These pre-fall beauty launches are about to blow up
Including the new blockbuster scent from Gucci and Glossier’s latest launch.
Beauty brands love to save their major launches for the fourth quarter. And seeing as we're almost there (we know, stop wishing summer away, right?), we found the best launches of the season that are going to add some major glam impact to your current beauty routine.
A highly-coveted, floral-infused scent from Gucci, Glossier's new face powder that brings the wow factor, an eyeliner that makes getting the perfect cat eye really, really simple, and so much more.
Open up
Guys! It's finally here. The first, highly buzzed about Gucci fragrance under the creative direction of Alessandro Michele will hit stores on August 15. With collector-worthy packaging—think a lush red floral toile and a powder pink porcelain bottle—the sweet offering contains Rangoon Creeper, a first in perfume-making, alongside natural tuberose absolute and jasmine absolute. "I wanted a green fragrance, a courageous scent that transports you to a vast garden filled with many flowers and plants, a bouquet of abundance," Michele said in a release. If the scent has the same success as the runway offerings from the famed Italian designer, expect it to be the next beauty blockbuster.
Gucci Bloom, $114 (50 mL), The Hudson's Bay, Shoppers Drug Mart Beauty Boutique and Sephora on August 15, 2017.
About time, eh?
Beauty bloggers, lovers and die-hards were rejoicing earlier this summer when Glossier announced its entrance into the Canadian market, by shipping straight to our homes (save for Quebec until they can prep a French website) and opening the brand's first international office in Montreal. Known for the cult classic Boy Brow, the first new product launch since their Canadian debut just landed on August 1st, and it's already 'wow'-ing fans. Called Wowder, this face finisher comes in three universally flattering hues, and contains diamond powder, kaolin clay and vitamin E, which all work to keep your t-zone shine free, while it helps to set makeup in place and blur the appearance of pores and imperfections. The brand is also about as natural as they come, so you can keep your smile wide while showing off that glowy skin.
Glossier Wowder Weightless Finishing Powder, $27, or $45 with Wowder Brush, available on glossier.com
Bisou bisou
Enriched with the brand's signature grape-seed polyphenols, which are rich in skin saving anti-oxidants, Caudalie's newest prod launch is a trio of tinted lip balms. In three whisper light hues, the balms, housed in a pot with a chic wood topper, add hydration and a hint of colour to your pout. We recommend Seduction, a rose balm infused with vanilla that deliciously defines and adds the illusion of fuller lips.
Caudalie The French Kiss Collection in Seduction, $20, ca.caudalie.com and Caudalie Boutique Spas
Purr-fect
A cat-eye flick is such a classic beauty look that everyone should know how to deftly do one, right? Unfortunately for even the most avid beauty followers among us, the go-to Hollywood look can be a bit of a mystery. So this new liquid eyeliner from Canadian beauty powerhouse Annabelle is here to help. With an easy-to-grip wand and a felt tip applicator, the long-wear formula glides on smoothly, creating a carbon black line. Simply start from the middle point of the eye, positioning the wand as close to the lash line as possible, and, following the natural curve of the eye, glide along the lashes until you hit the outer corner, turning up and out with a flick of the wrist. See? A perfect cat-eye awaits!
Annabelle 101 Liquid Eyeliner, $9.95, drugstores and mass market retailers.
Crystal clear
A new way to hydrate your pout has landed in drugstores. Eos, makers of simple green beauty, are introducing their latest lip balm, a clear formula consisting of shea butter, as well as coconut, aloe and avocado oils. Made without parabens and petrolatum, this wax free, vegan eos balm is lightweight and super moisturizing.
Eos Crystal Weightless Hydration Lip Balm in Vanilla Orchid, $7.99, mass market retailers