Want to know the products that the pro's use to get through Fashion Week? While Company’s Beauty Assistant, Samantha Flowers was backstage trend-spotting, she got the low-down on the products that the industry insiders putting the shows together couldn’t get through the week without...
"Neals Yard Beauty Sleep Concentrate, £30 makes me look like I’ve had a full eight hours even if it was more like four!"
"Couldn’t have got through it without lipbalm! And lots of it. I’m a lip biter when stressed and it was a pretty crazy few days so Palmers Coco Butter Lip Balm £1.73 was an essential for me."
"Decleor Aroma Solutions Nutri-Smoothing lipstick £12.77 – it’s an amazing lip balm that also has a little exfoliating action and kept my lips moisturised and smooth. A dream!"
"Ojon Rub-Out Dry Cleansing Powder, £17 for those mornings where I didn’t have the energy to wash my hair!"
"Weleda Skin Food, £8.50 mixed with a few drops of Aromatherapy Associates Fine Line Oil, £41.50 each night"
"Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in Calypso Coral, £17 – a pop colour on the cheeks made me look alive!"
"Maybelline Super-Stay 24 Hour Foundation, £9.19 – this didn’t budge despite the horrific downpour on Saturday."
"Vaseline Lip Therapy with Cocoa Butter, £1.93 – you get so dehydrated that my lips always end up chapped and sore!"
"Don’t judge but one morning I didn’t even have time to brush my hair – thank god for my Tangle Teezer, £10"
"Tunes – I caught the dreaded Fashion Flu halfway through the weekend so these got me through it!"
"Without a doubt my LFW saviour was Laura Mercier Lip Silk, £16"
"Mac Strobe Cream, £21.50 and Mac Cream Colour Base in Pearl, £13.50 to make me look awake and glowy."
"ByTerry Baume de Rose, £35 for conditioned yet nicely glossy lips"
"Benefit Hoola, £23.50 for a fake glow!"
"Max Factor Masterpiece Max mascara, £9.99 to make me look wide awake on those early mornings!"
"Had reams of Olay Total Effects Touch Of Concealer, £9.39 under my eyes..."
"Coffee!"
"I loved my Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick, £30.50 too for giving me a glow"
"St Tropez Radiance Mousse, £25 as a highlighter on my cheekbones and temples to brighten my complexion"
"Batiste Dry Shampoo, £2.35 - a lifesaver!"
"Vita Coco Water"
"I couldn’t have survived LFW without endless bottles of Vitamin Water (available in abundance at the tents)"
"Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant, £23.59 for the dry lips. All venues seemed to swing between freezing cold concrete floors or bloomin’ boiling with all the hairdryers blasting and it took the toll on my skin!!"
"Mini deodorant / perfume – so much running around, essential to keep fresh!"
"Bright red lippie – Max Factor Lipfinity Lasting Lip Tint in Berry Burst , £7.99 for instant glamour."
"My lips go very dry with all the temperature changing so I loved my Lucas Paw Paw Ointment, £11 for my lips!! (www.cultbeauty.co.uk)"
"Bioderma moisturiser morning and night for hydration"
"Philosophy handcream!!"
"Clarins Tanning Cream for Face - which I think is called Self Tanning Milk SPF 6!"
"Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Kit, £23.50 for my ‘down to the floor’ eye bags!"
"Secret deodorant from the US- for sweaty backstage moments!"
"Revlon Just Bitten Lipstains launching in June £7.99 helped me look uber-chic and classy when I was feeling anything but!"
And finally, our veteran backstage expert with 14 seasons under her belt bestowed this wise advice upon us...
"I take Wellness Formula tablets with garlic, Vitamin C and propolis before and during LFW as well as 1000mg of Vitamin C.
I go the supermarket before it all starts and buy kiddies healthy lunchbox size snacks, like mini packets of dried fruit, which I snack on to keep up my energy levels.
I also buy kids Innocent Smoothie juices.
I keep little packs of almonds in my bag to keep hunger at bay as well as apples / satsumas and oatcake biscuits as they’re slow release and keep you going.
Then when I’m really knackered… Diet Coke. I once heard some people backstage call it ‘The Dr’, because it makes you feel better’."
I go the supermarket before it all starts and buy kiddies healthy lunchbox size snacks, like mini packets of dried fruit, which I snack on to keep up my energy levels.
I also buy kids Innocent Smoothie juices.
I keep little packs of almonds in my bag to keep hunger at bay as well as apples / satsumas and oatcake biscuits as they’re slow release and keep you going.
Then when I’m really knackered… Diet Coke. I once heard some people backstage call it ‘The Dr’, because it makes you feel better’."
