Skincare makeup does more than enhance one’s physical beauty, but also nourishes the skin, providing wearers flawless radiance.
With growing demands for holistic beauty routines, skincare makeup has penetrated the market as a game changer. It is appealing to consumers who seek loveliness with benefits like healthier or dewy skin.
Fusing skincare and makeup together integrates potent ingredients into cosmetic formulations that go beyond mere physical beautification, protecting and nourishing the skin’s health.
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Christian Dior’s Glow Veil Primer
The Dior Forever Glow Veil is the brand’s primer that offers moisture to the skin that is second to none. Its formula is heavily concentrated with florals to “improve the quality” of one’s complexion.
Among its list of ingredients are iris extracts providing comfort and purification; wild pansy with hydrating properties; and red hibiscus for illumination and skin aging reversal.
Dior mentioned their primer is also non-comedogenic and has been tested on sensitive skin. They also did a consumer study on 32 women. “Dior Forever Glow Veil makes skin look more beautiful after just one month of use while enhancing the radiance of makeup instantly,” the brand explained.
Skin Optimizing Foundation from Prada
Prada’s Reveal Skin Optimizing Foundation is designed to enhance the skin’s aesthetic when it comes to tone, luminosity, and texture. The brand described the foundation as breathable, with its soft matte finish lasting up to a 24-hour wear.
Its buildable, medium coverage contains the IRL (In Real Life) Micro-FilterTM technology. “This technology consists of a molecule that micro-crystalizes on the skin [and] it is transfer resistant,” Prada said on its website.
The foundation has vitamin E, niacinamide, and lactobacillus extract complex. These provide significant restorative benefits to the skin’s natural beauty and improves its texture. It also includes sun protection as it has a broad spectrum SPF 17 in its formula.
Prada utilized an artificial intelligence algorithm that scanned 3,000 skin tones for shade optimization. They have 33 shades available on offer on their site.
Laura Mercier’s tinted blush and setting powder
French brand Laura Mercier is known for its strong, enduring base products. However, in the brand’s reintroduction event, Canvas and Color, held at Ascott Makati, its brand manager Christine Felix took the lead in emphasizing the brand’s other color products.
One of the many products they featured is the brand’s Tinted Moisturizer Blush. It is sheer, easy to apply, and its buildable formulation makes it double as an all-purpose tint.
“This is a game changer for me,” the brand manager said. “I use it all over [my] lips, cheeks, everywhere, even as a bronzer sometimes.”
Felix emphasized its nourishing fruit elements like raspberry seed oil and mango butter. These ingredients help the product lock in 24 hours of instant softening hydration.
Meanwhile, their Translucent Loose Setting Powder consists of amino acids and silica powders. These elements blur pores, fine lines, and other blemishes.
The event introduced other lightweight yet long-lasting skincare makeup like their lip color infused with guava oil and lip glaze with primrose oil.
Kosas Revealer Concealer
A report from InStyle said the Kosas Revealer Concealer is go-to skincare makeup that model Hailey Bieber constantly wears.
Kosas is a brand that is silicon, fragrance, gluten, and cruelty free. Their Revealer Concealer has a medium coverage and a fresh, hydrated, and bright finish against the skin. It is non-comedogenic, meaning, it contains ingredients that won’t block your pores, and is safe for sensitive skin.
The brand revealed they conducted a consumer study with 20 subjects after using the product for 28 days. 100 percent of them agreed it improved the quality of bare skin, and effectively concealed under-eye circles, blemishes, and minimized the appearance of fine lines. Their website also showed five-star reviews, all of which testified that the product is, indeed, of sublime standards.
Nars’ Afterglow Liquid Blush
“Blush with benefits,” Nars’ website said regarding their Afterglow Liquid Blush. It provides color to one’s cheeks but that’s not all, as it adds hydrating benefits to your makeup routine.
This ultimate “treat for cheeks” is lightweight and creamy in texture. It is also buildable, so you can customize your blush to your heart’s content.
How is the Afterglow Liquid Blush a skincare makeup? Its formula contains sodium hyaluronate which provides hydration and vegan protein which results in plump and healthy-looking skin. Vitamin E is also present, and its antioxidant properties defend one’s complexion against “environmental aggressors.”
YSL Loveshine Lip Oil
Yves Saint Laurent’s (YSL) Loveshine Lip Oil has the “color of a lipstick and a slip of an oil,” as what they say on their website. It contains six nourishing oils for smoother glides which also hydrate the lips. The formula is creamy, sleek, and buildable, with up to 24 hours of hydration.
The brand did a consumer test with 120 women over 14 days, and their findings revealed lips are softer and moisturized after two weeks. Its formula also does not contain parabens and phthalates.
The Loveshine Lip Oil contains fig pulps, a known natural element promoting natural moisturizing properties.
Available shades include neutral nudes for everyday use, up to mauves and pinks.
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