If you’re looking to update your beauty wardrobe with fresh finds, here’s a list of our top picks of the month to get you started.
Another month, another set of beauty products to add to our wishlist and potentially our shopping cart.
Following the foundation launches last month, even more brands have introduced new foundations in various formulas and packaging to tempt us this September. Aside from makeup, we’ve stumbled upon a few antioxidant-packed skincare to boost skin health and complexion. Hair and body are not forgotten, with love from nature’s own skin-championing ingredients.
If you’re looking to update your beauty wardrobe with fresh finds, here’s a list of our top picks of the month to get you started.
Shiseido Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Foundation
Newly added to Shiseido’s Synchro Skin range is the Self-Refreshing Foundation. As innovative as it sounds, the weightless formula is designed with ActiveForce™ Technology to ‘self-refresh’ for 24 hours to make it look freshly applied all throughout. The brand also claims that it is waterproof, smudge-proof, humidity-resistant and transfer-resistant on top of providing all-day hydration and comfort. Available at Shiseido stores now. W shiseido.com.my
Neal’s Yard Remedies Frankincense Intense Hand Treatment Serum
Forget hand creams that serve only as a temporary fix to dry or wrinkly hands, this deeply hydrating hand serum promises to leave longer lasting age-defying results. Made with provitamin A-rich organic rosehip seed oil, the 93% organic formula helps to reduce the appearance of lines, wrinkles and age spots and leave your hands feeling nourished and smooth. The key ingredient of frankincense also offers a calming aroma to soothe the senses. W nealsyardremedies.com.my
Dior Rouge Dior Ultra Care Flower Oil Liquid Lipstick
It was love at first sight for us with Dior’s first flower-oil infused lipstick range, what with its sexy red design that screams “my lips but couture”. We’re living for the sultry, velvety finish we’ve seen in campaigns featuring the brand’s ambassador, Natalie Portman; but what takes the cake is its claim to nourish and protect the lips with its natural Cameline Oil and fatty acids. Will it make one of the best red lippies of all time? Got to have it to find out. Available at Dior outlets now. W dior.com
Fresh Sugar Strawberry Exfoliating Face Wash
Twenty one years after pioneering the use of sugar as a non-drying exfoliator, Fresh is stepping it up with a new icon. Enter the Sugar Strawberry Exfoliating Face Wash, which combines the benefits of sugar crystals and strawberry extract to gently exfoliate and soften the skin. The former helps to refine skin texture and pores for a smoother complexion, while the latter keeps the skin toned and healthy. Plus point: it leaves a smell so delicious you’d wish you could eat it. Available at the Fresh Mid Valley store as well as Sephora stores and website now. (Related: 5 natural skincare ingredients from Fresh that you can find at home)
Pat McGrath Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation
Celebrity makeup artist turned entrepreneur Pat McGrath has finally unveiled her first ever foundation and YouTube beauty gurus are already raving about it. The new Sublime Perfection Foundation features a serum-like formula made with Vita-Serum Complex to moisturise the skin and Diamond Core Powder Technology to smooth, blur and reduce the appearance of fine lines, pores and imperfections. It comes in 36 shades that builds from sheer to medium coverage, leaving a natural, soft-focus look. Available at selected Sephora stores and website from August 29.
Glamglow Berryglow Probiotic Recovery Mask
Trust Glamglow to come up with a new mask every season, with this antioxidant-rich superfood berry blend arriving just ahead of autumn. It is formulated with hyaluronic acid and jojoba oil to hydrate and plump the skin, as well as beetroot and hibiscus to combat signs of aging and dullness. Nutrient-packed probiotics further help to balance the skin and leave a healthy glow. Mask we need another excuse to grab this? Available at Sephora stores and website now. (You may also like: 10 face masks to combat your skin concern)
Briogeo Be Gentle, Be Kind Banana + Coconut Nourishing Superfood Shampoo
We all know juice is good for our health, but did you know it can also do wonders for your hair? Briogeo’s 6-free shampoo (meaning no harsh sulfates, silicones, phthalates, parabens, artificial dyes or DEA) is made with banana, coconut, acai, pineapple and mango extracts, which help revive, nourish and protect your hair and scalp. For those with very dry and dull hair, following up with the conditioner is recommended for best results. Available at selected Sephora stores and website now.
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Check out last month’s wishlist here for more hot picks!
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