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The New Year is a brilliant time to rethink your skincare regime and with a host of high-tech products out this month, getting a youthful glow couldn’t be easier. But before you part with any money, here’s ELSA McALONAN’S extensively-tested guide to 2013’s best new anti-aging potions . . Fresh faced: Getting glowing skin all year round means getting serious about skincare WRINKLE BUSTERS Top of the list — and hitting the shelves at Boots on January 23 — is L’Oreal’s new Age Perfect Cell Renew range, which boasts patented ingredients aimed at hydrating and firming mature or menopausal skin. There are three products: Advanced Restoring Day Cream SPF15, £19.99; Advanced Restoring Night Cream, £19.99; and the Golden Elixir serum, £24.99, all packaged in expensive-looking, sturdy gold jars. The serum is the star as it contains hyaluronic acid, which boosts cellular renewal and refines the texture of the skin, and white Japanese peony extract, a powerful antioxidant. But does it work?

Nothing transforms skin as quickly as the right foundation, but now there are creams, powders and BB creams (combining primer, foundation, moisturiser, concealer and sunblock) to choose from, finding the right one can be a headache. Here, Elsa McAlonan tells you how to pick the perfect product and puts the newest formulas to the test. With creams, powders and BB creams to choose from, finding the right one can be a headache THE PERFECT MATCH A foundation costing less than £10 has just been declared the UK's top choice for accurate colour matching. Research by an independent retail specialist revealed that L'Oreal Paris's best-selling True Match Foundation, £9.99, Boots, matches more skin tones than any other in the mass market - 97 per cent of the UK. There are 22 shades to choose from. THE TRANSFORMER My current favourite foundation is Bourjois BB Cream Compact Foundation, £11.99, which has just gone on sale in Selfridges. The shiny black compact has an integral rot

LOVE AT FIRST SWIPE Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, £4.99 (Boots) I discovered this product the first time I went on holiday to America in 1997, when it was the must-have mascara on everyone’s shopping list. It is still one of the brand’s bestsellers, after launching in the UK in the Nineties. I never spend a lot on mascara — even the most expensive brands flake and smudge. And as you are supposed to throw them out after two months (the brush harbours germs) this is the purse-friendly choice. The look of love: Because some beauty products are much sexier than others... (and work better too!) A BRUSH WITH ROMANCE Bobbi Brown Brush Set, £142 (bobbibrown.co.uk) I use my personalised Bobbi Brown make-up brushes every day. It doesn’t matter how much money you spend on make-up, if you don’t have the right tools to apply it, you’ll never get the same results. The ones I use most are the long-handled powder brush (which I use for bronzer and blusher) and the Eye Smudge brush, which helps

The awards season is in full swing, and at the Baftas this Sunday Hollywood's leading ladies will be out in force, looking their glossy best. It takes time, talent and years of backstage know-how to perfect an award-winning look, so here ELSA McALONAN asks the experts how they do it... Red carpet ready: Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence get it right with a bold lip and smoky eye HOLLYWOOD HAIR Charles Worthington, official hairstylist for Bafta, says: 'The key to glossy locks during the awards season is preparation. Celebrities love big and bouncy hair for the red carpet and the best way to achieve this look is with heated rollers.' 'Celebrities love big and bouncy hair and the best way to achieve this look is with heated rollers' GET THE LOOK Swap your regular conditioner for a deep conditioning treatment, (try Tresemmé Restructuring Deep Conditioning Treatment Masque, £4.99, superdrug.com) when you wash your hair. Apply it and rinse off as you would

he old saying goes that at a certain age women have to choose between their face and their figure. Indeed, recent studies show that women over 40 appear younger if they are heavier. That's bad news for those who spend hours honing their abs in the gym only for the results to be shown in a thin and less youthful face. But a new type of facelift claims to prove you can have the holy grail: a plump face and a smaller behind - but at a price. During the so-called 'organic facelift', fat is harvested from bulky stomachs, thighs and bottoms via laser liposuction. Rejuvenated: Rosetta Citton before and after the organic facelift This is purified, and re-injected into the face as a natural volume-enhancing filler. Patients are reported to have the two-in-one benefit of a slimmer frame and fewer lines without the aid of synthetic fillers (hence the 'organic' moniker). As we age, men and women lose volume from the face, particularly around the temples, under the ey