The ultimate Galentine’s essentials
Galentine’s is not just another date on the calendar, it is a celebration of friendship, confidence, and those feel-good beauty rituals that help us step out glowing. Whether the plan is brunch, cocktails, or a full glam night with the girls, this year’s Galentine’s essentials focus on effortless polish: radiant skin, bronzed confidence, and sleek, perfectly finished hair. You can also use these tips for date night!
First, the complexion hero that delivers that instantly lifted, healthy glow: the Laura Mercier Blush Colour Infusion Blusher.
This ultra-fine powder blush is silky, weightless, and beautifully buildable, allowing you to move from a soft daytime flush to a more sculpted evening statement in seconds. Micro-fine pigments blend seamlessly into the skin, creating a natural, fresh finish that works equally well over bare skin or layered with a full makeup look. With eight flattering shades available, it is the kind of timeless beauty staple every Galentine’s makeup bag deserves. Blush will always remain my favourite method of adding dimension and youth to any face.
It’s especially relevant at this time of year when Cupid is around.
Next comes the confidence-boosting body glow. Bare by Vogue Williams Couture Instant Tan is a next-generation instant body makeup designed to deliver flawless, runway-ready bronze in seconds.
The lightweight wash-off formula blurs imperfections, softens the appearance of marks or bruises, and leaves skin looking smooth, luminous, and camera-ready all without development time or commitment. This is perfect for the last minute night out with your pals or perhaps a romantic evening date!
Available in Medium, Dark, and Ultra Dark, it is the ultimate last-minute finishing step before stepping into your favourite Galentine’s outfit, ensuring a flawless, filter-free glow from head to toe.
Completing the look is sleek, polished hair, courtesy of the new Voduz Frizz Fix styling range the final step your routine did not know it was missing.
Designed for real-life, on-the-go moments, the lightweight styling sticks smooth flyaways and control frizz without stiffness, residue, or crunch. Enriched with castor seed oil, sunflower seed oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E, and hydrolysed wheat protein, the formulas nourish the hair fibre while delivering shine, manageability, and that coveted “expensive hair” finish.
Available in the original precision Frizz Fix wand, the handbag-friendly Frizz Fix Mini, and the Wax Stick for extra definition and soft hold, these sleek styling essentials make last-minute touch-ups effortless whether at brunch, in the taxi, or just before the selfie with your gals.