This feature explores new-season beauty essentials designed for summer-ready skin and hair. It covers innovative moisturisers with SPF, bakuchiol glow serums, ceramide-rich lip balms, vegan fine fragrances and shine-enhancing conditioners. Emphasis is on lightweight textures, barrier support and multi-benefit formulas that promise nourishment, protection and radiance in humid climates.
To borrow the title of an infamous TV show... And just like that, we’ve entered May!
As with every new month, not only are we inching closer to newer possibilities, calamities and happenings, we’re also placing our hands to the newest best from the world of beauty, skincare and grooming. Yes, it’s time to unpack what’s new and exciting for you to covet and buy, if serums, moisturisers and sunscreen truly make your world go round, as they should.
Shall we get to it, then?
When it’s The Ordinary, can it ever be ordinary? This new moisturiser feels milky yet absorbs instantly, which is perfect for the hot & humid days we’re currently living in. Plus, it’s uber nourishing and moisturising – perfect to apply after a serum of your choice!
Made with organic sugarcane ‘alcohol’ that’s absolutely vegan, Kimirica’s 7 new fragrances are truly perfect for the summer. Our favourite? Bella Amalfi. Not because who wouldn’t want to feel like they’re near the Italian coastline but also because its notes of marine water, lavender, nutmeg, apple, cedar & vetiver, together hit all the right notes.
Nourishing the lips with ceramides is always a great idea, and this lip balm from CHOSEN comes packed with functional ceramides and plant-derived lipids to repair your lips overnight and also strengthen your skin barrier.
A moisturiser with SPF is always a wonderful option, particularly if you’re living in hot climates and/or have oily skin. This new moisturiser by Beauty of Joseon comes with SPF 30 and the combination of green tea + ceramides to give you skin that’s nourished and protected all day long.
Another K-Beauty brand that’s truly killing it is COSRX – their new bakuchiol glow serum is anti-ageing along with glow-inducing, giving your skin everything it needs to look & feel its best this season. And it’s light in texture to not feel heavy either. Feel the good kind of blues, basically!
Speaking of sunscreens that do more than just protect, Medicube’s launched one packed with a lot of collagen to firm up your skin while protecting it from the sun’s harmful UV rays. It’s also got niacinamide in it – how can one not be obsessed!
When it comes to haircare, few other brands do it just as well as Kerastase. And this new anti-frizz conditioner is yet another reminder of just that. It’ll leave your hair frizz-free, yes, but also glowing and shining, so you never have to worry about having a dull head of hair.