I'm a beauty expert who is sent every product for free - here are the 13 items that are so good I spend my own money to buy them

Deborah Joseph, former editor-in-chief of Glamour, reveals her best beauty buys Contains affiliated content. Deborah Joseph was previously editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine I’ve been a journalist for 29 years and I’ll never forget the first time, aged 21, I stepped inside a magazine’s ‘beauty cupboard’: a store room, stacked floor to ceiling with make-up, shampoos, fragrances and products – every price, every design – labelled with Post-it notes. So, after years of intrepid scrutiny, here’s my definitive roll-call of the beauty miracle workers that I refuse to live without… MY TOP PRODUCTS Christmas-party ready My mantra? A-List facials Facialist to the stars Keren Bartov, whose Advanced Skin Care salon opened in London’s Notting Hill nearly two years ago, is known for her non-surgical tightening, glow-creating, 90-minute facials. My icon of the week: Coleen Rooney I’m a fan of cold water swimming in the ponds on London’s Hampstead Heath to boost both my mental health and my skin, so hats off to Coleen Rooney, 38, for being the only one brave enough to take a freezing cold shower in the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!