THE SKIN CARE ARRIVALS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Your answer to bouncy and balanced skin comes in the form of the True Botanicals Phyto-Retinol Sleep Serum. Formulated with peptilium, an ingredient working up to twice as fast than regular retinol (but without the potential disruptive side effects) this staple serum delivers healthy-looking skin in a bottle: radiant and smooth, with improved skin texture.  

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Honey, you’re glowing! Doing what it says on the tin, the Farmacy Honey Glow Serum is formulated with buckwheat honey and a 17% acid blend of AHAs and BHAs, which both issue a sheer multitude of benefits: visibly smoother skin, decongested pores, boosted radiance… we could go on. In fact, we will: a reduced look of fine lines and wrinkles, even skin texture, increased hydration… *fades to black*. 

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Sweet dreams await with the fresh Lotus Youth Preserve Resurfacing Dream Serum, which resurfaces the look of skin while you snooze. Super lotus smooths the look of fine lines and wrinkles, glycolic and citric acids exfoliate and even skin tone, and prickly pear flower extract lessens the appearance of redness… now that’s definitely a bedside table staple. 

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Being the facialist to stars such as Jessica Alba, Kelly Rowland and Naomi Campbell, we sit up and listen when Shani Darden releases a new launch. Enter: the Shani Darden Skin Care Moisture Boost Plumping Serum, a smoothing serum packed with a whopping 17 plumping hydrators for bouncy, moisturised skin, plus an antioxidant fruit complex to help shield skin from environmental stressors. Red algae also makes an appearance to keep the look of the skin barrier strengthened, leading to delightfully dewy, radiant-looking skin. 

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Envelop your skin in a comforting cocoon of nourishment with the Murad Cellular Hydration Barrier Repair Mask, which uses a wealth of ingredients to improve the look of your skin barrier. Antioxidant-rich willowherb soothes the appearance of redness and texture, while an indulgent blend of fatty acids, bilberry seed oil and hibiscus extract help to balance, hydrate and plump for radiant, healthy-looking skin. 

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Ideal for blemish-prone, oily and sensitive skin, the Avène Cleanance Micellar Water is a light and refreshing cleanser filled with active ingredients. Think: comedoclastin (a plant-based component derived from milk thistle seeds and patented properties) and the brand’s thermal spring water, which together work to not only eliminate impurities, but also to reduce unwanted shine and excess sebum production.  

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Looking for the sensorial cleanser of dreams? Step forth the Alpha-H Melting Moment Cleansing Balm – Flannel Flower, which stars its namesake antioxidant (Australian flannel flower extract) to boost hydration and the look of skin’s elasticity. Uplifting your senses with a heady scent of spicy pear, warm amber and fresh sage, this multi-tasking cleanser also features one of the rarest plant-derived fatty acids, Australian sandalwood seed oil, to help produce a healthier-looking skin barrier. And if you’re *obsessed* with the limited edition sage green packaging, we’d advise adding it to your bag, stat… 

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Kraving new skin care? Look no further than the KraveBeauty Great Barrier Relief Serum, made up of nourishing, kind-to-skin ingredients to help your complexion look healthier and happier. A potent blend of ceramides improves the look of your skin barrier, while tamanu oil eases the appearance of redness. To top it off, multitalented niacinamide reduces the appearance of blemishes and pigmentation and gives an overall brightened look to your complexion. 

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Like Batman and Robin and Superman and Lois Lane, the next skin care superhero to take precedence in your skin care regimen is the Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream Refill, the stellar sidekick to the Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream. Packed with collagen, amino acids, growth factors and nine signal peptides, this mighty refill encourages skin to look smooth, firm, toned and more hydrated… and you’re saving excess packaging along the way. 

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If you want the best of both worlds, AKA an SPF with *serious* glow, look no further than the Ultra Violette Queen Screen SPF50 Super Glow Drops in ‘Illuminating’. Offering broad spectrum SPF 50 UVA and UVB protection as well as melt-into-skin luminosity, this multi-tasking superhero is all you need for a UV defended, dazzlingly dewy finish. 

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