The Beauty List: This Month’s Most Wanted Beauty Products
Heat, humidity, and the eternal quest for a shine-proof finish – summer beauty has its own rules. From beach days to boarding gates, these heroes will keep you looking polished, whatever the forecast
Cool Intentions
With notes of cool lemongrass, neroli, eucalyptus and soft geranium, all housed in packaging inspired by lush summer water gardens, Diptyque’s refreshing milky gel is the ultimate way to soothe and soften skin after a day in the sun. Hydrating and calming, it leaves you smelling – and feeling – sublime.
Hot Flush
When two Italian icons collide, summer beauty gets a wild upgrade. Just Cavalli x Kiko Milano’s blush captures golden hour in a compact – smooth as powder, it melts like balm, with an ultra-radiant, pearlescent finish. Enriched with hyaluronic acid and jojoba oil, it’s radiance with an animal-print edge.
Stay Put
Arguably the chicest setting spray around, Dior Backstage Airflash Mist is part make-up insurance, part hydrating veil. The ultra-fine mist sets, refreshes and revives make up, leaving a fresh, natural finish, while hyaluronic acid keeps skin comfortable and radiant. Waterproof and humidity-proof, it’s made for long summer days – and even longer nights.
Rest Assured
The secret to looking like you actually slept on your red-eye, these cooling and depuffing hydrogel patches are infused with caffeine, hyaluronic acid and peptides. Effective in just 20 minutes, they soften signs of fatigue, while their stay-put design means you can apply them anytime, anywhere.
Mist Have
Made for handbag top-ups, this handy SPF spray makes reapplying as simple as a spritz. The ultra-fine mist delivers high-level UVA/UVB protection, while hydrating Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) refreshes skin without disturbing make-up or leaving a white cast.
Light Shift
Summer calls for swapping heavy creams for something lighter – and this is just the ticket. La Prairie’s new addition to its iconic White range firms and hydrates while targeting dark spots and post-sun redness. Powered by Thiamidol and caviar, the formula melts in effortlessly as it brightens and calms.
Smooth Talk
Nobody wants a Monica Geller in Barbados moment. Enter Kérastase’s anti-frizz styling cream that delivers a four-day frizz-free blow-out, even in 98 per cent humidity. Infused with hyaluronic and glycolic acids plus wild rose oil, it smooths, hydrates, and leaves hair impossibly glossy. Gloss
Beach Gaze
Five warm shades that evoke that beach-at-sunset feeling – this is the only palette you need to pack this summer. Silky, blendable, and long-wearing, it can be used as a shadow, highlighter, or liner, while the mirrored case and dual applicators make on-the-go application effortless.
Lead Image Credit: Sand To Soirée Chloé’s Plage du Figuier is summer in scent form – the kind you wear straight from the beach to dinner. Creamy fig and orange blossom give it a soft, sun warmed feel, while eucalyptus and moss add a fresh greenness. Understated, elegant and transportive, it feels like a holiday on the riviera. Ateliers des Fleurs Plage du Figuier, Dhs1,120 for 150ml, Chloé
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From the Harper’s Bazaar Arabia July / August 2026 issue