The high street is steadily improving in so many ways. Whether we are trying to get our hands on the sell out culottes we’ve helped to sell out by featuring them in ELLE UK, or discovering how the latest nail trend is translating from the catwalk to the beauty counter. In the spirit of hailing the high street street, this is our must-have edit
A palette that cuts through the alphabetical skincare confusion, this is basically all you need to create a great base. Don’t be put off by colours – they all work differently to neutralise imperfections. Orange helps hide dark circles by cancelling out blue-ish tones, green hides redness and marks whilst purple and yellow lighten and brighten.
Topshop is the surprising lipstick success story in recent history. Their angled bullets feel like they should cost a lot more than they do, and the colour choices are comprehensive (and covetable). Perfectly spring-appropriate
Box ticking as far as spring trends go. This covers off dual textures (both matte and shimmer are key for this season), and violent blush shades – they are sheer and perky on the skin, rather than as scarily bright as they look
We’ll say it again. M&S is so much more than underwear and reassuringly expensive food. The rose gold highlighter from their Autograph line is pretty triumphant. Subtle enough for daytime, but can be built up for a more intense finish in the evening.
Miss Selfridge. Doing fragrance. And it’s pretty good too. Two options for night and day, the neroli and bergamot notes of Etoile remind us of a certain very expensive uber-luxury alternative that rhymes with Fom Tord.
The kooky bleach trend is still prevalent, but still slightly terrifying. That is where hair chalks come in, allowing us to experiment without committing. Six blendable hair chalk pens that wash out easily with shampoo.