Beauty

The 2024 Cosmopolitan Summer time Magnificence Awards


There really isn’t much the Cosmopolitan beauty team won’t do in the name of discovering the very best products… We’ve swatched, swiped and spritzed hundreds of the newest beauty drops (tough job, huh?) and we can officially say, without a shadow of a doubt, that these have achieved gold platinum status. We don’t have the time (or money) to waste on ‘meh’ beauty products, we want results, and we want them fast. From SPFs to shampoo and foundation to face masks – if you find the product on these pages, you can be assured it’s truly worth a spot in your beauty routine…

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Rowan Fee

Skincare

Eye rescue serum

Jet Lag Overnight Eye Serum

Summer Fridays Jet Lag Overnight Eye Serum
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We know and love the OG Jet Lag Face Mask, so naturally, we were expecting great things from this – and luckily we weren’t disappointed. The hydrating, brightening formula swiftly overhauls zombie eyes.

All-round face wash

Pineapple Refresh Daily Cleanser

Rhode Skin Pineapple Refresh Daily Cleanser
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With green tea and pineapple enzyme, this balmy cleanser lathers up for that refreshing, invigorating gel wash feeling, but without the stripping effects of many of its shelfmates. Perfect for every day.

Redness calming serum

Happy Face 10% Azelaic Acid Gel-Cream

Beauty Pie Happy Face 10% Azelaic Acid Gel-Cream

Now 63% Off

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Are you rosacea-prone, struggling with redness or suffering with sensitive skin? Look no further than this game-changing tube for a soothed, calm and hydrated happy face.

Lash serum

Whoop Lash Serum

Benefit Cosmetics Whoop Lash Serum
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Impatient? Then this is the lash serum for you. With a conditioning blend of plant extracts, rice protein and vitamins, we saw results – in volume and length – almost too soon to be truly believed.

Anti-ageing serum

Retinol + HPR Ceramide Capsules

Elizabeth Arden Retinol + HPR Ceramide Capsules
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Has have? the retinol uglies been putting you off the much-loved ingredient? You needn’t worry with these capsules as they’re perfect for first-time users but still deliver improved texture and skin quality, quickly.

Hydrating serum

Pro-Collagen Banking Serum

Dermalogica Pro-Collagen Banking Serum
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Age, pollution, sunlight and sugar all impact the skin’s health. But working to combat this is Dermalogica’s serum that locks in moisture, quenches skin thirst and plumps in one.

Hydrating toner

Hydrating Soothing Milky Toner

BYOMA Hydrating Soothing Milky Toner
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A similar texture to the excess juice you find in sheet masks, this is packed with uber-hydrating polyglutamic acid and neutralising cica to feed your skin barrier. It’s glossy skin in a bottle.

Exfoliating treatment

Radiance PHA Exfoliating Facial

REN Radiance PHA Exfoliating Facial
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This contains enzymes that brighten, alongside physical and chemical exfoliants to give the skin a glow and fade hyperpigmentation, yet by some wizardry, it’s still suitable for sensitive skin.

Anti-ageing face SPF

To Save Face SPF50+

Mecca Cosmetica To Save Face SPF50+
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We’re pretty sure the S in SPF stands for silky after trying these drops. Packed with active anti-aging ingredients, the formula soaks into skin instantly, leaving you with a perfect base for makeup. SPF50 protection has never been so lightweight.

Lightweight moisturiser

Active Skin Barrier Care Soothing Water Cream

Simple Active Skin Barrier Care Soothing Water Cream

Now 33% Off

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It’s a hard line to toe, keeping your face cream lightweight in the summer while actually hydrating the skin. Luckily, this refreshing cream does both while also nourishing your skin’s barrier.

Pigmentation serum

MelaB3 Serum Intense

La Roche-Posay MelaB3 Serum Intense
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Both prevention and cure; 10% niacinamide improves the appearance of existing pigmentation, while the brand’s new Melasyl active intercepts excess melanin during production, before it marks the skin #tagteam.

On-the-go SPF

Vinosun Protect Invisible Stick SPF50

Caudalie Vinosun Protect Invisible Stick SPF50
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This little pocket-friendly wonder is so handy. Perfect for face, lips, hands and anywhere that needs frequent SPF top-ups. One quick swipe delivers high protection in a non-greasy disappearing formula.

Decongesting toner

6% Mandelic + 2% Lactic Acid Exfoliant

Paula’s Choice 6% Mandelic + 2% Lactic Acid Exfoliant
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Akin to her iconic older sister, the BHA, this liquid exfoliant boasts a combo of alpha hydroxy acids for gentle yet effective resurfacing. Skin texture? We don’t know her.

Makeup remover

Le Make Off Balm Makeup Remover

Ulé Le Make Off Balm Makeup Remover
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Jam-packed with soothing colloidal oatmeal and replenishing wheat ceramides, this tackles the toughest mascaras without upsetting skin. It’s so gentle, it’s like a kitten is licking off your makeup (well, what we’d imagine it to feel like anyway…).

Detox face mask

Cherry Dub Blah 5% AHA Face Mask

Fenty Skin Cherry Dub Blah 5% AHA Face Mask
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‘Blah blah blah’, is what you’ll be saying to anyone who tries to convince you of a more texture-smoothing, clarifying face mask. ‘Tis a cherry-scented jelly of dreams.

Rich moisturiser

Bio-Active Ceramide Repairing and Plumping Moisturiser

The Inkey List Bio-Active Ceramide Repairing and Plumping Moisturiser

Now 25% Off

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It soothes, it hydrates, it restores; this nourishing formula is like rehab for intensely dry or compromised skin. Rich without being heavy, it’s the perfect indulgent treat after a long day in the sun.

Firming serum

KateCeuticals SuperCell Rejuvenation Serum

Kate Somerville KateCeuticals SuperCell Rejuvenation Serum
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This genius serum contains a vegan stem cell complex that works to stimulate your own collagen production abilities, boosting skin elasticity and firmness. Plant-derived squalane gives a huge moisture hit as well.

Face tanning serum

Beautiful Skin Island Glow Easy Tanning Drops

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Island Glow Easy Tanning Drops
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Of course Charlotte Tilbury would concoct the most flawless, golden, goddess-like tanning serum – is there anything she doesn’t know about glowy skin? Moisturising, plumping and smoothing = everything you need.

Blemish treatment

In-Patch Hydrocolloid Blemish Patches

Indeed Labs In-Patch Hydrocolloid Blemish Patches
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These ​​hydrocolloid patches are no match for your summer breakout. Not only do they prevent you from picking, but the niacinamide and tea tree oil blend also draw out any impurities and speeds up the healing process.

Lip balm

Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Rescue Ointment

Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Rescue Ointment
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Oh, sugar, sugar – you are my candy girl… and a scientifically proven ingredient that provides long-lasting hydration. Pucker up because your pout will have never looked so good!

Mattifying face SPF

BHA + Niacinamide Daily UV SPF50

Garnier BHA + Niacinamide Daily UV SPF50
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Niacinamide? In a face SPF? Yes, please! We’re not only protecting our skin from the sun, but treating fine lines and texture with a mattifying effect, too. Pores, be gone!

Barrier repair cream

Bora Barrier Repair Cream

Drunk Elephant Bora Barrier Repair Cream
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If you’re in need of some urgent barrier repair (read: you’ve gone overboard with the active ingredients… we’ve all been there), try this rich, velvety and highly nourishing cream.

Repairing serum

Cellular Hydration Barrier Repair Serum

Murad Cellular Hydration Barrier Repair Serum
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Permanently dry skin? It’s time to take a look at your skin barrier. This serum restores damage by emulating barrier-strengthening peptides that reduce water loss​ – it’s a serious hydration injection for stubbornly parched skin.

Calming skin balm

Advanced Repair Ointment

CeraVe Advanced Repair Ointment

Now 20% Off

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This is basically a comfort blanket for your complexion, with ceramides and hyaluronic acid to target peeling or chapped skin, dab onto the troublesome spots and the SOS balm offers instant relief.

Dark spot treatment

Bright Reveal Dark Spot Exfoliant Peel

L’Oréal Paris Bright Reveal Dark Spot Exfoliant Peel
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Introducing the ‘snake peel’ effect… This DIY weekly peel treatment helps shed away the dead skin cells that no longer serve us to reveal a new, refreshed complexion.

Moisturising face mask

Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask

LANEIGE Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask

Now 10% Off

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Famous for their epic moisturising lip mask, Laneige has channeled all that good stuff into a skin-soothing, dewy, complexion-plumping overnight face mask. Obsessed, doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Brightening face mask

The Miracle Mask Resurfacing Glow-Up Mask

Mantle The Miracle Mask Resurfacing Glow-Up Mask
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A powerhouse of in-cred-ible ingredients, there’s gently exfoliating mandelic acid (AHA), brightening lactobionic acid (PHA), soothing marshmallow root extract and moisturising panthenol. It’s another level glow booster.

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Body

Self tan

Prep-Set-Tan Mousse

Iconic London Prep-Set-Tan Mousse

Available in two shades (a light sunkiss or a deeper bronze), this golden formula with vegan tanning agents gives the most natural-looking glow. There’s nothing better – except maybe two weeks on a sun lounger.

Instant self tan

Instant Tan Cream Dark

Bali Body Instant Tan Cream Dark

Fancy extending that summer glow for a couple of months? Yep, we see you. Bali Body’s creamy decadent instant tan is a winner for giving a deep bronze glow in seconds.

Sun cream

Ideal Bronze Milk-In Spray SPF50

Garnier Ideal Bronze Milk-In Spray SPF50

Now 50% Off

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Can sun cream ever be sexy? If so, allow us to intro you to the sexiest sun spritz there ever was. It packs in SPF 50 plus contains hydrating vitamin E for silky, not sticky, skin.

Bath Soak

Perfect Night's Sleep Wellbeing Soak

Neom Perfect Night’s Sleep Wellbeing Soak

Packed to the brim with mind-soothing essential oils like lavender, chamomile and patchouli, this calming bath oil is the ultimate pre-bedtime treat. Just dreamy.

Rich body cream

Delicia Drench™ Body Butter

Sol De Janiero Delicia Drench™ Body Butter

Thick and whipped, this cream is super sumptuous and the perfect antidote for summer skin that has become increasingly dry due to sun, sea and sand.

Body lotion

Sunlit Clementine & Vetiver Lotion

Molton Brown Sunlit Clementine & Vetiver Lotion

As if walking through a Mediterranean field of clementine trees, this lightweight yet hydrating and deliciously scented body lotion will carry summer throughout your beauty routine year-round.

Shower cream

Almond Delicious Shower Cream

L’Occitane Almond Delicious Shower Cream

Smelling good enough to eat, this left limbs feeling quenched and refreshed. The unique whipped foam-like texture is like nothing we’ve tried before and brings a welcomed boujiness to your ‘everything shower’ routine.

Shower gel

Peppermint Invigorating Shower Gel

The Body Shop Peppermint Invigorating Shower Gel

Whether you’re hot and sweaty from the gym or from trying to get to sleep in sweltering temps, this shower gel cools as it cleanses. Win, win.

Body oil

The Geranium Rose Body Oil

Augustinus Bader The Geranium Rose Body Oil

Leaving skin as supple as a baby’s bottom, this luxe body oil is the secret to self-care. Natural geranium and rose infusions make for ultimate relaxation and nourishment.

Lightweight body cream

Eight Hour Hydrating Body Lotion

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Hydrating Body Lotion

If you’re after the kind of hydration that you can slather on and still pull on jeans immediately, you need to try this new addition to the 8 Hour Cream family.

Body scrub

The Essential Exfoliant

Estrid The Essential Exfoliant

A smart body buffer if ever we saw one, this has both physical and chemical exfoliating ingredients, plus nourishing avocado oil, to leave skin feeling silky smooth. Oh, and it’s under a tenner!

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Makeup

Matte finish foundation

Soft'lit Naturally Luminous Foundation

Fenty Soft’lit Naturally Luminous Foundation
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Love the matte coverage and durability of Fenty’s OG foundation but wish it was a tiny bit glowier? Your prayers have been answered with this velvety-but-luminous formula. Plus, you won’t be disappointed with the brand’s iconic extensive shade range.

Dewy finish foundation

Skin Silk Serum Foundation

Revolution Skin Silk Serum Foundation
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After a ‘your skin but better’ foundation effect? This peptide-rich formula comes in 20 shades, is seamless to blend and feels like you’re not wearing a scrap of makeup. Luminous healthy-looking skin for just over a tenner, ah-mazing.

Satin finish foundation

Camo Hydrating CC Cream

e.l.f. Camo Hydrating CC Cream
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Packed with skin goodies like vitamin B5 and hyaluronic acid, this offers way, way more than just coverage (which btw, is glowy and full). Expect bright, even skin in seconds.

Lengthening mascara

Wonder’Bond Bonding Serum Mascara

Rimmel Wonder’Bond Bonding Serum Mascara
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Forgot to apply your lash serum? Thankfully, the clever folks over at Rimmel have combined all the good stuff to moisturise, strengthen and reduce lash loss in their new length-boosting mascara.

Lifting mascara

Lash Sculpt Mascara

Refy Lash Sculpt Mascara
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This ground-breaking brush may look a little phallic, but don’t get distracted from the super-natural long lash result that holds up your lashes like scaffolding, with no transfer.

Volumising mascara

Volume Million Lashes Panorama Mascara

L’Oreal Paris Volume Million Lashes Panorama Mascara
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Fuller, thicker lashes without huge clumps? Sounds suss. But this mascara really does give the appearance of bigger, more fanned-out lashes in a couple of strokes.

Glow-booster

Forever Glow Star Filter

DIOR Forever Glow Star Filter
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You know when you’ve had a facial, eight hours of sleep, and a vitamin-packed smoothie? Yeah, us neither. Thankfully, Dior has concocted a clever way to fake healthy glowying skin, with this stunning-but-subtle illuminating base.

Lip-plumping gloss

PhD Hybrid Lip Glaze Plumping Lip Gloss

Haus Labs PhD Hybrid Lip Glaze Plumping Lip Gloss
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Gone are the days of ouch-inducing lip volumisers, this creamy, plumping gloss is made with a clever complex that gives tingle-free fullness. Oh, and there are six dreamy shades to choose from.

Full-pigment lip gloss

Duck Plump Lip Gloss

NYX Professional Makeup Duck Plump Lip Gloss
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While most of the best lip glosses are clear or tinted, NYX has nailed a richly pigmented glossy liquid lip that still fires up that pout. Bye-bye layering!

Sheer lip gloss

2000 Calorie Lip Glaze Full Shine Lip Gloss

MaxFactor 2000 Calorie Lip Glaze Full Shine Lip Gloss
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Non-sticky, high-shine, suuuuper moisturising, and a stunning subtle shade selection. What more could you ask for from a new lip gloss? This is fast becoming our most-reached-for product.

Eyeshadow palette

Moondust Quad Space Rider

Urban Decay Moondust Quad Space Rider
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As its namesake would suggest, this galactic quad of shadows are as ultra-shimmery on the lid as they are in the pan. Get your spacesuit because we’re taking a trip ‘outta this world.

Bold lipstick

Signature Lip Mattes

Merit Signature Lip Mattes
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Delivering a velvety pout in just one swipe, this balmy formula is packed with hyaluronic acid, so your lips won’t look shriveled by lunch. They’re comfy to wear and the shine-less finish provides a hint of colour without appearing too ‘done’.

Tinted moisturiser

BB Burst Tinted Gel Cream

Kosas BB Burst Tinted Gel Cream
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No need to be baffled by the BB, bb, because this skingredient-packed formula is upping the tinted moisturiser game. What’s not to love about buildable coverage with a feather-light feel?

Setting powder

London Extraordinary Setting Powder

Ciaté London Extraordinary Setting Powder
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Think powders are cakey? Think again. This fine loose formula contains vitamin C and niacinamide to perfectly brighten tired peepers and set your concealer at the same time—no creasing to see here.

Lip & cheek stain

Cooling Water Jelly Tint

Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint

So enticing that half of TikTok has actually tried biting them, these cool-to-touch jelly-textured tints provide a splash of colour that really does stay put all day (and night!).

Sheer lipstick

The Kissu Lip Tints

Tatcha The Kissu Lip Tints
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These might be the most luxe lippies we’ve ever tried… From the sleek, fancy packaging to the cushiony, moisture-packed formula, they glide across lips leaving a smooth, full wash of beautiful colour.

Glowy blush

Illuminance Gel Serum Blush

Revlon Illuminance Gel Serum Blush

Now 20% Off

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The hydrating formula leaves a glowy, soft-focus effect behind on skin, it’s fuss-free to blend and buildable, so you can turn up the heat on your blush with ease.

Bronzer

Sun & Done Smooth-Gliding Bronzer Stick

Morphe Sun & Done Smooth-Gliding Bronzer Stick

These melt into skin so beautifully, in clever tones for shadow and glow. Build up the colour, or keep it really natural, they’re perfect for on-the-go radiance top-ups.

Hydrating primer

Revitalessence Skin Glow Primer

Shiseido Revitalessence Skin Glow Primer
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24-hour hydration? Sign us up. Apply to make bare skin look more even or as a glowy canvas for foundation. We were impressed with how soft this made our skin feel and how well it locked in our base.

Long-wear brow setter

Brow Freeze Gel

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Gel
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This baby is perfect for brushing brows up without flattening them, for a full and bushy look. Plus no crusting or flaking come 5pm (or 5am for the party girlies).

Long-wear primer

Yummy Skin Water Powder Serum

Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Water Powder Serum

Now 20% Off

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Control shine and create the best base for makeup to withstand any temps with this super unique watery formula that sets like a silky powder. Pure genius.

Liquid eyeliner

Kitten Flick Liquid Eyeliner

Lisa Eldridge Kitten Flick Liquid Eyeliner
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With a nib as fine as a cat’s whisker, it’s effortless to create a sharp wing with a flick of the wrist. The pen is ultra-flexible, giving you maximum control, and allowing you to get into every nook of the eye area.

Lip liner

Shape & Sculpt Lip Liner

Hourglass Shape & Sculpt Lip Liner
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Somehow this matte liner glides on super creamy with no snagging, but then doesn’t budge or smudge at allllll? It’s witchcraft, but it’s good magic.

Lip crayon

Powermatte High Intensity Lip Pencil

NARS Powermatte High Intensity Lip Pencil
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This is not the matte you know. The longwear finish never looks dry and the clever shape means you can line and fill with one product. Basically half price #GirlMath.

Lip oil

Honey Infused Lip Oil

GISOU Honey Infused Lip Oil
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Yes, this features Mirsalehi honey and is a nourishing treat for the lips. But OMFG they’re SO pretty, on your lips and in the tube. The sparkling Watermelon Sugar is art.

Brow definer

Precisely My Brow Detailer Micro-Fine Pencil

Benefit Precisely My Brow Detailer Micro-Fine Pencil
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The cult pencil’s new 0.8mm companion is the smallest on the market, with a clever teeny plastic protective tube surrounding the tip, which retracts to allow the ultra-fine strokes.

Under-eye concealer

Slip Tint Radiant All-Over Concealer

Saie Slip Tint Radiant All-Over Concealer
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Designed for brightening, this radiant medium-coverage concealer delivers the fresh, glowy undereye rescue of a lightweight option, despite the added oomph of coverage.

Full coverage concealer

Surrealskin™ Awakening Concealer

Makeup By Mario Surrealskin™ Awakening Concealer
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Mr Dedivanovic certainly snapped with this launch. Available in 22 shades, you can forgo your foundation this summer and use this for pinpoint concealing that actually lasts.

False lashes

Underlash Salon Lash Extension Kit - Wispy

Eylure Underlash Salon Lash Extension Kit – Wispy
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Hitting the trifecta of falsies innovations, this kit of cluster lashes comes with seven-day glue, and is designed for the viral (and genius) under lash technique for invisible wear.

Press on nails

XPress/On Nails

OPI XPress/On Nails
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Too impatient to wait for your nails to dry? We got you. These press-on kits feature 30 nails of varying sizes are fuss-free to apply, require no filing to make them fit and can last up to two weeks. Acrylics, eat your heart out.

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Haircare

Scalp detoxifier

The Crown Fix Serum

STRAAND The Crown Fix Serum
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Itchy, flaky scalp begone! This light, easy-to-apply serum relieves scalp issues and restores the skin’s microbiome. A total must-have for healthy hair growth.

Heat protection spray

Blow Dry Spray

Not only does this spray protect strands from hot tools, but it also delivers invisible nourishment. Saturate from root to ends and activate with heat to reveal a super-shiny finish.

Hair oil

Love Me Do Nourishing Oil

Hair By Sam McKnight Love Me Do Nourishing Oil
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Heat + oil + summer doesn’t sound like a winning formula for your hair but I promise, smoothing this lightweight formula will leave it glistening and more importantly, frizz-free.

Volume spray

Dryspun Texture Spray Light

Bumble & Bumble Dryspun Texture Spray Light
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If the hair assignment is amplified body and tousled texture, this air-light spray gets an A* grade. Plus, its UV protection shields strands from sun damage! 10s across the board.

Dry shampoo

AirWash Dry Shampoo

Excuse the oxymoron but this liquid dry shampoo is like nothing ever before. By the sweat (soz) of its ‘brow, AirWash’s grease-busting technology is the ultimate lazy girl hair saviour.

Detox shampoo

Clarifying Detox Shampoo

Living Proof Clarifying Detox Shampoo
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Whether it’s a sweaty scalp or gel build-up from multiple days of a slicked-back bun, this shampoo cleanses it all away without totally stripping moisture from the hair and scalp.

Curly wash duo

Bonding Curls Shampoo & Conditioner

Redken Bonding Curls Shampoo & Conditioner

The popular Acidic Bonding Concentrate line is extending with curly and coily specific products, and they work wonders repairing and supporting your pattern. Expect a drastic curl revamp.

Moisturising hair wash duo

Hydrating Shampoo & Moisturizing Deep Conditioner

Cécred Hydrating Shampoo & Moisturizing Deep Conditioner

As if we needed another reason to love Beyoncé… This uber-nourishing shampoo and deep conditioner can transform even the driest of strands and leave them silk-like.

Lightweight conditioning mask

The Liquid Glossing Hair Treatment Water

Ffør The Liquid Glossing Hair Treatment Water

Silicone-free and 100% vegan, this conditioning water can be rinsed over lengths (post-shampoo) to give super-dull, dry locks a new lease of life in just eight seconds.

Deep conditioning mask

Baomint Deep Conditioning Treatment

Adwoa Baomint Deep Conditioning Treatment

Crispy curls and coils are not it, so we need to be renourishing our strands on the regs. This treatment is packed with goodness like shea butter, rosemary oil and baobab oil.

Hair repairing serum

Damage Reverse Serum

Virtue Damage Reverse Serum
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The light cream-to-serum formula is infused with peptides to repair fried strands with hair-mimicking proteins – seriously high-tech stuff. Expect to see enviable glass-like hair in no time, with split ends nowhere in sight.

Leave-in smoothing cream

Lamellar Shine Cream

Tresemmé Lamellar Shine Cream

Now 50% Off

Loaded with Coconut and Macadamia Oils, yet still incredibly lightweight and non-greasy, this leave-in cream gives lengths a ridiculous amount of glossy, mirror-like shine.

Hair gel

The Headliner Modern Definition Gel

Arkive The Headliner Modern Definition Gel
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Bringing the best out of natural curls and making egg-head hair chic again, this gel works for all hair types and textures. Think: definition without crunch and style without flakes.

Curl definer

Super Shine & Define Curl Custard

Clean Curls Super Shine & Define Curl Custard
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This non-sticky, non-flaking custard gives curls easy hold and definition plus the added benefit of aloe vera juice helps to strengthen strands.

Colour refreshing gloss

Acidic Color Gloss Treatment

Redken Acidic Color Gloss Treatment
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Colour fade is real, especially during the summer. This salon-quality treatment helps to restore the mirror-like shine that you left your colourist’s chair with.

Shine-boosting treatment

Elvive Glycolic Gloss Treatment

L’Oréal Paris Elvive Glycolic Gloss Treatment
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Nope, glycolic isn’t just excellent in your skincare routine, this new rinse-off treatment proves it can also help give us our smoothest wash day yet.

Hydrating hair serum

Premiére Repairing Anti-Frizz Serum

Kérastase Premiére Repairing Anti-Frizz Serum
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Use as instructed pre-styling to seal and fill the hair, as well as for heat protection. But, wow, put a bit in your dry frizzy ends and watch splits disappear.

Pre-shampoo treatment

Metal Detox Pre-Shampoo

L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Pre-Shampoo

Now 10% Off

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Adding to the much-adored patented detoxifying range this pre-treatment breaks down metal particles that can trigger colour change and breakage.

Hair accessory innovation

Diffuse Sweat Headband

Gymshark Diffuse Sweat Headband

No more planning workouts around your hairstyles to avoid sweating them out. Plus it can stretch to accommodate braids and locs and can fold out to cover the whole head.

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Fragrance

Floral

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense

Jo Malone London Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense

A summer holiday in a bottle, this floral number mixes vibrant red hibiscus, sweet vanilla and fragrant jasmine. Expect to be transported to a tropical sandy beach with fresh sea air in just one spritz (well, almost).

Sweet

Mood Ring Eau De Parfum

PHLUR Mood Ring Eau De Parfum

With notes of ‘fruit gummies’, this is one for those with a sweet tooth. The amber in the mix adds a sophisticated twist and means it dries down to a very tasteful nostalgic sweet escape, without being sickly.

Fresh

Miss Dior Eau de Parfum

DIOR Miss Dior Eau de Parfum

Now 15% Off

This iconic scent has had a revamp, thanks to one Francis Kurkdjian (AKA, the nose behind Baccarat Rouge). The mandarin, jasmine and woody amber notes combine for a fresh scent that makes us feel like we’re forest bathing.

Fruity

Black Opium Over Red Eau de Parfum

YSL Black Opium Over Red Eau de Parfum

Now 16% Off

With black coffee and bursts of cherry, this is the evolution of the OG’s It Girl, into glamorous aunt. The young, forever-cool, rich aunt with no kids aka Kendall Jenner.

Woody

Vanille Fatale Eau de Parfum

Tom Ford Vanille Fatale Eau de Parfum

This unisex fragrance feels like the seduction of a sultry nightcap. Roasted barley, coffee and frangipani may sound like your grandma’s pantry, but it’s actually boozy, luxe, delicious and *so* indulgent.

Spicy

Nomade Nuit d’Egypte Eau de Parfum

Chloé Nomade Nuit d’Egypte Eau de Parfum

Powerful notes of myrrh blended with the warm scents of cinnamon and ginger make for a sensory delight. A few spritzes are guaranteed to spice up any room.

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Tools & Tech

Blow-dry styler

Airstrait™ straightener

Dyson Airstrait™ straightener

Dyson have done it again… They’ve created a one-of-a-kind hair straightener that uses air instead of hot plates to smooth strands – so you don’t have to worry about the damage, it’s a game-changer guys.

Hair Dryer

BaByliss 2300 Styler Dryer

Babyliss BaByliss 2300 Styler Dryer

This powerful dryer tackles all hair types with its 122 km/h airspeed, so we spend less time drying our hair and more time getting people to feel how smooth it is.

Multi-purpose hair styler

ONE Straight & Curl Styler

Remington ONE Straight & Curl Styler

Now 50% Off

Can’t decide if you want beachy waves or pin-straight strands? We got you. Not only is this a really, really great hair straightener, but flick a switch and the barrel clips together into a curling wand. Just, wow.

Facial cleansing device

Sonic Thermo Facial Brush & Face-Lifter

Geske Sonic Thermo Facial Brush & Face-Lifter

You can get the deepest of cleanses thanks to this device’s warming pore-opening tech. It’s teamed with microcurrent pulses to lift and stimulate the skin – trust us, it’ll become the hardest working tool on your shelfie.

Hair straightener

Chronos

No, seriously this is your sleekest hair ever. Thanks to some nifty new tech (erm, hello, unparalleled heat monitoring accuracy) you can get smooth, shiny hair with just one pass.

IPL hair removal device

Skin i·Expert, Pro 7

Braun Skin i·Expert, Pro 7

Now 56% Off

If you’re after a hairless summer (your body hair, your choice), an IPL device is the way to go. This cleverly communicates with an app on your phone to tell you when you’re doing it right (or wrong) and sends you reminders so you don’t forget your next sesh.

Facial tool innovation

KIWI™ Derma

FOREO KIWI™ Derma

Now 26% Off

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What do you get when you combine the suction of a vacuum with microdermabrasion technology? Why, rich in collagen, firm, fresh and radiant-looking skin, ofc! Suck and glow, friends.



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