8 best beauty bets for calm skin and lush locks
Fab finds that have just hit stores and that we want to scoop up now
If you're one to listen for weather predictions, you may have heard the buzz… sounds like we're in for a doozy of a winter. But that doesn't mean you can't flaunt your best assets—skin, hair and makeup skills!—all season long. Plus, all the more reason to protect your neck (see below) and more. Here are eight beauty products that just hit stores that you're definitely going to want to get to know.
Say ahhhhh
Just in time for the holidays, popular Toronto-based spa Body Blitz has launched e-commerce, bringing fans of the brand across the country their favourite products. Try the best selling Pumpkin Peel, which contains vitamin A for an instant complexion refresh.
Body Blitz Pumpkin Peel, $48, bodyblitzspa.com
Get glowing
Whatever your feelings towards Gwyneth Paltrow, she knows her wellness—and, well, her skin is perfection. Her latest collaboration with brand Juice Beauty (she's the creative director of their makeup division), is the freshly launched goop by Juice Beauty, available at The Detox Market. This masque delivers a shot of alpha and beta hydroxyl acids to the skin to help smooth and clear away dead skin cells, while it hydrates thanks to vitamin B5. Consider us red carpet ready
Goop by Juice Beauty instant facial, $175, thedetoxmarket.ca
Wild times
Looking for added texture without weighing your hair down? This new spritz from L'Oréal Professionnel contains Laponite clay powder, put into a liquid for the first time. Mist on wet hair, then roll up into tiny buns and let air dry. Or add apply to hand and run through dry hair to a hit of movement. This spray works on any hair length.
L'Oréal Professionnel TECNI.ART Wild Stylers Powder-in-Lotion, $26, at salons everywhere
Protect your neck
For mostly preventative reason, it's important to move your night cream down your neck a little. But if you're looking for a more targeted solution, and one that will help reduce the appearance of a double chin, and protect the thin skin on your décolleté, reach for Zorah's new firming concentrate, made specifically for that area. The Montreal-based, all-natural brand is a wizard with serums, trust us.
Zorah biocosmétiques eos Neck & decollete firming concentrate, $64.99, available at natural health food stores across Canada and zorahbiocosmetiques.com
Spray well
Launching earlier this month, Canadian all-natural brand Rocky Mountain Soap Co., is bringing wellness sprays to market, just in time for gift giving season. With Calm (made with lavender to help you relax at your desk or before bed), Cool Off (a mint concoction made to help refresh tired feet after the gym or an intense yoga class), Just Breathe (for travellers who want a little boost of lemon and eucalyptus when they're breathing in forced airplane air) and Serenity (perfect for meditation and that yin yoga class you love so much), these little wonders will help your friends and family live a little better post holidays.
Rocky Mountain Soap Co. Wellness Sprays, $18, rockymountainsoap.com
Just super
It's time to take the ultimate beauty adventure thanks to Shu Uemura's latest collaboration—Super Mario Bros. The collection features some fabulous makeup sets (Princess Peach is present!), but we fell hard for the Cleansing Oil Shampoo, which swipes away dirt and oil, leaving strands super soft without weighing them down. And the clear Mario-themed bottle looks super cute in our shower.
Shu Uemura Art of Hair Limited Edition Super Mario Bros. Cleansing Oil Shampoo, $56, thebay.com
Oh-so-glam
Millennial supermodel Gigi Hadid has taken her partnership with Maybelline behind the camera. The blonde bombshell just launched two collections with the beauty behemoth, reflecting two signature looks, New York Glam and LA Glow. Each collection carries a few mainstay products, but the matte lipsticks are getting major buzz, especially Erin, a deep mauve with purple undertones named after Hadid's personal makeup artist, Erin Parsons.
Gigi Hadid for Maybelline Color Sensational Matte lipsticks, $11.99, at amazon.ca, walmart.ca, and in drugstores and mass market retailers starting December 5, 2017.
The fade away
If you are still fighting those dark spots thanks to the summer sun, reach for these new retinol pads from Philosophy. Their powerful mix of retinol and superfood oils works to lessen the appearance of brown spots and wrinkles without completely striping the skin of hydration. For newbie retinol users, ease into it by using them two to three nights per week tops. And always, always wear SPF during the day, as retinol can make skin super sensitive to the sun.
Philosophy The Ultimate Worker Multi-Rejuvenating Retinol Superfood Oil, $95, Sephora.com