With the credit crunch in full swing, various stores have been holding pre-Crimbo sales and discounts.

Here are the best in last minute beauty bargains:

Boots, who also have next day delivery, have reduced their No.7 Ultimate Skincare Collection from £60 to £25 - a steal. The offer starts tomorrow and ends on Christmas Eve.

Man Kind are offering 20 per cent off Molton Brown goodies and Cowshed have reduced a number of their best gift items.

Half Price Perfumes have a postage cut-off time of 1pm o

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After a brief consultation about my skin problems I was told my entire regime was making my skin worse.
 
With combination skin I'm prone to dry patches when it's cold but my fringe gives me a greasy forehead - making me prone to spots and blemishes in problem areas.
 
My expert, Catherine, said that I needed to use a nice thick moisturiser (like their Frankincense Nourishing Cream, £16.50) to eliminate the grease.
 
Madness? Maybe not.
 
Catherine explained that by using products that dry my skin out my pores react by producing more oil to compensate.
 
So by using a moisturiser my skin would finally have the relief it needed and would stop producing excess oil.
 
After three weeks of applying this divine smelling cream my skin is glowing and my forehead is clear.

Top Ten Moisturisers for Oily Skin

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The skin-saving balm is the winner of 22 international beauty awards and has remained unchanged since its launch in 1930.

Legend has it that Miss Elizabeth Arden herself, who created the magic serum, named it after applying it to her own child’s grazed knee to find it healed eight hours later.

Today a tube is sold every two minutes in the UK and its name constantly dropped from the lips of the rich and famous.

Use your free sample on everything from cracked lips to dry elbows, eyebrows, cuticles, insect bites, windburn, sunburn, or as a gloss for lips, lashes and cheeks.

Get your sample on 08/08/08 (this Friday) from any Elizabeth Arden counter, while stocks last.

If you miss the date it's well worth investing in:
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Winter tends to send us Brits into a depression, and with that comes a strange urge to smother our pasty selves with foundation that’s two tones darker than we need.
 
But now that summer is finally here it’s time to back away from the trowel and embrace your natural skin colour.
 
When you’re in the daylight go for a foundation with light coverage - anything too heavy will show up like a sore thumb.
 
Try Christian Dior Pure Light foundation (£23) for a great even coverage that catches and reflects light without heaviness.
 
When picking your shade, match the product to the skin tone between your jaw line and your neck rather than the back of your hand or wrist.
 
This area is your ‘true shade’ and you’ll have a better chance of getting the right tone.
 
If you’re still not sure then book yourself in for a free consultation at any good department store.
 

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Although we are already bouncing around the office in eager anticipation of rescuing our flip flops from the back of the wardrobe, we must not forget that our toots aren't as excited.

Because with the warm sunshine comes a plague of blisters from those evil straps our sexy warrior-woman Gladiators will be giving us.

Yet have no fear because I have found a way for you to wear your Gladiators and keep your feet sweet too.

Compeed’s Blister Plasters, £4.39 (they come in small, medium and toe size) are my favourite product of the year. Officially.

You can put these skin-coloured gel patches over any blister, regardless of whether they’ve burst, and they’ll stay put and even heal your sore spot.

These healing pads stay put for five days before they loosen themselves and leave you with healed skin underneath.

They’ve been the first product in years that have actually made it to the ‘limited-space- emergency-beauty-bag’ in my handbag.

And for all those faithful thong sand

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