A CLUB CULT SUMMER
Summer is lived outside, and beauty moves with it. From light-touch makeup to scents for golden sunsets, there’s a ritual for all eventualities at Club Cult...
A SUMMER OF COLOUR
Lean into the season with makeup for every occasion – from fresh, outdoorsy formulas to golden-hour go-tos – we’ve curated pool-proof pigments, sunlit skin enhancers and festival-ready finishing touches.
Whether you’re keeping things low-key and casual, or channeling some after-hours glamour, discover dewy hues and statement shades to take you seamlessly from lazy days to sunset soirées.
A longwear primer, like Milk Makeup’s Hydro Grip Primer – coupled with a fixing mist (we swear by Urban Decay’s All Nighter Setting Spray) will ensure your look stands up to active days and plans that don’t pause. A healthy glow comes courtesy of Glow Recipe’s Niacinamide Hue Drops and Hourglass Unreal Liquid Highlighter, while soft-focus textures – like Danessa Myricks’ Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder, Vieve’s Sunset Blush Balm and Saie’s SuperSuede Radiant Blush Powder – lend a natural, demi-matte backdrop for lacquer-look lips. The Outset’s Lip Glossy Treatment and Patrick Ta’s Major Moisture Lip Balm both come in a swath of shades to bring a drop of drama to your summer alter-ego.
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SUMMER SKIN REVIVAL
Sun, late nights and long days call for a replenishing refresh. Restore radiance with skincare tailored to the summer – from cooling mists to soothing serums and thirst-quenching creams, it’s time to revisit your ritual.
You’ll find sized-to-fly favourites, post-sun salves and mid-flight treatments amongst our expertly curated summer skincare – not to mention tools to sculpt and futureproof your skin. Shark Beauty’s Depuffi Contrast Therapy Sculpting Tool now comes in pink with ‘InstaChill’ technology to aid lymphatic drainage, while Dr. Jart+’s Hydro Firming Mask with Hydrolysed Collagen feels like a drink for parched complexions.
An airline essential, Summer Fridays’ best-loved Jet Lag Mask provides protection from the drying cabin atmosphere, so you land looking enviably fresh, and Anua’s PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Capsule Mist unites the powerful skin-plumping properties of both to keep your face feeling ‘springy’ come sun, sea and soaring temperatures. And don’t forget vitamin C – a brightening must-have which helps to protect against dark spots and discolouration: we rate Skinceuticals C E Ferulic Antioxidant Serum – a brilliant one-stop free radical-fighting shop.
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THE GOLDEN RULES
Wherever summer takes you, protection comes first. Discover our SPF wardrobe for every routine, every forecast, every day – and, with our standout self-tanners and bronze-boosting bodycare, cheat your way to sunkissed, safely.
We’ve all got the SPF memo – but now we want a sunscreen that does both. Not content for it to work in isolation, we want our screens to go the extra mile; to protect, replenish, blur and counteract existing skin concerns. Whether it’s fine lines, pigmentation, enlarged pores or dullnes, the new breed of suncreams hits different – they're sheer, weightless, completely non-chalky and laced with skin-nourishing extracts to ramp up the radiance. From Supergoop’s iconic Glow Screen SPF30 – a light-scattering tint that leaves skin looking lit-from-within – to Coco & Eve’s Coconut Milk Body SPF50, laced with extracts of mango, pineapple and papaya to soften and protect against pollution – there's a formula for everyone.
And sun-safety doesn’t end with SPF. For those of us who crave a kiss of summer colour, the latest self-tanners are streak-free and naturally tan-toned, providing realistic colour that’s good for your skin – and your confidence.
Tan-Luxe customisable The Face Illuminating Self-Tan Drops put you in the driving seat – allowing you to tailor the tan to your skin tone and desired depth, while Loving Tan’s 2Hr Express Mousse develops in a flash and leaves a lasting olive bronze.
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THE BODYCARE CLUB
Discover bodycare that works harder in hot weather – for the runners, relaxers and sunset seekers. Think: cherishing lotions, smoothing scrubs and limb-gilding serums that soothe and replenish, as well as sunshine-scented cleansers, pilates-proof deodorants and bare(foot) necessities.
For long days on the lawn and nights that roll on, no festival kit is complete without Luna Daily’s The Hydrating Fresh Cotton Everywhere Spray-to-Wipe – an ultra-gentle formula that’s great for when water is scarce, and Megababe’s Thigh Rescue is the ultimate foil for sweaty HIIT sessions (or club nights) - helping to protect against the dreaded chafe.
Nécessaire have upgraded the humble deodorant with sophisticated styling and a grown-up, olibanum scent, while Joonbyrd bring skincare actives to the body with the Daydreamer Body Serum – fusing skin-nourishing ingredients with a mood-boosting floral fragrance.
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SUMMER HAIR RITUALS
From sea swims to sunset drinks, keep every style in check with our buyer-backed curation of masks, mists and more. Sun, sea and chlorine wreak havoc, so protect your precious lengths with bond-building ingredients, heat-protective treatments and scalp-saving sunscreens.
Philip Kingsley’s Swim Cap Water-Resistant Mask is a great way to safeguard your strands (and your colour!) – providing long-lasting protection from UV, salt and chlorine – especially when coupled up with Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil to ward against split ends and breakage.
Innersense’s Air Dry Cream creates the perfect ‘piece-y’ texture; Coco & Eve’s Like A Virgin Super Nourishing Coconut & Fig Hair Mask repairs and promotes shine and Maria Nila’s Soothing Dry Shampoo revives your style between washes (it’s a beach bag hero).
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SUN DRENCHED SCENTS
Curate your summer scent story by marrying saccharine notes – vanilla, caramel, praline and peach – with mellow musks, smoky woods or spicy accords. Sexy and seductive with a superficial sweetness that belies their hidden depths, these 'nuanced gourmands' tell olfactory stories – drawing you into their orbit with mouth-watering bursts that give way to smooth, velvety notes that exude quiet confidence.
NEST New York’s Madagascar Vanilla Eau de Parfum conjures balmy summer evenings, while Kayali’s Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20 whisks you straight to paradise with its tropical blend of creamy coconut, banana and ylang-ylang.
Escentric Molecules’ iconic Molecule 01 brings an immediate mystique to any scent you choose to pair it with (or wear it on its own for instant intrigue). Or fall for Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s KURKY Eau de Parfum – a cocktail of juicy fruits, mellow musks and mouthwatering vanilla.
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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...
