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With Christmas just around the corner (well, nearly), it's time to start thinking about gifting. At the very least, it's time to start thinking about items you want to add to your own list. If you always have a designer fragrance on your wish list – or if you know a loved one will always ask for one – now is a good time to pick up or decide on a bottle.

If you fancy treating yourself to a beauty advent calendar this year, we've been scouring the shops to find out which ones are really worth your money. And we think this one from Boots is seriously impressive. Boots is selling over 50 different advent calendars, but 24 Days of Premium Beauty Treats is the retailer's first ever 'premium' beauty advent calendar.

If you haven’t heard of ‘permanent lipstick’ but you wear colour on your lips daily, it might be something you want to look up.The tattoo make-up treatment, also called a ‘lip blush’, is having a moment thanks to a host of celebrities ranging from TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise to former Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby and their gorgeous results from having their lips semi-permanently tinted. Now, former Love Island star Olivia Attwood is sharing an update on her own lip blush journey – and it's making us seriously want to book in for the treatment ourselves. "Did a lip blush top up this weekend @archandcoclinic - wouldn't let anyone else go near it," she captions the Instagram Story post.

It’s now only two months until December, and if you’re thinking of treating yourself to an advent calendar and you love home fragrance, you might want to consider a candle-filled calendar. Advent calendars traditionally contain pictures or chocolate – and beauty calendars are now hugely popular – but there’s been a rise in more unusual Christmas countdowns hitting the market, from cheese and beer to socks and pet treats. And one type we particularly love is candle advent calendars.

Victoria Beckham’s fans can’t get over her muscular physique in her new promotional Instagram snap, as she is labelled a “fitness queen” and “GOALS”. In the new snap promoting her upcoming fragrance collection, Victoria can be seen wearing a black lace bra and posing with her arms folded in front of her chest in a snap promoting her new fragrance.The former Spice Girl, 49, showed off her muscular shoulders and toned arms in the snap, that sees her stare directly into camera with a black netting over her face.

Kerry Katona has revealed her new face after having a transformations facelift.The mum-of-three posted the impressive before and after results of her non-surgical beauty treatment on her Instagram page.The former Atomic Kitten star said she is "blown away" with the results after admitting she was "scared" to mess with her face. Images posted to her Instagram page show that her face now appears to be lifted and her skin tighter, after having the treatment carried out by Dr Nyla Raja at Medispa.

I'm a perfume girl, so it's taken me a little while to get on board with the body spray hype. If, like me, you were a teen growing up in the early noughties, you'll have vivid memories of pungent mists like So...? and Impulse – no hate, but they do take me back to the school locker room – however, I've been reliably informed by social media that sprays these days are much more sophisticated.The cost of living crisis also means that those who previously wore expensive designer perfumes are looking for ways to get the long-lasting luxury smell for less.This is where Sol de Janeiro enters the chat.The Brazilian brand owns the body mist market with its range of designer-inspired smells, which have been compared to scents from YSL, Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Kayali.

Concealer is one of our make-up must-haves, and can transform tired eyes and an uneven complexion in seconds – and we’ve just found a high street product that looks like it can viral a high end one. Maybelline Fit Me Concealer, currently on sale for £5.59, has been going down a storm with shoppers recently.The creamy liquid cover-up comes in nine shades and claims to stay looking fresh and crease-free on the skin all day. It’s also oil-free and non-comedogenic so won’t block pores.

"Oh it'll get better in a few years, it's just hormones" is a lie so many of us struggling with acne get told.There are also the classic lines: "But are you washing your face properly?" and "Have you considered not wearing make-up?" Honestly, it's exhausting because the condition of our skin is out of most of our hands. We can have a perfect cleansing routine, we can have a strict diet and we can shop all the active ingredients dermatologists put on their TikTok shops and it can often still make no difference to stubborn acne. I've suffered with breakouts of varying severities for 15 years now.

Beauty advent calendar shopping is in full swing, and here’s one more you’re going to want to add to your wish list – this year’s offering from MAC. The iconic beauty brand released a festive countdown every year, and we think 2023’s is the best yet.

It's nearly October, and that means Halloween is almost upon is. We can smell the pumpkin spiced lattes in the air, and now we can see that tone in Chloe Ferry's hair.The former Geordie Shore star has just swapped her highlighted, ashy brunette colour for something extremely glossy and a little bit spicy: a reddish copper tinge that hair experts have labelled a 'pumpkin spice' tone.

If you bleach, colour or style your hair with heated tools, you’ll probably know about bond-repairing products. L’Oréal Paris Elvive Bond Repair range is one of the latest to hit the market, claiming to leave hair feeling stronger, looking shinier and with fewer split ends. Since launching it has received rave reviews from shoppers – and you can currently get your hands on it for half price.

This year I'm getting the bulk of my Christmas shopping done at one place: M&S.The retailer has become incredibly trendy with all age groups, offering catwalk-to-highstreet buys as well as affordable beauty products that rival designer formulas. So, when M&S sent around its Christmas gift guide this week, I got my pen and paper out ready to make notes.The festive offerings don't disappoint, I can promise you that. With most buys launching in stores and online now, those who are keen to get some of their Christmas shopping done early can snap up the gifts at their earliest convenience.

We love a good saving here at OK!, and if you're a fan of Elemis, you're in luck as the brand has launched a beauty and skincare bundle with make-up artist Jamie Genevieve – founder of VIEVE – that will save you £19. Worth £74, the 'Everyday Skin & Eye Edit', £55 here, features the shopper-loved Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm 50g , £28 here to buy as a single, which Jamie says is her 'go-to product' for removing make-up.The bundle also includes VIEVE's award-winning favourite Eye Wand in 'Sand ', which primes and colours the eyelid easily with its creamy formula.

It's only Monday and we've already been treated to two big hair transformations from Love Island stars of the past. Yesterday, Tasha Ghouri shared her 'bronde' makeover with us after ditching her bright blonde hair, and now Jessie Wynter is doing a swapsie with her by lightening her previously brunette hair to a buttery blonde hue. Jessie shared the results of her trip to the hair salon on her TikTok page, where she often posts loved-up videos with her Love Island UK beau Farmer Will (Will Young).

She may only be 19 years old, but Milly Bobby Brown has already accomplished plenty: a string of hit movies and TV shows under her belt, a fiancé (Jon Bon Jovi’s son Jake Bongiovi) and a successful skincare and cosmetics brand, Florence By Mills. And now the Stranger Things star has just added to her beauty portfolio with the launch of her first ever fragrance, Florence By Mills Wildly Me Eau De Toilette. It’s available to buy in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml bottles exclusively from Superdrug, and the price starts from just £30.

Kylie Jenner’s skin always looks flawless, even when sharing unedited videos – perhaps not surprising as the founder of a globally successful make-up and skincare brand. And luckily for anyone in need of a celeb-approved skin fix, one of the 26-year-old’s all-time favourite face serums is currently on sale, with nearly 50% of its RRP. Nip + Fab Dragon’s Blood Fix Plumping Serum usually retails for £19.95, but it has just been reduced to £11.47 on Amazon.

Despite icy blonde coming back into fashion for autumn/winter 2023, Tasha Ghouri has decided to ditch the bright bleach for something a little darker and more beige in tone for the new season. Debuting the new look on her Instagram page over the weekend, the Love Island 2022 finalist looks incredible as she poses for sunshine selfies.Though Tasha is still clearly blonde, she's completely changed the tone of her colour by knocking down her previous platinum for a more golden 'bronde' shade. "Did someone say bronde?! Huge thanks to @hairbybillyevans @hairbyjackkenneally," Tasha captions the carousel of snaps.

If you’re looking for one of the easiest beauty trends to upgrade your makeup look this autumn, then look no further than glossy eyelids. With the hashtag #glossyeyelids currently racking up more than 40 million views on TikTok, it’s clear the glass-like finish is taking off, and it couldn’t be easier to do at home.The perfect trend to compliment dewy skin, glossy eyelids carries the wet look style across to your eye makeup too, and leaves your eyes looking younger and brighter.

December may still be a few months away, but 2023’s beauty advent calendars have already started hitting the shops, both in store and online. And one that’s already available for keen shoppers to buy is ASOS Face + Body 25 Day Advent Calendar.

It’s almost our favourite time of the year - Christmas, and with it comes party season where we basically want to look our best throughout November until January. Whilst fake lashes can be a faff to apply, fall off before midnight and lash extensions are expensive, many users have been turning their hand to lash serums.