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Antioxidants in Skincare: How and Why To Use Them

Antioxidants | All Dolled Up

The term “antioxidants” is something you’ve no doubt heard being thrown around for years – first it was something to look for in superfoods and now it’s a key component in any good skincare product. These powerful ingredients are often mentioned when talking about anti-ageing but antioxidants have a more critical role to play in your skincare routine – they can help to prevent skin cancer. What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are nutrients (vitamins and minerals) and enzymes (proteins inside your body) that can help to prevent and repair damage to your body’s tissue. Antioxidants do this by slowing or preventing…

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My Updated In-Flight Skincare Routine

In flight skincare routine | All Dolled Up

I am a slave to all things Lisa Eldridge and her in-flight beauty routine is one of my favourite posts of hers. I wrote my own version a few years ago but the products I use have changed quite a lot recently so I think it’s time for an update. I’m going overseas on Sunday and these are the skincare stars I’ll be packing in my carry-on:

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Instagram Rewind #2

Instagram Rewind | All Dolled Up

Every now and then we put together a little highlights package from our Instagram account so you can see what we’ve been testing recently. Not everything we see or try out makes it onto the blog (read our content policy here) so it’s a great way to stay up to date with the products we’re using and what we think of them.

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Beauty Hoarder: Hydrating Serums

Beauty Hoarder: Hydrating Serums | All Dolled Up

As someone whose main skin concern is dehydration, it’s no surprise that I tend to like hydrating serums, although why I need so many I’m not really sure! I’m a sucker for anything that claims to improve water retention in the skin and here are the ones currently in rotation on my face: Vichy Aqualia Thermal Dynamic Hydration Power Serum When Sali Hughes and Caroline Hirons both recommend a fairly affordable hydration product, you know I’m making a beeline for it. It has a very light, cooling texture that sinks quickly into the skin without leaving any kind of residue…

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Camilla’s Skincare Routine // The Add-On’s

A few weeks ago I wrote about the all-Environ routine that I’ve been following for the past six months. Whilst I am faithful to Environ for cleansing, toning and moisturising purposes, I still love alternating my masks and exfoliators. Here’s a run down of the ones I use most regularly: Added Extra: The Exuviance Vitamin C+Antiaging Booster is the newest addition to my skincare arsenal, and I am absolutely blown away by how effective it is. I’d never tried a Vitamin C powder formula before, so this was definitely a new experience for me – you simply sprinkle some of the powder into…

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Retinol: How and Why to Use It

Paula's Choice Clinical 1% Retinol Treatment and Exuviance Super Retinol Concentrate

On the weekend I hosted a skincare and makeup workshop with a group of women who were (mostly) in their late 30s and early 40s, and the discussion naturally came around to anti-ageing. I introduced them to the idea of using a retinol product to help manage fine lines and skin texture issues, and it occurred to me that there were probably many of you who didn’t fully understand retinol either.

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What’s in my On-the-Go Beauty Bag

Whats in my On-the-Go Beauty Bag | All Dolled Up

This has the potential to be the most boring blog post of all time… but for some reason, I love taking a sneaky peek inside other people’s handbags so I figure a couple of you might too! “What’s in my Bag” videos are my guilty pleasure on YouTube (anyone else?!) so I thought I’d show you what goes into the little pouch that I keep in my main handbag. It’s a short list of absolute essentials:

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What to buy from: Dermalogica

What to buy from Dermalogica | All Dolled Up

Let’s be real: beauty is a minefield. It’s a completely saturated industry and yet every day we see more products being launched and categories being invented, which makes picking the best makeup and skincare for you even more complicated and confusing. We’ve had a lot of conversations with women recently about what skincare and makeup we would recommend and why, and we find ourselves suggesting the same things over and over. With that in mind, I thought it might be helpful to break things down by brand so you can get an idea of what we think each company does…

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