The Beauty List: High Summer Skincare & Beauty To Add To Basket Now
Heat, humidity, flights, frizz – summer beauty has its own agenda. This edit keeps things in check with breathable textures, cooling fixes, glow-giving shortcuts, and scent that feels like a holiday. Everything works hard, nothing looks like it does. Effortless summer, perfected.
The Base Line
Summer calls for lighter layers – and this is foundation rethought. A Korean inspired gel that cools as you apply, it melts in so seamlessly you’ll forget you’re wearing anything at all. The finish? Breathable, undetectable, and genuinely skin-like. A base that works with summer, not against it.
French Kissed
YSL’s lip blusher gives pouts that soft, just-bitten flush – blurred, buildable, and made for sunnier days. A creamy balm that hydrates while leaving a sheer, second skin tint. No mirror required. Just smooth, effortless colour that stays feather-light, never sticky. The only thing more addictive? The berry scent.
Gold Standard
Powered by 100 per cent natural origin DHA, hyaluronic acid, and clever tanning technology, these drops deliver a natural, radiant golden tan in just one hour – with zero orange in sight – while hydrating skin. Just add a few drops to your moisturiser for that ‘I just got back from the French Riviera’ glow.
Lighten Up
Now’s the time to trade heavy creams for something lighter. Infused with rice lipids and two per cent ectoin, this formula delivers 24-hour soothing hydration, reduces redness, and repairs the skin barrier – all in a featherweight texture that absorbs instantly. It’s calming, effective, and – well, far from ordinary.
Melt Down
A wise summer switch to waterproof mascara calls for an equally clever removal strategy. Lancôme’s mascara melter dissolves even the most stubborn formulas in one minute – no rubbing required. The lash-hugging wand saturates root to tip with jojoba and squalane, leaving lashes clean, conditioned, and utterly stress-free.
In A Flash
Beachy hair? Yes. Summer frizz? Hard pass. Fenty Hair’s The Flashy One is a 9-in-1 bi-phase oil that moisturises, adds glass-like shine, and smooths frizz for 72 hours. It seals split ends, protects against heat, and leaves hair softly scented with amber and coconut. The ultimate summer strand saviour.
Smoke Signal
Rosemin Opgenhaffen’s smoky eye is iconic. Now, replicating it is effortless. Her Velvet Glide Eyeliner is a gel that glides like a cream – precise or smudged, it obeys. Five rich shades that survive humidity, last through dinner, and stay smudge-proof from sunrise to sunset.
Eye Candy
Long-haul flights taking their toll? Cosmetic Consult’s Miracle Cryo Eye Masks deliver an instant cooling effect that depuffs, brightens, and revives tired eyes in minutes. Infused with caffeine and peptides, they’re the in-flight and post-flight essential that helps you land looking refreshed – even if you don’t feel it.
Lead Image Credit: Sun Drenched: Summer in a bottle: Tom Ford’s Taormina Orange captures the essence of a Sicilian hilltop at golden hour. Blood orange groves meet a brisk Ionian breeze, while oakmoss and salt-kissed musks ground the citrus in sun-warmed earth. It’s a getaway without the passport. Taormina Orange EDP, Dhs1,105 for 50ml, Tom Ford
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From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia June 2026 issue