There’s something about duty-free shopping on the way home from a holiday that makes my heart quiver with joy; it becomes the only time of year when I can justify buying a great big bottle of my favourite perfume (Miss Dior Cherie, if you wanted to know) with leftover holiday money, or treating myself to an amazing Chanel foundation that I could never otherwise afford. For me, duty-free beauty products are an excuse in itself to go on holiday. However, I do realise that my way of thinking isn’t exactly practical or logical – it’s a bit silly to spend six hundred quid on flights to Malaga just because you want to get a posh mascara on the way back.

Which is why I jumped for joy at the news that until the 28th of July, Debenhams are going to cut all VAT charges on some of their swankiest products – yessss. Now I don’t have to go on holiday just to buy products from Estee Lauder, Lancome, Clinique, Benefit and Calvin Klein for a reasonable price – I can just pop down to the nearest Debenhams department store. The offer is only for the next fortnight though, so girls, hop to it and take advantage of their bargains now.