This month, the latest launches came with the intention to get you primed for the festive season. Featuring powders and creams to make you glow, scents to refresh your mind, hair tools to prep you for parties and haircare to reset your scalp when it’s all over, here are our picks we think you should add to your vanity bag.
Hourglass Cosmetics | Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Collection
Every year, Hourglass Cosmetics partners with artists, releasing limited-edition collections right in time for the holiday season, called the Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked. This year’s collection is in collaboration with global tattoo artist Sasha Unisex. Unveiling four palettes, each with its own vivid watercolour-esque design of nature in motion, the palettes are a mix of Hourglass Cosmetics’ bestsellers as well as new shades for the season.
A mix of highlighters, blushes, and bronzers, all set to get you that lit-from-within glow for the festive season, the Deer palette comes with cool tones mixed with warm pinky hues, while the Swan palette comes in bright peach, bold coral pink, and plum-berry shades mixed with a golden shimmer and matte bronzer. The other two palettes, Fox and Horse, are both warm with rich shades, with Fox featuring coral, terracotta, and berry tones as well as a matte bronze and golden shimmer and Horse featuring plum, peony, and warm rose tones and a shimmery champagne and golden bronze to create that sun-kissed glow.
Huda Beauty | Blush Filter Palette
Huda Beauty has finally released a powder blush for the matte makeup lovers! Coming in three palettes, the Blush Filter Palette features three velvety-matte powders that are buildable and rich in colour payoff as well as a blushlighter shade—aka a blush with a highlighting effect that makes the flush look dreamy and ethereal. The palettes come in Rose Berry, a mix of rose tones, Toasty Peach, which features peachy shades, and Baby Pink, which says it all in the name. They can be layered or used to set cream blushes in place, but just keep in mind that the colour payoff is intense, so if not careful, you might get accused of blush blindness.
Catrice | Melted Sun Cream Bronzer
With cool breezes and the possibility of rainy days in the region, Catrice has found a way to make sun-kissed skin still a thing. Their Melted Sun Cream Bronzer feel just like how it sounds—a silky, creamy texture that melts into your skin, giving off a golden hue. Although it’s a cream, it has a powder-like finish, giving off a natural look perfect for the no-makeup makeup days.
ghd | Chronos Curve collection
The latest by ghd, the Chronos Curve collection is a series of hair tools designed to style your hair while protecting it from extreme heat damage. If you’re wondering how that’s possible, it’s because the Chronos tools are engineered with advanced curl-responsive technology, basically maintaining the heat so your hair doesn’t get fried. This also means the curls come out frizz-free and with some extra shine, making them bouncy and luminous. The collection features two professional wands and two professional tongs, all with different hair goals in mind. The Max Wand RRP is specifically for those with long hair, while the Conical Wand RRP features a unique tapered barrel for natural-looking beach waves. The Classic Tong RRP is more for defined waves, think old money aesthetic or the classic Hollywood style. Whereas the Grand Tong RRP is for big, bouncy curls that are full of volume à la Sabrina Carpenter.
L’Occitane en Provence | Signature Advent Calendar
Whether you’re looking to gift a loved one or yourself, L’Occitane en Provence has made gift-giving a treat regardless. Launching their annual Advent calendar just before Mariah Carey starts singing, the calendar this year is shaped like a cosy home and filled to the brim with L’Occitane en Provence goodies. From signature scents to the cult-favourite Almond range, the is the perfect gift for anyone looking to discover L’Occitane en Provence or indulge in it while counting down to Christmas.
Valentino | Born in Roma Hair & Body Collection
An extension of the iconic Born in Roma fragrance, this scented body shimmer and perfumed hair and body mist make the ideal trio if you’re looking to layer the sweet, feminine fragrance. The Born in Roma Perfumed Body Shimmer is a makeup-skincare-fragrance hybrid that hydrates the skin with hyaluronic acid while leaving behind a subtle glow and a scent trail of Born in Roma. Whereas the Born in Roma Perfumed Hair & Body Mist is a weightless mist enriched with argan oil, leaving the hair behind with a beautiful shine and, of course, the addictive Born in Roma scent.
Gucci | Glow Skin Tint
Dry skin days are on their way, so to have a skincare-makeup hybrid like this moisturising skin tint is handy. Formulated with hyaluronic acid, bakuchiol, and liquorice root extract, the tint pulls a double-duty shift with light but buildable coverage as well as skincare benefits to radiate and even out the skintone. Coming in 20 shades and a lightweight, almost gel-like texture, it’s an easy grab and go for busy days.
Juliette Has a Gun | Powder Love
For those who love their scents to be mouthwatering and sugary sweet, Powder Love recreates the high from falling in love, opening with notes of Marshmallow and Cotton Candy. It follows into notes of Sugared Almond and Orange Blossom and dries down to a grounded base of Tonka Bean and Musk. The dry down is smooth and powdery, making this fragrance extremely light and feminine.
Gisou | Honey Infused Lip Oil
Gisou’s lip oils have been all the rage on social media this past year. Now, releasing three new shades for the colder months, the hype is back. Vanilla Glaze is a cool light pink, reminiscent of a glazed doughnut, Sticky Toffee is a delicious caramel, and Milky Mocha is Gisou joining in on the chocolate brown trend. With a generous shine, each new shade comes with Gisou’s signature skincare blend, making the lips feel as good as they look.
OUAI | Healthy Hair Is On The OUAI Holiday Kit
Just like our skin, our hair can also dry out during the colder months. What’s worse, with the festive season, our hair goes through multiple styling sessions i.e. heat damage and tons of product. This kit gives hair that reset with a Detox Shampoo, taking care of all that gunk and a Scalp Serum, restoring the hair’s natural shine.
