ON MY DESK : WHAT’S NEW IN BEAUTY FOR JULY 2016

ON MY DESK : What’s new in Beauty for July 2016, with new releases to cross my desk in the worlds of skincare, makeup, and beauty, including Essie new season nails, MAC Good Luck Trolls, Antipodes anti-ageing, Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Coconut Oil, Simply Essential nailcare, JOICO Curl Creme Wash and Moisture Co + Wash, Davines DEDE hair mist, Clarins Instant Light, and Tom Ford Beauty…

The new Essie nail colour and nail care collection brings beautiful new shades together with two new care products for gorgeous nails. In colour, we see apres-chic, a metallic shimmer silver; virgin snow, a soft creme lilac; haute tub, a shimmery darkest purple; and peak show, a palest pink. In care products, essie have released Matte About You, a mattifying top coat; and Color Corrector for Nails.

MAC Good Luck Trolls collection is the cutest ever. The packaging, the embossing on powders, and the pastel shades and glittery colours, are all totally trollific (is that even a word? It’s troll for ‘terrific.’) Read all about them on ThreadNZ here.

New Aztec makeup dual travel set in a fresh geometric turquoise design, from Tender Love + Carry. Available at pharmacies and Farmers at $24.95. Simply Essential nailcare range of 10 nail treatments from pharmacies and www.mybeautystore.com. Vogue On Saint Laurent by Quadrille Books.

Using my Paradiso Lego from the eighties to show off Palmers Cocoa Formula’s coconutty new skin products for face and body- Coconut Oil Body Scrub, and Facial Cleansing Oil. Available at Kmart and Farmers.

Antipodes Skincare has released this duo containing hero ingredient Manuka Honey to brighten skin and promote youthful looking skin. Who doesn’t want THAT!? Antipodes Skin-Brightening Light Day Cream features bee venom, Vinanza grape and kiwi seed to restore a light and fresh appearance; bee venom and mamaku black fern to lift and firm skin, and manuka honey Active 20+ with its natural antibacterial properties to repair blemishes. Revolutionary Vinanza® antioxidants from grape seeds and kiwi work with peony flower for the ultimate skin-bright finish. Also in the range, comes Manuka Honey Skin-Brightening Eye Cream, with the amazing botanical, Persian silk flower, which has been blended with antioxidant Vinanza grape seed and kiwi skin to brighten the eye area.

Protect your hair in winter- JOICO Curl Creme Wash and Moisture Co + Wash. Oat raisin cookies by my mother. Vogue On by Quadrille Books. Snow Leopard faux furry coat by Scarlett.

Today’s beauty bargain is the brand new stick foundation that has a concealer core by Designer Brands $17.99. I’m wearing it now and unlike old fashioned stick foundations, this is lovely and smooth and hydrating; not gluggy and drying. The kimono is also a bargain buy from the $5 sale bin at Asia Gallery Mt Smart.

I’m enjoying wearing this Clarins Instant Light Radiance Boosting Complexion Base under my makeup, for added radiance and clearer looking skin.

Now available in New Zealand – Tom Ford Beauty makeup and Black Orchid fragrance.

People with long hair or parents of tangle hair this product is amazing: Davines DEDE Hair Mist. I discovered it at the Frenchie + Co salon in Takapuna, then had to get some for my daughter’s hair which is a mission to wash and brush.

Megan Robinson
29th July 2016