Feeling the need for a makeup update? There are plenty of new arrivals to shake up your routines. Here are six of the best new options to seek out this month.
Shiseido Pop Powergel Eye Shadows, $50 each
The eye update you’ve been waiting for, Shiseido’s bold new Pop Powergel Eye Shadows, $50 each, have a soft glimmering finish and modern gel texture that delivers intense pigment that stays put without creasing. With nine shades the playful new arrivals up the drama in your winter beauty repertoire. They are ideal for creating a modern, extended cat-eye look for your lids, or using a fluffy eye crease blending brush to deliver a washed halo of colour around the eyes. Trending now? A tonal purple eye, so the soft violet shade should be high on your wish list.
Laura Mercier Light Catcher Translucent Loose Setting Powders, $63 each
Long revered for its imperceptible veil-like makeup setting powders in subtle skin tones, this month Laura Mercier adds to the range with Translucent Setting Powders in Cosmic Rose, Celestial Light and Honey Star. Each shade adds a touch of glow and radiance while still setting makeup in place without shine for hours on end and skimming over fine lines without emphasising them.
ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40, $77
ILIA’s new Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 is an exceptionally high-performing all-rounder that fuses colour, coverage and protection in one. It’s a very fluid foundation that gives a fresh, modern finish, enough coverage to even-out redness and imperfections and has skincare wonder ingredient Niacinamide to smooth skin’s texture, as well as hyaluronic acid to deeply hydrate and squalane to lock in that hydration. All that, and it also has a respectable dose of SPF40 to protect skin from UV damage and premature aging and comes in 30 shades.
MAC Tempting Fates lipstick, $38 and eyeshadow palette, $108
MAC’s limited edition colour collections are always desirable and on-trend and the latest is no different. Tempting Fates offers six different itemswith numerous colourways, each in sumptuous and richly pigmented shades perfect for the dramatic looks once going out again is on the agenda. The gilt packaging adds to the luxe look. Our pick? The 8-pan ‘Feast Your Eyes’ palette is a alluring ‘just-because purchase if ever we’ve seen one!
Revlon So Fierce! Big Bad Lash Mascara, $27
Doing two jobs at once is the efficiency we love to see in our beauty products, so we’re fans of Revlon’s newest mascara. Volume-building So Fierce! Big Bad Lash Mascara does a beautiful job of defining lashes without smudging, but it also contains lash tinting technology that darkens bare lashes over time. So with daily wear in as little as 7 days you’ll also receive a subtle lash tint that remains when you’re not wearing any makeup. It also has a double sided brush, the different bristles helping to add volume and then gently separate lashes.
Dior Mono Couleur Couture High Color Eye Shadows, $58 each
Pulling inspiration from the textures and hues of Dior’s vast fashion archive are 21 stunning new eye shadows in 5 different textures – satin, matte, velvet, metallic and glitter – collectively known as Mono Couleur Couture High Color Eye Shadow.
