A large part of my job as a beauty journalist is ferreting out the very best in each category — and to do so I test the products I am sent assiduously.
The process differs slightly depending on the category but it broadly involves a series of tests which I have devised to see if a product passes the muster. These include looking at the science, deciding if the performance is worthy of excitement, and — crucially — whether that excitement tips me into wanting to bang on about it on the phone to my sister.
