Best of 2022: Beauty And Lifestyle Favourites of 2022

Does any-body else feel like this year flew by? And now here we are, in late December. Reflecting, summarising and gathering favourites.

Before I begin, I just wanted to say that I hope everyone is enjoying the festivities, drinking copious amounts of mulled wine and eating ALLL of the mince pies!

Any who, I’ve discovered some great beauty items and re-discovered some golden oldies. So without further a do… here we go…

Beauty:

Best foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation (favourite since 2010)
Best concealer: NARS Creamy Concealer (favourite since 2014)
Best powder: Hourglass Lighting Powder: Ethereal Light / Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish
Best blusher: Hourglass Blusher in the shade Dim Infusion
Best highlighter: Hourglass’ Vanish Flash Highlighting Stick in Champagne Flash
Best eyeshadow palette: Charlotte Tilbury’s Golden Goddess palette
Best eyeliner: RIMMEL Liquid Eye liner (favourite since 2012)
Best mascara: Max Factor False Lash Effect Volumising Mascara
Best lip liner: Charlotte Tilbury in Pillow Talk
Best nude lipsticks: Charlotte Tilbury in the shade Bitch Perfect / Chanel’s Rouge Coco 402 Adrienne Lipstick
Best red lipstick: MAC’s Ruby Woo
Best lipgloss: Chanel Gloss Volume Plumping Lipgloss
Best lip Balm: ECOOKING Multi Balm
Best lip Scrub: Lush’s Honey Lip Scrub
Best make-up Brushes: Real Techniques (an old favourite)
Best cleanser: Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel
Best cleansing balm: Drunk Elephant Siaai Makeup Melting Butter Cleanser
Best exfoliater: Kate Somerville Exfolikate Cleanser Daily Foaming Wash
Best toner: FRESH Rose Deep Hydration Facial Toner
Best moisturiser: Sunday Riley ICE Moisturising Cream
Best eye cream: Origins Ginzing eye cream
Best face masks: FRESH Rose Face Mask
Best serum: Sunday Riley Serum’s – Good Genes & Vitamin C CEO Brightening
Best beauty tools: Sarah Chapman Skinesis The Facial Lift and Dyson Air Wrap
Best perfume: Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede
Best shampoo: Tresemee
Best dry shampoo: Ouai x ByRedo Super Dry Shampoo
Best shower gel: LUSH Sleepy
Best hair treatment: Olaplex No.3 and L’oreal’s Wonder Water
Best deodorant: WILD

Best beauty product of 2022:

 Sunday Riley Serum’s – Good Genes & Vitamin C CEO Brightening

Best beauty brand of 2022:

Sunday Riley

Best lifestyle product of 2022:

NEOM Travel Diffuser

Lifestyle:

Favourite countries visited: South of France
Favourite London discovery: Re-discovering Sketch, Harry Potter & the Cursed Child and Dining at Circolo Popolare
Favourite TV series: Wednesday, Wandavision and Trying Season 3
Favourite documentaries: Down To Earth With Zac Efron Season 2
Favourite albums: Alexisonfire, Otherness, Stormzy, This is what I mean, Taylor Swift, Midnights and Harry Styles, Harry’s House
Favourite books: Normal People
Favourite films released in 2022: The Gray Man
Favourite films re-discovered this year: The Batman, James Bond No Time to Die
Favourite restaurants in London/Hertfordshire visited in 2022: Circolo Popolare, Wahaca, ZAZA, Sketch, Omboo
Favourite sweet/dessert places in London/Hertfordshire visited in 2022: Blossom & Wild, Flourish Bakery
Favourite Afternoon Tea in London: Sketch
Favourite place for Brunch visited in 2022: Flourish Bakery, Jamaica Blue
Favourite Cocktail Bar in London visited in 2022: Blind Pig & Purl
Favourite local coffee shops: Fred & Ginger, Ocean Bells and Viento
Favourite London coffee shops: Kaffeine, Timberyard and Monmouth Coffee
Favourite exhibitions: Didn’t go to any this year 🙁
Favourite staycation in the UK: Artist Residence in Penzance
Best Hot Chocolate in 2022: Fred & Ginger (Kings Langley)
Favourite life-changing product: NEOM Travel Diffuser
Favourite candle: Anything Diptyque

Best Moments of 2022:

Going to Cornwall early Jan, moments with Archie, a relaxing get away or two at Champneys, South of France with friends, a career change, my birthday at Sketch, my counsin’s wedding and my cousin’s hen do/friends hen do’s.

So that’s all my favourites of the year! What has been your favourite thing in 2022, this could be a location, tv series, restaurant and so on! Let me know in the comments below as I’m always intrigued to see, do and try new things!