With the focus on skincare rocketing in the past few years, and trends getting weirder and weirder, the attention has shifted to what exact ingredients are being put into our much-loved beauty buys. These days a celebrity endorsement of a product is simply not enough. We want to know what the results are and why because thanks to social media we know of countless different products and procedures that go into today’s flawless looks. Beauty influencers like Tati or Skincare by Hyram have highlighted the importance of knowing the science behind skincare through detailed product reviews. So, how can we ensure that the products we buy have the results they are claiming to have? Ingredients. Becoming more aware of ingredients commonly used in products will inform you of the benefits within formulas and which products to use to get those highly-sought-after results.

Retinol is a form of vitamin A, best for reducing fine lines, sun damage and general ageing of skin. This bad boy increases the production of collagen. If you’re new to this ingredient, always start with a more dilute concentrate in order to build skin tolerance and also prevent skin irritation.

Recommended products:

• Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Retinol Capsules, £42

• The Ordinary Retinol 0.5% in Squalane, £4.90

• The Inkey List Retinol Serum, £9.99

Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Retinol Capsules, £42

The Ordinary Retinol 0.5% in Squalane, £4.90

The Inkey List Retinol Serum, £9.99

Using salicylic acid in your skincare can help reduce and fight the appearance of blemishes and scarring. Whilst it should not be used to fight acne or breakouts, it can help with the aftermath helping to lift dark marks left on the skin surface because this ingredient is a beta hydroxy acid that can exfoliate the skin.

Recommended products:

• The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Masque, £9.90

• NIP+FAB Teen Skin Fix Salicylic Acid Day Pads 60 Pads, £12.95

• Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant, £23.80

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Masque, £9.90

NIP+FAB Teen Skin Fix Salicylic Acid Day Pads 60 Pads, £12.95

Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant, £23.80

Incorporating a product that contains hyaluronic acid into your regime will improve the appearance of your complexion by keeping moisture locked in at the surface. Cross polymer hyaluronic acid ensures hydration on many layers to your skin, so be sure to check your labels if you’re looking for maximum moisture. This acid can attract up to 1,000 times its weight in water so it’s a no brainer if you’ve got dry skin.

Recommended products:

• The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, £5.90

• Embryolisse Laboratories Hydra Mask, £22

• Pixi Hydrating Milky Mist, £18

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, £5.90

Embryolisse Laboratories Hydra Mask, £22

Pixi Hydrating Milky Mist, £18

If you’re looking to improve radiancy and the appearance of skin texture and rid of those dead skin cells, Glycolic acid is your guy. This is an ingredient used frequently in toners and can be swept across the face after cleansing. Because it is an exfoliant, again, it should be used with care and if it causes any irritation or sensitivity, abandoned at all costs.

Recommended products:

• The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution, £6.80

• Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum, £76

• Ren Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask, £36.00

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution, £6.80

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum, £76

Ren Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask, £36.00

Azelaic acid is an ingredient already produced naturally by your skin and brightens the skin tone while visibly improving the evenness of skin texture and reducing the look of blemishes. It is a multi-functional ingredient and can be used in many different forms and products. An all-rounder product that is great to incorporate into your skincare regime.

Recommended products:

• The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%, £5.50

• Paula’s Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster, £37

• Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic, £27

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%, £5.50

Paula’s Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster, £37

Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic, £27

For more information on incorporating direct acids and chemicals into your skincare routine, visit theordinary.deciem.com for recommended dosages and formulae.

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Graphics by Katie Janes

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1. The Ordinary Post-Acne Treatment

The Ordinary are usually quite secretive with their launches, and this launch coming up on March 28th has us at the edge of our seats. Teasing a photo of the product on Instagram captioned “bounce back after breakouts”, The Ordinary announced a live stream on the day of the launch to reveal the product and answer a few of their customer’s questions about it. From what we know, it seems to be a post-acne treatment serum, made to target acne scars.

We don’t know about you, but we’re super excited about this launch.

2. Boots Glow Illuminating Mist

The Boots Glow range has been largely successful since its launch in mid-2020. The range offers a wide variety of products – from serums to moisturisers to lip masks – at an incredibly low price. The new product is an illuminating mist, similar to their brightening mist, except it gives a much more dewy finish – and we all know that the dewy look is having a bit of a moment right now.

3. Kiehl’s Ultra Pure High-Potency Serums

This range of serums consists of the Niacinamide Serum (for oily skin), Hyaluronic Acid Serum (for dry skin and Glycolic Acid Serum (for textured skin), all of which provide visible results within mere weeks. They have received so many positive reviews from their global customers and we can’t wait for them to launch in the UK so we can get our hands on them. These 3 serums will be launching in Selfridges on April 5th.

4. Gucci Make-up Quads

These beautiful gold palettes launch on April 1st at Selfridges, and we’ve already started our countdowns because we can’t wait to get our hands on them. There are three different palettes coming out and, although they may just look like eyeshadows, these little guys can be used all over the face as highlighters and blushes and even lips.

Lexi Jong talked through two out of the three palettes in a video posted to YouTube. The highly pigmented products boasted a very sophisticated array of colours as she swatched the shades on her arm.

5. Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja

Maison Crivelli is a niche fragrance house with a brand-new fragrance coming out on April 1st at Selfridges. This new product featured a vibrant, passionfruit-infused scent. Their products usually feature more classy and modern fragrances and we simply can’t wait for this new fragrance to blow our minds.

@nicole_perfumes on TikTok shared how being a fragrance reviewer, she feels quite indifferent about the majority of scents, so a fragrance has to really stand out to catch her attention, and one of the products that always does is the Iris Malikhân by Maison Crivelli.

With this, on top of all of the other positive reviews about the brand, we’re certain that their newest product won’t disappoint.

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The Inky List Caffeine Stimulating Scalp Treatment

The first miracle product that we have heard amazing things about is the Inkey List Caffeine Stimulating Scalp Treatment, which is an overnight scalp treatment that helps reduce hair loss by stimulating hair follicles. This product is infused with caffeine and is perfect if you feel like your hair is thinning a little or have a sensitive scalp. This time of year, it’s natural for our hair to feel a little worse for wear, so adding this product to your shopping basket could be a real game changer for these cold months. 

£ 11.95

The Inkey List Caffeine Stimulating Scalp Treatment

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This product also boasts that it can help improve your hair’s thickness too! It’s a real gem of a product so we thought it deserved a place on our list. 

Living Proof Scalp Care Revitalising Treatment

For our readers out there that love a good head massage, you are in luck with this product. Coming with a scalp scrub tool, this product really does do it all. It promotes a healthy-looking scalp while also being perfect if you are concerned about hair thinning. This product strengthens your hair at the roots and aims to nourish and revitalise your scalp, helping it produce lovely thick locks.  

The handy little tool this product includes is ideal for scalp massages which have been proven to help hair grow, so really, it’s a win-win with this product being on your vanity shelf. 

£ 27

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Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub With Sea Salt

If you’re a big dry shampoo user, you’ll need a good scalp scrub to clean away all the product from your scalp that could be doing more damage than good to your hair. This award-winning best-seller scrub has a hybrid formula that will help smooth all types of scalps, even highly sensitive ones. 

This scrub restores balance to your scalp and will make you feel like you’ve just left a spa session. Be prepared for your scalp to feel hydrated and restored. This product deserves the hype it gets, and is one to think about getting if you’re looking for a non-abrasive and high-quality product to help make your hair shine and grow. 

£ 13.50

Christophe Robin Cleaning Purifying Scrub With Sea Salt

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The Ordinary Mutli-Peptide Serum For Hair Density

This fan-favourite brand gets a good reputation for being one of the best low-budget brands in the industry, and it doesn’t drop the ball when it comes to its hair range. The Multi-Peptide Serum is a product that we know you’ll love as it promotes hair thickness and will make your hair look super healthy. 

The ingredients include helping stop hair thinning, generating blood flow to the scalp and soothing a dry itchy scalp. This product can work wonders for your hair and have you looking and feeling like Rapunzel in no time.  

£ 15.80

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Serum For Hair Density

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Mielle Rosemary Mint Scalp And Hair Oil

We couldn’t talk about hair growth and not mention Rosemary oil, could we? Rosemary oil is the go-to hair treatment if you’re wanting to grow your luscious locks and generate healthy-looking hair. This little gem is renowned within the beauty world, and we can see why. The Mielle Rosemary Mint Scalp and Hair Oil includes more than 30 essential oils and is infused with Biotin. It can be used as a part of your daily hair care routine and is amazing at helping with breakage and split ends too.  

With this product by your side, you can look forward to healthy, strong and long hair in your future as it is a staple item in any hair care routine and one we didn’t want you guys to miss out on.  

£ 15.98

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Redness is one of the most common skin concerns people struggle with. The trick to treating this skin type is determining where the redness is stemming from. The two most common skin concerns that may result in redness is sensitive skin and reactive skin. What’s the difference? Well, sensitive skin is usually fragile to ingredients such as fragrance or strong active ingredients. Think of this skin type similar to the skin of a baby. You need to treat it with gentle products and hydrating ingredients. Reactive skin is simply skin that turns rosy at a gentle touch.

UV Protection

Sun protection is arguably the most important part of a skincare routine. For red skin, this is even more necessary. Sun exposure is a sure way of aggravating a red complexion. SPF helps battle sun damage and redness and gives you a more even skin tone over time. Drunk Elephant Umbra Sheer Physical Daily Defense SPF 30 (£29.00)

Hydration! Hydration! Hydration!

Hydrating sensitive and reactive skin—as well as all other skin types—is absolutely essential. One of the potentially most damaging steps in a skincare routine is cleansing. Many cleansers have harsh, stripping ingredients that can leave skin dehydrated and thirsty. This leads to super red dehydrated skin. CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser (£7.10)

Alternative Cleansing

If your skin is next level reactive, this is for you. Rinsing cleansers from your face using water can leave the skin tight and parched. Using a cleansing oil/balm and removing the product using a damp cloth can be a much gentler option. Pixi Double Cleanse (£24.00)

Actives for redness

Some active ingredients might be a little too ‘active’ for red skin. Although retinol and other ingredients give amazing benefits, they might be a little harsh for extremely sensitive or reactive skin. Hyaluronic acid is a simple and gentle way to lock in extra hydration and keep your skin plump and healthy. Mizon Hyaluronic Acid (£17.45)

Niacinamide

This ingredient is a must for evening out your complexion and improving the skin’s overall health. Niacinamide leaves the skin clear, calm, and relaxed. The Ordinary Niacinamide 10%, Zinc 1% (£5.00)

Colour Correct

If you’ve been a longtime sufferer of reactive skin, you’ve probably been victim of the dreaded green cream. While you hope to be left even and glowing, you’re sadly left sickly and matte. Getting an anti-redness CC cream is an amazing way to slightly correct the redness and leaves you with a more even tone. Erbarian CC Red Correct (£18.00)

While these products are to help with hydrating and moisturizing—one of the key strategies to taking care of reactive & sensitive skin—we are all about embracing the skin you’re in. Every skin tone is beautiful and there is nothing more adorable than a rosy cheek.

Words by Luke Nolan

Graphics by Frances Scott

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As the summer draws to a close, the weather cools and our sun-kissed tan begins to fade, it is very tempting to turn to the trustee full coverage foundations in our make-up collections, safe in the knowledge that the summer heat will no longer cause our bases to melt away – we’ve been there. But just because we are wrapping up warmer doesn’t mean we have to cover our skin too. This autumn why not try skipping the full coverage base and dive into our fool-proof list of light coverage foundations that will help you embrace your skin this season.

Glossier Perfecting Skin Tint

£20

We could not create a list celebrating light coverage foundations without kicking it off with the queen of natural glowing make-up, Glossier. The Perfecting Skin Tint has a light, breathable formula that creates the most beautiful dewy finish, that evens redness without hiding your natural skin. Formulated without fragrance; this product is great for sensitive skin types. Pair with their cult Cloud Paint blushes for that signature Glossier look.

Glossier Perfecting Skin Tint image via Glossier website

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter

£34

This tinted primer-highlighter hybrid fits into a category all of its own. Charlotte Tilbury claims that this unique product perfects your skin just like a real-life digital filter. Instagram, who? The Hollywood Flawless Filter offers little coverage but creates an unbeatable freshness; perfect for quenching dry and tired skin on a crisp fall morning. It blurs imperfections and softens the complexation with a stunning glow which creates the most perfect lit-from-within look.

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter image via Charlotte Tilbury website

Revolution Pro CC Cream Perfecting Foundation

£10

Perfect for dry or combination skin; the Revolution Pro CC Cream Perfecting Foundation offers a sheer but buildable coverage. The addition of a pump to the packaging makes the product feel a lot more luxurious than the price would suggest. While the formula, infused with vitamin E, helps reduce redness and adds a healthy boost to dull skin. What more could we want?

NYX Bare With Me Tinted Skin Veil

£10

Almost undetectable, the NYX Bare With Me Tinted Skin Veil glides over the skin without clinging to any dry patches or fine lines. As the name would suggest, the BB cream feels just like your own skin. Hassle-free, long-lasting, and affordable. NYX does it again.

BareMinerals Original Foundation SPF15

£29

More of a powder foundation fan? No worries, this award-winning, finely milled powder is one of a kind. Made with just five mineral ingredients; BareMinerals Original Foundation is a must-have. It leaves the skin looking effortlessly luminous with just an easy sweep of a fluffy brush. The coverage can be sheer or built up to medium, depending on your desired look and it is perfect for setting make-up too.

Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation

£60

Before cringing at the price tag, let us assure you that despite sitting comfortably at the higher end of budgets, we believe the Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation is worth every penny this autumn. Best applied with a brush or sponge, this foundation creates a stunningly lightweight hydrated look. No one does skin like Pat McGrath Labs. Go on, treat yourself!

The Ordinary Serum Foundation

£5.70

The Ordinary Serum foundation could easily be mistaken as a higher-end product despite its low- price tag. Offering a more naturally healthy finish; this product is perfect for make-up lovers who gravitate towards matte/ satin finishes. The ultra-thin formula expertly achieves a medium buildable coverage without looking too cakey and lasts all day, which is perfect for reducing the risk of foundation stains on your face mask this autumn.

La Roche Posay Anthelios Hydrating Tinted Cream SPF50

£17.50

Every skincare expert will tell you that SPF should be worn every day to shield your skin from sun damage. Yes, that’s right – even in the autumn. This beautiful formula from La Roche Posey makes it all the easier; it protects the skin while adding a subtle tint of coverage without feeling greasy or sticky.

ColourPop Hyaluronic Hydrating Foundation

$16

Famous for their frequent launches, at times it can feel as if ColourPop is producing make-up faster than we can consume it, but this foundation is gaining a lot of attention online and rightly so. Suitable for all skin types and oil-free; this affordable, hydrating foundation gifts a natural medium my-skin-but-better look. And luckily, they ship to the UK too!

ColourPop Hyaluronic Hydrating Foundation image via ColourPop website

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer

£35

An old school favourite that was reformulated last year, Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer remains one of the best on the market. It naturally enhances and gently blurs the skin to create an effortless, no-makeup look. Trust us, we know the struggle of getting out of bed on a cold autumn morning; but luckily this product seamlessly blends into the skin which makes it perfect for quick, run-out-the-door application.

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer image via Cult Beauty website

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Graphics by Frances Scott

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The winter months can be incredibly harsh on your skin, with many experiencing dryness, sensitivity and breakouts once the initial coldness hits. Sub-zero temperatures and pesky spots may make you want to curl up in a ball at times, but with the countdown to Christmas well under way- there simply isn’t time to hibernate.

So whether you’ve been naughty or nice, Voir wants to help you achieve that winter glow this year.

It’s the thought that counts…

The party season can be a huge stress to your mind and body. The physical stresses your body has to battle at Christmas might include an increased consumption of alcohol or indulgent foods, a hectic schedule or a lack of sleep. While all of which can play a big part in the festive fun, the combination of all these factors can wreak havoc to your complexion…

It all starts from within, so cut down on the drinking where possible and remember to rest-up. If the partying is non-negotiable, simply remember to rehydrate on the following days and try to give yourself some silent nights.

Becoming an ice queen

Low temperatures can be damaging to the outer layers of your skin by causing micro-tears which allow water and oil to escape and disrupting your usual patterns of sebum production. This disturbance to your skins natural equilibrium can lead to patchy dryness, blemishes and spots. Ensuring your skin is well moisturised will help to prevent these tears and as such, reduce sensitivity and other unpleasant dermal symptoms induced by the cold.

Often, in the winter months, your usual moisturiser will not be nourishing enough to suffice and a thicker, creamier moisturiser can be advisable (dependent on your skin type).

Products we love for…Dry skin:

1). La Mer Crème de la Mer £230

2). Clinique Moisture Surge £25Normal skin:

3). Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion £18.50

4). Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream £49Combination skin:

5). Clarins Extra-Firming Day Cream £596). Fresh Rose Deep Cream £35Oily skin:

7). Nivea Refreshingly Soft £2.79

8). Mario Badescu Oil-Free Moisturiser £18

It’s not what you asked for…

For those surprise blemishes that do break through, we recommend a cleanser- which is effective at preventing dirt and oil clogging your pores, and an on the spot anti-inflammatory treatment- as some all-over spot treatments can contribute to dryness, thus, making the problem worse.

Our favourite anti-spot cleanser and on-the-spot treatment are both from Mario Badescu. You can get the Acne Facial Cleanser and Spot Drying Lotion individually or as a set and they work amazingly together to tackle breakouts from all angles.

Find the products here…

1). Mario Badescu Acne Facial Cleanser £14

2). Mario Badescu Spot Drying Lotion £16

The finishing touch

Primer is the glow-getter’s holy grail when the sun isn’t shining. Once you’ve lathered on the moisturiser, you want to lock that hydration in and create a beautiful base that will help your skin to glow as bright as the Christmas tree – while giving your makeup the longevity it needs.

Our top 3 primers for the season:1). Yves Saint Laurent Touce Éclat Blur £30 (for that Christmassy, glittery glow)

2). Too Faced Hangover Primer £26 (for obvious reasons)

3). The Ordinary High-Adherence Silicone Primer £3.90 (for a look that lasts all night- on a budget).

So, that’s it. The gift of good skin, from us to you- you’re very welcome. And if you want to complete the glowy look with a power lip combo- check out our Christmas Lipstick guide.

Words by Chloe Charalambous

Graphics by Araceli Alonso

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