What's new in beauty: celebrity lips by Charlotte Tilbury
It's the cleverest beauty pitch ever - but CHARLOTTE TILBURY's Hot Lips series, 12 lipsticks inspired by female icons Tilbury has worked with, definitely delivers. Mattes are cashmere-soft, formulas are rich, creamy and longlasting. Even the tips are square-angled for precision application. The guilty pleasure is matching the shade to the celeb. Hot Emily, a vibrant coral, is inspired by Emily Ratajkowski and references the '70s hues in the American Love Story and Charlie's Angels. Nude Kate, a soft biscuity beige that Tilbury describes as 'the ultimate shade for every rock chick', was initially mixed for Kate Moss. www.net-a-porter.com
Coffrets can be naff but THE PERFUME SOCIETY's themed Discovery Boxes, mixing 2ml samples of the iconic and the niche to glorious effect, have always been something else. Its latest, Try Before You Fly, has been curated specifically to be the perfect companion on long plane journeys. Fly, in your mind, at least, to wide Nordic skies with Agonist's Blue North, to the English countryside with Barbour for Her, to Grasse with L’Artisan Parfumeur Bucoliques de Provence, to Venice with The Merchant of Venice by Rosa Moceniga (full size pictured below) and more. Three sun-protecting skin treats round off the box. Available to Subscribers for £12.50; to non-subscribers for £15, www.perfumesociety.org
It's new to British shores but FREZYDERM is pretty famous everywhere else. Five times winner of the prestigious Prix De Beaute competition, the family-owned, dermocosmetic brand focuses on quietly luxurious skin solutions for every skin type, both for its 20 own brand product lines and for dozens of high-end and high-street brands. Dynamic R&D and top quality raw materials mean products are extraordinarily effective and safe. Big seller is the velvety Sun Screen Velvet Face SPF 50 - but, to be honest, everything I've tried has been wonderful. www.frezyderm.com
