When it comes to everyday beauty, saving time and money is a no brainer, and there are plenty of products out there that claim to help us in our quest to do so. But which ones really do work that little bit harder? From the nourishing eye cream that is also a shadow, to the soap you can use on yourself, your bathroom and even your dog, weve tested the latest and greatest double duty products and were sharing the results. Click here to read our product reviews and see which clever, time and money saving buys made it into ELLEs expert edit
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Cream Eye Shadow in Magnetic, £28 by RMS Beauty at Glowgetter
New York make-up artist Rose Marie Swift masterminded RMS as a ‘skincare with colour’ brand. All the ingredients are organic, natural and cold pressed – in other words, as close to raw as make-up gets. This Cream Eye Shadow contains shea butter, nourishing and healing propolis and jojoba oil, which can help prevent fine lines caused by dehydration. The colours are amazing too, we love ‘magnetic’ a chic on-trend metallic mink.
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Divine Illumination, £68 by Philosophy exclusive to QVC
Like molten gold in a jar, the shimmering pigments in this moisturiser are an instant pick-me-up for sallow skin, while also hydrating the lower levels of the skin. This clever cream also contains vitamins A, C and E to protect and improve skin condition over time and you can use it day and night too.
Murad’s concealer is the perfect spot covering consistency and colour. Smelling reassuringly medicinal, without ever being overpowering, this concealer is enhanced with salicylic acid to cover and clear existing spots, while also preventing new ones from popping up.
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Awapuhi Moisture Mist, from £4.35 by Paul Mitchell at Look Fantastic
Face Mists are handy at any time of year, in summer they are great for refreshing while travelling, in winter they hydrate skin dried out from central heating. This mist goes one step further; you can use it on your hair too. Top tip: use it to revitalise you hairstyle from office to dinner and to set your make-up too.
This gloss benefits from high colour pigment, making it more of a lipstick/gloss hybrid. The shot of Vitamin C helps protect and nourish lips too.
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Skin Rescue Bio-Complex Veil SPF 15, £31.31 by Jemma Kidd at Space NK
Containing all manner of skin boosting ingredients from botanical extracts to increase circulation, vitamins to protect from free radicals and peptides to improve the appearance of your complexion (and that’s just to name a few), plus SPF15, this is more than just a tinted moisturiser it’s a skin saviour.
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18-in-1 Soap, from £2.99 by Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps at Victoria Health
We know this product isn’t exactly double duty, but we couldn’t resist letting you in on this wonder soap. It has 18 uses (yes, really) from shampoo and mouthwash to shaving and bathing. A must for any household, or handbag if you buy yourself the mini version.
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Lashify Mascara Waterproof with Comb, £12 by Sonia Kashuk at Space NK
The handiest double duty product, with two clear functions; you will wonder how you ever lived without a comb on the end of your mascara before. Use the comb to brush out clumps and to neaten your brows.
This handy product combines lip, cheek and eye colour in one – perfect if you like to travel light. Litchi-Lichee is the ELLE team’s favourite shade as it adds a much needed flush of pink to sallow winter skin, but also adds depth to a tanned face.