September is upon us and we’ve got that nostalgic back-to-school feeling. Here’s how to freshen up for the season ahead…
Experience the ultimate all-natural, vegan skincare solution. This multi-purpose balm has powerful, healing ingredients that nourish and moisturise. Enriched with olive oil and shea butter, this non-greasy formula works wonders for the face, lips, nails and cuticles, body and hair. It is also safe to treat conditions like sunburn, skin inflammation, bites, eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis while helping to fade scars and reduce blemishes. Your go-to for radiant, healthy skin.
Available from www.wonderbalm.com
Minimalist’s Vitamin K + Retinal 1% Eye Cream, £12
Deter dark circles and erase eye puffiness with the Minimalist Vitamin K + Retinal 01% Eye Cream. Formulated with high-grade vitamin K to diminish dark circles, caffeine to calm and soothe puffiness and retinol to enhance skin texture, this lightweight eye cream absorbs quickly and tackles hyperpigmentation.
Available from www.beautybay.com
STYLPRO Original Makeup Brush Cleaner, £29.99
Professionals recommend cleaning makeup brushes once a week, but traditional methods are messy and time-consuming, leaving brushes wet and unusable for hours. The STYLPRO Original Makeup Brush Cleaner is an automatic ‘washing machine’ for your makeup tools. This brush cleaner, invented with love by BBC Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau, spins and sanitises your brushes using the dry brush technique. In less than 30 seconds, it leaves your brushes clean, dry, and ready to use! Maintain the hygiene of your cosmetics with this spinning cleaner, making it an essential addition to your brush cleaning routine.
Available from www.stylpro.co.uk
COSRX The 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum, £27
A multi-purpose formula that targets a variety of skin concerns in just one step! Featuring, not one… but six peptides & six synergistic ingredients and powerhouse ingredient, Copper Tripeptide. Together, this creates an innovative formula that simultaneously targets skin laxity, wrinkles and pores. It also soothes, brightens and retextures to provide a comprehensive skincare solution leading many to view the product as “Botox in a bottle”. Designed to be used as a first step after cleansing, the treatment utilises a powerful blend of peptides to help revitalise the look and feel of the skin. The serum improves the appearance of elasticity, radiance, pores and texture, while simultaneously smoothing fine lines.
Available from www.boots.com
COSRX Vitamin E Vitalizing Sunscreen 50++, £26
This is a hydrating, no white cast, Korean sunscreen that protects against UV rays while visibly minimising excess oil. The CORSX Vitamin E Vitalizing Sunscreen is a non-drying formula that provides SPF 50+ defence against harmful UV rays. Ideal for oily skin types, the SPF utilises key ingredient vitamin E to protect against environmental aggressors that can contribute to premature skin ageing, while visibly minimising excess sebum with silica and cotton extracts. Enriched with cocoa, the formula helps to keep skin feeling hydrated, perfect for those prone to dryness.
Available from www.sephora.co.uk
The SPF that simultaneously protects you from the sun and breakouts! Silver Chitoderm stops spot-causing bacteria and helps skin cells regenerate, so the formula protects your skin from broad-spectrum UVA/UVB rays, infrared radiation and pollution. Contains Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin E, Allantoin and Aloe Vera for a lightweight, fast-absorbing formula.
Available from www.47skin.com
Porebright Niacinamide 10% Refining Serum, £22
For anyone with spot-prone or oily skin, we love this new range. This is a wonderfully lightweight perfecting serum with 10% niacinamide and azelaic and salicylic acid works to even out skin tone and even helps to reduce pigmentation.
Available from www.facetheory.com
ClariCleanse AHA & BHA Exfoliating Cleanser, £13
Enlarged pores are caused by ageing when collagen and elastin proteins break down. This cleanser works to combat large pores with a dual-action sulphate-free formula that exfoliates and cleanses with glycolic salicylic and lactic acids.
Available from www.facetheory.com
Innisfree Daily UV Defence Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50, £24
A simple but effective formula, designed to protect the skin from damaging effects of the sun, including UVA and UVB rays. Both products feature a fast-absorbing, lightweight texture that sinks into the skin without any stickiness or white cast. It’s also infused with a cocktail of eight types of hyaluronic acid to lock moisture into the skin, as well as Centella Asiatica, which helps to calm the skin, preventing irritation and redness.
Available from www.spacenk.com
Contours RX – Lids By Design, £28.47
Instantly reshape heavy hooded or drooping eyelids for that revamped feeling with this new non-surgical eyelid tape, for a more youthful appearance in seconds. Contours Rx Lids by Design instantly shapes and defines your eyes, taking years off your appearance with our dermatologist-tested cosmetic strips made from the highest quality organic & medical grade materials. Lift your eyes and boost your confidence in minutes!
Available from www.amazon.co.uk
Monpure London Haircare, from £36
Monpure London is the world’s first dedicated scalp and hair health brand, designed to alleviate scalp irritation, prevent hair thinning, and promote stronger, healthier hair. They believe in maximising the potential, quality and health of the hair follicles we’re born with because they understand that a healthy scalp is the cornerstone of strong, healthy hair. Their innovative products harness the natural hair growth cycle. By extending the growth phase and delaying the shedding phase, our formulas offer a triple-layered approach by nurturing the health of your scalp, hair follicles, and the hair itself.
Available from www.selfridges.com
Kerasilk Strengthening Bond Builder, £28
Biomimetic Silk is the ingredient promising to transform strands and KERASILK includes just that. Making strands unbreakable and full of bounce, this product is a deep-acting, high-performance treatment infused with Biomimetic Silk & Bondamide. The product builds new bonds to restructure and fortify even highly damaged hair right down to the cortex.
Available from www.beautybay.com
Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Rich Rice Shampoo Concentrate, £33
Briogeo is built on the belief that everyone deserves the confidence that comes with healthy and happy hair and we couldn’t agree more. From scalp-strengthening and volume-boosting solutions to its curl care and repair range, the brand prides itself on its textured-specific treatments, just like the Don’t Despair, Repair! Rich Rice Shampoo Concentrate (90ml), a water-activated treatment-slash-shampoo that gently cleanses while replenishing hair with nutrients.
Available from www.cultbeauty.co.uk
Food-Grown Energy Support, £27
A full suite of active and naturally methylated B Vitamins, providing 360 support for all energy systems including the mitochondria (the powerhouses of your cells), immune system, thyroid, hormones and cognition. Unlike quick-fix caffeine, it provides sustained energy throughout the day and helps reduce tiredness and fatigue.
Available from www.wildnutrition.com
Proto-col Marine Beauty Collagen, £31.95
Driven by a passion for delivering tangible results, proto-cols Marine Beauty Collagen stands apart from traditional collagen peptides through meticulous research and testing. Supported by compelling clinical trials, Marine Beauty Collagen boasts a 14% reduction in eye wrinkle volume and a remarkable 7.6% enhancement in skin elasticity after just four weeks of using 10,000mg of the potent VERISOL F marine collagen peptide.
Available from www.proto-col.com
With the hot weather still in full swing, staying hydrated is more important than ever. Humantra contains 6 essential electrolytes to improve bodily functions: Potassium – maintains normal levels of fluid inside our cells; Sodium – helps maintain the body’s fluid balance and plays an important role in muscle and nerve function; Magnesium – aids healthy muscles, nerves, bones and maintains blood sugar levels; Calcium – builds and maintains strong bones; Chloride – helps to regulate the amount of fluid and types of nutrients going in and out of the cells; and Phosphorus – helps filter out waste in the kidney, reduces muscle pain, and also plays an essential role in how the body stores and uses energy.
