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5 facial fixes to party-prep your skin

No time for a pre-party facial? Read what the Good Housekeeping beauty team rated as the best anti-ageing, at-home facial treatments to get radiant looking skin instantly.

By Gillian Davies
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Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate, £60

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Our tester loved this lightweight serum which left her skin plump and hydrated. For super-dry skin layer on underneath moisturiser or use as a primer under foundation.

Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate, £60.

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Exuviance Triple Microdermabrasion Face Polish, £57.50

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If you have dry and sensitive skin then microdermabrasion may cause irritatation. But for normal or dry skin it works wonders at sloughing away dead, dull skin cells. We rate Exuviance Triple Microdermabrasion Face Polish, £57.50, which contains tiny crystals and skin brigtening fruit enyzmes to refine the texture of your skin.

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Environ's Revival Masque, £49.95

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Beauty Director Eve Cameron is a huge fan of Environ's Revival Masque, £49.95. It lowers the pH of skin to stimulate growth and hydration. Ingredients include Asiatic acid, which stimulates skin regeneration, lactic acid, which boosts your skin’s nautral hydrating factors and helps even out your skintone. Using it just once will give you smoother, plumper, softer, more glowing skin - the perfect base for your party make-up.

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Nude Detox Brightening Fizzy Powder Wash, £38

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With omega-rich acai berry, Inca gold and virgin coconut oils, Nude's Detox Brightening Fizzy Powder Wash, £38, smoothes and softens while gently exfoliating to reveal noticeable brighter skin after just one use.

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L'Oreal Revitalift Laser Renew Peeling Lotion Night, £24.99

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Applied before your regular night cream L'Oreal's Revitalift Laser Renew Peeling Lotion Night, £24.99, contains mild acids that speed up cell turnover (think brighter skin) and help to fade dark spots.

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