Cover Bring your sunniest self to the sunniest season ahead with these new beauty products (Photo: Getty Images)
Bring your sunniest self to the sunniest season ahead with these new beauty products (Photo: Getty Images)
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From an Origins serum inspired by TCM to a NARS powder that prevents cakey coverage, here are the products to look out for this month
Summer’s here, which means there will be plenty of hot and humid days ahead. But the good news is that a horde of new beauty products have dropped this month to keep you frizz-free and shine-free. Whether you’re hoping to keep your hair smooth or looking for a seasonal change in your signature scent, we have lined up nine new skincare and cosmetics products that will take care of all your beauty needs and help you bring your sunniest self to the sunniest season ahead.
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1. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Vitamin C Lactic Collection
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Dr. Dennis Gross’ skincare brand benefits from its founder’s knowledge in dermatology, and this shows in its Vitamin C Lactic collection that combines l-ascorbic acid and lactic acid in its range of serums, moisturisers, eye gels and masks. Skincare geeks might raise their eyebrows at this combination: l-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) does not usually work well with lactic acid. However, Dr Gross’ formula manages to strike the right balance so that your skin can benefit from both: Vitamin C to fade dark spots, and lactic acid to boost hydration.
2. Laneige Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cleansing Oil and Cleansing Gel
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Hyaluronic acid has been a much-loved skincare ingredient for quite a while now, but South Korean beauty brand Laneige has pushed the envelope by double-fermenting this acid with fucoidan, a moisturising substance derived from deep sea algae. The result? A blue hyaluronic acid that is absorbed faster by the skin for deep and long-lasting hydration. This ingredient is at the heart of the Laneige Water Bank Collection and at the core of its new Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cleansing Oil and Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cleansing Gel, both of which offer the skin a gentle yet thorough clean.
3. La Prairie White Caviar Pearl Infusion
Swiss skincare brand La Prairie has long been focused on increasing skin’s luminosity. And its updated White Caviar Pearl Infusion, with its patented Lumidose formula, goes deep into the skin to treat hyperpigmentation and dark spots by targeting tyrosinase, the enzyme that produces melanin, to reveal a brighter complexion.
4. Origins Mega-Mushroom Restorative Skin Concentrate
Reishi mushroom (lingzhi in Chinese), a staple in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for centuries for its holistic benefits to the body, is the star ingredient in Origins’ new Mega-Mushroom restorative Skin Concentrate. Along with centella asiatica and tremella mushroom, the product reduces redness and inflammation, and strengthens the skin from within to minimise future damage.
5. Fresh Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence
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Fresh’s Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence has been a star product of the brand for years now, and its formula has been updated to offer even more potent antioxidants to treat more than 20 layers of the skin to leave it smoother and more luminous than ever before. The updated formula also makes use of an advanced metabiotic, an active ingredient that supports the skin’s natural enzymes that help keep the complexion even and clear.
6. Aveda Bond Building Styling Crème
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With summer comes humidity—and with it frizzy hair. Aveda, with its plant-derived hair repair treatments that have long been a favourite among beauty enthusiasts, has bolstered its collection with its new Bond Building Styling Crème, which contains bonding molecules derived from corn that penetrate each strand of hair and into its cortex to strengthen it from within.
7. NARS Soft Matte Advanced Perfecting Powder
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Whatever the climate, it can be a bit hard to achieve a full-coverage, flawless look without the makeup looking cakey. NARS’s talc-free Soft Matte Advanced Perfecting Powder is infused with soothing niacinamide to help keep your skin from drying out, which in turn helps prevent cakeyness. Meanwhile, cocoa butter within the formula helps it glide on your skin effortlessly. Wear on its own for natural-looking coverage, or layer it on top of foundation to set it.
8. Serge Lutens Écrin de Fumée
With summer, people often turn to lighter scents like florals or citruses, but if you want to take a step on the wild side and surprise people, take a whiff of Écrin de Fumée, the new eau de parfum from Serge Lutens’ Noire Collection. With main notes of tobacco, cocoa and rum, this sweet, spicy and sensual fragrance conjures up a feeling of decadence and joie de vivre. Perfect for those slow, warm summer nights.
9. Diptyque L’Eau Papier
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Parisian perfume house Diptyque brings us an intriguing olfactory combination in the new L’Eau Papier, which features notes of sesame, musk and citrus. The dominant notes are woody and musky, but the maison’s perfumers have added unexpected layers of floral mimosa and roasted sesame that all harmoniously come together to create a delicate, subtle smell that’s also a little intoxicating.
Suchetana Mukhopadhyay is the Digital Content Manager for Tatler Hong Kong. In this role, she leads all digital editorial and branded content on Tatler Hong Kong’s website, from brainstorming story ideas with the writers to editing and publishing the articles, and from managing the overall content flow to driving search engine optimisation. She also leads the beauty content at Tatler Hong Kong and across the region, and is always looking to champion diversity through her articles. She was previously with Cedar Hong Kong and Gafencu, and freelanced for the South China Morning Post, Campaign Asia-Pacific, CNN and more. Contact her here.
