So that was January then. Apparently the most depressing month of the year – unless you are a reader of the Beauty Blog at Beauty Now!

We’ve had new product launches, beauty product reviews, and more celeb style than you can shake a stick at! We’ve told you who is looking hot (and how they pulled it off), which products are going to be top of your wishlist later this year, and even how to get Lady GaGa’s hot hair look (if you dare!)

Of course if you’ve missed any of this then fear not, we’ve compiled a handy list of links to all the best bits (now don’t say we ain’t good to ya):

Hard-to-Find Cosmetics from Zuneta

Zuneta is a luxury cosmetics beauty boutique that was established in 2008 by long time friends Zu Rafalat and Rob Levy. Their unique perspective on the cosmetics industry makes them quite suited to their new found passion and brings an innovative niche to the market. Aside from traditional online cosmetics shopping, Zuneta also offers a customised online “clinic” to help you decide which cosmetics and beauty products are right for your particular phenotype. Phenotype is the openly visible features on a person such as hair colour and skin tone. This customised approach allows customers to find cosmetics and beauty products that compliment their unique characteristics and organises the available products in a clear and manageable format for your shopping ease.

Another advantage to visiting Zuneta is their unrivalled ability to procure hard-to-find brands like Butter London and BECCA. They also carry many popular cosmetics from Elizabeth Arden, Yves Saint Laurent and Fusion Beauty. In addition to objective beauty advice and reviews, and free shipping on cosmetics orders over £50, all new customers will receive 10% off the first order, just use voucher code Z8641 at the checkout. Zuneta is constantly on the lookout for new brands and products to compliment their already stellar selection of cosmetics and beauty products.

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Say Goodbye to Stretch Marks with Mama Mio Skin Care!

Mama Mio was founded by three women who have many years of beauty experience between them. They have worked together in the beauty industry and as each one of them began their pregnancy journey they discovered and created new skin care products for mums-to-be. They have used all of the finest ingredients available since they have access to top notch skincare experts. They make every product worthy of super mama’s around the globe.

Mama Mio products are free from colourants, paraben, petrolatum, phthalates, sodium laurel and laureth sulfate ,synthetic fragrance and xenoestrogen, making them the safe choice for all stages of pregnancy and beyond. Mama Mio has created a skin care world just for mums. Their philosophy is that they want you to feel good in your skin. Mama Mio wants you to embrace who you are and love the body you have been given.

Mama Mio products are enjoyed by a host of celebrities. Among them are Mariska Hargitay, Milla Jovovich, Kirsten Dunst and many more.  Jessica Alba was quoted as saying “I use Mama Mio’s Tummy Rub Butter…..It’s yummy.”

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Where to Buy Dermalogica Products Online

As more and more information comes out about aging, skin cancer, and skin conditions, more and more products are introduced into the beauty and skin care markets. There are products for sensitive skin, for oily skin, for acne, and for sensitive and oily skin with acne. There are products for dry skin, large pores, sun protection, and wrinkles. And this, of course, is only a fraction of the list of skin care products available. The result of this product bombardment is overwhelmed shoppers. How are you to know which acne wash is the best? Or which brand of anti-aging cream will produce results? Luckily, there is a trusted name in skin care that can meet all of your skin care needs without the trial and error games you’ll play with your skin, and that name is Dermalogica.

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Buy Beauty Gifts Sets for Her this Christmas

Every woman likes to feel pretty and pampered, especially around Christmas time. Sure, the glow of warm hearths and family can make a woman feel beautiful but there’s nothing to ruin good looks like rain, snow and blustery winds, which is why Christmas is a perfect time to give the women you care about beauty gift sets.

Beauty gift sets are great for Christmas because they are bundled packages of goodies and they aren’t something a woman would usually buy for herself. And we have searched all over the Internet for a wide range of thoughtful skin care, hair care and cosmetic gifts sets for all different age ranges. So whether you’re looking for a gift for your mother, wife, sister, aunt, daughter or friend there’s something in this list for you.

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…as voted for in the Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards.

Each year, in one of the most hotly anticipated events in the beauty calendar, Cosmopolitan readers, together with the Cosmo beauty team, vote for the UK’s top beauty products. The categories cover everything from skin care to hair care, lip gloss to blusher and a whole lot more.

This year’s event took place at the ultra-glam Kensington Roof Gardens where Cosmo’s Editor Louise Court, and Beauty Director Ingeborg van Lotringen were joined by celebrity judges Strictly Come Dancing winner Alesha Dixon, TV presenter Emma Griffiths, esteemed makeup artist Ruby Hammer and hairdresser Andrew Barton from 10 Year’s Younger.

More votes than ever were cast by readers in the Readers’ Kiss of Approval categories, and the Cosmo beauty team also chose the winners of two new awards: The Cosmo Classic Award won by YSL Touch Éclat and the Beauty Breakthrough Award won by L’Oréal Paris Derma Genesis Cellular-Youth Nurturing Skincare SPF 15 Day Cream.

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Just in time for party season, the kind folks at feelunique.com are offering a credit crunch busting 10% discount on all of the items in their makeup category when you buy any 3 products!

We’re not just talking end of line stuff either, but all the top brands including Bare Escentuals, Clarins, Clinique, Dior and YSL. Considering their prices are already mega cheap and delivery is free, as always, there really isn’t a better excuse to restock your makeup bag. You could even stock up on some Christmas gifts for your girlfriends while you’re at it. 

There’s no discount code required, the 10% will automatically be applied to all products in the makeup category when you purchase 3 or more before 28th October 2008. Click here to grab a bargain.

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Purple ghd Gift Set is top of our Christmas Wish List

Sometimes when you hit the stores looking for that perfect gift for your trendy friend who has it all (and is incredibly difficult to please), you stumble on something so unbelievably perfect that you just have to buy one for yourself, too. This season that item is the limited edition purple ghd Christmas Gift Set.

You’ve seen gift sets before – you’ve even seen them from ghd – but the purple ghd Christmas Gift Set is a step far and beyond anything released to date. No space is wasted on unwanted filler items or tote bags that will be left at the bottom of a drawer. Every piece in the limited edition purple ghd Christmas Gift Set is a much needed tool in your everyday hair-styling routine.

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TIGI Hair Care Products & Stockists

It is worth some thought, worth some money, and worth taking a few minutes to think about hair care. There’s so much you can do with your hair. Keep it, lose it, cut it, trim it, colour it, curl it, straighten it, bend it, wet it, plaster it, smooth it, scrunch it, put it up, put it down, stick it up, grow it here but trim it there, scent it, mask it, cover it, spray it, dry it, perm it, comb it, brush it, finger it, or just leave it! When you consider the importance of hair care, and the plethora of options, you’re going to need some advice and some guidance.

Right now in the UK, there is no shortage of people, companies, salons, and boutiques clamouring for your money and offering hair care services. You can find a hairdresser worthy of a celebrity, or…otherwise. The trend in hair right now is not the slicked-back smooth look. That was yesterday. Now, the look for men is the tousled look, the kind of feel that suggests ruggedness and preparedness, but with a heavy dose of the suave. This is accomplished by selecting only the best hair care products from top-of-the-line manufacturers. Women’s styles vary, as usual, but sleek, smooth, glossy, and healthy hair is always in fashion. Eye-catching colours and funky styles are always popular too.

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Introducing Urban Decay Cosmetics

It’s Friday night and you pull on your party dress with your stiletto heels and prepare your cosmetics. You lay out your eyeshadow, eye pencils, and lipsticks. You blink in disbelief. Could it be true, your only options are pink and a different shade of pink? You throw your purple and silver dress across the room in frustration, until you remember; Urban Decay Cosmetics.

You reach into your bag and pull out the Urban Decay Book of Shadows and Big Fatty Lip Plumper that you received from you best friend earlier in the evening. Although you have seen your friend’s addiction growing stronger by the night you decided to give Urban Decay a try. You open the case and begin to apply the shimmering colours. You look in the mirror amazed at the no longer ordinary face staring back at you. You smile, noticing the Lip Plumper actually worked.

Again, Urban Decay has rescued another night out on the urban landscape. With trend-setting alternative colours Urban Decay Cosmetics covers you head to toe with metallic eyeshadows, lip stains and plumpers, concealer, bronzers, and even flavoured body powders. These are not your ordinary cosmetic products but products that have come from the brilliant minds of the creative team who are Urban Decay.

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