The Beauty List: An Editor Shares 9 Of Her Favourite Products For May 2023
A true feast for the senses…
Delicate pops of colour that are as pretty to look at as they are to wear; soft puffs of fragrance intended for a relaxing and uplifting effect – this month’s beauty drops are positively sensorial.
Scents Of Calm
Perfume by its very nature is hardwired to the part of the brain where we process feelings. This gentle oud saturates all your senses, first with a rush of energising, zesty notes before an ambrosial smoky-yet-milky blend of oakwood and vetiver lingers comfortably on your skin.
Save Your Blushes
These Blush Wands have already gone viral on TikTok and that’s no coincidence given that the soft-focus gel technology melts seamlessly into the skin and the four shades can easily be sheered out for a next-to-natural flush.
Lip Service
The beating heart of Dries Van Noten’s make-up collection is the ritual of application. No wonder the maverick designer settled on no fewer than 15 satin, 10 matte and five sheer shades and four refillable cases.
Eyes On The Prize
The new challenge for make-up mavens is picking between Pat McGrath’s iconic eyeshadow palettes. The easy answer: this 18-shade wonder packed with silky mattes, gleaming metallics, luminous shimmers and satin frosts to mix and match as you please.
Creams Of The Crop
Perfume needs a hydrated surface to really bloom on the skin. Enter Dior’s new trio of Body Cream, Shimmering Body Gel and Shimmering Body Scrub designed to strengthen the floral fragrance trail of its J’adore Parfum D’eau.
In The Red
Our feelings about this mascara are anything but mixed. Byredo is renowned for thumbing its nose at tradition so instead of run-of-the-mill black, embrace this deep burgundy that is soft, sophisticated and subversive in equal measures.
Splitting Hairs
This creamy, heavenly scented hair mask draws its potency from deeply hydrating mango butter, shea butter, coconut cream and turmeric to banish crispy ends caused by heat styling and general wear and tear.
Firm Believer
Regardless of this body cream’s bonus benefits – hydration and a delicate scent – its firming properties are still the star of the show courtesy of caffeine, algae extracts and organic tamanu oil.
First Base
Easily one of the most airy foundations we’ve come across, matte powders are paired with the luminous finish of a liquid. Perfect if barely-there, dew-saturated coverage is your fallback position on lazy mornings.
From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s May 2023 issue.
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