We feature dozens of beauty products every issue, but this is the post that’ll tell you what we’re really coveting for ourselves here at Audrey. Check out the best of our Summer 2014 issue:
Rodial Glamstick
These tinted butters go on super smooth (like butta); contain vitamin E, cocoa butter and hyaluronic acid spheres, which attract water to the skin; and smell amazingly like coconut. The colors may look bright (my favorite is Psycho, a rosy coral that looks a lot like Korean actress Jeon Ji-Hyeon’s famed lip color from the mega-hit Korean drama My Love From the Stars), but they go on creamy and sheer – perfect for summer.
Audrey‘s art director is obsessed with Iope’s new Air Cushion XP SPF 50+, a liquid foundation in a compact that also provides SPF 50 protection. If you can’t find it online, try the BB Cushion from Laneige, its sister company. They’re both made with their signature signature mineral water, but Laneige is now available at Target.
Koh Gen Do Cleansing Spa Water Cloths
These cleansing cloths (the cotton is certified organic in Japan) are just so good. They’re not oily like some, and they don’t even feel that wet, which is amazing considering how well they remove makeup and even sunscreen. (And they’re the perfect size for getting at every corner of your face.) Infused with nutrient-rich thermal water from the Yumura Hot Springs in Izumo, Japan and white birch sap, harvested for only three weeks in early spring, these cloths are on my short list of beauty products I’d actually buy.
M.A.C Alluring Aquatic Lipstick in Pet Me, Please
At first I thought this frosty nude was a bit too Miami old folks’ home, but apply it over some lip balm and you get a glowy-y sheen that brightens the entire face.
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Ioma Flash Youth Eye Contour Concentrate
With a high concentration of active ingredients (a rare 26%), this serum works 360 degrees all around the eye contour, not only addressing the downward drag of the subcutaneous fat in the orbital region which causes eye bags but also lifting sagging upper eyelids, a major sign of premature facial aging. I absolutely love the immediate cooling effect when you apply it, and throughout the day, I literally felt a tightening (at first I thought my eye cream wasn’t working!) as the lifting element went to work. This one’s a bit pricey ($165!), but worth every penny.
This mattifying hair powder really separates and texturizes and yet is not stick and leaves hair just malleable enough to reshape throughout the day.
Get Audrey‘s summer 2014 issue here!
