October 2015: Must-Have Beauty Product Guide

As the season changes, so should a couple of your beauty products. Here are some of our favourites right now that keep your skin in tip top condition no matter what the weather’s like. Scroll down to read our October 2015 must-have beauty product guide.

Sunday Riley Blue Moon Tranquility Cleansing Balm

This soft blue balm, priced at £46 for 100ml, easily removes impurities and make-up to leave your skin clean, comfortable, hydrated and glowing. Therapeutic essential oils of blue tansy, German chamomile and beeswax absolute are included to help to calm irritated, dry, flaky skin. Cementine petitgrain improves the skin tone, texture, and clarity, while cocoa butter, moringa butter, squalene and essential oils of vanilla and tangerine have also been added to create a sense of balance.

Verso Night Cream

Retinol 8 is a complex of a unique Vitamin A derivative and polyphenol extracts. It is clinically proven to smooth the appearance of wrinkles, strengthen the skin barrier, reduce pigmentation and supply the skin with more energy and oxygen, resulting in finer, more radiant looking skin. Each Verso Skincare product has a unique concentration of Retinol 8 combined with specific ingredients to target different needs. This soft and nourishing cream has a calming and repairing effect on your skin. It helps to increase the skin’s own production of collagen, reversing the signs of ageing. Anti-oxidants from oats help protect your skin from future damage. The skin will become soft and rejuvenated with less tendency to react to external stressors of our modern life.

Polished Teeth Whitening Strips

Polished Teeth whitening strips promise an irresistible whiter smile in just 14 days. They’re non peroxide, safe and very easy to use. All you have to do is open the foil packet to reveal two polished whitening strips, one long straight strip for your upper teeth and one smaller shaped strip for the lower teeth Apply the whitening strips to clean, dry teeth, place the smaller shaped strip first and then apply the upper strip tucking away remaining strip behind your teeth. Once in place then keep the strips on for 30 minutes. Once you have reached 30 minutes, peel the strips away from your teeth and discard. Finish by rinsing your mouth and then reveal that irresistible smile.

LUSH 2015 Halloween Collection

Halloween isn’t Halloween if you aren’t bathing in the LUSH Halloween 2015 collection, available nationwide from 2nd October. The range includes the new Nightwing shower jelly (£3.50), fragranced with distilled lime and packed full of fresh aloe gel and Lord of Misrule shower scream (£4.75), with notes of spicy black pepper and patchouli. Also forming part of the collection is: Lord of Misrule bath bomb (£3.50), which turns the water a wine colour with an earthy scent infused with vanilla; Sparkly Pumpkin bubble bar (£3.50), offering a boozy and energising fragrance; Pumpkin Heebie Jeebie gift (£9.50), which contains Sparkly Pumpkin bubble bar and Lord of Misrule bath bomb; and Bat Heebie Jeebie gift (£10.75), which comprises Nightwing shower jelly and Lord of Misrule shower gel.

Metallic Balmi Lipbalm

Lip balm brand Balmi has launched three new balms to make their Metallic collection for the festive season. They are available in three flavours and hi-shine metallic designs, the conical lip balm is easily applied and offers a blend of ingredients to provide your lips lips with long lasting, daily care and protection. The collection includes the new scent, Roseberry (metallic copper) along with Cherry (metallic red) and Blackcurrant (metallic purple). The new Balmi collection is available from Boots, Urban Outfitters and Superdrug, priced at £4.99.

Hand Chemistry Glow “Oil”

Glow “Oil” from Hand Chemistry is a safe alternative to skin damaging DHA. The fast-absorbing, hydrating dry body oil works to protect your skin from oxidative damage, while providing a subtle sun-kissed sheen. The Glow “Oil” shows a hint of golden radiance instantly while developing a gradual glow over 2-3 days for lasting colour. Key ingredients include erythrulose, a keto sugar found in raspberries; melanin hexapeptide; and a purified derivative of watermelon.

Eylure Halloween and Party Lashes

Eylure launches their exciting Halloween and Party lashes this month. For Halloween, the brand has introduced two sets of limited edition styles, including: CatFace, a full set of dramatic lashes that feature a diamonté cat face and whiskers; and Carnival, dramatic veiled lashes inspired by a Venetian masquerade ball. For the festive season, Eylure will be launching three Party lashes inspired by the movie Frozen. Designs include: Snow Princess, a classic style scattered with iridescent powder; Frozen Beauty, a fluffy and full lash interspersed with shimmering ribbon; and All Hail The Queen, textured, angled lash iced with lustrous stones. Priced at £6.95 each.

Kure Bazaar Autumn Shades

The luxury nail brand Kure Bazaar has unveiled two new shades of its nail polish for autumn, available at Fortnum and Mason and priced at £15. Lipstick is a classic red to coordinate with your lipstick, while Saffron is a warm shade of yellow. Kure Bazaar luxury nail lacquers combine resistance, ultra-shine and quick-dry results in over 65 shades that preserve the vitality of nails.

Glossier Balm Dotcom 3-Pack

US beauty brand Glossier launched in the UK recently, introducing its new Balm Dotcom 3-Pack exclusively at NET-A-PORTER.COM. Balm Dotcom lip balm offers a hydrating, long lasting formula packed with antioxidants and natural emollients to nourish and repair dry, irritated skin; while the dense, waxy texture stays in place to seal in moisture. The Glossier Balm Dotcom 3-Pack is priced at £30 and is available through the high-fashion retailer now.

Pure Elixir

Pure Elixir, a new skincare supplement brand founded by Amanda Henson, which harnesses active ingredients that work from the inside. Pure Elixir launches with Smart Age Supplement 01, which can work on all skin, not just the face, as offers clinically proven results on the reduction of lines and wrinkles. The concentrated formula boasts the power of a serum using ingredients including marine collagen, soy isoflavones, low molecular weight hyaluronic acids and a mix of antioxidants. One capsule a day is taken orally, or sprinkled into a smoothie or juice to enhance the benefits of a skincare regime. Pure Elixir 01 is available at Liberty, priced at £45 for a months supply.

Alicia Joy