Beauty renaissance

It’s always hard to accept that another year has come to an end. Even when times are rough—and this year has been a challenge for many around the world—the year’s end is always a reckoning with time, with ourselves, and with the universe.

As the old saying goes—applied to a calendar instead of a door—when one closes, another one opens. It’s a time to reflect on personal goals and how each of us can make the world a happier place, one person or kind gesture at a time.

It’s also time to remember to take care and show ourselves the self-love we deserve. What ever your love language to yourself may be—a hot bath with candlelight, a pampering spa day, or splurging on a new lipstick—you deserve it.

You also deserve the best skin ever. Whether you are a beauty minimalist or a skin care junkie, flawless skin sets the stage for looking radiant in any light, including those no-fuss, no-make-up days. To help you wake up looking gorgeous, we’ve curated some of our favourite beauty releases to make your shine your brightest for your bare-faced days or glammed-up nights. Either way, it’s all about you!

Peter Thomas Roth Peptide Skinjection Expression Line Hydra-Gel patches

These potent patches deliver a targeted dose of peptide technology to help relax and lift the look of dynamic expression lines around the eye and brow area for needle-free results. Contour gel patches are soaked in a potent solution of 2 per cent Uplevity E-Lift Peptide, a clinically engineered peptide that helps crow’s feet, vertical lines between the brows and nose scrunch lines appear diminished and more lifted over time.

Korres Black Pine Primus Wrinkle Smoothing Youth Activator

A super-boosted water–gel serum to iron out the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It seals in moisture and improves overall skin tone and radiance for a youthful complexion. Powered by a youth-activating complex of three hyaluronic acids and hexapeptide 8 to visibly firm, promote elasticity and leave skin pleasingly plump.

Iconic London Velvet Blur translucent setting powder

Satin-y silicone powders and micro-refined silica absorb shine while subtle light-reflecting pearls bestow a natural your-skin-but-better lustre! And that’s not all: this clever compact is brimming with skin-loving ingredients (think hyaluronic acid and mango butter) to boost hydration for healthier skin that never looks or feels dry. Perfect as a primer or finishing powder for a subtle sheen, say hello to your new make-up hero.

Carmell Hydrating Dew

The most powerful regenerative skin care featuring the Carmell Secretome, a pioneering formulation of up to 1,000 proteins and peptides derived from allogeneic human platelets. Complemented by a blend of bio-lipids, bio-hydration and potent vitamins, minerals and botanicals for unparalleled results. Free from the Foul 14.

Shiseido Future Solution LX eye and lip contour regenerating cream

Inspired by 40 years of genetic research, this rich cream visibly improves the appearance of wrinkles and sagging around the eyes and mouth—areas that are particularly susceptible to damage. Formulated with an exclusive LonGenevity Complex, a proprietary amino acid derivative. This powerful formula helps to improve skin barrier function, leaving skin more bright, plump and smooth.

Ya-Man Spa Styler Straight & Wave two-in-one flat iron and curler

A flat iron with a difference, delivering straight, glossy hair or if you choose, locking in soft, gentle waves, all while preserving the health and vitality of the strands. The high-tech tool goes even further with red light therapy to keep strands healthy and hydrated, five heat settings, an anti-tangle cord, and safety latch.

Karyng Bright TXA serum with Pro-Verte and Blanc-Verte Complex

A powerful duo of patented Pro-Verte, a proprietary natural anti-ageing and anti-inflammatory complex combined with Blanc-Verte, a revolutionary brightening complex with 4 per cent tranexamic acid, all combined to help brighten skin and reduce the appearance of dark spots and skin discolouration. Red seaweed and glycerin help bind moisture and maintain skin barrier health.

Skin by Brownlee & Co. Power Peptide botanical cleanser

This revitalizing formula is a treasure for mature skin for a luxurious cleansing experience that rejuvenates and refreshes. Enriched with potent peptides, it targets the signs of ageing, leaving skin looking more youthful and radiant.

Skin Moderne Cell CPR

A comprehensive cellular rejuvenation treatment protocol designed to target the 12 hallmarks of ageing. It features consciously created bio-active ingredients developed through proprietary biotechnology, with bio-hacking properties that align with the body’s natural biological and cell-signalling processes. These ingredients work in synergy to enhance cell-to-cell communication, promoting skin firming, tightening, brightening, overall skin wellness, for healthier, more radiant, youthful skin.

SeneGence LipSense HydraMatte lip colour

With its long-lasting, matte finish, this lip colour hydrates and protects your lips throughout holiday festivities and cold winter days. The formula features Aquaxyl and shea butter to keep lips moisturized, while a super-fruit blend helps shield from environmental stressors. Whether you’re celebrating or staying warm, HydraMatte ensures your lips stay smooth, vibrant, and comfortable all season long.

Olivia Umma Ultimate Barrier Restore cream

The best thing that can happen to your skin in this newly released skin quenching cream. A restorative face cream that improves skin’s stability, restores the skin barrier, and intensely hydrates and nourishes delicate skin. Features six types of hyaluronic acid, a proprietary ceramide complex, and potent marine extracts.

Vivier skin illuminating enzymatic peel

A gentle, glow-boosting enzymatic peel for at-home use that exfoliates dead skin cells, enhances skin cell turnover and hydrates to reveal visibly brighter, smoother, fresher, and clearer skin. Formulated with six key ingredients that work together in synergy to refine the skin’s surface and lift away unwanted discolouration while hydrating ingredients calm and comfort the skin for beautiful results without redness or reactivity.

Pūrlisse pumpkin chai latte cleansing balm

A cleansing balm formulated with pumpkin, chai, and soy milk to help remove dirt, impurities, and make-up, preserving the skin’s natural oils and leaving it hydrated and refreshed.

Blithe Cosmetic Hyaluronic 2.0 serum

The new serum is crafted with precision to target the most common yet challenging skin concerns: dryness, signs of ageing, and uneven texture. At the heart of this product is a low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, which, at a concentration of 20,000 ppm, dives deep into the skin’s layers to provide unmatched hydration. This powerful ingredient ensures that moisture is not only delivered, but also retained where it’s most needed, promoting a plumper and smoother appearance.

Colleen Rothschild Hydrashine lipstick balm

Wrap your lips with high-performance, skin-loving ingredients. Experience a range of buildable hues from subtle to bold, while enjoying a dewy, glossy finish that drenches your lips in moisture and provides a soft, billowy bounce.

Daily Practice by Dr B Firm & Restore eye cream

A firming cream that visibly reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improves the appearance of skin texture. A unique blend of peptides, hyaluronic acids and algæ extract combat all visible signs of ageing and stress from the delicate eye area. Use morning or night for a bright, refreshed and wide-awake look.

Formulary 55 sparkling bath tablets

Escape winter chill in the comfort of your own bathtub (or bring it with you on vacation or sleepovers). Made of ground Dead Sea salts mixed with Formulary 55 signature scent blends. This type of bath soak is much better for your skin than a bubble bath (which can be drying and irritating as they contain foaming agents) but just as indulgent. Pick your favourite scent and feel the stress and chill melt away.

Philip B. chai latte body wash

A warming blend of white tea leaf, hydrolysed soy milk, and honey with apple extracts and shea butter to pamper skin, leaving you with the look of smoother, tighter, glowing skin with a velvety feel. The rich and gentle lather, with notes of cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and black pepper inspire a deliciously spicy and energized feeling while invigorating the senses.

CNP honey lip butter overnight lip mask

An overnight lip balm and mask that provides 12-hour long-lasting moisture for chapped, dry lips. It is formulated with propolis extract, manuka honey, and PHA (polyhydroxy acid) to gently exfoliate and condition the lips.

Body Firm body repair treatment

The first and only body treatment to contain a proprietary blend of anti-ageing TruFirm Technology and 12 super hydrators to help support skin’s natural collagen and elastin production and improve hydration for up to 72 hours, while supporting the skin’s moisture barrier.

Lumene Nordic Bloom night moisturizer

This replenishing night cream is clinically tested to moisturize skin, make skin look firmer, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. Skin looks well rested and rejuvenated. The nurturing formula is infused with innovative Nordic berry pre-retinol complex and a patented quercetin-rich Nordic lingonberry extract. The product is vegan, containing upcycled and wild-crafted ingredients.

Suntegrity Vanish organic cleansing oil

Formulated with a blend of organic olive, jojoba, sunflower, and camellia oils, this cleansing oil is ultra-gentle on even the most delicate skin, including the sensitive eye area. Rose hip oil and hibiscus help tone and soften, while a subtle sweet orange fragrance transforms your cleansing routine into a calming, uplifting ritual.

Lautir Hydra Premier body crème

Evoking a time-honoured beauty ritual of Africa, skin replenishing Hydra Premier is made with consciously sourced, Fair Trade shea butter from Burkina Faso. With a modern stabilized texture that breaks into a creamy oil upon application, this luxurious moisturizer offers a deep dose of hydration without feeling heavy or greasy.  The decadent blend of premium butter and botanical oils quickly absorb, simultaneously protecting the skin barrier and infusing it with essential nutrients to profoundly quench parched skin.

Indie Lee Color Balancer

Harsh or dry winter chill can often cause redness and a dull skin tone. Bring skin back to life with this colour correcting balm. Color Balancer bids adieu to redness and discolouration with potent tiger grass and gentiana lutea root extract that provide a boost of antioxidants while revealing your most even skin tone. This formula glides on green but quickly neutralizes to beige as you blend it across uneven areas or use it as a primer on your entire face for an effortlessly natural look. •

Jody Miller is a correspondent for Lucire and the co-founder of Lucire Rouge.

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