Amorous releases for the month of love
Saying I love you is easy with gifting for Valentine’s Day. Flowers and chocolates are the traditional cupid tokens of affection, but we know
that makeup, skincare and lipstick is the way to a woman’s heart.
Local Cork company Metome.ie has a range of haircare, makeup and skincare and can give you all the Valentine’s feels. With brands like Luna by Lisa, Semi Di Lino and Moroccan Oil, there is something there for everyone.
A brand that has not featured on here for a while is Stila.
The Stila Stay All Day Dual-Ended Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner (€25) marries the iconic Original and Micro Tip in one convenient pen with the same award-winning formula. It’s smudge-proof, waterproof, fast-drying with all day wear.
Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick (€19) is Stila’s quintessential long-wearing, creamy-matte full coverage liquid lipstick! Enriched with vitamin E and avocado oil, Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick softens and nourishes lips as they stay, colour-rich and smudge-free all day. Smile bright with new warm, matte shades that will not bleed or transfer, mask on or mask off.
The Trifecta Metallica Lip, Eye & Cheek Stick in Bronze Gold (€25) is Stila’s all-over shimmer stick for lips, eyes and cheeks. It’s a one-stop, one-swipe multi-tasking powerhouse, packed with metallic pigments that deliver a prismatic shine, just where you want it.
The new Bronze Gold shade is a stunning superstar that adds a gorgeous glow to cheeks, brightens eyes in a flash, and adds a warm, shimmering veil of colour to lips. Available in Boots.
Adding a new fragrance to your wish list is not unusual for Valentine’s, and Boss is a classic. Boss The Scent Pure Accord for him (€70) opens with vivifying notes of ginger, leading into a heart of exotic maninka fruit. A base note of sensual white suede brings the eau de toilette into a new olfactive territory, providing the perfect balance of warmth and light.
Boss The Scent Pure Accord for her (€86) sparkles with top notes of bergamot, and a luminous heart of sensual osmanthus flower. A base of enveloping musk completes the scent, bringing together softness and strength.
YSL Beauté revealed its latest addition to the Rouge Volupté Shine family: Burning Chilis. There are eight shades for spring that are perfectly hydrating and incredibly glamourous.
The eight shades include No 121 Beige Satin, which is sublime, subtle and very slightly spicy. It’s easy to wear and is a lipstick staple.
No 123 Nude Transparent is a cool and edgy beige-nude that has an elegance that gives the perfect finish to a look. No 124 Rose Loulou is a warm pink steeped in the legacy of the powerful feminine aesthetic while No 129 Carmine Retro is a crimson so confident it practically vibrates. Available from Brown Thomas online.
For extra points, perhaps pick up the Bridgerton on set must have, according to MUA Lynda Pearce, who credits the Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Face Primer for the Duchess’ phenomenal glow. The vitamin C-powered illuminating makeup primer delivers radiance while improving and extending makeup wear all day. Whether it is worn under makeup, mixed in with foundation, dabbed on top as a highlighter, or worn alone, Banana Bright Face Primer creates a hydrated, healthy-looking glow.
Ole drew inspiration from a makeup artist must-have he observed during his years of work - banana powder. Banana Bright Face Primer’s brightening pigments provide a subtly sunny tint that instantly brightens, blurs, colour corrects and brings radiance to the entire complexion. Available in Boots.