Go for essential oils – they smell divine and won’t break the bank

If your skin is mature and you’re strapped for cash, like this reader, an oil is your best bet. If it comes in a glass bottle it will keep, and you can add it to almost anything – cleanser, cream, lotion – for a skin-quenching boost.

Wild Wood Groves is one of the best suppliers of argan oil in the UK, and does a wonderful Argan Rescue Serum (£14), which is ideal for dry, dehydrated or damaged skin; I also like the company’s Rose and Frankincense Argan (£12.50), just because it smells so divine.

Wild Wood Groves is one of the best suppliers of argan oil in the UK, and does a wonderful Argan Rescue Serum, which is ideal for dry, dehydrated or damaged skin; I also like the company’s Rose and Frankincense Argan, just because it smells so divine.

by Sarah Vine