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Organic Pharmacy Deodorant Spray

Posted by - 06 January 2009 17:21

I’ve never tested it to the absolute limit (ie I’ve not run a marathon in it), but it worked great for me

The Organic Pharmacy Deodorant Spray, £15, 50ml

Tested: various dates throughout 2007

Launched: Summer 2007

Stockists: The Organic Pharmacy, 396 Kings Road, 169 High Street Kensington, 23 Great Marlborough Street, 36 Neal Street and selected retailers, call 020 7351 2232 for stockists or to order by mail. www.theorganicpharmacy.com.

A natural deodorant that really seems to work. I’ve never tested it to the absolute limit (ie I’ve not run a ...

Shea Bliss Butter Bath Melts

Posted by - 06 January 2009 17:13

Super useful if you suffer from very dry skin, have eczema or your child does, or you just want an extra bit of dewiness to your skin

Price: £3.50 for six, available unscented or with essential oils.

Launched: August 2008Tested: October/November 2008

Ingredients: Cocoa butter, Shea butter

Stockists: www.sheabliss.com

An absolutely brilliant idea. These look like tiny white-chocolate chocolates, and the idea is that you peel off the wrapper and put them in the bath.

Children adore them and they moisturise the water, ergo your skin, beautifully; particularly if you live in a hard ...

Method Squeaky Green body wash

Posted by - 06 January 2009 16:56

The smell isn’t overwhelming, but nice and fresh and the product offers good value for money. I recommend

Method Squeaky Green body wash, £4.99 in fuzzy peach or crisp apple, for 295ml.

Date of launch: July 2008Date of testing: summer and autumn 2008

Stockists: Method Kid is available from Boots and boots.com exclusively.

Method is a relatively new label on the market that primarily makes household cleaning products. Their children’s range – Method Kid - launched in July 2008 and consists of this body wash and the ...

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser

Posted by - 06 January 2009 16:46

Skin is left feeling soft, clean but never dry. The plastic pump bottle is great for travel

Price: £12.25 for the 100ml starter kit with two cloths; 100ml on its own, £10.75, travel size, 30ml: £4.50

Muslin cloths also sold separately, £3 for a pack of two, £7.50 for a pack of six.

Stockists: www.lizearle.com Customer centre - 01983 813 913

Launched: 8th March 1996

Tested: 2004 and January 2008

One of the best cleansers there is. I love it. You use it in three stages: massage ...

Ecological Compound by Sisley

Posted by - 06 January 2009 16:39

I struggle not to use this every day. It is one of my top five products and I’m rarely without it

£64, 50ml£105, 100ml

Launched: 1975Tested: Almost every day from 2002-2008

Stockists: tel: 020 7591 6380

Ingredients: manufacturer would not provide saying the ingredients are printed on the product.

This compound is made to be used your regular daily or nightly moisturizer, or on its own. But really over the age of 25 or so it won’t, very probably, be enough on its own.

The idea of ...

Korres Wild Rose Mask

Posted by - 25 November 2008 11:41

An excellent facemask which is thick and satisfyingly white and opaque

£16 for 40ml

Launched: April 2007Tested: August 2008

Stockists:

Korres Natural Products flagship store: 124 Kings Road, London and Unit 1, Buchanan Galleries, GlasgowHarvey Nichols (nationwide), Harrods, Liberty, Selfridges (London), select John Lewis and independents nationwide.Shop-in-shops, House of Fraser, Croydon (T: 0870 1607229) Birmingham (T: 0870 1607225)Beautyexpert.co.uk, Bathandunwind.com, Hqhair.com, Asos.com and Lookfantastic.com

This is an “instant brightening and illuminating” face mask that comes in a glass ...

Natura Bisse Inhibit-Tensolift

Posted by - 25 November 2008 11:40

It's not cheap but this product gets a big thumbs up from Annalisa Barbieri - all except the pump action bottle

Price: £460Launched: Autumn 2006Tested: throughout 2007 and 2008

Stockists: Space NK, www.spacenk.com, tel: 0208 740 208

If you read through this website long enough, you’ll see it’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Natura Bissé. I love that it never advertises and, to be frank, most people have never heard of it. This was one of the first ‘wrinkle reducers’ I ever tried and because of ...

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Pure potions skin salvation

Posted by - 25 November 2008 11:34

A rich and steroid-free treatment for eczema, that doesn't leave a sting

£6.30, 30ml£11, 60ml£16.50, 120ml (£14.50 if you buy three jars or more)

Stockists: www.purepotions.co.uk, tel: 01273 623123

Launched: October 2002Ingredients:

* produced under organic standards *Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Beeswax,*Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil,*Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil,Aqua (Water), Alcohol (from tinctures),*Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract,*Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract,*Stellaria Media (Chickweed) Extract,*Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract

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Eau du Soir by Sisley

Posted by - 22 October 2008 11:03

Great perfume - truly hideous bottle. Annalisa Barbieri's forthright road test of key beauty products

Price £47.50 for 15ml purse spray£60, 30ml£87, 50ml£125, 100ml

Date of launch: 1990

Date of testing: 2000 - 2003

Stockists: 020 7591 6380

Ingredients: manufacturer would not supply saying they are listed on product.

Very probably what stops this scent from having become world famous, is the truly hideous bottle that it comes in. This is both a blessing – who ...

All Day All Year by Sisley

Posted by - 21 October 2008 09:27

If creams are so expensive I have no hope of ever buying them, it makes me nervous. Who wants to fall in love with the unattainable? Unfortunately, this cream is excellent

£179, 50ml

Launched: 2005Tested: throughout 2007 and 2008Stockists: 020 7591 6380.

Ingredients: Sisley will not provide full disclosure of ingredients saying that “All ingredients are listed on product packaging so it’s (sic) easily obtainable by customers.”

This day cream is aimed at those over the age of 25. The premise is that it provides protection (SPF 8) from UVA and UVB, but not ...

The truth about beauty products

Posted by - 21 October 2008 09:24

Annalisa Barbieri launches her beauty list with an explanation of how she looks at products...

The skincare industry seems to attract rabid hatred/disdain – sometimes not without reason - or slavish devotion. I’m not sure where I stand. I’ve always been into ‘products’, although I wear little make up (it looks wrong on me) but I care very much about the total crap that’s written about beauty products. The reasoning is pretty transparent when you’re in it, but as a reader you may not realise. ...

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