.jpg?auto=format,compress&w=728&h=486&fit=crop)
It’s a work smarter, not harder kind of Beauty News month. There’s multi-tasking concoctions, and heavy-lifting sheet masks and face sprays that make you wonder how you lived before they came into your beauty cabinet.
Plus, a bunch of 2-in-1 and muti-tasking heroes that atone us for yesteryear’s 4-in-1 shampoo.
This candy-box of a Beauty News round up is yours to dig into.
Got It Covered
Life Proof Satin Blur Foundation 30ml | $42.00
Image credit: Mecca Max | Supplied
It’s the kind of foundation that makes you skip concealer altogether. Lifeproof Satin Blur—Mecca Max’s newest beauty—is the heavy-lifting all rounder we all aspire to be.
Spanning 40 shades (where literally every undertone is accounted for,) the light, medium-coverage and matte-leaning formula supports hydration with raspberry seed oil and hyaluronic acid.
The coverage is just as impressive. One pump delivers plenty of product, and a little bit glides a long, long way. It’s a pretty generous 20ml, so we’re anticipating this bad boy to stay in our beauty rotation for a while.
Our tip? Start your application with a brush, before patting in the rest with your fingers to dial up the blur.
Glow-Getter
Revlon Colorstay Face & Body Glow Lotion | $24.99
Image credit: Revlon | Website
Revlon’s new Colorstay Face & Body Glow Lotion is, well, anything you want it to be. More sparkly than pearly, it’s a pocket-rocket that delivers a warm metallic tint of your choosing.
It’s a highlight for both your cheekbones and decolletage. It’s a bodyshimmer that won’t send sparkle particles into your clothing fibres or airways. It’s even a luminescent base to the most matte of foundations (try it thank us later).
Or, if you so wish, it’s a throwback to a Rarotongan holiday, courtesy of its coconut scent.
Raaie Of Sunshine
Tranquillity Water Activating Mist | $139.00
Image credit: Raaie | Supplied
It’s the facial spray that made us blurt out an expletive. Seriously. A spritz and a squiz into the mirror later, we were gobsmacked with our reflection: firmer skin, plumped texture and visibly faded forehead lines.
Scanning the back of the bottle is just as joyful. Multi-weight hyaluronic acid, antimicrobial kawakawa leaves, skin-signal mimicking peptides, mānuka water, a gentle exfoliant (Gluconolactone, PHA) and marine bioactives all call Raaie’s Tranquillity Water Activating Mist bottle home.
Plus, it purveys the most even and angelicly fine mist we’ve ever tried. It’s official, our Raaie skincare fanclub subscription is renewed.
Tinted Love
Rimmel London | Blur it Out Mattifying Skin Tint
Image credit: Rimmel | Website
Finding a mattifying skin tint is like finding a pair of jeans. A colossal chore. So allow us to make it simple: head to your local Chemist Warehouse, beeline for Rimmels’ new Blur it Out Mattifying Skin Tint and pick your shade just by looking (yes, it’s that easy—there’s 16 shades, all visible through the tube).
The fluid buffs seamlessly into your skin, melding skin tones and pores as it goes. Plus, it’s ultra buildable. Though, trust us, one layer does the trick.
Lanolin Loving
LANOCRÈME Originals Sheet Mask with Vitamin E | $9.99
Image credit: Lanocrème | Website
Two things our skin always needs—Lanolin and Vitamin E—come together in sheet mask form thanks to Canterbury-based Lanocrème (though you’ll find them in any good Chemist Warehouse.) They’re bamboo-based, and leave your skin impossibly soft thanks to its Premium Grade New Zealand Lanolin and concoction of green tea extract, hyaluronic acid and Vitamin E. Plus, just look at that mask-per-pack price breakdown, would you?
Dripped Out
Magic Drip Lipgloss | $39.00
Image credit: Mecca | Supplied
Give us high-octane glitter, and you’ll always have our heart. Case in point, Half Magic Drip Lipgloss in Dreamie Genie: a new cosmic purple lip confection that looks straight out of a Y2K music video.
Bright lilac in the bottle, and a warm sparkling glow on your lips, it’s equal parts lip gloss and magic trick.
Let it Roc
RoC Derm Correxion Firming Serum Stick | $77.99
Image credit: RoC | Supplied
While not quite a crystal ball, the perfect wee dome of RoC’s Derm Correxion Firming Serum Stick is somewhat of a glimpse into your skin’s future: lifted, firm, contoured. You see, this new retinol product is all about delivering fast-absorbing advanced retinol (and firming THPE and antioxidants) to keep skin youthful. Plus, it’s ruddy easy to smooth across your neck, face and back of hands.
Building Barriers
Verso Barrier Strengthening Cream | $118
Image credit: Mecca | Supplied
It’s winter, and you know what that means: a wafer-thin skin barrier. Stop the thinning right in its tracks—or beat it to the chase—with the Barrier Strengthening Cream from Verso at Mecca. For something so functional, this cream feels oh-so luxurious.
Our pro tip? Smooth a thick layer on the sides of your nose to soothe it from allergies, tissue-induced damage, or simply the toll of cool weather. Rudolph nose, be gone.
Girl With The Pearl Fragrance
From Nina Eau De Parfum | $98
Image credit: From Nina | Website
Aotearoa, we’ve got ourselves a new favourite fragrance range. Masters of chic and delicious candles, From Nina, are rebooting with Eau De Parfum front-and-centre. Cult-favourite scent Patisserie has made the list (thank goodness, there would have been riots,) with ‘Blanc Cedar’ and Pearl rounding out the trio.
We hear the latter is a take on their also-iconic Pink Salt Perfumed Candle. Inviting, salty, and floral in all the right ways. You’ll want to gatekeep this one—but the string of compliments you’ll get while wearing it might make that tricky.
Sugar Lips
Super Lustrous Glimmer Lip Oil | $20
Image credit: Revlon | Supplied
Revlon’s latest lip creation is basically dessert in a tube. Seriously, the Super Lustrous Glimmer Lip Oil colours look like they’ve been lifted straight from a gelato cart. Translucent fairy-floss pink Candy Hearts, grape-jelly-esque Plum Pop and our maraschino cherry favourite, the Glow Mama. As for the texture, the oil is equal parts smooth and shiny.
It’s basically a buffet, except nothing’s sticky.
Strong Bonds
Bumble and Bumble Triple Bond Flash Rinse | $73
Image credit: MECCA | Supplied
The Triple Bond Flash Rinse is kind of everyone’s best shower date. It does everything. Sure, it’s touted as a way of building three types of bonds (hydrogen, covalent and ionic) that keep your hair strong. But, it’s also seriously good for defining curls, and adding gloss and keeping frizz at bay. Plus it leaves a peachy, honey lingering scent.
It’s as simple as a root-to-tip lather and rinse. Use it alone, sandwich between your shampoo and condish,’ it’s that simple.
Playing It Cool
Prime Skin Ready To Glow 3-in-1 | $56
Image credit: Prime Skin | Supplied
We’ve found the 21st-century textbook definition of working smarter, not harder. It’s Prime Skin’s Ready To Glow 3-in-1—a primer, serum and moisturiser that also happens to be squeeze out through a smooth, cooling, facial roller. Perfectly sized, the steel roller soothes the entire face and riiiight up under your eyes. It’s basically your ticket to ticking off a full-face cryo, gua-sha and skin routine by the time your coffee’s ready.
Turn the tube around, and you’ll see a who’s-who of ingredients. Aloe Vera Powder, Niacinamide, Squalane and Ceramide alongside barrier-building Chondrus Crispus Extract.
A Protein Potion
Moisture + Protein Infusion 20 | $50
Image credit: Sansceuticals | Instagram
You’d be forgiven for mistaking it for perfume—luminous, beautifully bottled and all—but Sansceuticals’ latest is all about splashing your hair with protein.
Sidestep any old ideas about hair only ever being treated from the roots and scalp: this one’s specifically about nourishing your hair’s mid and end section. Yep, it’s entirely possible. All thanks to a patented gradual-release of small molecular proteins, Vitamin B, and a bunch of moisturising goodies that seep right through the cuticle layer of the hair.
Not only strengthening, we hear it’s also a banging-anti-frizz portion too. But what do you expect from a recipe originally created for salons-only?
Curly Girl
Giannini Umberto Strong Curls Collection | From $24.95
Image credit: Giannini Umberto | Supplied
Giving the curly tresses the TLC deserve is Giannini Umberto, who has whipped up an entire new collection dedicated to healthy, nourished and—quite literal—strong curls.
There’s a lot to plow through (and love) in this range, so let us make your life easier by laser focusing on the Moisture Milk Rosemary Oil Leave-in Conditioner. This isn’t the simple rosemary water you’d rinse through your hair in highschool. Nope. This one has all the benefits of rosemary oil bundled into one easy step—no soaking rosemary strands for yonks. Better yet, It’s not at all heavy in texture, but’ll give your strands a sculpted and glossy edge.
A Dose Of Vitamin C
Tailor Skincare Gold Dust | $65.50
If only taking vitamins was always as easy—and tactile—as Tailor Skincare’s latest route to boosting Vitamin C. Take a scoop of their Gold Dust, blend it into a moisturiser or a serum, and boom, you’ve got a bomb of brightening Vitamin C.
It’s a true multi-tasker. The Vitamin C reduces hyperpigmentation and peps up collagen production, COQ10 helps reduce damage from UV rays, stamp out breakouts and even reduces the appearance of scarring. You want this baby on your side.
Balmy Mornings
Ashley & Co x Ozone | From $15
Image credit: Ashley & Co | Supplied
At a time where espresso is taking over the airways and ‘mocha’ is found in basically every new garment, here’s a refreshing take on the craze: Ashley & Co have teamed up with local coffee legends, Ozone, for a new lip punch and coffee blend duo.
And a veritable punch it is: the Tint Me Lip Punch in Coffee Date bundles vanilla, citrus blossoms and a touch of almond into a naturally mineral-pigmented gold tone. As for the coffee blend, it’s a strictly limited-edition affair of whole beans with balmy notes: honeycomb, orange, and a smidge of vanilla. Early bird gets the, well, balm.
Main image credit: Prime Skin | supplied
Urban List editors independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. Urban List has affiliate partnerships, and if you purchase something through the links in this article, we will earn a commission from those partners. To find out more about who we work with and why read our editorial policy here.