Oh hi, July, “the Saturday afternoon of summer”. Out of the office, into the garden/mountains/beach (pick your get-away spot) and there’s nothing better than being bang in the middle of sunshine season and August’s still to come!
On that high note, as we dive into the wave of new summer 2017 beauty launches, here are some of the more interesting ones worth a mini-splurge before we all escape for the hols…
STUDIO 10 BEAUTY’S NEW WAKE UP & GLOW LIP/CHEEK FLUSH
Studio 10 do multi-tasking beauty so well, so it’s no surprise that their latest launch is another trio of multi-taskers: three brand new 3-in-one lip, cheek and treatment lip+cheek tints. Ultra-creamy and long-lasting, they’ve got a nourishing balm formula at the core made from 100% natural plant butters.
With Hyaluronic Acid and Marine Algae Extract to hydrate, plump and smooth fine lines these are good if you’re 30, brilliant if you’re 60.
3 shades, £24 each at STUDIO10BEAUTY.com
THE NEW UNICORN-INSPIRED NAIL SHIMMERS FROM MAGGIE ANNE (coming soon)
Here’s a sneak peek preview of Brit nail brand Maggie Anne’s 3 new unicorn-inspired launches (another trio) which won’t be out for another 2 weeks.
These lovelies are £10.50 each and they’ll available from www.maggieanne.co.uk around mid-end of July.
REN’S DAY BIRGER KIT £35 (AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY)
8 mini REN treats for sandy, salty, tangled-hair beach days… and a swimming pool blue bag to keep them all in. That’s about £4.50 per product.
This kit pretty much covers summer, from lips (Lip Balm) to hair (conditioning shampoo) and REN’s deliciously light Neroli and Grapefruit Body Cream makes an appearance in this ultra-useful kit, too.
Full product info/buy HERE
GREEN PEOPLE’S NEW 20TH ANNIVERSARY ORANGE BLOSSOM COLLECTION
There’s a theme evolving in this post…things that come in 3s!
Another new trio has landed for summer, to mark the fact that Green People are celebrating 20 green years with three new nicely-priced arrivals – an Orange Blossom Cleanser, Moisturiser and Exfoliator.
The Orange Blossom Cleanser, Exfoliator (both £15/50ml) and Moisturiser (£20/50ml) are actually part of two new summer launches (the other is their new Damask Rose collection which includes a natural lipstick).
Thanks, Green People, for keeping things green since 1977, Happy 20th and here’s to 20 more!
Last but not least, not technically new but a new home for Clean Beauty Co’s BABE BALM (“an excellent all-rounder” as they used to say at school).
Clean Beauty Co’s vegan all-natural Multi-Purpose Beauty Balm has landed at BeautyMART in Topshop and you know that anything that gets a “yes” from BeautyMART has to be good (i.e. unique/niche/brilliant/a dead cert). The label reads like an exotic botanicals lover’s dream, and it’s £28 for a 60ml pot, and if you can’t get to BeautyMART/TopShop you can get it HERE
Ingredients: Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter, Rhus Verniciflua Peel (Berry) Cera, Squalane (Olive), Camellia Oleifera (Camellia) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Caryocar (Pequi) Coriaceum Oil, Calendula Officinalis (Flower) Extract, Gardenia Taitensis (Monoi) Flower Extract, Vanilla Planifolia (Vanilla) Fruit Extract, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Seed Oil, Kaolinite (Rose Clay), Kaolinite (White Clay), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Ubiquitone 50 (Coenzyme Q10), Distarch Phosphate, Anthocyanins, Citric Acid