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Beach Bag Essentials (HN Harvey Nichols Magazine)

Beyond Beauty offers one-stop shopping for the ultimate beach beauty kit. Jenni Baden Howard gets packing.

• Art Luna Hair America Healthy Highlights Hair Lightening Gel (£10.50). Be a golden girl - Hollywood Super-colourist not required. Comb through this low-peroxide formula and let the sun do all the work.

• Korres Face Cream SPF 24 (£11) and Body Cream SPF 15 (£10). From the cult Athens apothecary, these broad-spectrum sunscreens contain shea butter and vitamin E, to protect and pamper your skin.

• Kusco-Murphy Dry Leave-In Conditioner (£13.50). This no-rinse smoother will help to prevent beach-trashed tresses - the heat will help it penetrate. Apply from roots to tips, focusing on the ends.

• Friction de Foucaud Lait Sans Alcohol (£15). Based on an effective, 50 year old French “recipe”, this soothing, rehydrating body milk helps to alleviate prickly heat.

• Sprayology Anti-Ox (£19.50). Health-concious Californian surf chicks get a twice-daily dose of vitamins and other nutrients in one, perfectly portable spritz. Contains antioxidant vitamins A, C and E, grape seed extract.

• Hei Poa Gel Douche Bain Vanillier (£9.50). After sundown, wash off the beach with this gentle, sweetly scented body cleanser. Concocted in the South Sea Islands, the delicious smell will always remind you of your holiday.

• Bloom Bags Wander Lust set (£49.50). Made from beach-friendly canvas, this glam but practical make-up and washbag combo will hold all your beauty essentials.

• Holistic Silk Yoga Bag (£37). The most stylish way to transport your yoga mat to the beach, for those surf-side Sun Salutations.

• Ole Henriksen All Purpose Aloe Vera Gel (£20). Nature’s ultimate after-sun soother, from the L.A. skincare guru that the stars rely on to keep them glowing. Instantly calming and cooling, for the face or body.

• Bioelements Spa Shampoo and Unwind Detangler (£23 each). Don’t take the beach-tousled look too literally: these advanced, natural formulas make light work of surf-tangled tresses.

• Saint Verde Heal Foot Balm (£16.50). Keep feet beach-beautiful with this ultra-nourishing South African treatment, based on organic natural ingredients.

• Gotta Go Weekend bag (£19.50). A smart idea for the short beach break: downsize all your essentials - from sunscreen to shower gel - by decanting them into the bag’s refillable plastic bottles.