In the 12-strong line-up, you’ll receive:
- Color Wow shampoo and hair mask
- Sam Mcknight sea salt spray
- Clinique moisturiser
- Estée Lauder cleanser
- Skinkind skin repair balm (M&S’ own brand)
- Ultrasun face SPF
- This Works vitamin C body cream
- Floral Street perfume
- Iconic London glowy setting spray
- Leighton Denny nail colour
- M&S yellow toiletry bag
Five of these items are full-sizes and, I’d argue, it’s the really good ones – Clinique, EL, Sam McKnight, LD and Iconic – that you’re getting in bigger quantities. What’s more, there’s not a stingy sample sachet in site, with all the miniature additions exceeding 10ml.
While some beauty bundles can comprise brands where, either, interest has waned or the retailer has selected the least popular product, this selection from M&S is chock full of cult formulas. From the dramatically different Clinique moisturising lotion which has been growing in popularity since the 1960s, to Color Wow’s viral hair mask, it’s clear someone on the British company’s buying team is clued up on their beauty knowledge.
Don’t believe me? Take beauty expert Ellis Cochrane’s Color Wow review as evidence. After testing the dreaming mask, she wrote, “Not only does my hair look shiny and feel soft, I also noticed a big reduction in the amount of frizz, especially when wearing my hair curly.” Meanwhile, editor Annabel Grossman described how the brand’s colour security shampoo “perfectly preserves the blonde in [her] hair,” in our guide to the best shampoos and conditioners.
What’s more, upon spritzing the Floral Street wonderland peony scent, I deemed it a perfect day-to-night fragrance, with a great balance of sweet notes (pink berries and hazelnut) and bright florals (peonies and violets). Along the same vein, I’m not new to Clinique’s dramatically different moisturising lotion, but upon revisiting the formula within this M&S bundle, I was wowed by how much bang for your buck this time-earned cream has to offer. It’s incredibly stretchy and just a pine nut’s worth of product was able to moisturise the entire back of my hand. It’s instantly comforting to tired, dry skin and I truly feel the included 50ml tube will last you six months, if not more.
I’ve browsed a number of beauty bundles through 2026 so far, including options from Lookfantastic, Boots and Cult Beauty, and I can honestly say this one seems the most enticing. It’s truly rare to see so many current and time-earned brands, with such a generous number of full-sizes, all for less than £50. If I were you, I wouldn’t hang about in securing yours – it’s already gone out of stock once, so who knows how long this second wind will last.
What to know
- Products: 11 plus a toiletry bag
- Full worth: More than £230
- Vegan and cruelty-free: All cruelty-free excluding Clinique and Estée Lauder items, all products vegan excluding Clinique and Estée Lauder items, plus the Color Wow colour security shampoo
