{"id":181702,"date":"2023-11-19T23:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181702"},"modified":"2023-11-19T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T23:26:37","slug":"time-to-prep-your-body-for-the-party-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/time-to-prep-your-body-for-the-party-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to prep your body for the party season"},"content":{"rendered":"
By rights, we should only be on the cusp of Christmas. Yet it feels as though Yule 2023 is starting earlier than all previous festive onslaughts.<\/p>\n
My personal party season kicked off last Tuesday. Already I\u2019m on the floor: lips chapped, throat like sandpaper \u2014 all I can focus on is my bed. And I don\u2019t even drink, have children, or need to drag myself to an office.<\/p>\n
Still, it happens to us all, \u2018staring down the barrel of 43 social obligations before finally limping into actual Christmas\u2019, as a friend so eloquently puts it.<\/p>\n
This year, I am determined, if not to enjoy myself, then at least not to get sick or go mad. I shall be embracing certain face, body and brain savers in pursuit of this goal and strongly suggest you do, too.<\/p>\n
First off, my ravaged mouth. No pots at this time of year \u2014 fingers are too germy. Instead seek out Beauty Pie Super Healthy Skin Nourishing Lip Balm SPF 30 (\u00a310 for members, \u00a325 for non-members, beautypie.com). With vitamin C to target midlife wrinkles, and avocado oil to soothe, this renders lips not merely nourished, but inviting.<\/p>\n
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To make sure you survive the festive season without getting sick, be sure to embrace Hannah Betts’s face, body and brain savers<\/p>\n
I started knocking back Hollywood\u2019s favourite, vegetable-stuffed supplement, 8Greens Skin Effervescent Tablets (from \u00a315.99, uk8greens.com) \u2014 the vitamin B equivalent of 187lb of salmon \u2014 to ensure that a diet of canap\u00e9s doesn\u2019t lead to boils and scurvy.<\/p>\n
Then, I had a relaxing and entirely medicinal massage \u2014 specifically an Aromatherapy Associates massage (from \u00a330 nationwide, aromatherapy associates.com\/pages\/spa-locator), with the company\u2019s chief therapist and educator, the gifted Christina Salcedas.<\/p>\n
Regular readers will know how deeply I cherish this great British brand\u2019s 14 oils. These are no mere toiletries, but genuinely therapeutic concoctions with powerful curative effects.<\/p>\n
For my massage, I chose Inner Strength oil (from \u00a312), the \u2018well-being hug\u2019 created by Aromatherapy Associates\u2019 co-founder, the late Geraldine Howard, when she was trapped in the \u2018black hole\u2019 of cancer.<\/p>\n
The oil\u2019s focusing frankincense, restorative cardamom and balancing clary sage are intended to see one through challenges mental and physical \u2014 even if mine is merely sequin season.<\/p>\n
Ask for an Aromatherapy Associates massage by way of an early Christmas present, or score a bottle of your chosen essential oils balm during the Black Friday spending spree.<\/p>\n
Just think of it as a gorgeously fragrant means of attaching your own oxygen mask first.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m cossetting my face, hands and body via an oil cleanse, with the fantastically cost-effective and nourishing Bioderma Atoderm Cleansing Oil For Very Dry To Eczema-Prone Skin (\u00a311.60 for 1ltr, boots.com).<\/p>\n
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Hannah enjoyed a relaxing and entirely medicinal massage – specifically an Aromatherapy Associates massage, with the company\u2019s chief therapist and educator, the gifted Christina Salcedas<\/p>\n
Then, I apply a layer of my much adored Sisley Ecological Compound plant-based serum under my SPF sunscreen. I have been using and loving Ecological Compound for well over two decades.<\/p>\n
So imagine my utter excitement when I recently discovered that Sisley has now brought out Ecological Compound Advanced Formula (currently \u00a394.40, down from \u00a3118, sisley-paris.co.uk), which I had somehow neglected to take on board.<\/p>\n
The original, which launched more than 40 years ago, operated by improving skin resilience and its ability to defend itself against external aggressors \u2014 whether that be cold, heat or wind.<\/p>\n
Naturally, it was wildly successful, despite its punchy price \u2014 with one selling every five seconds \u2014 because, once sampled, fans of this product couldn\u2019t go without it, even if this meant scrimping elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Sisley\u2019s thrilling new formula, which took a decade to develop, improves skin\u2019s balance and immunity resilience.<\/p>\n
At the same time, its antioxidant-laden centella extract benefits from a state-of-the-art extraction process making it 3,500 times more potent. Given how brilliant the original was, I can\u2019t quite take this in. Finally, I have a reason to party.<\/p>\n
RACE YOU TO IT!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harry Styles\u2019s buzz cut wasn\u2019t his only beauty contribution last week, given that his skin, cosmetic and apparel line \u2014 Pleasing \u2014 arrived at Selfridges, where it sold up a storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n His nail varnishes are the brand\u2019s breakaway hit. I\u2019m craving Pleasing Nail Polish in Hairy Mermaid (\u00a320, selfridges.com), a glorious titian blue.\u00a0<\/p>\n MY ICON OF THE WEEK<\/span><\/p>\n Jessica Chastain<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With her porcelain skin, Jessica Chastain uses vitamin C before sunscreen to boost protection against sun damage<\/p>\n The Oscar-winning actress, 46, loves Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick in 01 Le Rouge (now \u00a325.60, boots.com) with \u2018barely any eye make-up and messy hair\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n With her porcelain skin, she uses vitamin C before sunscreen to boost protection against sun damage, favouring Skinceuticals C E Ferulic Antioxidant Serum (\u00a3165, lookfantastic.com).<\/p>\n FIVE BRILLIANT HAIR BAUBLES<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (\u00a316, oliverbonas.com)<\/p>\n A large, embellished, twinkling star hair grip with gems conjuring up the style of the sophisticated 1930s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (now \u00a310, claires.com)<\/p>\n A glamorous bow bedecked with geometric rhinestones and attached to a sturdy barrette.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (\u00a312, asos.com)<\/p>\n A trio of slim diamante bands creating a discreet finishing piece.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (now \u00a322.50, slipsilkpillowcase.co.uk)<\/p>\n Crystal-adorned silk scrunchies designed to be gentle on hair.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (\u00a316, anthropologie.com)<\/p>\n A chic rhinestone claw that will hold party hair off your face.<\/p>\n \u00a0COSMETIC CRAVING\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the great things about make-up is its ability to freshen and modernise your look at a stroke.\u00a0<\/p>\n Behold, my \u2018festive cool-girl who happens to be a woman of 52\u2019 diffused-lip obsession: Dior Rouge Dior Forever Liquid Sequin in 993 Magical (\u00a339, dior.com).<\/p>\n In four shades, liquid sequin is billed as a transfer-proof, yet non-drying, liquid lipstick \u2014 ultra-glittery and ultra-pigmented.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dior recommends applying lavishly, letting set for five minutes, then, when dry, pressing the lips together for a glittering finish.<\/p>\n I prefer to brush a little on, then smudge it in with my finger for a modishly blurred and blended effect that lasts and lasts. Easy, low-key and spectacular.<\/p>\n\n