To look your best this sweltering summer, TLC is essential. We’ve rounded up five products (including sun protection, of course!) which we believe will have you looking and feeling fresh all through July.
BREATHE LIFE INTO YOUR SKIN
Your skin needs an adequate amount of oxygen to function effectively. Oxygen is delivered to skin cells via red blood cells, where it creates Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) — the essential fuel for cellular activity. Pollution, stress, UV rays, smoking, and fatigue all contribute to a decrease in air quality and oxygen supply to the body. As a result, cellular respiration is inhibited, leading to slowed cellular regeneration, and a build-up of toxins in the skin.
FILORGA’s OXYGEN-GLOW CC Cream has a revolutionary formula that combines triple C control for colour correction and carboxytherapy, a technique that re-oxygenates cells by injecting a small quantity of sterile medical carbon dioxide into the skin. The first-of-its-kind hybrid formula acts as an oxygenation booster, complexion perfecter, and urban protector.
Containing a unique perfecting radiance formula inspired by carboxytherapy, an aesthetic medicine technique that enhances skin glow, the CC cream’s universal adjustable shade features encapsulated micro-pigments that correct, unify, and enhance all skin tones.
This CC Cream also offers triple protection against UV, blue light, and pollution, maintaining a radiant complexion and perfect skin texture throughout the day.
FILORGA has completely redefined the concept of CC cream with this latest offering. Combining the benefits of a high-tech day cream with those of a complexion perfector, this innovative product is unlike any other.
Available at Boots Pharmacies and online at basharacare.com
AN INTOXICATING SCENT
If you’re looking for a new, luxurious scent that you can wear to work or for those special night outs, we’ve got just the thing for you. Swiss Arabian has introduced yet another tantalising fragrance to its cult favourite Shaghaf collection, Shaghaf Oud Ahmar. This warm amber gourmand fragrance perfectly embodies exotic warmth and summer vibes in an encapsulating concoction that lasts all day long.
Crafted with notes of bergamot, melon and juicy peaches nuanced with iris and freesia, Shaghaf Oud Ahmar is blended with a mouth-watering heart of apple, rose and tonka beans. With a unique contrast in intensity and sweetness, masculine and feminine, it combines golden vanilla notes and powdery musk and morphs it into something fresh and sweet while still being unmistakably woody.
Available online at swissarabian.com
AGE-DEFYING FORMULAS FOR ALL!
Elizabeth Arden has been formulating cutting-edge skincare products since 1910. With over a hundred years of experience and a drive to find the latest and greatest ingredients it’s no wonder that they’ve released some sensational products in time for summer.
The brand had famously created the Ceramide capsules which were single-dose serums which made skincare effortless. Following its success, they have now launched their range of Advanced Ceramide Lift and Firm Creams, and the NEW Advanced Ceramide Lift and Firm Eye Cream.
These fast-absorbing, silky creams contain five times as much Ceramide and are formulated to restore and replenish what the skin loses over time. Other key ingredients include Vitamin E, tertapeptides, niacinamide and Edelweiss extract. The result is firm, intensely hydrated and tightened skin – just what we need for a more defined facial contour and younger-looking eyes.
This summer, make sure you protect your skin during the day with their fantastic advanced Ceramide Lift & Firm Day Cream SPF 15. This fast absorbing, lightweight SPF lotion is great on its own or under your makeup as it doesn’t leave behind a white residue.
Available at Debenhams and online at namshi.com
SO REFRESHING!
The heat is on so it’s time for all things refreshing. This fantastic plant mist from Ingredients Wellness is deeply refreshing and multi-purpose. It contains a proprietary blend of organic rose, neroli and lavender hydrosols and helps refresh, calm and hydrate the skin – ideal for summer!
What makes this product even more special is the fact that the hydrosols are created from a unique steam distillation process of the freshest flowers sourced from the best distributors worldwide and are free of chemicals, fillers and artificial fragrances.
Why do we love Ingredients? Well, this brand creates toxin-free, daily essentials formulated with organic, plant-based ingredients in high concentrations that deliver optimal benefits. So, their products have no toxins, are not watered down and have nothing to hide. They’re also ideal for people six years and older since they don’t include any harmful ingredients.
Needless to say, you’ll be finding this plant mist in our bags this hot and humid summer!
Available online at thesecretskin.com
A HEALTHY, GLOSSY TINT!
It’s time we started treating our hair like we do our skin? Harvested from plants, henna is a completely natural, vegan herbal hair colourant which has been used by humans for thousands of years. Rather than breaking the cuticle or stripping away the hair’s natural colour, henna coats the hair in a protective, translucent layer that boosts body and shine – so much so that some people use henna primarily as a treatment for hair health, with the sheer glossy colour being the bonus.
Lush’s unique cocoa butter henna brick enables the product to slide through strands with ease, adding extra conditioning and softness. Wrapped in recycled paper packaging, Lush’s henna is vegan, self-preserving, and completely natural. By sourcing the best Iranian henna through fair trade and organic cocoa butter from Sierra Leone where farmers are helping restore the Gola rainforest, Lush’s henna brick is not only good for the hair but also the planet.
Lush’s new and improved henna formula contains more cocoa butter than its predecessor for smooth application and soft hair, and is available in five shades: strawberry blonde, cool brown, copper red, warm chestnut brown and deep coffee brown.
Available at LUSH stores and on lush.com/mena
