The range of 12 products comes in uniform, minimalist packaging, packed full of beautiful treatments composed of wonderfully natural ingredients. The hydrating, refreshing eye gel is formulated with orange flower water, aloe leaf juice, rose-hip…
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REN Bio Retinoid Anti-Ageing Cream
I’ve been really excited to share this with you. Launching next month is the incredible new anti-ageing treatment from REN, the REN Bio Retinoid Anti-Ageing Cream. You’d be right in thinking the name sounds familiar as last January, REN launched their fabulous Bio Retinoid Anti-Ageing Concentrate (here’s the review) and you can actually use the…
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Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Mask
Like many, I’ve long since been a fan of the original Clinique Moisture Surge gel. I tend to have dehydrated cheeks and an oilier t-zone, which although needs very little oil boosting, is often massively dehydrated. It’s often very difficult to deliver an enormous amount of deep, multi-level hydration whilst simultaneously keeping skin matte and…
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Clinique 3 Step Skincare System: 2 Dry Combination for Men
After a fantastic consultation at Manchester’s Selfridges, Exchange Square, I was shocked to learn that for the first time in my life, the perfect Clinique system for me is Number 2 – Dry Combination. Most of my life I’ve used Clinique’s Anti-Blemish solutions, but over the last year my skin seems to have finally vanquished…
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Crème de la Mer The Essence
The 21 day, £1,500 treatment from Crème de la Mer. This is the pure treatment, this is an almost pure concentration of that little bit of magic that comes in every product from the brand – The Miracle Broth, developed by botanist and physicist Dr. Max Huber. After 21 days, skin is said to be…
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Strivectin-SD Instant Retexturizing Scrub
Inside the large box, ladened with scientific jargon, you’ll discover an incredible exfoliator, a truly fabulous product. I can’t start this review without mentioning the box, I do find it a bit silly, but I can’t stress enough how much of a wonderful product it is. On the back, it talks about engineering the formula…
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SK-II Facial Treatment Cleansing Oil & Cellumination Mask in Lotion
For an upstanding beautiful, natural skin tone, bare your skin to Japan. As an undergraduate Japanese language student, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t at least attempt to translate their slogan and that was my best attempt (that made anywhere near sense), please correct me if I’m wrong. If you’ve not come…
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Caswell Massey Almond Shave Essentials
Well this is something interesting. I’ve tried quite a few ‘Shave Essentials’ style kits in my time and often only ever like one product in the kit. My shave ritual, although vast, never seems to use more than one product from the same brand. The Caswell Massey Almond Shave Essentials was quite a surprise. Firstly,…
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Crème de la Mer The Cleansing Gel (The Original)
You’ll probably know by now that I am a pretty massive Crème de la Mer fan, for the reason being that they’re a brand who’ve successfully combined luxury with true efficacy. Until now I was using The Cleansing Foam, but not religiously and only when I was feeling particularly oily and in need of a…