Spring brings beauty into action

Picture / Carolyn Robertson

Spring forces us to give up those bad habits adopted during slothful winter months such as leg reforestation. Starting a few new habits is one way of paying penance for total neglect.

Bobbi Brown Beach Beauty Face Palette
$130 for the 19.2g palette
Indulge in two good habits in the one compact. First, with the change of season you need to change your colours. You get two eye colours, a shimmer blush and two lip colours that make anyone look the picture of health. It's a complete kit in one compact. A seasonal must-have.

* From Smith & Caughey's, Queen St.

Chanel Micro Solutions Refining Peel Program
$296 for 21 x 1ml tubes

This is so habit-forming it's verging on addiction. This 21-day programme is served up in cute single-use tubes. Each contains glycolic acid to revive skin texture and smooth fine lines. After three weeks, skin looks amazing.

* From selected department stores and pharmacies.

Lancome Foundation Brush
$60

Wielding a brush seems a bit weird at first and you do use more foundation but the result is lovely. And foundation seems to last longer.

* From selected department stores and pharmacies.

Clarins Wonder Brown Wonder Volume Mascara
$49 for 7ml

Try switching from black mascara to brown. It gives a soft, chocolatey look that's much less severe than jet black. This Clarins mascara gives lashes an indecent amount of volume. Great stuff.

* From selected department stores, pharmacies and beauty therapists.

Maybelline What's Nude? Wet shine nail color
$11.50 for 14.7ml

A well-kempt foot is pretty sexy and this excellent better-than-nude colour is just the thing. This gives that just-polished look and keeps the shine there for seven days.

* From selected department stores, pharmacies and beauty therapists.