Gearing for a change? Or just want to try something new now that we’re close to the last quarter of the year? Take a look at these September 2021 beauty launches to find the key to unlocking your inner and outer radiance.
Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Intense Serum
~USD80.76
Want to protect your skin from environmental stressors? You might want to add the Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Intense Serum to your skincare routine. The vegan and cruelty-free serum has red algae and tara gum to shield your skin from airborne irritants. It also has grape seed, green tea and parsley seed extracts that add antioxidant protection, and tocopherol, a.k.a vitamin E, that nourishes the skin. It’s now available in Singapore at all Aesop signature stores and aesop.com.
Kiehl’s Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum
~USD95.44 for 50ml
Want to reverse ageing’s effect on your skin? The new Kiehl’s Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum is formulated in a precise daily dosage that delivers retinol’s anti-ageing benefits while minimising its typical uncomfortable side-effects such as redness, dryness and peeling. The gentle and targeted formulation features pure retinol, ceramides, and peptides that renew skin, improve firmness, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and retexturise the skin surface. It’s now available in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines both online and in stores.
Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum
USD45
Bye, dark spots! The Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum is an antioxidant-rich treatment that brightens your complexion while preventing and treating dark spots through a vitamin C complex and tranexamic acid. The gel serum also has ferulic acid and vitamin E to boost the efficacy and stabilise the vitamin C in its formula. It will be available in Singapore starting 16 September at Sephora stores and on Sephora.sg.
La Mer Hydrating Infused Emulsion
~USD323.02
If you’re searching for a lightweight hydrating product to support your current skincare line-up and feel like treating yourself, check out the La Mer Hydrating Infused Emulsion. The brand’s first emulsion boasts a nutrient-rich kelp and soy formula that is supported by cell-renewing Miracle Broth™ to renew, strengthen, and stabilise your skin. Use it after your serum to further hydrate your skin. It is now available in Singapore via the La Mer Home Concierge +65 9621 5238 and all La Mer stores islandwide.
SNAILWHITE Beauty Glow Drops
~USD17.20
Give your skin a glow boost with the SNAILWHITE Beauty Glow Drops. It’s a lightweight facial oil with SNAILWHITE potion (a blend of snail mucin, hyaluronic acid and vitamin C) to brighten and even out your skin tone while also replenishing moisture. It also contains Nature’s Oils — almond oil, grapeseed oil, and chia seed oil — to give antioxidant protection from pollution and delay signs of skin ageing. It’s now available in the Philippines at Watsons stores nationwide as well as online on snailwhiteph.com, the official SNAILWHITE stores on Lazada and Shopee, Watsons.com.ph, and BeautyMNL.
su:m37° Losec Summa Elixir Treatment & Cream Lumiére
~USD123.34. Losec Summa Elixir Cream Lumière, ~USD243.74.
If your skin has been aggravated by prolonged mask-wearing, reinforce your skin barrier with the su:m37° Losec Summa Elixir Treatment & Cream Lumiére. The anti-ageing duo contains Aura Enzyme™ to purify the skin barrier while Ferm Theriaca™ helps detoxify the skin from within. Both aid in boosting skin turnover, minimising inflammation, and promoting collagen production to reveal your youthful complexion. Both are now available in Singapore through su:m37° counters and online on Tangs.com.
CHANEL Le Lift Lip & Contour Care
~USD73.41
Achieve a plump and lifted pout with the CHANEL Le Lift Lip & Contour Care. The lip care duo promises to smooth, plump, and firm up your lips while leaving a velvet finish. Its silky texture contains a combination of a botanical alfalfa concentrate with a plant-based biopolymer that offers an instant lip-lifting effect. It also has the Lip Re-Plumping Complex, which is comprised of an oligopeptide and hyaluronic acid, to stimulate collagen production. It’s now available in Singapore on sg-eshop.chanel.com and at CHANEL Fragrance and Beauty boutiques.
Rouge Louboutin SOOOOO…Glow
~USD61.67 for a case and ~USD55.80 for a refill
Ever wished for a true refillable lipstick? Christian Louboutin Beauty reimagines its iconic lipsticks with the SOOOOO…Glow collection. It features refillable and customisable vegan lipsticks in intensely pigmented 15 shades. Its buildable coverage allows you to use the lippie like a comfortable balm or an intense swash of colour. You can also transform it into a fashion piece by adding a case and charm to serve as your keychain. It’s now available in Singapore at the brand’s counters at TANGS at Tang Plaza and on Tangs.com.
Guerlain Rouge G Luxurious Velvet
~USD35.97
Look tres chic with Guerlain’s new lipstick collection. Created by Violette, Guerlain’s Makeup Creative Director, the Rouge G Luxurious Velvet boasts a velvet matte finish and a 16-hour lasting colour. Its formula contains nourishing mango butter and mattifying silk wood extract. The lipsticks, which are available in 15 shades, also come in patterned fabrics that are central to Parisian style. It’s now available in Singapore in-stores at TANGS at Tang Plaza, Takashimaya, Metro Paragon, and Sephora stores in ION Orchard, Marina Bay Sands, and Ngee Ann City.
Rouge Dior Natural Balms
~USD41.11
Pamper your lips while giving them a tone-up with the Rouge Dior Natural Balms. The coloured lip balms come in three finishes: satin to brighten up your pout, and velvet and matte for a blurring effect while maintaining its nourishing qualities. It harnesses the soothing and hydrating powers of 95% natural-origin ingredients such as shea butter, pomegranate flower extract, red hibiscus flower extract, red peony flower extract, and fig blossom extract. Keep your lips hydrated for up to 24 hours and choose from the 12 shades available in Singapore by visiting its Dior Beauty boutiques and counters island-wide or visiting its online stores on Sephora.sg and Tangs.com.
Urban Decay NAKED Cyber Eyeshadow Palette
~USD60.93
Create out-of-this-world eye looks with the new Urban Decay NAKED Cyber Eyeshadow Palette. You can play with its 12 shades in shimmery neutrals and reflective duo-chromes or keep it neutral with the satin and matte eyeshadows. The rich, vegan eyeshadows are ultra-blendable, so you can apply them wet or dry and with a brush or your fingers. The palette will be available in Singapore starting 30 September in Sephora stores and on Sephora.sg.
Estée Lauder Double Wear Sheer Long-Wear Makeup SPF 20/PA++
~USD52.12
Double up on sun protection and use an SPF-infused foundation like the Estée Lauder Double Wear Sheer Long-Wear Makeup SPF 20/PA++. The newest addition to the brand’s bestselling Double Wear line, the lightweight foundation enhances skin’s appearance through sheer matte coverage while providing protection from the sun, pollution, and blue light for up to 12 hours. It contains vitamin E for antioxidant protection as well as a hydrating blend of hyaluronic acid and watermelon extract, litchi seed extract, and apple extract. It’s now available in Singapore at all Estée Lauder stores, Sephora, BHG, Isetan, Metro, OG, Takashimaya, TANGs at Tang Plaza as well as online on Lazada and Sephora.sg.
Gucci Beauty Cushion De Beauté
~USD74.88
Ace that luminous appearance with the new Gucci Beauty Cushion De Beauté. As Gucci Beauty’s first cushion foundation, it features a 24-hour hydrating formula from glycol and glycerin as well as antioxidant black rose oil. In addition to SPF22 protection, it also has anti-pollution and anti-blue light properties with the presence of lipochroman, butterfly bush extracts, and titanium dioxide. You can get this lightweight and buildable foundation in six shades in Singapore at Gucci Beauty counters at Takashimaya, Tangs, BHG and Metro, and at Sephora stores and Sephora.sg from 16 September.
Fenty Beauty Holiday Collection
~USD24.23
We’re gearing up for the holiday season with the Fenty Beauty Holiday Collection. Since the collection is inspired by the brand’s bestselling Gloss Bomb shades of Fenty Glow, Fu$$y and Hot Chocolit, it features a limited-edition 12-pan eyeshadow palette, a highlighter palette with three sparkling shades, three new shades for the Gloss Bomb Heat, and a satin chocolate brown liquid eyeliner. All the products are now available in Singapore at Sephora stores and on Sephora.sg.
Issy & Co. Brow Pencil Pro and the Precision Brow Pen
~USD4.30; Right - Precision Brow Pen, ~USD5.17.
Achieve perfectly groomed brows with Issy & Co.’s new brow products! Use the Brow Pencil Pro to define, shape, and fill in your arches while using the fine tip to create hair-like strokes. If you want a more detailed look, the Precision Brow Pen has a micro-fine brush tip and a bleed-proof formula that allows you to create feather-like strokes. Both contain castor oil to nourish your brows and come in four shades each (Ash, Ash Brown, Taupe Brown, and Warm Brown). It is now available in the Philippines through Shopee, Lazada, and BeautyMNL.
Moist Diane Extra Hair Fall Control
~USD12.41
Tired of finding hair strands all over the place? Strengthen your scalp and mane with the Moist Diane Extra Hair Fall Control series, comprised of a shampoo and treatment and scalp essence. It combines the regenerative powers of organic argan oil and keratin to reduce hair breakage and provide intensive damage repair. Anti-inflammatory wasabi flavone enhances the formula to increase micro-circulation in the scalp and supply nutrients to hair follicles. Sakura, pearl, rose, yuzu, pomegranate and ginseng extracts deeply nourish your hair from within. It is now available in Singapore in stores at Watsons, Fairprice, Don Don Donki, Venus, CK and the Mandom Official Stores on Shopee and Lazada.
GHD Unplugged
~USD367.07
Style your hair with ease using the new GHD Unplugged. As the brand’s first cordless hair straightener, it features bespoke ceramic heaters to regulate its optimum styling temperature of 185°C so you can create a sleek and smooth ‘do. You can use it continuously without dying for 20 minutes due to its lithium-ion battery. You can also bring it with you wherever you go because it can be charged with a USB-C charging cable. It is now available in Singapore, in black and white variants, at the Sephora stores in Bugis+, Causeway Point, ION Orchard, NEX, Plaza Singapura, Suntec City, Takashimaya S.C., Tampines One, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, VivoCity, and Westgate.
Miss Dior Eau de Parfum
~USD98.38 for 30ml
Dior Beauty’s biggest launch of the year will treat you to a fragrance bouquet. Meet the new Miss Dior Eau de Parfum. The light rosy scent now also features hints of iris and peony to add a sensual note to the elegant perfume. It also comes adorned with a new Couture jacquard bow that features finely woven flowers inspired by the fragrance. The new Miss Dior Eau de Parfum is now available in Singapore at all Dior Beauty boutiques and counters as well as on Sephora.sg and Tangs.com.
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