Due to summer and you fabulous folk apparently already on vacation (oh how I envy you!!!), we decided to scale back our posting schedule in June/July. Today though is a great opportunity to get all hottest beauty news and posts in June you might’ve missed!
Beauty News
A LOT of releases and launches!
Douglas now carries banila co. & Honest Beauty.
Sephora.de carries Sunday Riley skincare now.
MAC launches a new line of lipstick and partnering with Mary J. Blige.
Pat McGrath releases foundation, powder, primer (I’m veeeeery interested in that powder!), but why only 36 shades?! (Cools)
Nars will be available at Flaconi in Germany. (Let the crazy sales begin!)
New brands and stores
Hey you all in Canada, Ulta is coming for you! (MTL Blog)
If you find yourself in Liverpool (GB), you can check out a brand-new Morphe store! (Liverpool Echo)
Estée Lauder pledges to end animal testing.
Unilever acquires beloved brand Tatcha, promises to not change a thing. (Fashionista)
Victoria Beckham plans to launch a sustainable beauty brand. (Fashionnetwork)
K-Beauty store Olive Young now delivers globally, although not to Europe. Siiiiiiiiiigh. (Allure)
Beauty Stories
Why the female soccer players of the World Cup don’t think athletic prowess and makeup are mutually exclusive! I love them and wish they could all win the cup (and actually like watching them a lot more than the men’s soccer.) (New York Times)
Beauty influencers – once beloved for their realness in a magazine world – now suffer a crisis of authenticity. How we’ve come full circle! (Dazed Digital)
It’s time to call out brands like Nivea and L’Oreal, Ponds and Olay out for their promotion of skin whitening products in Africa and Asia. Truly, promoting skincare lines called ‘Fair and lovely’ nowadays is sickening. (Washington Post)
How long do your skincare products last once opened? This is good to know! (Coveteur)
Do you think older women are supposed to wear only tasteful neutral makeup that hides supposed flaws? Think again and look at those stunning pictures! (Allure)
Sustainability
Ever heard of circular beauty? Me neither, but it’s a sustainable concept that might help reduce food waste by using it in cosmetics. Icky or achievable? (Refinery29)
More and more beauty brands embrace sustainable packaging. Progress! (Raconteur)
In a similar vain, Olay tests a refillable moisturiser packaging. I would love if other brands would do that! (Gizmodo)
An interview with the founder of sustainable (!), Parisian (!!), luxury (!!!) brand La Bouche Rouge. (Hypebae)
Is there something like fast beauty, similar to fast fashion? Glamour says yes.
Life, love & everything
How detox teas fueled my eating disorder. I hate those IG ads with all my soul. (TeenVogue)
This comes with a serious trigger warning: Journalist E. Jean Carroll was assaulted by Trump in 1996. I love her writing, have read her for a long time in Elle, and this piece is incredibly powerful and heart-breaking and will stay with me for a long, long time. I hope she’ll find what she needs. (The Cut)
How to travel sustainably. (If that’s even possible.) (Lonely Planet)
Some sentences that’ll get you out of a vicious circle of negative thinking if you routinely think you’re not good enough. (Thought Catalog)
On the Blog
2019 is halfway through and I gave you the products that really stood out to me in those first six months. If you’re still looking for a Spring/Summer scent, might I direct you to my review of Jo Malone’s new offering? Also, an easy read for hot days: Red Lipstick – An Ode to a Beauty Icon isn’t only for die-hard beauty junkies! Astrid compared two highly sought-after skincare products from Deciem – famous and pricey CAIS and less-pricey Buffet+Peptides. Which won? You’ve to read it to find out!
On the topic of sustainability, I wrote how to curb your consumption of single-use cotton and how to shop sustainably and save money. Also, if you’re of a certain age, you might find my strategies of achieving younger looking eyes interesting.
