By T. U. Dawood

Wondering what to get your mother on her special day?  DelectablyChic! is back with its Annual Mother’s Day Gift Guide by T U Dawood.

For the Mother Who Likes to Take Care of Her Skin and Look Younger:

Eau Thermale Avene has a highly effective collection that features PhysioLift Precision (above), PhysioLift Day Cream, PhyshioLift Night and PhysioLift Eyes. What your mother will love about these products is how they fill in wrinkles and give an instant youth boost.

PhysioLift Precision is a one-click solution that smoothes lines and wrinkles around the mouth, eye area and forehead. It comes with a fuss-free precision nozzle that helps the product be placed, then expand naturally as needed.  The Day Smoothing Cream has collagen replenishing Ascofilline and Hyaluronic acid fragments, with an added boost from the anti-oxidant Pre-Tocopheryl to enhance the skin’s luminosity.  PhysioLift Eyes in addition to smoothing wrinkles helps to reduce puffiness and dark circles.   The other products in the line are equally effective, particularly at firming skin and smoothing lines, but PhysioLift Precision is our favourite.

Elizabeth Arden also has some top notch anti-aging skin products including Skin Illuminating Brightening Day Serum (above), Skin Illuminating Night Capsules, Skin Illuminating Retexturizing Pads and Skin Illuminating Smooth and Brighten Emulsion. The Day Serum is lightweight but instantly brightens skin and evens skin tone.  It enhances natural collagen and elastin. We also must rave about the night capsules which tap into the skin’s natural repair process to help minimize the appearance of excess pigmentation and dark spots.

For the Mother Who Likes Make-Up:

Maybelline New York Dream Velvet Soft Matte Hydrating Foundation comes in a great range of 12 shades and is particularly effective when paired with Maybelline New York Master Contour Palette by FaceStudio (above).  Contouring can transform a face, highlight features, heighten beauty and sophistication. This three in one product includes a bronzing shade, highlight, and blush. This dynamic duo of products of a perfectly matched foundation with effective contouring is a must-have in anyone’s make-up kit.

For the Mother Who Likes Fragrances:              

There are two scents we want to highlight this season as ideal gifts for Mother’s Day.  Elizabeth Arden’s Always Red Fragrance and Juicy Couture’s Viva La Juicy Rose Fragrance are both classical scents.  The former is made for the confident woman. It is “floriental” with intense red plum and passion fruits accents leading to a floral heart and amber base. The latter is citrusy with jasmine and rose honey top notes that lead to a more sensual amber.

For the Mother Who Likes Soft Hands and Body:

We are absolutely in love with The Body Shop’s British Rose Hand Cream and British Rose Instant Glow Body Butter (above). Both these products are instantly softening, transforming and have a subtle, classical and feminine scent.  Hands usually show the first signs of aging so a product like this British Rose Hand Cream really helps to counteract that.

If your mother prefers other scents, we also really like Dial’s Silk & Magnolia Body Wash and its Soothing Care with Collagen Body Wash. The former helps restore skin and is enriched with silk protein. The latter contains collagen and moisturizers, and is a pH balanced body wash.

For the Mother Who Likes to Pamper Her Hair:

Orgnx has come up with a collection of conditioners in some very effective scents. We liked the Orgnx Honey & Yogurt Cleansing Conditioner and Orgnx Sweet Pomegranate & Ginseng Cleansing Conditioner best and would highly recommend them.  These 3-in-1 formulas provide thorough scalp cleansing, deep conditioning and help protect against breakage, thinning, dullness and dryness. In the former formulation, honey is a natural humectant that helps retain moisture, while yogurt contains lactic acid and protein to nourish the scalp and help hair grow stronger. In the latter formula, pomegranate oil contains natural body- boosting ingredients and ginseng helps prevent hair breakage and loss.