With every year that passes, my beauty cabinet groans at the prospect of the influx of limited-edition make-up palettes that will be added to its substantially stacked shelving. For as long as I can remember, and well before I started a career in the beauty industry, I have collected them. For a time they were mostly Chanel, but more recently I have broadened my palette – if you will excuse the pun – to include gems from the likes of Pat McGrath Labs, Hourglass, Dior and Bobbi Brown.
” Its offering this year comprises three different designs: a lotus flower, a dragon and an evil eye symbol – all talismans of good luck, making it necessary to keep them forever. But there has to be a cut off. And the significant investment of some of these delights is not to be overlooked. So, for this year, I have employed some simple rules of engagement to keep make-up magpie tendencies in check and to know that the investment is worthwhile.