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    One-Minute Beauty Treatments: Our Favourite 60 Second Products (Because Who Really Has The Time?)

    Let’s face it, most of us barely have time to get dressed let alone do a ‘cleanse, tone and beautify’. Luckily those considerate beauty boffins have stepped in with a plethora of products to snatch back some precious morning-time (set that alarm clock to snooze now). Here are our top ten...

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    Published 10 December 2013 In Features

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    Let’s face it, most of us barely have time to get dressed let alone do a ‘cleanse, tone and beautify’. Luckily those considerate beauty boffins have stepped in with a plethora of products to snatch back some precious morning-time (set that alarm clock to snooze now). Here are our top ten...

    Clarins Eclat Minute Instant Light, £26 We’ve seen the light thanks to this nifty little tube that combines make-up and skincare benefits such as the radiance-enhancing ‘High-Lumitec' cocktail and a skin-soothing anti-pollution complex for a luminous glow.

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    L’Occitane Shea Butter One Minute Hand Scrub, £13 Get your paws on this nourishing scrub which combines brown sugar to gently exfoliate with shea, sweet almond and grapeseed oils to soften.

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    Charles Worthington Salon at Home 60 Second Colour Boosting Masque, £14.99 Make sure your crowning glory remains the main attraction with this sumptuous mask for all hair colours. Infused with argan oil, vitamins, sunscreen and a SmartTone technology, it ensures your colour stays vibrant for longer.

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    Rimmel 60 Seconds Nail Polish, £2.99 There’s nothing more tedious than watching paint dry so skip the flapping/blowing/waving and go for this fast-drying polish which includes a ‘Pro-cision’ brush for flawless, ultra-speedy coverage.

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    Ren V-Cense Flash Rinse 1 Minute Facial, £30 As much as we’d love to languish in a spa with a face full of goo (or even in our own bathrooms), life tends to get in the way, so do away with the wait and go for the super-speedy solution. Formulated with brightening, water-activated vitamin C as well as Boswellic acid and magnesium, this transforming gel-rinse banishes blackheads and reduces wrinkles.

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    Givenchy Hydra Sparkling One-Minute Glow Powder, £29.50 Sadly not launching until March, but this innovative little beauty is well worth the wait. With a texture as light as angels’ breath, this micro-peeling cleansing powder transforms into a foam on contact with water to provide a gentle chemical exfoliation as well as a micro-peeling action.

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    Lancome Visionnaire 1 Minute Blur, £40 Finally, Photoshop in a bottle (well almost), thanks to a unique 'Photo Smooth Technology' to blur the appearance of imperfections and pores in a jiffy for a velvety-smooth, perfected finish.

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    Dove Hair Express One Minute Conditioner, £3.99 Make your conditioner work a little harder for it’s money with this super-speedy colour-enhancing cocktail which seals the cuticle to keep colour vibrant for up to 10 washes.

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    Xen Tan Ins-Tan-Taneous One Minute Tan, £26.99 Forget paper knickers and the enduring smell of biscuits, get your glow on with this instant, transfer-resistant bathroom hero dubbed as ‘the tan you don’t need to plan’. Simply spray and go.

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    M&S Formula Advanced Illumin-ATP Radiance 1 Minute facial, £15 Transform dull-looking skin in a jiffy with this exfoliating, moisture-boosting mask which contains a blend of energy-giving ATP to give your skin cells a much needed boost.

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