Your West Midlands Wedding - Apr/May 2019 (Issue 61)

Get up and glow The new Glow Up! Illuminator Drops from Prima Make-up is designed to make you stand out from the crowd. Highly pigmented they truly capture the light, bringing out your favourite features and giving you that perfect bridal glow. We love the four fab shades available to work around your chosen make-up look – dusky, bronze, pearl and gold. Priced at £9.99. Check out primamakeup.com BALANCING ACT This beauty superhero is a lightweight multi-tasking moisturiser that cleverly treats both oily and dry areas with a texture like pure velvet to balance out the needs of changing skin through the seasons. A dream for those with combination skin. Temple Spa Moisture To Go Balancing Moisturiser is £36 from templespa.com All the latest beauty must-haves for the bride-to-be COMING UP ROSES I absolutely love this Pro-Collagen Rose Cleansing Balm from Elemis. A powerful cleanser, it easily dissolves make-up, daily grime and pollutants for a soft and glowing complexion. With the aid of the accompanying luxury cleansing cloth it left my skin feeling completely clean and refreshed, without the sensation of tight dryness you sometimes get with standard cleansers. Not to mention the wonderful scent of 17 varieties of hand-harvested roses, sourced from a small family-owned farm situated deep in the English countryside. See elemis.com for more information. Priced at £43. Spring into action We’re putting the winter blues firmly behind us here at County Weddings HQ and starting to feel a spring in our step! For me nothing brings springtime to mind like the fabulous fragrance of beauty botanicals and we have some terrific natural products in this issue’s round up for you. Kelly Kelly Andrews, beauty editor Beauty SCENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Wedding day perfume selection can be a tricky experience. Do you go with your usual signature scent or do you try something different? If the latter, how can you be sure it will suit you? Do you commit to a big expensive bottle? Well, Sniph takes the pressure off and brings the joy back into the experience with its perfume discovery service. It’s possible to discover up to 12 scents per year from niche perfume houses around the world in a convenient 8ml size. So take your time and find something new along the way. Available in three, six and 12-month subscriptions, starting at £40. Check out sniph.co.uk BLOOMIN’ MARVELLOUS I was lucky enough to put Angela Langford’s Bloom & Glow through its paces recently. It didn’t leave an oily residue as you may expect but absorbed quickly into the skin leaving it feeling soft, supple and refreshed, with a wonderful fragrance of chia seed and sea buckthorn to calm the senses. Named by the Good Housekeeping Institute as its best facial oil for 2018, this little gem is perfect for sensitive, easily inflamed or skin that’s generally out of kilter. Available from angelalangford.com , priced at £20.50 for 15ml. Brush it up This palm-sized face cleanser brush delivers deep yet gentle facial scrubbing with innovative T-Sonic technology. The ergonomic three-zone brush is designed for all skin types. It couldn’t be easier, just dampen your face and apply your favourite cleanser. Wet the brush, turn it on and glide it across the skin in circular motions. All it takes is one minute twice a day for a fresh, clear and even-looking complexion. The FOREO LUNA mini Electric Face Brush Portable Cleanser, currently priced at £85, is available on amazon.co.uk/launchpad BUZZ 90