The Best Beauty Buys for April
The hardworking toners to add to your beauty routine, the most flattering blush you'll find and how to get a natural golden glow
1. A Beauty Editor’s favourite, and not just for its reasonable price point, this unique, multi-tasking ointment can be used on the face, lips and body. It uses three essential ceramides, hyaluronic acid and pharmaceutical-grade petrolatum to lock in much-needed moisture and relieve dry, chapped and rough skin. Advanced Repair Ointment, £11 CeraVe
2. Flush Balm in Stockholm, £32 Merit
3. Massage two or three drops of this universal tinted water onto skin, or mix with moisturiser for an instant, natural sun-kissed glow. Marrakesh Glow Tinting Water, £30 Whind
4. Laminate and lock-in brows with a clear gel which lifts and lasts. Brow Freeze Gel, £24 Anastasia Beverley Hills
5. Reminiscent of the fragrant freshness of the fields of wild grasses and flowers of Provence, this brand new fragrance is truly springtime in a bottle. Herbae par L’Occitane Iris Pallida, £59 L’Occitane
6. We love Stila, and we really love multitasking products such as this double-ended duo with a blush and bronzer. Available in five colourways, simply blend the rich creamy colour with your fingertips for a healthy glow. Blush & Bronze Hydro-Blur Cheek Duo, £27 Stila
7. Just a few of these bronzing drops buffed into skin will give skin a healthy, back-from-holiday glow that looks natural and fresh. Available in four different shades, wear alone or mixed with your favourite foundation or primer for a gorgeous, natural glow. Key Largo Glow, £32 Tarte
8. The new, innovative Purifying Mask, £75, from award-winning beauty brand Royal Fern draws out impurities, excess oils and toxins leaving skin refreshed and revitalised. Its jelly-like texture soothes and calms skin as it works its deep-cleansing magic.
9. The natural DHA in this quick-dry fake tan works with your skin to create the perfect, streak-free, all-over glow in just two hours. Naturally Glowing Self Tan Mousse, £22.50 Lucy Bee
10. Bisou Flush in Ines, £37 Violette_FR
11. It’s always satisfying to be able to pick up a great beauty product with your weekly shop, and we know you’ll like this new mascara from Rimmel with biotin to strengthen lashes and a no-clump formula for lasting colour. Wonder’Bond Bonding Serum Mascara, £11.99 Rimmel
12. Flush Blush in Posey Pink, £22 Trinny London
13. Even tone and brighten dull skin with Glow Recipe’s concentrated Cloudberry Bright Essence Toner, £34, formulated with Cloudberry, a superfruit rich in vitamin C, and powerhouse antioxidant CoQ10.
14. Use this toning solution with glycolic acid every evening for mild exfoliation to boost radiance and clarity, whilst Tasmanian pepperberry, ginseng and aloe vera will soothe the skin and reduce any irritation. Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution, £11.50 The Ordinary
15. Byoma’s Hydrating Toner, £11.99, is designed to soothe skin from the first use, using a barrier-supporting pair of polyglutamic acid and cica to hydrate, smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and even skin tone.
16. Miracle Balm in Dusty Rose, £36 Jones Road
17. If you’ve yet to discover Ded Cool then you’ll be pleased to know about this popular US brand which has now made it over here. The Hand + Body Lotion, £30, with bergamot, white amber and musk was created to layer with their best-selling Milk scent, and locks moisture in for soft, smooth skin all over.
18. Cheeks Blush, £30 Oceanly
19. Use this pore-purifying toner across the face, neck and chest three times a week for normal or dry skin, and up to daily on oily or acne-prone complexions for more radiant, healthier-looking skin. Dr Glycolic Pore-Purifying Toner, £15 (member’s price) Beauty Pie
