Slowly, slowly everything is reopening… and our daily lives emerge into a new normal we don’t know how it looks like yet. There’s still beauty, and beauty posts and news in May, and – koalas!
Beauty News
Johnson & Johnson won’t sell baby powder made from Talc in the US and Canada anymore. There were numerous lawsuits about a potential cancer risk, but the company claimed that sales were declining anyway. Make of that what you will. (The Guardian)
Congrats Canada, you now have your own Sephora online site and don’t have to order from the US anymore!
Urban Decay announces a new eyeshadow palette called Naked Ultraviolet that’s at the same time warm-toned and purple and has some VERY strong Naked influences. It nevertheless appeals to me!
The Inkey List releases a huge haircare line that looks like skincare (hyaluronic acid for your hair? Sure, why not?) (Cultbeauty)
Beauty Stories
Airless pump packaging for beauty products are the packaging du jour, because of the pandemic. (Beauty Independent)
Christine from Temptalia got a feature in Allure magazine, and it’s super interesting – just imagine writing reviews for 80 (!!!!!!!!) products a week!
It seems like a no-brainer that your mind and general state of wellbeing can influence your skin and science starts to look deeper into the correlation between mind and skin health. (The article lost me at the use of essential oils on your FACE!!! for better sleep.) (Fashionista)
Glossier’s pink pouch spawned a horde of copycats: I couldn’t care less about their patent infringement suit, but brands: can we just NOT flood the world with superfluous plastic that NO-ONE needs?! Honestly!
Covid-19
Wearing masks and face shields… for the foreseeable time (The Atlantic). And: How to remove one correctly is super important (Allure)!
Slate published a letter from a young student in the 1918 flu pandemic – which isn’t so far removed from how we’re dealing with corona.
The wellness industry has been into overdrive ever since the pandemic started, and one thing has become increasingly clear Amy Larocca, the author of ‘In a pandemic, is wellness just being well-off?’ says: “One of the lessons of wellness is that good health has become a premium luxury product.” (The Cut)
Live, Love and Everything Else
The fashion industry is on the verge of ditching their insane release schedule that forces designers to show winter fashion in the depth of summer and retailers to sell those accordingly and I can only hope that the beauty industry will follow. I JUST saw pictures of Chanel’s Holiday makeup collection – and it’s not even properly summer?! (Dazed Digital)
Australia’s koalas have recovered quicker from this Spring’s bushfires than thought before and now can be returned back into the wild – awwwwww! (Lonely Planet)
On the Blog
Hey, whatever is going on in the world, at least we’ve got a load of summer makeup collections that’re very pretty and soothing to look at! (I then succumbed to the pretty and bought and reviewed two of the prettiest, Clinique’s LE highlighter and bronzer called Lunar Pop and Solar Pop.) I also did some testing and research on the most expensive face mask (or, modelling mask) I’ve ever used, and sadly, I like it a lot.
After that, I decided to be more frugal and investigate how to get out every drop of every product I own – I mean, I’m not the only one who fights with nearly empty bottles of serums and such until I take my scissors to them, right?! Oh, and if you want to fix a broken nail quickly and easily, I’m here for you! Also, some skincare basics: what should be in a perfect moisturiser? And then, the worst sunscreen I’ve ever tested. Funny? Maybe, but oh that white cast!
