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Firm, peel, skin match, energise, hydrate, anti-ageing, highlight and refine. These are just a few promises made by some of our favourite new beauty and grooming products.
From pore refining serums that make your skin resemble that of an airbrushed magazine cover model to lip oil. Lip oil! The latest trend in lip products that stains the lips with gorgeous colour while hydrating those puckers so well, even Scarlett Johansson will be jealous.
Skincare that boost, energise and micro-peel the skin while you sleep is also on our radar as we fight the dull skin synonymous with winter chills.
READ: How to perk up sad winter skin
This is the time of year when adding some glow to your complexion becomes essential. Highlighting is easy and extremely effective, especially with wonderful tools like the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette (for eyes) and the Smashbox L.A. Lights Blendable Lip & Cheek Colour in Hollywood & Highlight youth wand for your entire face.
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So, whether these products will bring a smile to your face or give you back the dewy complexion you once had as a rebellious teen, here are beauty must-buys we love now:
1. Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Overnight Firming Mask, R685. Providing the ultimate beauty sleep, this lightweight, luxurious, and highly specialised mask works directly with the skin’s nighttime renewal process to help improve your skin’s appearance while you sleep.
2. Kiehl’s Dermatologist Solutions Nightly Refining Micro-Peel Concentrate, R750. For the first time in a facial skincare product, quinoa husk extract has been formulated into an anti-aging overnight treatment. Kiehl’s has partnered with Bolivian suppliers and a foundation that sustainably sources the quinoa husk from local farmers. The all-new Kiehl’s Dermatologist Solutions Nightly Refining Micro-Peel Concentrate offers accelerated cell turnover, refined texture, improved skin tone evenness, and softer, more radiant skin.
3. Max Factor, Miracle Match Foundation, R225.95. Max Factor Miracle Match Foundation is the revolutionary new product that cleverly combines flawless-looking shade matching that blurs imperfections and nourishes skin with hydration. Feeling like a moisturiser on application, Miracle Match Foundation is the first from Max Factor to contain a new silicone ingredient that behaves more like a
moisturiser and enables high-performance blendability with medium coverage.
4. Elemis Biotec energising skincare range: Biotec skin energising cleanser, R920, Day cream, R1750 and Night cream, R1980.
Like Elemis says: It's time to switch your skin back on! The NEW Energising Skincare System helps to re-boot skin’s performance for a thriving, vibrant and freshly revived complexion. Scientifically proven* to increase cell energy by up to 27%, promoting optimum skin function and vitality.
5. Lancôme Juicy Shaker lip oil, R 270.
8 shades in 8 irresistible fragrances. Just like Juicy Tubes (remember them?), which gained massive popularity with delicious, fruity scents, the new Juicy Shaker is infused with addictive, mouth-watering fragrances like berry, mango and apricot. I love the cushion applicator and the luxe oil feel that leaves lips hydrated , but not sticky.
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6. Bvlgari Omnia Paraiba EDT, R1090 for 40 ml. Now this is a sure-fire way to up your mood and make you smile. If you like passion fruit, the ocean and basically anything fresh and packed with citrus, this is the scent for you.
7. Smashbox L.A. Lights Blendable Lip & Cheek Colour in Hollywood & Highlight, R320. Strobing has never been this easy. Glide it across your cheeks for a light reflecting boost of radiance.
8. Urban Decay Naked 2 palette, R850 (first store to open mid-May in Jo'burg). Your go-to eyeshadow palette for soft, shimmer and rose gold eyes that cuts through the drab of winter.
9. Revlon Highlighting Palette in Rose Glow.
Get this lovely rose gold blush as part of a limited edition gift pack that will be available in stores from mid-April, just in time for Mother’s Day. You'll get:
Revlon HD Lipstick in Sweet Pea
Revlon Highlighting Palette in Rose Glow
Revlon ColorBurst Balm in Unapologetic, R299 for the gift pack!
10. The Porefessional Matt Rescue R395 AND The POREfessional Instant Wipeout Masks R395. Clean out your pores with the super cleansing masks and refine them with the matte rescue that works as a pore blurring serum.
