Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo are the household names they are today thanks in large part to the many mentions they got across six Sex and the City series; they have a lot to thank Carrie and co. for. But those girls didn’t just walk around with pretty feet and not much else - they were partial to a bit of make-up and expensive skincare too. Samantha's flirtatious dark eye make-up, Carrie's eternal lipgloss fixation, these are the kinds of beauty habits that we NEVER overlooked.

So what were the girls' fail-safes, what was stashed inside their bathroom cabinets and what remained in pride of place on their bedside tables throughout every single episode? (No, not that kind). Well we’ve taken a long, hard rummage through the archives to find out just that. 

Click through the gallery above to see what beauty-buys kept Miranda, Carrie, Charlotte and Samantha swore by during the epic Sex and the City series.