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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Reviewed: Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum
With another short and snappy name and another addition to the Smart Serum line comes something new from Clinique laboratories: Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum. This purple powerhouse packs in three wrinkle targeting technologies to hydrate, resurface and stimulate collagen. But am I in love and does it even work? Both myself and…
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Crabtree & Evelyn 2021 Bath, Body & Home Fragrance Haul
As promised in my last article ‘What Happened to Crabtree & Evelyn?’, I put a mixed order into Crabtree & Evelyn to see if behind the modern branding, the product excellence the brand was built on is still there and in short: sort of. Also do people even call these hauls anymore? I’ll stick with…
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Avène Cleanance Expert Skincare
A few years ago I attended an event with the french Pharmacy brand Avene for the launch of their Avene Cleanance Expert, a new hydrating acne treatment (similar in packaging and brand messaging to La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo Plus). I’m always highly sceptical when it comes to acne treatments that are on the lower…
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Exclusive: Editions Parfums Frederic Malle Grooming Collection
I’ve been looking forward to sharing this for a month or so now and launching Thursday 1st June are two grooming additions to Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle. Both in the Vetiver Extraordinaire fragrance, the new Frederic Malle grooming collection consists of the Shave Cream and After Shave Balm priced at £60 and £80 respectively. Vetiver…
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Perricone MD H2 Elemental Energy Serum and Eye Gel
When you’re working with so many products, it’s not often you get repeats. I had until now only two exceptions: Zelens Detox Cleanser (I swear by this) and Clinique All About Eyes Rich. However, before writing this review for Perricone MD Elemental Energy; I am already on my second and third bottle of each. I…
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REN Perfect Canvas Skin Enhancing Priming Serum
This is the new serum from Ren that gives all the treatment benefits of a lightweight serum, but the silicone-free benefits of a primer. I think this is a great one for guys as even if you get your skincare regime spot-on, by the middle of the day, we can all still get a bit…
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Charlotte Tilbury Healthy Glow and Magic Cream for Men
You can’t have an interest in the skincare industry without knowing about Charlotte Tilbury. Her skincare and makeup is loved by critics the world over however is a brand I’ve never really had much personal interest in. Why? Like benefit, I mentally associated it as being a makeup-first brand, with skincare as an afterthought. Starting…
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Charlotte Tilbury Unisex Healthy Glow and Magic Cream
You can’t have an interest in the skincare industry without knowing about Charlotte Tilbury. Her skincare and makeup is loved by critics the world over however is a brand I’ve never really had much personal interest in. Why? Like benefit, I mentally associated it as being a makeup-first brand, with skincare as an afterthought. However,…
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Yves Rocher Summer Spree
Why aren’t there more Yves Rocher shops in the UK!? It drives me nuts there’s only one in the whole country in Marylebone, London Central. If you’re not familiar with the brand, they’re a very comfortable cross between The Body Shop and Avon. Their products are wildly underrated, providing excellent efficacy, with good formulations and…
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Clinique For Men Maximum Hydrator Activated Water-Gel Concentrate Reviewed
The mouthful that is Clinique For Men Maximum Hydrator Activated Water-Gel Concentrate is a lightweight, hyaluronic acid enriched, hydration serum for men. Keep reading to find out more but get £5 off it at Look Fantastic using my code THOM-R1X Is this a serum or a moisturiser? The name is confusing and I’ve been asked…