Beauty world set to turn sweet this season
A sweet shop’s worth of sugary products has hit the shelves, from syrupy scents and tasty shades to candy-coloured cosmetics. And, best of all, there’s no tooth-rotting or calories involved.
Indulge your sweet tooth and take your pick from this mouth-watering menu...
This minty chocolate delight may smell good enough to eat, but the Cupcake mask from Lush is far more effective if you use it on your face.
Containing rhassoul mud, which is highly absorbent, and cocoa powder, the mask draws out all the dirt and impurities and gives a deep cleanse. Fresh mint stimulates and tones the skin, while linseed and cocoa butter softens and moisturises.
It’s ideal for teenage skin as it combats excess oil and breakouts. €8.95 (Lush stores nationwide).
Orly’s six-piece Sugar High collection is the grown-up way to taste the gourmand trend.
Like a platter of haute-cuisine puddings, the polishes range from pale pink Cake Pop to zesty Key Lime Twist and deep purple Plum Sugar. €12.95 (www.boots.ie).
Revlon has whipped up a trio of juicy new ColorBurst Lip Butters to add to the Sweet Boutique line-up. Red Velvet, Brown Sugar and Sugar Plum, €10.99 each (Boots), all deliver luscious colour in a buttery, vanilla-scented balm.
Rimmel has replicated those little round romantic sweeties we all love, right down to the chalky texture of its Sweetie Heart Matte Pastel Nail Colour Collection, €5.49 each (Boots).
It’s a scent that already falls firmly in the ’gourmand’ category, but the latest edition of Thierry Mugler’s Angel has gone into olfactory overdrive. With notes of caramelized meringue layered over the vanilla and red berry base, Eau Sucree, €48.10 plus P&P (www.perfume-click.ie), is the perfume version of a raspberry pavlova — and just as delicious.
Give your nails a delicate frosted finish with the Icing Collection from Models Own. Choose from five gorgeous pastel polishes including Peach, Mint and Lilac Icing, €6.85 (Boots).
Load your lids with a scrumptious eyeshadow from Too Faced. Packed with nine colours, the Sugar Pop Collection, €35 (www.debenhams.ie), lets you mix and match shades like Peach Fuzz with brights like Bubblegum and Malted Milk Ball.
The latest flower to bloom in the Marc Jacobs Daisy family is the summer-ready Eau So Fresh Sorbet, €66.21, (Boots). Sister to the heavier Sorbet, this fruity floral is light and truly delectable.
The appetizing spring offering from luxury nail brand Only Fingers + Toes comprises half a dozen vibrant sweet-inspired shades like Lemon Sherbert and Minty, €22 (www.harveynichols.com).
Give your eyes the royal treatment with an Eye Gloss from Paul & Joe, €21.92 each plus P&P (Asos.com). These frosted liquid eyeshadows are shot through with moisturising serum and dry down to a metallic finish. The sweetest shade? Biscuity beige Creme Brulee.
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