Vanity Fare: Lip and eye colours take on the vibrant shades of summer

Add a little fun and boldness to your looks with the right makeup essentials for the season. Photo: Nudestix

As we step out into the world again to meet friends or go about our lives the closest to normal that is possible, beauty brands are ready to help. The latest releases bring to mind freedom, fun and joy.

From bright colours to a glimmery effect, these products can help you achieve your best out-of-the-house look.

Choose your icon

To elevate your lipstick wardrobe Rihanna has created the Fenty Icon Lipstick Case in Matte Black, a stylish and fully customisable lipstick case.

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Customisable with all Fenty Icon Refillable Lipstick fills, this luxe matte black lipstick case lets you mix and match your Icon Lipstick shades to suit any mood or style. Beyond customisation, you can also be part of Fenty Beauty’s earth-conscious evolution to reduce waste with these refillable components.

With a range of seven neutrals and three reds, anyone can find a classic to fit the look that you want.

All in one

Nudestix travels back to Y2K to launch the Nudegold Glam Palette, a six piece palette inspired by the euphoria of summer. Nudegold Glam Palette is a limited edition collection of summer favourites for eyes and lips that features a new Magnetic Luminous Eye Colour and Nude Lip Glace. It comes in a custom fine art tin created by artist Jessica Gorlicky with a mirror to hold your summer essentials.

Eye colours include a nude champagne-gold (new), nude rose-gold, nude copper-gold and nude burgundy-gold, while the lip colour is a matte tan-nude. Another new addition is the nude rose-gold shimmer Lip Glace that completes the palette. The Nude Gold Palette is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free and synthetic fragrance-free and is formulated without parabens and sulfates.

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Luxury balm

Inspired by the flowers that grow around La Pausa, Chanel’s latest Rouge Coco Baume reflect the colours of summer flowers. The spirit of La Pausa inspired the brand to develop a lip care product with unique sensory qualities, combining the colour provided by a lipstick with the moisturising benefits of a balm.

Olive Oleoactive, a new active ingredient produced specifically for the brand and an echo to La Pausa’s hundred-year-old olive trees contains a high concentration of polyphenols and omega-9s, which provides antioxidant protection.

Shea butter and three plant waxes at the heart of the Hydra Boost Complex, the signature ingredient of the Rouge Coco line, keeps your lips moisturised.

From deep burgundy to fresh pink, it is available in six shades, along with a transparent, pearlescent white shade which completes the collection and intensifies the natural radiance of the lips.

Dewy lips

Why choose between wearing a beautiful lip tint and enjoying nourished, supple lips? You don’t have to with innisfree’s new Dewy Tint Lip Balm inspired by the shades of bright petals in nature.

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Innisfree’s tinted lip balm is available in five different natural rosy shades alongside a colourless Treatment Lip Balm. The formula contains Jeju camellia seed oil and camellia ceramide that provides deep moisturisation to soften the texture for healthy-looking plump lips. These tints have a moist formula containing hyaluronic acid ampoule which deeply nourishes chapped and dehydrated lips to reveal moist, dewy glass lips.

Its formula has been dermatologically tested to keep lips in great condition and has the added scent of eucalyptus for daily use, suitable for even sensitive lips.

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Luminous skin

Formulated with SPF, anti-pollution and anti-blue light properties, the Gucci Cushion De Beaute – the brand’s first cushion foundation – is a lightweight and moisturising foundation that offers buildable coverage and glowy skin.

Cushion De Beaute features high reflection index oils and mineral powders that maximise the reflection of light on the skin to provide a luminous finish.

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A moisturising complex composed of glycol and glycerin deeply hydrates the skin, while the Black Rose Oil, one of Gucci Beauty’s key ingredients, offers antioxidant protection.

Debuting in six shades, Cushion De Beaute is encased within a pastel pink compact. A distinctive Gucci design adorns the top of the round casing, which features a lion pattern surrounded by a wreath of flowers. Inside is a mirror and soft cushion applicator, and the foundation itself is refillable, allowing wearers to reuse the same compact as a cherished beauty relic.