What are your top 5 beauty items that you can't do without ?

Face Serum - L'Oreal or Nivea Q10

Tweezers

Nail sclipper with built in nail file

NicenEasy hair colour

Lip balm

Pond`s cold cream for cleansing face (used mums)
Vaseline for lips and eyelashes
Simple lotion for removing eye makeup
E45 for dry hands
Maybelline. mascara

Crikey! I hardly use any of these. Wear hardly any make up. Apart from the obvious shampoo etc I would say:

Lipstick L'oreal or max factor
Max factor pressed powder (old fashioned I know)
Hairspray silvikrin
Perfume Chanel no 5
Tweezers for removing bristles from chin, eyebrows

Oh, and Nivea hand cream which goes on my face too

Have never coloured eyebrows - still dark. Occasional use of eyeshadow for special occasions, but wouldn't class it as essential.

My five items are:
Eucerin dry skin cream
Goody detangling comb
Poundland eyeliner
Salt of the Earth deodorant
Herbal Essences conditioner

Soap and glory body spray
Hair mousse
Aldi foot cream
No 7 foundation
No7 eyebrow pencil

Solar oil (nails)
Argan oil (hair)
Lancome mascara
Dermalogica night serum
Perfecter hair styler

Most of mine are what others have said - but I wouldn't be without Palmer's
Cocoa Butter concentrated cream. I use it on my hands and feet at night.

Went to a talk by Sali Hughes who writes on cosmetics for The Guardian the other night. Her three must haves were concealer, blusher and perfume.
But then she is much younger! Obviously doesn't need tweezers yet...but did use tinted moisturiser which is one of my must haves.

Moisturiser
Mascara
Eye liner pencil
Hand cream
Cleansing wipes

Boots no7 is the best concealer ever and they will match it to your skintone, it lasts ages ,its in a silver wand

nanaval Aussie is a popular brand of hair products.

Another vote for Beautypedia from me. MakeupAlley is also a great site for product reviews.

L'oreal extraordinary serum - plumps up face
Vichy Dermafoundation - covers & fills in wrinkles that haven't been plumped up
Benefit mascara
Dove body oil
Moroccanoil shampoo - specially for Brazillianed hair - has a wonderful smell
L'Issey perfume - summertime
Lancôme Rumeurs - wintertime
Whoops - well over 5
+ other stuff too numerous to list - & not sure they have any worthwhile effect

No 7 moisturisers - restore and renew
Burts Bees banana hand cream
Clinique Aromatics body lotion
Volumising hair spray
Mid pink lipstick

I think hairbrush, comb and toothbrush should be allowed outside the list!. I'm going away on Sunday and will pack:
Liz Earle cleanser and moisturiser,
Bare Minerals foundation
Bourgeois blusher
Hot brush
Hand cream

If I were to be allowed another few my list would include:
Conditioner
Green people shower gel
Clarins body lotion

For me it's

Tressemme firm hold Hairspray
TiGi Colour goddess Shampoo
Liz Earle moisturiser
Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation (expensive but really does last for hours)
Perfume preferably Bulgari Omnia Indian Garnet
and please can I add just one more ..... Aveeno hand cream
ooh and another .....Liz Earle cleanse and polish

and I thought I wasn't really bothered that much by beauty products!

In theory:

A face cream that doesn't crumb or shine
Mascara that doesn't smudge and makes it look as though I actually have eyelashes
Foot cream that removes cracks and hard or even just dry skin
A matte foundation that doesn't show wrinkles or rub off on clothes
Toothpaste that leaves my teeth all the same colour

In practice:

any old face cream
any old shampoo
tweezers
hairbrush
oodles of hand cream

Eyeliner
Mascara
SPF15 or higher moisturiser every day of the year
Tweezers
Concealer.

For the best advice on which brand/make of products to use, I always consult Beautypedia.com. The woman who runs it, Paula Begoun, reviews hundreds of beauty products and rates them on what ingredients they contain and whether they're actually beneficial to the skin. It's surprising the claims that the big companies make about their products when in fact some of the ingredients used are irritants and can cause inflammation etc.

I always check whether Paula recommends before I buy any beauty stuff -she's my guru!! However, as it's American, sometimes I think the names of some products might be slightly different to UK names for the same thing. Anyway, just thought this info would be beneficial to all you beauties out there!

Mascara never seen without it
Eyeliner
Moisturiser
Blusher
Concealer,

And , I use coloured dry shampoo on the roots of my hair as it's getting fine, and perfume, I can't live with out,

What about your thoughts on best eye makeup removers?
I have used Nivea and Simple and currently using Garnier but still trying to find the best one yet I have to say.

Toothbrush.
De-tangling Hairbrush.
Tweezers.
L'Occitane Repairing Shampoo & Condtioner (2 products).
L'Occitane Divine Anti Ageing serum, eye cream, face cream.

Sorry, have to have a sixth,
Perfume, Hermes, 24 Faubourg.

Foundation
Moisturiser
Perfume clinique aromatics
Lipstick
Mascara
But that is a very basic, never leave the house without five! My make up drawer has lots more. Had to stop my grandson doing a quick valuation when he looked in there!

TK Max do a good selection of Argan shampoos and conditioners Imperfect27. l think you can order from them online if you don't have one near you although it sounds as if you are sorted anyway

Lip primer
Mascara
Concealer
Moisturiser
Lipstick

Old school Nivea face cream in the royal blue tub

Lip salve - usually Nivea too

Dove Pro Age shampoo and conditioner

Alternate the above with Johnson's No More Tangles Baby Shampoo when my hair is weighed down with conditioner

Volumising mousse - Wella

Tweezers
Mascara
Tinted foundation (Avon)
Eyebrow pencil (my eyebrows are going bald)
Lipstick.