How’s your skin feeling? As the season begins to evolve, the cooler weather can start taking a toll, with dryness, dehydration, sensitivity and dullness common complaints.
It’s worth considering taking stock of the skincare you’re currently using and if it’s serving you well.
If you’re really struggling with finding a balance, it’s worth visiting a skin expert for a consultation to see what changes might be worth making or how a skin treatment could assist.
If your skin just needs a little boost, a luxurious and hydrating facial could be the pick me up that kick starts your glow.
Another option is to try something different or new in your routine. What’s worth the time and money?
We look at some new arrivals and how they help achieve great skin.
Elizabeth Arden Retinol + HPR Ceramide Capsules Rapid Skin Renewing Serum
Elizabeth Arden’s Retinol + HPR was first introduced in 2023 in the fabulously lightweight Retinol + HPR Ceramide Rapid Skin-Renewing Water Cream moisturiser. The powerhouse retinol + HPR combination is a new gen approach to retinol that’s effective but gentle and easy for skin to tolerate. Now, it’s been contained in the brand’s famous biodegradable capsules to protect the light-sensitive ingredients for purity and potency and to provide the perfect amount for one full-face treatment. Working together with peptides and phytoceramides, the formula promises to firm the skin, reduces dark spots and pores, and improve clarity, tone and texture.
La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift
Our eyes convey all manner of expression and emotion, but the last thing we want them to say is “you look tired.” Help arrives in the form of Swiss luxury skincare house La Prairie’s reformulated Skin Caviar Eye Lift. Backed by breakthrough research into eye area, the formula is newly infused with Caviar Infinite and Caviar Micro-Nutrients, working to help resculpt and refresh the appearance of the contours around the eyes.
Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Magic Hydrator Mist
We love a good face mist. They come in handy to layer in between skincare products for an extra boost of hydration, to mist after makeup so it doesn’t look cakey, and to give skin a 3pm wakeup call. This new one has all the essential skincare ingredients you need like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, niacinamide and kombu extract for a dewy, radiant glow and moisture that goes deep.
Jurlique Herbal Recovery Bi-Phase Serum
Extending its expertise in plant-powered skin solutions, Jurlique’s new Herbal Recovery range aims to help you simplify your routine and help skin stay revitalised, resilient and radiant. With a combination of potent botanical adaptogens and antioxidants grown on the Jurlique Farm in South Australia, the range includes five nourishing skin products. The highlights include Herbal Recovery Bi-Phase Serum, that targets fine lines and wrinkles and contains holy basil, known as the “elixir of life” in Ayurveda, and Herbal Recovery Eye Roll-On that massages and soothes eyes with a lightweight oil containing poppy extract, turmeric and vitamin E to improve skin’s radiance.
Shiseido Vital Perfection Concentrated Supreme Cream
Everything about Shiseido’s products is so beautifully considered, you know when they reformulate a product, they want it to be the very best. It’s why anti-aging collection Vital Perfection, that targets loss of firmness and fine lines and wrinkles, has had a re-vamp. It now has the latest advanced formulations that improve the flow of nutrients, boosts the skin’s protective barrier and counters sagging, deep wrinkles and dark spots. Look out for the Concentrated Supreme Cream, a heavy hitter that has a rich texture to lock in moisture so it feels plump and renewed.
RMS beauty Lipnights Overnight Lip Mask
If you hate hate feel of dry lips and seem to be reapplying lip balm all too often, try adding a lip mask into your evening routine. Apply before bed and let the deeply nourishing ingredients go to work while you sleep. you’ll wake up with softer, smoother lips. This one is vanilla scented and has soothing botanical butters, vitamin C-rich Kakadu plum seed oil, and plumping peptides for hydration, antioxidant defense, and barrier repair.
Dr Naomi C Bright Power Vitamin C Serum
Vitamin C is essential for skin and offers a number of crucial benefits. This new serum targets multiple skin concerns at once, with the ultimate aim of achieving radiant, healthy and glowing skin. It contains 10% of highly stable and active pure vitamin C to dramatically brighten and improve the appearance of uneven skin tone and fine lines as well as Vitamin E for skin conditioning and soothing.
Tatcha The Matcha Cleanse
Dubbed ‘the cleanser for makeup wearers,’ this helps rid skin of buildup and unclog pores, revealing a clean canvas in the morning and sweeps away residue at night. The fragrance-free, soap-free gel cleanser balances skin’s oil production immediately and over time without stripping away essential moisture. It contains Japanese Kyo-Matcha, a powdered form of green tea that is rich in antioxidants to defend against environmental impacts, calm the skin and reduce redness.
Benefit The Porefessional Shrink Wrap Overnight AHA+PHA Pore Treatment
Part of Benefit’s success can be attributed to help us manage our pores – the brand’s smoothing ‘Porefessional Primer’ is iconic. Now it’s launched three new products, an exfoliating powder to smooth, a skin-balancing, nourishing essence and this overnight treatment packed with a balanced blend of acids, all furthering the goal of minimising the look of pores and balancing oil production. This treatment has a jelly-glaze texture that helps a blend of AHA, PHA and BHA, go deep to improve texture, clear clogged pores and make skin look brighter.
Aspect DR Cryo- Energising Mask
Want a mini at-home treatment to give skin a clarifying boost? Inspired by the science behind cryotherapy, Aspect DR’s Cryo- Energising Mask uses New Zealand Glacial Clay, Snow Mushroom, and a bio-mineral complex to deliver a surge of nutrients, leaving skin deeply hydrated, bright and energised. plus it has an instant cooling effect for hot, tight or flushed skin.
