Unless you've actually been living in a cave, I hope you are well aware that we are halfway through Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the time of year where everything turns pink and guys can actually get away with talking about boobs all the time.
On a serious note, this month of raising awareness and vital funds for breast cancer research is essential in the fight against this vicious disease. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't been affected by it in some way during their lifetime, so this is my call to arms for you to all get involved, however big or small - be it a few pounds in someone's bucket, a monthly donation, a one-off pink tea party or a sponsored marathon, do what you can to raise money and fight it.
If you happen to be a beauty fan and want to kill two birds with one stone and make a donation whilst beefing up your bathroom cupboard, here are my picks of the year's best limited edition breast cancer awareness beauty buys:
Leading the pack is once again ghd who are no strangers to the pink limited edition styler that has become synonymous with October! This year it's had a makeover with flashes of fuchsia in the lovely Pink Cherry Blossom design (£129), which comes in a cute embroidered pouch. The newly launched ghd Air hairdryer (£99) which flaunts a similar colourway. £10 from each sale goes to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. www.ghdhair.com
Named after Evelyn Launder, daughter-in-law of the brand’s founder and prominent Breast Cancer activist, the Evelyn Lauder Dream Compact from Estée Lauder is a beautiful compact of translucent powder, all of the proceeds from which go direct to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. £55 from www.esteelauder.co.uk
Bobbi Brown has released a limited-edition set for October, featuring a Pink Peony Illuminating Bronzer and Mini Face Blender Brush, £5 from the sale each £35 compact goes to the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. www.bobbibrown.co.uk
The ever-brilliant Nails Inc. has launched the Paint Your Pinkie Pink campaign, fronted by Sugababe Heidi Range, it's aim is to encourage both women and men to ‘paint your pinkie pink’ to raise awareness and vital funds to support the work of Breast Cancer Campaign’s Tissue Bank, a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. This gorgeous limited edition pink glitter polish (£11.00) is available now and £1 from every polish sold will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank. www.nailsinc.com
Elemis is continuing its support of Breast Cancer Care by creating the Think Pink Beauty Kit and pledging £10,000 to the charity. Containing a Pro Collagen Lifting Treatment Neck & Bust and Pro Collagen Marine Cream, both in limited edition pink packaging, as well as a Quiet Mind Relaxing Bath Elixir, all in a beautiful pink cosmetics bag. £32.50 from www.timetospa.co.uk
Darphin is once again proud to be supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by helping to raise money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The brand is donating £5 from each sale of their best-selling Darphin Hydraskin Serum sold in the UK during the month of October to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s study at the UK Institute of Cancer Research. £41 available from www.darphin.co.uk
Love Laurel x
