With summer comes holidays, BBQs, weddings, evenings out at rooftop bars, and plenty of opportunities to get dressed up and look your best.
Having the right beauty essentials in your arsenal is key to getting that summer glow - and keeping your skin protected against the sun's rays!
Luckily, the team at OK! Beauty Box have launched a Summer Survival Kit - and we're loving the 14 summer essentials included.
We're talking pampering treats like the AHA glow masks to coffee body scrubs and summer beauty must-haves like an collagen oil serum to help combat pesky fine lines.
You can buy the box online here. Here's a download on the 14 beauty must-haves...
Balance Me AHA Glow Mask
This product is basically radiance in a bottle. It's packed with bio-active fruit acids including glycolic acid, lactic acid, and malic acid. It should give you a pump and brightened youthful glow- and all in just 15 minutes. Basically, it's great if you're off somewhere and want to get your glow on quickly.
Carmex Naturally Hydrating Lip Balm Pear Flavour
With all those summer selfies, we want our smiles to look their best - and lips that are plump and hydrated are the key.
This lip balm is enriched with fruit oils and colloidal oatmeal to soothe and calm. It's also pear scented, which makes slathering it on that bit more pleasant. It's an all-year-round handbag essential!
Dr Botanicals Hemp Infused Natural Moisturiser
Did you know that hemp seed oil contains all of the 21 amino acids and is known as 'nature's most balanced oil'? Now you do, and we bet you want to see how it could benefit your complexion! As well as help seed oil, this moisturiser also contains cocoa butter, which reduces water loss to reveal the glowing and hydrated skin we're all after.
Oskia Super-C Smart Nutrient Beauty Capsules
Many of us are a little careless with how much vitamin C we take. At OSKIA, they believe in taking vitamin C little and often. They say that the vitamin is unstable and that it can cause cellular damage when taken at high levels. These supplements contain 2% Super Vitamin C, as well as other smart nutrients and actives to boost skin health. So, you can look after your looks from the inside out.
CODE Beautiful VLM MINI Volumizing Lengthening Mascara
We love this mascara because it just about does everything you could ever want a mascara to do. It adds volume, lengthens, thickens, curls, doesn't clump or smudge, and is vegan and water resistant. That makes it ideal whether you're out all day at a festival or lounging poolside!
Gruum har Shampoo Bar
We love the planet, and we also love looking after our hair, which is why this shampoo bar is a winner for us. It's recyclable, plastic-free and vegan-friendly. There's no wasteful packaging with this bar, so you can have a guilt-free hair wash session.
Korres Guava Renewing Body Cleanser
KORRES is a Greek natural skincare brand, and this body cleanser is an opportunity for you to bring Greece's skincare secrets into your bathroom! It contains aloe vera extract, which should reduce any redness and irritation to reveal skin that's more even in tone and texture. Marshmallow Root also helps the skin to maintain its natural moisture levels.
The Original Scrub Co Coffee Scrub
This product has made us question why coffee is usually just drunk. It contains coffee beans which scrub your skin and leaves it feeling super fresh and revitalised. The scent of the scrub also makes us want to head off to the local coffee shop - orange Mocha Frappuccino!
Warda Skincare Collagen Skin Lifter Boost Oil Serum
This oil serum is a treat for your face and promises to replenish and nourish your skin with hydrolysed collagen, almond oil, pomegranate extract and glycerine. It should help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and give you a nice glow.
Polaar SPF 50 Fragrance-Free
No skincare collection is never complete without an SPF! This one provides very high protection and can be applied easily without leaving any white streaks. It's also got a perfect balance of UVA and UVB filters to fight against sunburn and protect your skin from premature ageing - it's a winner in our eyes.
Figs and Rouge Blush Pink Limited Edition Velvet Cream
A primer/moisturiser hybrid that hydrates the skin while leaving a velvety, soft matte finish - just what the doctor ordered! This one contains vitamins A, C and E to help restore radiance. It also contains salicylic acid to help unclog pores, and hyaluronic acid to restore long-lasting vitality.
Ameliorate Transforming Body Lotion
Get your body looking its best with this lotion. It contains a host of ingredients to exfoliate and moisturise your skin, such as naturally-occurring lactic acid and Alpha Hydroxy Acid. What's more, it's dermatologist-approved and 87% of people who tested the lotion said that the appearance of their skin had improved and felt sorter and smoother.
Paul Yacomine Solarium Hair Protection
This hair product is right up our street - it's easy, pops straight into our handbag and we can whip it out when we want to give our hair a touch of TLC. It contains organic seed oils to enhance hair shine, and reduce colour fade and dehydration. It can be used on dry and damp hair, pre-pool or sea, or just after drying to increase shine and texture.
Grace & Stella Rose Spray
Carry this around with you to spritz on your face and always look glowing. It's a hydrating rose water mist and has anti-inflammatory properties to assist with redness. It also helps maintain the skin's pH balance, helping with acne, eczema, scar tissue and dermatitis.
Want to try them yourself?
The OK! Beauty Box's Summer Survival Kit is already available to buy at okbeautybox.com but you'll need to be quick as there's limited stock!
Which product will you be trying first? Let us know in the comments below.
