GIFTS with purchases are always a great way to get travel size samples of your favourite products or to try out new items.

Also available at the Torquay Debenhams store until January 16, is the latest offer from beauty brand Clarins.

If you buy two products, one of which must be skincare, you get to chose three generous travel size items from a selection of 10 Clarins favourites, which are worth £46.

Clarins consultant Mel Hamilton says the offers are always a big hit with customers, particularly the fact they can select their choice of free gift.

Top seller in Torquay is the cult classic Beauty Flash Balm, hailed by beauty editors for years and a constant chart topper, thanks to its firming and brightening properties.

Another favourite is the Water Comfort One Step Cleanser which is no-rinse, quick, efficient and easy to use.

And the High Definition Body Lift anti-cellulite cream is reckoned to produce smooth results.

Mel says: "The high definition body lift makes you feel ice cold when it goes on but it really does tone up those areas which are prone to cellulite."

Travel sizes of all three of these are available from the 10 products in the gift.

Also available are Hydra Quench cream, Relax bath and shower concentrate, Extra-Firming night cream, Multi-Active night cream and Satin-Smooth body lotion.