QVC Beauty awards - High street nominees

[DrJude]

Just having a look a the QVC beauty awards and to be honest in most categories I would vote for a non QVC product. So I thought I'd start a thread to see what you would all nominate from the high street against the QVC presteeggiooouss brainds. Here I my entries...

Q1: Moisturiser - Simple age resisting cream

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - I like the Halo but my high street nominee would be Clinique pore perfector

Q3: Anti-aging product (why do they include the elemis facial wash here?) - Clinique city block sheer SPF25

Q4: Hair care - John Frieda frizz ease

Q5: Eye product - Simple daily radiance eye cream

Q6: Nail care - I like nails inc colours but I'm going to go for Trilogy everything balm which is great for cuticals (and other dry bits everywhere)

Q7: Body care (do they not have enough body care products they have to include neck and throat creams?) - Boots botanics moisturising body lotion

Q8: Make up must have - Illamasqua blusher

Q9: Facial cleanser - Simple cleansing lotion

Q10: Hand care - Aveda hand remedy

Q11: COncealer - MAC studio finish

Q12: Lip product - Clarins instant light lip perfector

 

[barbedwire]

Just having a look a the QVC beauty awards and to be honest in most categories I would vote for a non QVC product. So I thought I'd start a thread to see what you would all nominate from the high street against the QVC presteeggiooouss brainds. Here I my entries...

Q1: Moisturiser - Simple age resisting cream

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - I like the Halo but my high street nominee would be Clinique pore perfector

Q3: Anti-aging product (why do they include the elemis facial wash here?) - Clinique city block sheer SPF25

Q4: Hair care - John Frieda frizz ease

Q5: Eye product - Simple daily radiance eye cream

Q6: Nail care - I like nails inc colours but I'm going to go for Trilogy everything balm which is great for cuticals (and other dry bits everywhere)

Q7: Body care (do they not have enough body care products they have to include neck and throat creams?) - Boots botanics moisturising body lotion

Q8: Make up must have - Illamasqua blusher

Q9: Facial cleanser - Simple cleansing lotion

Q10: Hand care - Aveda hand remedy

Q11: COncealer - MAC studio finish

Q12: Lip product - Clarins instant light lip perfector

Great idea for a thread!:wave:

Q1: Moisturiser - I'd probably go with Simple too!

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - No real recent experience of High Street pressed powders, but I DID like Maybellline Mousse Foundation.

Q3: Anti-aging product (why do they include the elemis facial wash here?) - Olay Derma Pods

Q4: Hair care - Naked from Boots - or Toni and Guy

Q5: Eye product - Simple Waterproof Eye Make Up Remover

Q6: Nail care - Rimmel Colours with Lycra

Q7: Body care (do they not have enough body care products they have to include neck and throat creams?) - Um...no, I think I would stick with Liz Earle here...her Body Cream is the best...

Q8: Make up must have - My latest pet discovery UNE mascara from Boots.

Q9: Facial cleanser - (shock horror) Dove Soap...fetch the men in white coats!

Q10: Hand care - Vaseline Intensive care.

Q11: Concealer - Rimmel Hide The Blemish

Q12: Lip product - Burt's Bees Lifeguard's Choice Lipbalm

 

[RedT]

Ooh, the dreaded high street, how un-presteeeeeeejus of you!! uke:

Q1: Moisturiser - Aveeno Spf 30 from evilbay

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - T Le Clerc Banane powder

Q3: Anti-aging product -have to go with suncreen here, Banana Boat Powder Dri for me

Q4: Hair care - That L'Oreal one that gives your mojo back, it has too!

Q5: Eye product - Neutrogena eye makeup remover (again from eBay)

Q6: Nail care - Sally Hansen cuticle oil pen from Superdrug/Boots

Q7: Body care- Palmers lotion with aha/bha

Q8: Make up must have - Models Prefer eyebrow pencil (from stash under the bed haha!)

Q9: Facial cleanser -A'kin or Boots Radiance hot cloth cleanser

Q10: Hand care - L'Occitane hand cream

Q11: Concealer - currently the Benefit pencil that came free with Glamour mag!

Q12: Lip product - Carmex Mint spf 30 stick

Must go and vote in the QVC poll, they're always hilarious...

Tx

 

[madaunty]

Q1: Moisturiser - Nivea Q10

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - Max Factor Perfect Match Foundation

Q3: Anti-aging product (why do they include the elemis facial wash here?) - Sun screen- currently Tesco value range!!!

Q4: Hair care - Charles Worthington Leave In conditioner

Q5: Eye product - don't use one - unless Mascara ounts in which case the YSL in the gold tube

Q6: Nail care - Boots No 7 nail and cuticle cream

Q7: Body care - Soap and Glory "The Rightoeus Butter"

Q8: Make up must have - YBF Eyebrow Pencil

Q9: Facial cleanser - Olay Total Effects

Q10: Hand care - Soap and Glory Hand Food

Q11: Concealer - Don't use one - pass

Q12: Lip product - Soap and Glory Sexy Mother Pucker

 

[Polly Esther]

Q1: Moisturiser - Body Shop Vitamin E Cream or Asda Q10

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - Sorry, gotta go QVC here - Halo or BE (but I get it from Ebay far cheaper!)

Q3: Anti-aging product Sunscreen (any)

Q4: Hair care - Alberto Balsum. Yes the £1 stuff. Leaves hair so shiny.

Q5: Eye product - Olay Eye Make up Remove Cream

Q6: Nail care - Sally Hansen Mirror Shine Top coat

Q7: Body care - Soap and Glory. Smells great, reasonably priced, funkily packaged and works well.

Q8: Make up must have - Bobbi Brown Gel Liner. Again - ebay or the high street though.

Q9: Facial cleanser - Body Shop Passion Fruit Cleansing Gel or Simple Cleansing Lotion.

Q10: Hand care - Soap and Glory Hand Food

Q11: Concealer - Don't really need (yes, despite my lack of "preeeeeemium skincare") lol

Q12: Lip product - Collection 2000 Love your Lips Gloss

 

[ArtDeco]

Q1: Moisturiser - Erm, only used Hydrafloral, Skin Repair or Judith Williams for the last six years or so, all bought from QVC or initially introduced to me through them

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - Don't do make-up (don't know what a 'Flawless Complexion Finish' is, on this topic it's a case of 'no speak your lady talk' as Tony in dinnerladies would have it)

Q3: Anti-aging product - don't really subscribe to them yet other than for eyes (am only 34 and not too haggard as yet!)

Q4: Hair care - Ah, am ok here, use almost exclusively Aveda bought from local salon (and *not* first introduced to me via QVC!)

Q5: Eye product - Oh dear, my favourite category, but all from QVC or bought elsewhere after trying them through QVC i.e. Defi Lift for Eyes, Hydrotenseur, Gale Hayman, Liz Earle

Q6: Nail care - Ploughing my way through Leighton's Slick Tips, bought in Harvey Nicks (but disovered through QVC)

Q7: Body care - Virtually always Poxytanne or Liz Earle. Tried Soap and Glory but made me itch

Q8: Make up must have - I refer the honourables to the answer I gave some moments ago

Q9: Facial cleanser - Still QVC - C&P, Decleor Cleansing Cream, like the Elemis Pro-Radiance Cream Cleanser at the mo

Q10: Hand care - Can't be without Poxytanne's Shea Butter Hand Cream but did for a while really like Nuxe from Boots when they sold it (again discovered via QVC though)

Q11: Concealer - see above

Q12: Lip product - used to use Kiehls but given that up since discovering (through you know where) plain Shea Butter


:sweat:Oh dear having done this I see that the QVC beauty department has well and truly got me.

"Help..heeeelllppp" (visions of body being dragged by unidentifiable figure into Marco Polo House, just a single hand now visible clinging to door, disappearing as it slams shut in scene reminiscent of the bit in Ashes to Ashes finale with Jim and The Lift...)

 

[paralax]

I've rediscovered Bodyshop products and love them again, don't have to spend a fortune on 'high end' brands with extortionate P&P, my absolute favourite is their vitamin E body lotion, works better than anything I tried from QVC, not greasy, and smells lovely and keeps skin so soft.

I don't want to part with my Gatineau moisutisers, but after two weeks of the Age Benefit there is no difference, so much for the ravings of a differnce after the first use, I guess if you don't use anything you might see it, but I'm going back to defi lift.

 

[DrJude]

Q1: Moisturiser - Erm, only used Hydrafloral, Skin Repair or Judith Williams for the last six years or so, all bought from QVC or initially introduced to me through them

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - Don't do make-up (don't know what a 'Flawless Complexion Finish' is, on this topic it's a case of 'no speak your lady talk' as Tony in dinnerladies would have it)

Q3: Anti-aging product - don't really subscribe to them yet other than for eyes (am only 34 and not too haggard as yet!)

Q4: Hair care - Ah, am ok here, use almost exclusively Aveda bought from local salon (and *not* first introduced to me via QVC!)

Q5: Eye product - Oh dear, my favourite category, but all from QVC or bought elsewhere after trying them through QVC i.e. Defi Lift for Eyes, Hydrotenseur, Gale Hayman, Liz Earle

Q6: Nail care - Ploughing my way through Leighton's Slick Tips, bought in Harvey Nicks (but disovered through QVC)

Q7: Body care - Virtually always Poxytanne or Liz Earle. Tried Soap and Glory but made me itch

Q8: Make up must have - I refer the honourables to the answer I gave some moments ago

Q9: Facial cleanser - Still QVC - C&P, Decleor Cleansing Cream, like the Elemis Pro-Radiance Cream Cleanser at the mo

Q10: Hand care - Can't be without Poxytanne's Shea Butter Hand Cream but did for a while really like Nuxe from Boots when they sold it (again discovered via QVC though)

Q11: Concealer - see above

Q12: Lip product - used to use Kiehls but given that up since discovering (through you know where) plain Shea Butter


:sweat:Oh dear having done this I see that the QVC beauty department has well and truly got me.

"Help..heeeelllppp" (visions of body being dragged by unidentifiable figure into Marco Polo House, just a single hand now visible clinging to door, disappearing as it slams shut in scene reminiscent of the bit in Ashes to Ashes finale with Jim and The Lift...)

They sucked me in for a bit as well. Even though I wouldn't necesarily buy from QVC my bathroom cupboards seemed to be full on their brands. Then after doing some reserch on ingredients/ claims/ reading labels I woke up and smelt the coffee (not the philosophy cappuccino shower gel I should say) and realised that I might actually get just as much by using a simpler regime with basic fragrance free products with a decent SPF. And so far that works for me...

 

[MsTrouble]

Apart from QVC brands here is my literal actual list for for you (don't jump to the phones 'cos they don't sell these!)

Q1: Moisturiser - Sothy's Hydroptimale THI3 Comfort cream

Q2: Flawless complexion finish - Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

Q3: Anti-aging product - Antipode's Divine Face Oil

Q4: Hair care - Aveda Shampure and Conditioner (used for years and still love it)

Q5: Eye product - Biotherm Aquasource eye contour cream

Q6: Nail care - Creative SolarOil

Q7: Body care - Sothy's Hydra Nourishing Body Lotion (divine and alternate with Decleor Body Lotion)

Q8: Make up must have - Urban Decay Eye Primer Potion

Q9: Facial cleanser - Phytomer Cleansing milk

Q10: Hand care - Nuxe Reve de Miel Hand & Nail cream

Q11: Concealer - Cargo One base Concealer/foundation

Q12: Lip product - REN Biomimetic Perfect Lip Honey