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Beauty
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Natural skincare + bio-active science = RESULTS
Multi-award-winning skincare brand Balance Me has built its reputation on totally natural products backed by serious scientific credibility. I caught up with inspirational founders, sisters Clare and Rebecca, to find out more - oh, and wrestle away a whopping £1200 worth of Balance Me beauty bundles for you lot!
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Hangover hiders
There's nothing Muddy doesn't know about surviving a hangover. So in the interests of not being mistaken for a dug-up corpse this festive season, behold our five favourite morning after skincare saviours.
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J’adore Isabel Marant
We can't stretch to new Isabel Marant boots or bags right now but it's a big "OUI!" from us to her super-chic new lipsticks and other make up essentials, designed to create a day-to-night look with minimum faff.
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Skin Genius
This natural and organic skincare range aimed at teens won multiple awards at this year's Beauty Shortlist Awards, and with a new look we love it more than ever.
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Spa bliss
Need a cheeky spa break? Me too! And if there's a Diamond Life Infusion Facial thrown in, all the better – my face needs it!
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Cult beauty brand alert!
Cult beauty brand alert! We've got our Muddy fingers in a LOT of Beauty Pie's luxe products this week, and we're going back in for seconds.
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The elixir of youth
This supercool beauty brand is adored by millennials. But there's also a lot to love here when you have more (*cough*) mature skin.
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Award winner alert!
We’ve been road-testing Elemental Herbology, the Beauty Shortlist Award winners. The verdict-we want the lot!
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Muddy Loves ESSIE
Time to ditch the summer neons and check out Essie's new autumnal hues. Sorry, can't come out tonight, I'm painting my nails.
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Bronzed beauty
Did you blink and miss the British sun this summer? The Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick is a late-season classic. Bronzed goddess incoming!
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Unisex Scents
Smells likes in-between spirit? Muddy HQ is a-waft with the coolest new unisex scents
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Paula’s Choice (and ours)
Troublesome skin? Muddy's Kerry Potter has two words for you: Paula's Choice. This little-known Canadian skincare range is the best she's ever tried.
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Charlotte Tilbury make up by numbers
Rubbish at putting on your face? This make-up by numbers palette in 7 steps by Charlotte Tilbury will sort out your eyes, cheeks and skin tone good and proper.
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Holy fat-blasters!
Muddy tries Sculpsure, a fat-busting treatment that promises 24% less fat in 25 minutes. Yup, seriously.
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Tried & tested: Gilded Hair, Wokingham
I’m full of admiration for this little pocket rocket of a hair salon tucked away in Wokingham’s delightfully quirky Holme Grange Craft Village. First off, Gilded Hair won Best Hair Salon in the recent Muddy Berkshire Awards. Secondly, there’s nothing around here quite like it. A little space of follicular perfection, set in a modest, cosy space – […]
