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The beauty products and gadgets I tried, tested and loved last year | Sali Hughes on beauty


From non-smudgy mascara to the surprisingly worth-the-hype Dyson AirStrait, here are my top purchases of 2024

Hermès Barénia(£70), a grown-up, glamorous, quietly elegant blend of mellow woods and dry fruits, was my scent of last year – and only partly because it is so defiantly at odds with the trendy, pudding-sweet fragrances du jour. I bought the Dyson AirStrait fully intending to return it, but it is the best tool ever for straight hair I’m not usually given to expensive beauty gadgets, but 2024 had me on the turn. It gives a smooth, glossy, lasting blow-dry with no kinks, little frizz and minimal effort, without the need for damaging straighteners.

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