The Self-Love Gift Guide for Valentine’s Day 2024

Grace De Monaco Promenade Sur Le Rocher Candle, £110

The scents that line the Mediterranean’s gleaming Côte d’Azur can now be found in your home, with radiant bergamot, rose, ylang-ylang and vanilla. These scents ooze luxury and sophistication, and no wonder… Grace Kelly transcended her role as a Hollywood star to redefine the significance and value of being a royal. Her legacy imparts valuable insights into diplomacy and philanthropy that remain as relevant today as they were during her time. The world’s first luxury-for-good Maison, Grace de Monaco, is founded on the principles of luxury-for-good. 100% of the profits benefit The Princess Grace Foundation.

Available from www.harrods.com

Miller Harris Tea Tonique Body Wash, £26

The cooling scent of a morning mist rolling over the uniformed rows of shrubs that fill an exotic tea plantation, Tea Tonique Body Wash offers a soothing lather that softly moisturises with vitamin E and coconut extracts. Your skin is left revitalised in a gentle haze of Miller Harris fragrance.

Available from www.millerharris.com

Omorovicza Queen Serum, £110

This non-sensitising daywear serum visibly reduces depth of wrinkles and re-densifies your skin using a powerful cocktail of innovative actives which help achieve a retinol-like effect. Mediterranean Microalagae is a natural, sustainably sourced biotech breakthrough inspired by the latest generation retinoids, giving all the benefits without the irritation to improve skin elasticity and firmness and reduce the depth of fine lines and wrinkles. Powered further by the Healing Concentrate, the patented, bio-fermented active ingredient is clinically proven to significantly improve skin hydration, elasticity and firmness while delivering the unique healing benefits of the Budapest mineral-rich (hydro) geology, directly to the skin.

Available from www.omorovicza.com

Gen See Pick Me Up Lip Matte Lipstick in Brownish Neutral, £23

Winner of the 2023 Allure Best of Beauty Award for Best Matte Lipstick, this soft matte is highly pigmented, non-drying, and super comfortable, while still delivering serious staying power. All the Pick Me Up Lip shades are like an espresso shot for your face – brightening and energising. Easy to apply, easy to wear, easy to love.

Available from www.genseebeauty.com

Pretty Magpie Essentials Satin Scrunchie Set, £18

Behold Pretty Magpie’s magnificence of oversized satin scrunchies. Not only do these remarkable hair accessories provide optimal protection for your precious locks, but they also exemplify a fashion-forward expression of style and flair. Embrace the perfect harmony of safeguarding your hair while basking in the pinnacle of sartorial refinement.

Available from www.pretty-magpie.com

RMS Beauty Back 2 Brow Powder, £27

Create perfectly defined eyebrows with this easy-to-apply, lightweight eyebrow powder. Designed to work synergistically with the skin, the Back2Brow adheres to individual eyebrow hairs for a smooth application and natural-looking results. Formulated with clean, natural ingredients this easy-to-use, long-wear brow powder shapes and defines with a hint of natural luminosity. This finely milled powder adheres easily to shape and define with a delicate touch. Formulated with cocoa seed butter to condition and mica for subtle, natural luminosity, this powder creates soft, natural-looking brows with lustrous dimension to beautifully frame the face.

Available from www.spacenk.com

Gen See Mixed Media Metallic Liquid Eyeshadow in Pink Champagne, £24

The Mixed Media Metallics truly look like molten metals. They can be sheered out while moist with a brush or applied more liberally for that heavy metal look. These liquid eyeshadows are versatile, super pigmented, weightless, and can be worn in a million ways. This one also works brilliantly as a highlighter blended across your cheeks – we’re converted!

Available from www.genseebeauty.com

FaceWise Moisturising Day Cream, £21.95

Formulated for all skin types to deliver a nourishing daily boost. Hyaluronic acid ensures skin feels hydrated and plumped and can help to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Shea butter intensely moisturises, leaving skin soft and smooth. Rock samphire promotes brightness uniformity and cell renewal leaving skin feeling refreshed.

Available from www.facewiseskincare.com

ANSWR Volumewave Heated Brush, £79

This innovative tool is like a magic wand for your hair, offering the power to create bouncy blowouts, control frizz, create soft waves and add volume. ANSWR ensures that the luxury of a professional-quality hair styling experience is not a privilege but a choice available to everyone.

Available from www.answr.uk

Hair Revival – Leave-In Scalp & Hair Moisturiser, £8.95

We are all on the scroll for that #onestopwonder to achieve our ultimate hair goals, stop scrolling and say hello to the Hair Proud All-Inclusive 5-in-1 Protection Milk, the leave-in miracle hair treatment that works magic on your mane by taming your tresses in a flash. This wonder worker is the all-in-one styler with 5 benefits in 1 hair treatment for happy, healthy-looking hair, that fixes all your haircare needs; hydrates, detangles, smoothes, heat protection and adds shine.

Available from www.iamproud.com

Freeze Frame WRINKLEBLOCK, £45

Slow fine lines and wrinkles with a swipe of WRINKLEBLOCK. This incredible multi-stick uses two powerful peptides to slow down expression lines while boosting the skin’s bounce back.​

Available from www.freeze-frame.uk

Gen See Arch Support Brow Powder Gel, £21

Arch Support is a brow powder gel that goes on easily for fuller, natural-looking groomed brows. With both colour and hold, it’s a 2 in 1, replacing a separate pencil and gel. It frames your eyes and face beautifully with minimal effort. The tube for this product is small to keep packaging to a minimum, however, the amount of the product in the tube is on par with similar products – so it’s planet and makeup bag friendly.

Available from www.genseebeauty.com

The GWB Flex Sports Bra in Black, £28

For the #FitFam out there, the ultimate gift is a sports bra that’s comfortable, stylish and supports you like a huge Valentine’s Day hug. The bra is soft yet hard-working, helping you perform (and look) your best with a stylish, triple-strapped racerback design. It comes in Black, Burgundy, Deep Teal and Purple.

Available from www.thegymwearboutique.co.uk

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