Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Range. This year, the Ultra HD range welcomes three new, advanced, products: Perfector, Soft Light, and Underpainting. Perfector, available in eight shades, is a new generation of skin tint that is buildable, extra-glide, lightweight and hydrates the skin while protecting it with SPF 25. Soft Light is a liquid highlighter that gives the skin an instant luminous glow. It can be used alone or mixed with foundation or primer. Underpainting is a colour-correcting palette to leave a flawless complexion and perfect canvas for foundation application. It’s a four-in-one palette with two shades to correct and two to camouflage.
Available at leading retailers.
Bourjois Healthy Mix. Applying your favourite Healthy Mix foundation just got better with the range having expanded to include a primer, BB cream and compact powder along with the beloved Healthy Mix foundation and concealer. The primer comes as one universal shade and is made to smoothen your skin, whilst decreasing the lines and the size of your pores. The BB cream comes in three shades to help minimise the appearance of blemishes, even out your skin tone and give you an anti-fatigue effect. And the Healthy Mix powder reduces unwanted shine, leaving your skin looking matte and smooth. Available at leading retailers.
Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Wear. The gold standard of liquid foundations for the past 20 years. After Teint Idole Ultra Wear Stick and Teint Idole Ultra Wear Camouflage in 2017, Lancôme pushes the boundaries of customisation with its limited edition of super-shiny liquid highlighters in four shades, Custom Glow Drops. These oh-so-versatile highlighters with their high concentrations of pearlised pigments are designed to give a natural look with a sun-kissed gleam. With four shades, there are infinite possibilities. Available at leading retailers.
J Lo for Inglot. Jennifer Lopez is stepping behind the scenes and debuting a limited-edition collection in partnership with global beauty brand Inglot Cosmetics. The 70-piece, extensive colour line will bring Jennifer’s and Inglot’s shared vision of strong femininity to life and offer women diverse ways to express themselves through beauty. The star says: “The capsule collection we created with Inglot is filled with all my go-to products in my favourite colours. We have everything from mascara, lipsticks and eyelashes to blush, eye shadow and, of course, bronzers. What I think is unique and exciting is our Freedom System Palette—which allows you to create your own personalised palette with the specific colours and products that you need. Now you no longer have to buy that five-piece eye shadow kit to get the one colour you really want!” Available at Inglot.
Max Factor Launches Online Makeup Academy. Following the success of the Max Factor Makeup Academy, the brand has now launched its online counterpart to make make-up artistry accessible to enthusiasts across the region. This is the first and only online programme in the Middle East that offers access to a network and regional community of make-up artists. The online course is specifically designed to reach out to those who are restricted by physical boundaries and make it easier for them to define their beauty and make-up skills. It will offer graduates a professional course officially recognised and accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).
NARS Cosmetics Spring 2018 Colour Collection. Featuring new shades and formulas for lips, eyes, and cheeks, the collection offers a fresh spectrum of luminous neutrals and molten accents. Lips go creamy and full coverage with limited-edition high pigmented shades of fan-favourite, Lip Cover. Eyes open up to polished shine in metallic Velvet Shadow Sticks, while a radiant gradient enlivens cheeks with tones of Liquid Blush and a newly formulated Highlighting Blush. Featuring a satiny, cool powder that imparts the most subtle pearly radiance to the skin, the new sheer and buildable Highlighting Blush formula is easy to apply and melts flawlessly into the complexion revealing an enhanced, healthy skin tone. Available at Nars and Sephora.
L’Occitane Aqua Réotier Collection. Formulated with the calcium-rich water of Provence’s Réotier Spring, the hydrating facial routine of this new collection not only moisturises skin but is efficient for at least 24 hours. Three active ingredients work together. Hyaluronic acid helps skin retain moisture, restoring its vitality; glycerine captures water molecules at the skin’s surface, hydrating and plumping it; and calcium-rich Réotier water helps strengthen the outermost layer of skin, preserving its natural hydration. Products in the range are the light, creamy Ultra Thirst-Quenching Cream; sparking Ultra Thirst-Quenching Gel; Water Gel Cleanser; Moisture Prep Essence and Fresh Moisturising Mist. Together they also come in a travel-sized collection. Available at L’Occitane.
Dolce&Gabbana Garden. The fashion house unveils its latest eau de parfum, a floriental gourmand blending citrusy and creamy notes. The exquisite balance of freshness and sweetness reminds us of the scents of a blooming garden. The fragrance opens with an explosion of juicy mandarin and bright neroli, then unfolds with the addictive notes of frangipani flower wrapped with coconut essence. The warm notes of vanilla absolute and sandalwood extend its sensual trail. Available at leading retailers.
YSL Beauté Tatouage. A reckless gang of shades – each one matched by a raw conviction. Intense colours here to stay, with naked lip feel, they’re inky, cool and more matte than ever before. With high-pigment concentration, deposited in a really thin veil, expect 24-hour colour. A pioneering new applicator gives the tatouage hedonist the intuitive precision and control of a professional make-up artist to shape and contour seductive lip curves. And, with 24 exciting shades, there’s at least one to suit every woman. Available at leading retailers.
Rasasi Shaghaf. Rasasi Perfumes has launched an elegant and chic new collection – Shaghaf Pour Homme and Pour Femme. Meaning ‘Passion’ in Arabic, Shaghaf is inspired by internationally trending floral, fruity and woody accords. Shaghaf Pour Femme is inspired by white flowers. The fragrance opens on the lifting notes of lemon infused almond and coffee. The heart is an intensely romantic bouquet of iris, jasmine, lily and tuberose. Vanilla infuses a lusciously gourmand charm to the intensely warm, deep and earthy sandalwood-musk-amber accord, creating a perfect ode for a classy, modern woman ruled by strong emotions. Available at Rasasi.
