Leanne Bayley
The new makeup launches you should know about for summer 2022. New cosmetics to spark joy from Glossier, Fenty Beauty, Charlotte Tilbury, MAC, Benefiit and more.
We don't know about you but discovering a new beauty product can really put a smile on your face - and right now we'll take our joy wherever we can get it. Whether it's a new lipstick or a new eyeshadow or a gorgeous nw nail colour, these are the products that you need on your radar this summer...
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What's New: Chanel Les Beiges Water-Fresh Blush
Back in 2019, Chanel gave us Water-Fresh Tint - a saviour for women who liked a natural, fresh-looking face. It was the first time we were introduced to a water-based formula containing micro-droplet pigments that magically melt on contact with the skin.
The microfluidic technology revolution continues into 2022, with Flush-Blush. The micro-droplet pigments in this lightweight gel blush blend seamlessly with the skin for a delicately rosy glow.
The new blush by CHANEL imparts subtle colour to the cheeks while providing hydration thanks to its water-based texture, resulting in a healthy glow effect that lasts all day
Chanel Les Beiges Water-Fresh Blush, £42, Boots
What's New: Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Multi-Glow
The Pillow Talk Multi-Glow highlighter is golden hour in product form. If you're after glass-like fairy skin, this is the dream highlighter. Dream Light is a warm pink highlighter in a silky-smooth powder formula for an ambient, warm pink glow, perfect for warmer complexions! Romance Light is a nude-pink highlighter in a silky-smooth powder formula for a cool-toned, fairy-like glow.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Multi-Glow, £35, Charlotte Tilbury
What's New: Kevyn Aucoin True Feather Brow Duo
An innovative dual-ended marker that shapes, defines, and set brows for a full, natural finish. The precision brush tip creates subtle hair-like strokes, while the setting gel's ingredients help to promote healthy hair growth, improving the brows' overall appearance.
Kevyn Aucoin True Feather Brow Duo, £22, Selfridges
What's New: Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish: Highlighter + Balm Duo
Pat McGrath Labs' Skin Fetish Duo is the secret to getting the makeup artist's enviable dewy runway looks at home. The highlighter gives you an irresistible glow by reflecting light, while the hydrating balm end ensures a fresh complexion.
Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish: Highlighter + Balm Duo, £47, Pat McGrath Labs
What's New: Rose Inc Solar Radiance Hydrating Cream Highlighter
A revolutionary highlighting and skin-smoothing hybrid, this velvet-soft cream illuminates the complexion with sheer radiance while nourishing the skin. The hydrating formula effortlessly glides over the high points of the face to build natural-looking luminosity without settling into pores or fine lines.
Rose Inc Solar Radiance Hydrating Cream Highlighter, £30, Rose Inc
What's New: Dolce&Gabbana Solar Glow Illuminating Powder
Create a natural-looking glow with the Dolce&Gabbana Solar Glow Illuminating Duo in 'Tender Apricot'. This compact, inspired by the Mediterranean light, features two complementary shades that work in harmony to sculpt and enlighten the look of your complexion.
Dolce&Gabbana Solar Glow Illuminating Powder, £55, Look Fantastic
What's New: Dior Forever Couture Perfect Cushion - Dioriviera
Give your Dior Forever Couture Perfect Cushion foundation a Dioriviera makeover! This limited edition compact features the iconic bayadere motif to inject some high-fashion to your makeup bag. It's available in two finishes;luminous matte and intense glow.
Dior Forever Couture Perfect Cushion - Dioriviera, £49.50, Dior Beauty
What's New: Laura Mercier RoseGlow Limited Edition Highlighting Powder
The finely-milled, light reflecting pearls brings subtle, natural dewiness to add life to all skin tones. The highlighting powder self-adjusts to your complexion and perfectly balances cool and warm tones in the contours of the face to bring life and light to your makeup. It's basically a stroke of magic!
Laura Mercier RoseGlow Limited Edition Highlighting Powder, £26, Cult Beauty
What's New: ByTerry Brightening CC Powder
ByTerry's Brightening CC Powder is the powder version of the brand's bestselling Brightening CC Serum in shade N°4 Sunny Flash. It will even out the skin tone and give warmth to the complexion. Get ready to glow in a (sunny) flash.
ByTerry Brightening CC Powder, £48, ByTerry
What's New: Morphe 35U Gilded Desert Artistry Palette
Morphe will make you want to hit the beach with this golden delight. Take your looks from sun-kissed days to bronzy nights with an artistry palette inspired by a golden desert. Deep metallics, shimmers, and mattes in 35 toasty terra-cottas, cool-toned neutrals, and sultry nudes bare all in buildable and blendable formulas.
Morphe 35U Gilded Desert Artistry Palette, £26, Morphe
What's New: Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Liquid Concealer
Say goodbye to dark eyes! Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte Liquid Concealer is a crease-proof, medium to full buildable coverage creamy concealer that brightens, conceals, and moves with you for a luminous matte, skin-like finish that lasts all day. Infused with conditioning sweet almond oil and vitamin E to care for delicate under-eye skin, this versatile concealer has a lightweight, blendable formula that melts into skin but doesn’t compromise on coverage or staying power!
Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Liquid Concealer, £20.40, Feel Unique
What's New: Bobbi Brown Crushed Lip Color in Regal
Who doesn't want a bright red-orange lipstiick for their summer getaways? If you're after the look of a satin-matte lipstick but the feel of a lip balm, this is it. Loaded with crushed pigments and lip-loving ingredients, it's the ultimate swipe-and-go balmy lipstick for crush-worthy, feel-good colour that lasts all day.
Bobbi Brown Crushed Lip Color - Regal, £26, Bobbi Brown
What's New: Nailberry L’Oxygéné Noirberry
With a vegan formula and patented technology, this nail polish provides long wear and high shine colour. It's the perfect shade for your vacay manicure.
Nailberry L’Oxygéné Jazz Me Up, £15, Space NK
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What's New: Ciate London x Smiley London Pump Plump
This innovative, nourishing formula is specifically designed to gently plump your lips for enviably soft, full-looking lips thanks to an expertly formulated combination of ingredients. Apply directly to lips with the new large doe foot wand for nourishing moisture and shine with a gentle tingling sensation.
Ciate London x Smiley London Pump Plump, £20, Ciate London
What's New: Urban Decay Wild Greens Eyeshadow Palette
The Wild Greens Eyeshadow Palette has everything you need - high-impact colour payoff and a vegan formula you crave. The plant powered, vegan formula eyeshadow palette is going to be your most used eyeshadow palette yet.
Urban Decay Wild Greens Eyeshadow Palette, £26, Urban Decay
What's New: Pai Skincare The Impossible Glow
Consider this a warning: Pai's multi-use bronzing drops will be taking over your Instagram feed. Packed with glow-boosting ingredients that enhance your complexion over time, as well as giving instant lit-from-within radiance thanks to naturally derived bronzing pigments.
The Impossible Glow, £19 Cult Beauty
What's New: GLOSSYBOX's The A-List Edit beauty box
The A-List Edit contains 10 of the most-wanted products used by some of our favourite celebrities – and you’ll love every single one. Featuring skincare heroes from brands like Elemis and Laura Mercier to pep up a lacklustre complexion, and cult makeup staples from Zoeva and Lottie London, this beauty box really does have it all. Ultimately, it allows you to sample a range of new beauty treats for just £35.
The A-List Edit Beauty Box, £35 including delivery, GLOSSYBOX
What's New: Trinny London Lip Glow in Lara and Freya
Inspired by Trinny’s daughter Lyla and her friends, Lip Glow is Trinny London’s next-generation lip gloss. Lara is a sheer orange-red and Freya is a soft berry tint – both shades are super hydrating, glossy (never sticky) and universally wearable, with a delicious watermelon scent.
Trinny London Lip Glow, £16, Trinny London
What's New: Stila Color Cocktail Travel Cheek, Lip & Eye Palette - Moonshine
Mix, blend and have a little play with this luscious cocktail of colour for cheek, lips, and eyes. The possibilities are endless with this all-in-one!
Stila Color Cocktail Travel Cheek, Lip & Eye Palette - Moonshine, £28, Stila
What's New: bareMinerals Mineralist Gloss Balm
Wouldn't it be great if your lips felt soft and silky even after you've taken off your lipgloss. Now they can! The bareMinerals Mineralist Gloss Balm is the best of gloss and balm in one. You get sheer colour, high-shine and irresistibly soft lips. Loaded with naturally derived ingredients, this gloss-balm delivers instant nourishment in a cushiony formula that's never sticky.
BareMinerals Mineralist Gloss Balm, £20, bareMinerals
What's New: MAC Cosmetics Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eyeliner
Give bright lilac a try, go on! It's summer and this is the eye colour of the season. With 12-hour waterline and 24-hour+ lid wear, you'll have a pop of colour in a single swipe.
MAC Cosmetics Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eyeliner, £18.50, MAC Cosmetics
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What's New: Clarins Ever Bronze & Blush
This is an irresistible summer trio: a bronzing powder to create a sun-kissed glow, a highlighter to illuminate and sculpt, and a peachy blush to give a touch of colour. Swirl together for a gorgeous effect, or mix and match as you please.
Clarins Ever Bronze & Blush, £30, Clarins
What's New: Iconic London Prep-Set-Tan Tanning Mist
A summer-inspired sister to the cult-favourite mist, ICONIC London’s Prep-Set-Tan offers the same ultra-dewy, soft-focus glow, now with a golden, sun-kissed finish. Premium tanning agents are combined with hyaluronic acid and multi-vitamins, working to hydrate and nourish skin with every application. Shake to activate!
Iconic London Prep-Set-Tan Tanning Mist, £24, Cult Beauty
What's New: Regency Bloom
This refreshingly vibrant turquoise is guaranteed to be just your cup of tea. Inspired by the bright blues of a regency Tea Room, this rich, pigmented shade is equally perfect for days in the garden and evenings on the town.
Peacći Regency Bloom in Tea Room, £10, ASOS
What's New: Estée Lauder Double Wear Sheer Flattery Loose Powder
Double Wear Sheer Flattery Loose Powder is a blurring finishing powder with a soft-focus, natural-looking finish. To use, press the puff into the mesh to release some of the powder and then lightly apply over makeup to set.
Estée Lauder Double Wear Sheer Flattery Loose Powder, £33, Look Fantastic
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What's New: Erborian CC Water
The Erborian CC Water is the perfect lightweight addition to your skincare regime in the morning. This transformative gel-like product contains micro-pigment capsules suspended in a hydrating, transparent formulation. The encapsulated pigment beads burst upon contact with the skin, releasing light coverage. Enriched with Centella Asiatica, a Korean super ingredient that works to calm and balance the complexion. Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin work to plump and hydrate. Apply a thin layer to the face with the fingertips, using a gentle, circular motion. You'll notice the slight hint of colour magically appear.
Erborian CC Water, £39, LookFantastic
What's New: SUQQU Sheer Matte Lipstick in Netsutou
SUQQU looks to shades of summer across the world to inspire its new collection of lip products. The Sheer Matte lipstick is enriched with hyaluronic acid, sweet almond oil and olive oil, nourishing the lips and leaving behind a whisper of matte colour - and this orange hue is just perfect!
SUQQU Sheer Matte Lipstick in Netsutou, £33, Selfridges
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