8 of the best summer beauty buys under £25
The mercury is rising but we’ve kept our prices icy with these summer skin care and make up must-haves under £25. So, in the need for a little pre-holiday pick-me-up? You’ve come to the right place…
Britain’s best-loved bronzer, Benefit’s Hoola - from £12.50 - is the perfect, suits-all hue for sunkissed skin. Completely matte and finely milled, this applies seamlessly for a gorgeous, post-holiday glow.
Still trying to track down the 'Holy Grail' highlight? We just did. NYX Professional Makeup’s Born to Glow Liquid Illuminator - a snip at just £8 - lends your base a stunning, summer-worthy lustre while it gilds your lids and cheekbones with a cloak of molten shimmer.
‘Sun-In’ for the 21st Century, OUAI’s ombré spray - £20 - lightens lengths to grant beach-worthy, holiday blonde from a bottle. Abandon the faff of transforming your locks into stickily, lemon-drenched wasp magnets next time you’re trying to highlight your mane and instead, reach for Sun of a Beach – a cocktail of citrus and nourishing coconut extracts to brighten your blonde as it lightens your tresses for natural, honey-toned colour (no orange in sight).
Bon Voyage #Beauties! Streamline your luggage with ZOEVA's pocket-sized Voyager palettes - £12 -sextets of velvet and shimmering shadow to take you from sand dune to dinner (to dive bar) with ease. Each with six complementary colours, we're smitten with the Cocoa incarnation...
We're also CocoNUTS for Frank Body's Coconut Coffee Scrub (lets say 'coconuts' several more times for good measure). Fusing two of our *favourite* things – a cruelty-free ethic with naturally derived coconut oil – inhaling Frank Body's incredibly-scented concoctions will quickly become your new full-time pastime. Bad news for productivity but greeeeeat news for skin, this leave your limbs stroke-ably soft with a glorious glow. And, did we mention the smell?
A body wash that makes your tan last longer? Say 'aye'! Institut Esthederm's game-changing After Sun Face & Body Shower Gel - £19 - stars dirt-attracting micelles to eliminate sea, sand and sweat without stripping your skin of its much-needed moisture (and hard-earned bronze glow).
And because summer is the perfect time to try a floral fragrance, TOCCA’s hand luggage-compatible rollerball scents are affordable ways to expand your perfumery wardrobe. We’re obsessed with Giulietta - £20 - with its uplifting blend of green apple, Bulgarian rose and slang slang, which conjures the sweet, heady warmth of an evening al fresco.
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Cult Beauty’s Content Editor and a Cult Beauty OG, Verity loves nothing more than the marriage of language and lip balm. A quintessential Libran, she’s a self-professed magpie for luxury ‘must-haves' and always pursuing the new and the niche — from the boujee-est skin care to cutting-edge tech. Balancing an urge to stop the clock with her desire to embrace the ageing process (and set a positive example for her daughter), Verity's a retinol obsessive and will gladly share her thoughts about the time-defying gadgets, masks and treatments worth the splurge...
