Blimey, I desperately needed a break from talking about Christmas and Christmassy things! Can someone please remind me, next year, to keep my Gift Guides neatly contained within a single week – perhaps the last week of November? – and not a single utterance of the words “gift”, “festive” or “stocking filler” thereafter? Thank you.

And moving swiftly on to skincare: some bits and pieces that have really impressed me over the past month or so. A few serums, the world’s best lip balm (possibly) and a couple of new or yet-to-be-released face bases. Which, strictly speaking, are makeup products but the Effaclar BB Blur (see here) has oil-absorbing properties and the Armani Maestro Glow (released February) is just brilliant for dry skin.

Watch the video to hear all about my latest finds – I’ll be doing more in-depth reviews here on A Model Recommends, but probably not until after Christmas as I’m planning to shut down for my “holidays” in a few days’ time. Lots of the products shown have quite good offers on at the moment – the individual links are all below the video screen. Enjoy!

The link for the video is here, in case it’s still not embedding into the page properly…

Lanolips 101 Ointment – £10.99 but use code XMAS10 for 10% off: http://tidd.ly/9311baf8

Clarins SOS Serum: http://tidd.ly/efee8d9d

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair – £50 for 30ml, use code XMAS10 for 10% off: http://tidd.ly/61060f29

Olay Regenerist 3 Point Serum: – half price at Amazon: http://goo.gl/6bXldt

Alpha-H Liquid Laser Concentrate: http://goo.gl/96jGb4

Alpha-H Liquid Laser Balm: http://goo.gl/YUCta5

Pixi Nourishing Sleep Mask: http://goo.gl/Qkut6b

L’Oreal Paris Extraordinary Rebalancing Oil, £13.29 instead of £19.99 at Superdrug: http://tidd.ly/8bfc6145

Guerlain Aqua Eye Patches: http://tidd.ly/c1983918

Armani Maestro Glow Foundation – launches February

La Roche Posay BB Blur £11.50 (usually £16): http://tidd.ly/30d0eb1b