Up your skincare game with April's beauty must-haves

If you're looking for a spring refresh, look no further. This season there are plenty of new skincare solutions, as well as hair care options, to help you break free from the chains of a dull, blah winter, whether you have a few dollars to spend or are looking for a reasonable way to revamp. From tried-and-true beauty brands to a few newbies, this month we have all the perfect products to revamp your routine for a fresh start.

See me now?

If you're tired of looking tired, well, Clarins has a new eye mask for you! Containing organic leaf of life extract, as well as quinoa and horse chestnut aescin, this soothing eye serum works day (perfect for just before you apply makeup!) and night, thanks to a rich cream texture that melts into the skin like a gel.

Clarins Hydra-Essentiel Moisturizing Reviving Eye Mask, $33, Hudson's Bay, Shoppers Drug Mart and clarins.com

What's cooking?

If you love playing in the kitchen, try blending together some key ingredients to create a customized at-home facial. From Montreal-based Subtle Green, comes the Signature Blend Face Mask. This powdered mask is made with Canadian glacier clay to detoxify, honey for added glow and moisture, as well as fruit acids for light exfoliation and rose quartz for softer, smoother skin. As per the brand's advice, use alone or mix with avocado and almond oil for added hydration, apple cider vinegar for acne prone skin, cooled organic drip coffee for anti-inflammatory effects or chamomile tea and lemon juice for an antioxidant boost (see subtlegreen.com for recipe details).

Subtle Green Signature Blend Face Mask, $73, online at subtlegreen.com April 18

Beauty sleep

Our mind not only resets at night, but our skin is working hard while we're at rest. So make the most of your zzz's with the help of the This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray (this UK brand from a former beauty editor just launched at Sephora in Canada!). Consisting of lavender, vetivert, and chamomile, one little spritz can help you sleep deeper, helping your skin to move into repair mode faster, creating new cells, removing harmful toxins and replacing aged cells.

This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, $34, sephora.com

The revamp

Fans of French beauty brand Caudalie know that the antioxidant-rich formulas, thanks to grape extract harvested on the founders' vineyard, are a gateway to glorious skin. This month, the house is reintroducing new packaging for their popular cleansing regimen. Each of the five options is at least 90 percent natural, and can be mixed and matched depending on your specific skin needs.

Caudalie Instant Foaming Cleanser, Make-Up Removing Cleansing Oil, Micellar Cleansing Water, Gentle Cleansing Milk, Moisturizing Toning Lotion, $34 each, available at Caudalie counters, caudalie.ca and sephora.ca

The right combination

Are you befuddled with oily roots and dry ends? Live Clean now has a solution. Bringing three mineral clays (kaolin, montmorillonite and bentonite) to their new shampoo and conditioner range, combined with organic botanical like apple cider, witch hazel, green tea and tea tree, all help to balance the scalp and hair, for a swingable, healthy looking hair.

Live Clean Mineral Clay Rebalancing Shampoo and Conditioner, $7.99 each, Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart and well.ca

Insta perfect

If you're looking to switch up your foundation this season (the perfect time to try a new formulation!), take Dermablend's new foundation drops for a spin. This highly pigmented, water- and oil-free formula is easily made more sheer when mixed with your favourite daytime moisturizer or it can be built up for Kardashian levels of coverage on its own. And it's lightweight, so it won't feel like you're wearing a ton of makeup.

Dermablend Professional Flawless Creator Foundation Drops, $52, Shoppers Drug Mart and beautyboutique.ca

Strong hold

Über luxe beauty brand Clé de Peau is bringing a new serum to the market this month. Enter Firming Serum Supreme, a blend of licorice root, raspberry extract and patented ingredients like Glow Fortifier Rx and Illuminating Complex Ex, for a silky, pinkish gel serum that promises to firm, tighten and volumize the complexion.

Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme, $390, holtrenfrew.com and shop.nordstrom.com

Work it out

Fans of the telephone cord like elastic hair bands from Invisibobble, can now start jumping for joy, because the German inventor's of the original plastic stretchy hair tie have just launched the Multi-band, perfect for yogis, runners or anyone who likes to move. Part headband and part coil elastic, it stays in place while you don't. And it's available in two colours, True Black and Red-y To Rumble (a chic deep burgundy).

Invisibobble Multiband, $11, drugstores across Canada and at beautyboutique.ca

Like butter, baby

In order to make their line completely GMO-free, Rocky Mountain Soap Co. found unrefined shea butter from the Kperisi village in Northern Ghana. Handmade by women and families from the village, the shea butter replaces a mix of soybean oil, cottonseed oil and canola oil, while the line of soaps retains all the scents that fans of the brand have grown to love. Shea butter helps to promote natural collagen production for softer, plumper skin, while it prevents skin from drying out.

Rocky Mountain Soap Co. Natural Bar Soap in Juicy Orange, $5.95, rockymountainsoap.com

Wrap me up

Another brand looking to get you glowing while you snooze, Dermalogica just introduced the Sound Sleep Cocoon overnight treatment. With motion-activated lavender (the idea is that the relaxing scent will be released while you move around as you sleep, to help you have a more restful night!), Cocoon also contains Persian silk tree extract to help reduce signs of fatigue and Wu-Zhu-Yu extract to help restore vitality to your complexion. Dermalogica also created the Sleep Sound app to help you fall to sleep faster. Happy dreaming!

Dermalogica Sound Sleep Cocoon, $108, dermalogica.ca and sephora.com

Pillowy soft

An important step in any beauty maven's game—the lip scrub! This affordable version from Kelowna-based Epic Blend, ticks off all the boxes. With fine grain caster sugar to gently exfoliate, as well as jojoba oil and vitamin E to hydrate, this mix of essential oils (tangerine, lime, grapefruit, spearmint and more), it's the perfect way to prep your pout for your favourite gloss, stick or balm.

Epic Blend Mojito Lip Scrub, $9.95, epicblend.com

Strand saviour

With warmer temperatures comes the prospect of overactive oil glands (yay!) in the scalp. Keep greasy hair at bay, while protecting your colour with Hair Food's new Sulfate-Free Colour Protect Dry Shampoo. With the sweet smell of nectarine and pear, this refresh in a can is a delicious addition to your hair care routine.

Hair Food Sulfate-Free Colour Protect Dry Shampoo, $15, across Canada at mass market retailers and drug stores

Ariel sent me

Make all your mermaid dreams come true with a power-packed green smoothie for your skin from Hawaii-base skincare line Leahlani, new to Canada via natural beauty site Clementine Fields. Powered by Hawaiian spirulina (full of proteins and amino acids) and raw honey (an antiseptic that contains mild alpha hydroxy acids for added glow factor!), this 10-minute mask will leave skin calm, cool and dewy.

Leahlani Skincare Mermaid Mask, $49, clementinefields.ca

Home for a rest

You've definitely seen the term hygge (pronounced hoo-gah) in regards to decor trends in the past year or so. Now, eco-conscious fragrance brand Clean is bringing the idea to scents with their How to Hygge Collection. Made up of six roller ball notes, blend the notes together to help create your ideal mood, finding comfort and harmony through the sensorial.

Clean Reserve How to Hygge Collection, $72, sephora.com