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While it can be easy to get drawn in by the latest innovation or Instagrammable packaging, when it comes to beauty products that really work, sometimes it’s the classics that impress us most. From the micellar water loved by makeup artists worldwide to the failsafe body butter no bathroom should be without, these are the staples we find ourselves buying again and again.

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