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.
The long awaited arrival of spring is here and beauty brands are stepping up their bodycare as we prepare to release our limbs from their winter hibernation. Sol de Janiero is adding to its cult Bum Bum collection with a body oil, NATURIUM is bringing our corporal care in line with our facial skincare with buzzed about ingredients and Dr. Barbara Sturm has an exfoliating body cream with anti-ageing benefits.
More warm weather-ready heroes include Laura Mercier’s new lightweight foundation that enhances your natural tone and Jones Road’s hard-working face powder to ensure your makeup is humidity-proof.
For all this and more besides, see our edit of the hottest beauty drops you need on your radar.
Laura Mercier Real Flawless Foundation
Backstage at fashion week, there was one base trend that reigned supreme: skinimalism. The idea is all about enhancing your natural appearance over full-coverage products that defined our pre-lockdown makeup looks. And with that comes the Real Flawless Foundation from Laura Mercier.
The brand was one of the early pioneers of the no-makeup makeup and has created this multifunctional product to help you get a flawless finish, while remaining natural looking. It has a medium coverage and can be applied on all skin types. While covering the likes of dark circles and blemishes, it packs the complexion with antioxidants. There are 32 shades that, when colour matched correctly, looks like you’re not wearing anything at all.
Buy now £38.00, Boots
Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Body Firmeza Oil
From one of our favourite labels and the brand behind the iconic Bum Bum Cream comes a new innovation in the range just in time for bare leg season. The Body Firmeza Oil takes many of the benefits of the original cream that we love but in oil form - yet with all glow no grease. It has the nourishing combination of Brazilian olive oil and jaboticaba yet with the delicious sweet nutty aroma that is the label’s signature. Transform your pins from ashly to radiant with the added bonus of a boost of circulation to encourage drainage thanks to the components of micro algae extract, guarana and muriapuama.
Buy now £52.00, Cult Beauty
Jones Road Tinted Face Powder
Every Jones Road launch is a masterclass in founder Bobbi Brown’s mastery and the Tinted Face Powder is no different. The makeup expert transforms loose powder as we know it with an ultra fine, lightweight texture that sets the base in place, controls shine and colour corrects in the areas that need it. The product was created to push aside all preconcieved notions of this product type i.e. that it settles into line lines, creases, feels cakey or gives a flat appearance. Instead it is like an invisible finish. There are a range of colours with different purposes; pink and red to turn dullness to glow, yellow to reduce redness and dark and deep for dark skin tones.
Buy now £27.00, Jones Road Beauty
Dr. Barbara Sturm ANTI-AGING BODY SCRUB
Dr. Barbara Sturm has a long list of celebrity fans that include Hailey Bieber, Kourtney Kardashian, Victoria Beckham and Bella Hadid to name but a few - and the skincare specialist’s latest product is sure to go to the top of their wishlist as well as yours. Get ready to flash your skin as the warmer weather approaches once you’ve given it the Sturm body scrub treatment.
The formula is free from harsh exfoliating ingredients that you’ll often find in products of this type including plastic beads or chemicals that will compromise the skin’s barrier. Instead the scrub element comes from sea salt and brown sugar to slough away dead skin cells, while antioxidant-rich ubiquinone, vitamin E and purslane protect against free radical damage.
Vitamin F and sea fennel encourage a healthy look and feel, while nourishment comes from the cocktail of oils and butters that include (but are not limited to) apricot kernel oil, mango seed butter, almond, jojoba and sunflower. There’s also plum kernel oil that sets the subtle sweet scent.
Buy now £90.00, Dr. Barbara Sturm
NATURIUM Bodycare
If you’re not yet familiar with NATURIUM, allow us to make the necessary introductions. This is one of the most sought-after brands at the moment, taking an affordable approach to its product line-up that centre on buzzed about ingredients, all without sacrificing on efficacy. Not content with ruling our facial skincare routines, the label has expanded into corporal care with four different shower essentials that are encouraging us all to take the same TLC that we typically reserve for our faces to the rest of the body.
The selection includes; The Glow Getter Multi-Oil Hydrating Body Wash for dry skin, The Brightener Vitamin C Brightening Body Wash to glow from head to toe, The Multi-Vitamin Daily Nutrients Body Wash to pack the skin with good stuff and The Smoother Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Wash that gently buffs its way to smooth skin.
Buy now £16.00, Space NK
Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skincare
Lisa Eldridge has painted the face of every A-lister worth their salt. What she doesn’t know about makeup is not worth knowing. In her time as a professional makeup artist, she has picked up a few tricks (or a hundred) on the optimal skin care in the literal sense - knowing exactly what the skin wants and needs.
To guide us all on our flawless skin journey, Eldridge has unveiled Seamless Skincare. Each product is multitasking and only includes ingredients that serve a purpose, curating combinations to be clinically proven yet natural.
The Skin Enhancing Treatment Cleanser is both a cleanser and a hydrating mask that you can leave on for two minutes to improve hydration so that even those on the tightest schedules can bake it into their day. Use in tandem with the dual sided microfibre Luxuriously Gentle Cleansing & Exfoliating Cloth and top up the moisture levels throughout the day with the Skin and Makeup Enhancing Mist that sets the base all day and encourages an even finish.
Buy now £37.00, Lisa Eldridge
L’OCCITANE Anti-Hair Loss Serum
The luxury French label has created this non-greasy lightweight product that you can apply directly onto your scalp to promote a denser appearance. If you’ve noticed excessive fall out of your precious locks, call on L’Occitane’s product to turn the situation around.
It’s a clean and gentle cocktail of natural ingredients and is free from any silicones and the likes. The bi-phase consistency is made of essential oils that nourish and ensure the treatment feels like a pampering experience with the combination of atlas, cedar, lemon, immortelle, geranium and rosemary, but the actives; liquorice, swertia and watercress extract stimulate growth and encourage hair retention.
Buy now £32.00, L’OCCITANE
RéVive Sensitif Calming Serum
A respite for stressed-out skin, this serum from RéVive was created using natural ingredients to soothe and calm. It’s a restorative formulation that includes the likes of chamomile extract and hyaluronic acid that will feel cool and refreshing on inflammed skin, whether that’s caused by overly harsh products, an allergic reaction or stress. There’s niacinamide to even out skin tone, a blend of yogurt, liquorice extract and chamomile for reducing redness as well as jasmine, mangosteen, caffeine, and oat kernel that combine to nourish and protect current as well as future irritations.
Buy now £250.00, RéVive
