Say hello to the next-gen multi-use balm and blush. Sensorial scalp scrub, which benefits your hair, and an affordable night cream with exosomes that is rich and buttery. Here are April’s hottest beauty launches that cover all budgets and needs, by editor Trudi Brewer.
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Roberto Cavalli Signature Verde Assoluto, $114
The contrast of fresh citrus and heady white florals with warm woods helps you hold onto that fresh summer feeling from the first spritz. This unisex scent boasts fresh bergamot and mandarin, a hint of pink pepper, and creamy honeysuckle, gardenia, and tuberose. A creamy praline accord softens the base of cedarwood and sandalwood. It’s the perfect juxtaposition of a tart, woody, floral scent.
MALIN+GOETZ All-Purpose Moisture Balm, from $39
The timing of this multi-purpose balm could not be better with winter looming. Made with the richest plant oils, meadowfoam, sunflower and plum seed butter, its nourishing benefits are endless. To hydrate dry patches, chapped lips, rough cuticles, and calm frizzy hair, the solid formula melts into skin to become a lightweight, dry-touch oil that won't leave a sticky residue.
We love multi-benefit beauty buys, and this new glow-giver is a stunner. For cheeks and lids, it lights up the skin with its clever wet-pressed powder, leaving a glistening, yet stay-put finish. The formula is both pretty and stacked with antioxidant-rich passion fruit, hydrating skin at the same time. There are five shades, pictured here: a blue pink called Opaline.
Another multi-use beauty buy, for lips and cheeks, comes in an ultra-smooth crayon. The formula melts on lips to deliver a balmy burst of comfortable colour with just enough shine. There are 12 twinkling colours, including some of MAC’s iconic shades, such as Chandelier, Lightning Bug, Candy Yum Yummy and Gem Stone. You can wear this hybrid balm alone, over lipsticks, or on high points of your face as a dazzling highlighter. Pictured here: Cosmic Plum.
This affordable face cream has five billion biomimetic exosomes. What’s that? Dubbed tiny ‘nutrient couriers’ that know exactly where to go to repair ageing skin, they are made from a blend of microalgae, with skin-smoothing and renewing benefits. Niacinamide, or vitamin B3, helps brighten skin and strengthen its barrier, and a blend of Shea butter, macadamia, and jojoba seed oils makes it rich and buttery. It has an almond-icing-like scent that is fresh and comforting without being overpowering. But it’s the nourishing texture that is surprisingly lightweight; it sinks in fast and leaves a soft film on the skin that stays put for eight hours. It promises to help you ‘wake up to bouncy, deeply replenished skin,’ and I can confidently say it exceeds those expectations.
Scalp care is the new skincare. This sensorial detox scrub was created to encourage healthy hair. It’s your pre-shampoo treatment that gently exfoliates the build-up of styling products, dry shampoo, and flaky skin to revive hair roots and boost growth. That is thanks to the biotin and rosemary essential oil, which hydrates and leaves your scalp feeling fresh and invigorated. With no nasties, this formula is silicone-, sulphate-, paraben-, and cruelty-free.
If in doubt about colour, a coral blush is a versatile, universally flattering shade that mimics a natural, healthy flush. And who doesn’t want that when that summer glow is beginning to fade from the skin? The pearlescent texture of this powder blush combines the illumination of a highlighter with soft colour. It’s a serum-powder hybrid texture thanks to golden seaweed extract that hydrates skin and makes the powder blend effortlessly, and wear for up to 16 hours. There are seven shades, pictured here: True Faith.
That cover all the bases.