In our monthly Let’s Make-Up round-up, we bring you a selection of the tried and tested, freshest, and buzziest beauty launches that are worth adding to your basket.
All types of lotions and potions across makeup, skincare, haircare and more cross our desks and we take it upon ourselves to review them all so you don’t have to. If we include it below, then you know it’s a good ‘un.
This August, we’re still awaiting the arrival of summer weather so arm up your arsenal of sun protection for when it arrives with Beauty Pie and its innovative suncare. Just incase it never comes, you can bring the warm weather feel to your home with a candle from Loewe. Given up on British summertime and heading further afield in search of rays? A multitasking hero from Green People combines after sun with insect repellent to pare down your holiday wash bag.
Look out for not one, but two new moisturisers vying for your attention as well as two products brought to maket to protect your complexion from ageing blue light.
For all this and more besides, see our edit of the hottest beauty drops you need on your radar.
LOEWE Scented Candle Orange Blossom
The scent of summer, orange blossom takes a starring role in this latest scent from Loewe’s home fragrance offering. Housed in the Spanish fashion house’s signature earthenware jar but in a lively orange hue, it will bring the warm weather spirit even when the British summertime doesn’t play ball.
The fragrance is light, fresh and not overpowering. The citrus aroma develops with green aspects and notes of beeswax, soap and soil - think walking through an orchard of orange trees. As well as the candle pictured, it is available as a wax scented candleholder and a room spray.
Buy now £70.00, Selfridges
Benefit FAN FEST Mascara
The sixth mascara to join the Benefit collection, FAN FEST Mascara is the latest in a line of hero eye products from the brand that includes bestsellers Roller Lash, BADgal BANG! and They’re Real!. Fanned out lashes is the name of the game here where the custom-engineered brush and specialised formula is designed to give a wide-eye look that’s ideal to combat the aftermaths of a night on the tiles.
Coat on the provitamin B5 and cranberry extract-enriched pigment and the fatty acids gives a conditioned feel, while also providing volume and density. It works on each individual lash to give them a separated look. FAN FEST is a buildable, weightless and long-lasting mascara, designed to stay firmly affixed for 24 hours.
Buy now £22.95, Boots
Childs Farm shower smoothie raspberry
The soothing collection of shower favourites from Childs Farm deserves its place in your little one’s hygeine practices. Sure to elevate the experience and get them excited to ignite the bubbles, the newest launch, the Shower Smoothie, comes in a delicious raspberry aroma that smells delicious, while also feeling silk smooth on the skin.
Three hydrating heroes make up the body wash, promising long-lasting hydration, especially when paired with the Miracle Moisturiser from the same collection. The latter has a blueberry and mango scent and can be applied for wet and dry skin alike.
Buy now £5.50, Boots
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Hydrator Mist
Keep Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Hydrator Mist on your desk for hydrating, fatigue-fighting touch-ups throughout the day. The skincare hero is designed to sit seamlessly with your makeup so you can refresh your complexion without interfering with your base products or need reapplication.
The essence product is formulated with hyaluronic acid as well as balancing and brightening niacinamide. There’s also kombu extract that is chosen for its ability to combat the effects of blue light on the skin. With just a few spritzes, you should notice that your skin feels more hydrated and radiant, yet with prolonged use, it has firming and plumping properties too.
Buy now £35.00, Charlotte Tilbury
Malin + Goetz x Brain Dead Table Candle - Cannabis
The MALIN+GOETZ bougie collection is like no other on the market. From Dark Rum to Otto, the aromas are unique, fill the room and leave you desperate for more. The same is true for Cannabis, a firm favourite since its launch in 2007. In collaboration with a New York-based creative collective of artists known as Brain Dead, the Big Apple-based brand has redesigned the exterior of its Amsterdam-inspired creation in candle and perfume oil form.
It can be found with a vibrant green wax, limited edition illustrated exteriors and playful cartons. The fragrance has spicy, soft floral notes that creates a revitalising yet relaxing ambiance with notes of bergamot, black pepper and orange, cannabis accord, muguet and magnolia and a base of cedarwood, patchouli, sandalwood, amber and musk.
Buy now £55.00, END.
Beauty Pie Traceless Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen + Primer
Slip daily suncare into your skincare with Beauty Pie’s Traceless formulation. The beauty buyers club has released this product free from the typical associations of SPF as thick, hard-to-rub-in products. Instead it works double duty to protect your face with SPF30 using natural mineral filters, but is also a primer where the lack of white cast and non-greasy texture locks makeup in place. The ingredient line-up is nourishing with argan oil, niacinamide and a whole host of antioxidants for that much-needed free radical protection.
Buy now £60.00, Beauty Pie
Green People Moisturising After Sun with Natural Insect Repellent
How’s this for a multitasking hero? While you’re rehydrating your skin after a sun-worshipping session, you are also shielding against mosiquitos and the likes. Ideal for travelling when the amount of products you can take is so limited, this is a summer essential that gives the body the after-sun hydration that it needs but also acts as a natural repellent of insects. The formula is made up of plant-based ingredients and is entirely vegan and DEET-free. It also has a fresh scent rather than the typical unpleasant one associated with its contemporaries.
Buy now £16.00, Green People
Sarah Chapman Digital Shield
If you’re anything like us and your average screen time is a staggering statistic, Sarah Chapman has got your skin saviour. The effect of blue light is discussed less than sun exposure but needs to be on your radar as it acts as an external aggressor that can age the skin and leave it looking lacklustre and fatigued.
The Digital Shield was created by the legendary facialist’s eponymous brand as a safeguard solve to strengthen the skin’s defences and encourage a radiant complexion. It harnesses the power of anti-pollution actives that forms a veil against airborne pollutants as well as a trademarked B-Circadin and CobioDefender EMR for blue light shielding. An ingredient known as PhytoSpherix is included to energise the skin at a cellular level that works in tandem with antioxidant astaxanthin to prevent dullness.
Buy now £55.00, Space NK
MANTLE The Face Jelly
If your parched complexion is in need of a hydrating reboot, switch out your current moisturiser for this ultra-nourishing launch from MANTLE. It has a unique composition where the gel cream texture allows it to sink right into your thirsty skin, while remaining impressively lightweight. The water-based nature is able to penetrate the skin barrier, bringing with it accompanying ingredients that are designed to stimulate collagen production and offer antioxidant support.
This is through the chlorophyll that is rich in vitamin C, A and E and gives the product its green hue. There’s also hyaluronic acid, centella, peptides and CBD that provide plumping, soothing and hydration in spades. It is ideal for oily and acne prone skin.
Buy now £64.00, Skindays
Jones Road Beauty Oil Free Moisturiser
Bobbi Brown’s Jones Road Beauty has a coveted collection of makeup products but in order for them - and all makeup - to sit on the skin in the best possible way, it’s all about the skincare prep stage.
Enter: the Oil-Free Moisturiser, designed to hydrate without leaving a greasy feeling in its wake. The formula was created to withstand heatwave conditions when the weather is at its most hot and humid and so it’s lightweight and non-sticky without sacrificing on the nourishment.
Niacinamide is included to provide a glowy, balanced effect and sits well under your base products and SPF.
Buy now £36.00, Jones Road Beauty
