Your skin hates winter. It resists dry air, central heating, the alcohol you swill at festive parties and the icy patrol home, too. The joy of this is, though, that you can enjoy the luxury of an old-fashioned features cream, morning and night, along with a little rub of your favourite oil. It’s a chance to feel like you’re feeding your rind, nursing it back to the glossy glow you have evidence of in selfies from June.

Stunner Pie Super Retinol Serum £12.11 for members of beautypie.com
Votary Explaining Facial Oil £65 libertylondon.com
Tata Harper Creme Riche £185 tataharperskincare.com
Clarins SOS Camouflage £30 clarins.com
Lixir Skin Vitamin C Paste £32 lixirskin.co.uk
The Ordinary Habitual Moisturizing Factors £6.80 theordinary.com
Decléor Prolagene Lift Burst Mask £49 decleor.co.uk
IT Cosmetics Confidence in a Cream £38 itcosmetics.co.uk
Tom Ford Gleaming Moisture Soufflé £70 harveynichols.com

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Inhale. St Giles scents explain how the scent will make you feel, with a closet of perfumes for every mood. The Actress is sensual, The Writer is uplifting, The Mechanic is suggestive. £130, selfridges.com

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