Who has time for eyeshadow, much less a pedicure, when showering is possible only at naptime?
I had been planning to write my customary Mother’s Day column, in which I put forward beauty treats I’d like to receive myself. But then it occurred to me that I’m so long out of the baby and toddler zone that I may have neglected newer mothers in the annual roundup. Who’s likely to want luxury handcream when washing off poo thrice daily? Who has time for eyeshadow, much less a pedicure, when showering is possible only at naptime, if at all? So I asked friends with small children, as well as a Facebook parenting group, what they’d really like for Mother’s Day.
“An instant dark circle-remover that doesn’t feel like grout,” one said. Trish McEvoy Instant Eye Lift (£31) is my enthusiastic suggestion: it strokes on in seconds, temporarily to lift, tighten and camouflage grey under-eyes.
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