December Beauty Edit: Strengthening Serums, Versatile Eyeshadows, Perfecting Foundations And More

As 2023 comes to a close, we want to go into the new year with healthy skin and a beauty game that we’ve levelled up over the course of the year thanks to some crucial makeup tips and indispensable hair inspo . It’s only right then that we add a versatile new eyeshadow palette and a skin-perfecting foundation to our beauty arsenal so we meet the new year looking the best we can — and not forgetting the new serum that promises to keep skin healthy and strong through the year-end shenanigans! Keep scrolling to find out what else is new this month.

Make Up For Ever extends the Rouge Artist For Ever Matte range with new shades

A good matte lipstick should go on easily and stay on and on and on without flaking or feathering or leaving your lips feeling dry and crusty. The Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist For Ever Matte lipsticks tick all the right boxes and are now available in five new shades: 196 Can’t Stop Espresso (Neutral Medium Brown), 242 Blossom for Eternity (Cool Fresh Pink), 290 Never-Ending Plum (Deep Plum), 438 Steady Red Poppy (Bright Red-Orange) and 446 Timeless Burgundy (Deep Rose Red). Thanks to the applicator that is inspired by the pro lip brush, a single swipe delivers precise application of weightless, transfer proof intense colour that stays on and on and on.

Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist For Ever Matte, $34, available in Sephora stores and Sephora.sg

Forest MD offers their best-selling skincare essentials in travel size

Whether you’re planning a year-end staycation or a trip overseas to enjoy cooler temperatures, packing all your skincare essentials to combat dry cabin air, sun exposure or freezing temperatures can be a bit of a hassle. That’s why Forest MD now offers a comprehensive range of skincare that will help you combat any travel-related skincare issues. Designed to suit all skin types, the skincare products feature plant actives and are free of harsh and allergenic substances and artificial chemicals. Available in a variety of sets, pick one like the Skin Essentials Travel Set II that features the Pure & Gentle Cleansing Foam (30ml), Stem Cell Repair Essence (15ml) and the Ultra-light Nutrient Lotion (15ml) to help keep skin comfortable and healthy no matter where your journey takes you.

Forest MD Skin Essentials Travel Set II, $100, available at forest-md.com.

Sisley unveils its limited-edition Blooming Peonies Collection

Did you know that peony is known as the “Queen of Flowers” in China? To mark the festive season, Sisley has chosen to embellish select products like the Phyto-Blanc Cushion Foundation, Phyto-Teint Ultra Éclat and Le Phyto-Gloss and Ecological Compound Advanced Formula with this symbol of love, beauty and abundance. The spectacular, ever-changing peony blossom is brought to life through Polish painter Elzbieta Radziwill’s flamboyant floral designs making these products an ideal addition to your vanity or a collector’s item for the beauty aficionado in your life.  

Sisley’s Blooming Peonies Limited-Edition products are available at all Sisley stores islandwide and online at www.sisley-paris.com

Derma Lab introduces a barrier-strengthening serum for irritated skin

Asian skin is unique in that it has a thinner uppermost layer (which makes it easily susceptible to irritation), is highly prone to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation thanks to a higher melanin content and is more likely to have specific sensitivities like eczema and rosacea. This makes it essential to ensure the skin barrier is strong and healthy and any irritations are immediately managed with a soothing and repairing serum like the Derma Lab Hydraceutic Pink Vitamin B12 Serum. As the name alludes, the key ingredient is vitamin B12, which supports natural skin repair and helps to strengthen the skin barrier. It is particularly effective in regeneration of damaged skin cells. This is helpful for conditions like eczema. The serum also has ceramides that repair dry and damaged skin while restoring the barrier function to prevent loss of moisture from the skin.    

Derma Lab Hydraceutic Pink Vitamin B12 Serum is exclusively available at Watsons, Fairprice, CK and online at Shopee

Huda Beauty drops eyeshadow palette perfect for glam and grunge looks

Team Glam or Team Grunge? Why not both? Huda Beauty allows you to embrace both your makeup personalities with her newest Pretty Grunge 18W Eyeshadow Palette. It has the perfect balance of muted neutrals in buttery soft matte textures and sparkling shimmers and multi-chromatic foils — all of which are insanely pigmented, so a little goes a long way and don’t forget to blend! Wear each shade alone, or layered to create your signature look for day or night or special occasions.

The Huda Beauty Pretty Grunge 18W Eyeshadow Palette is available here

Patrick Ta launches skin-perfecting foundation duo

Hit all your major skin goals with the Major Skin Crème Foundation And Finishing Powder Duo that comes conveniently packaged in a sleek compact. Featuring a cream foundation that offers medium buildable coverage, along with a finely milled finishing powder, this duo helps blur imperfections, minimise the look of pores and offers the dewy luminosity of healthy skin thanks to soft focus blurring powders, glow-enhancing emollients, a flexible polymer blend and transparent pigments. Use the cream foundation first on prepped skin and follow with the setting powder to take your makeup game to the next level.

Patrick Ta Major Skin Crème Foundation And Finishing Powder Duo is available on Sephora.sg

Ryo Hair adds new scents to its Hair Loss Expert Care Premium Perfume Line

Elevate your hair wash sessions with two new scents that take inspiration from the South Korean cities of Gyeongju and Yeosu. Gyeongju Moon is reminiscent of a cosy autumn night with aromas of thyme, geranium, muguet and olibanum, while Yeosu Sky transports you to this coastal city with vanilla, cyclamen, sandalwood and green fig leaf. The artisanal scents are infused into a shampoo and treatment which means not only will your hair smell amazing, it will also be healthy and luscious thanks to key ingredient Ginsen9EX™, which helps to smooth and strengthen hair, reduce scalp itching and odour. The shampoo and treatment also have ginseng, caffeine and ginger root to nourish the scalp and strands to ensure your hair looks as good as it smells.

RYO Hair Loss Expert Care Perfume Shampoo, $25.20, and RYO Hair Loss Expert Care Perfume Treatment, $16.10, are available at Watsons, Fairprice stores and online at the Amorepacific Hair & Body Shop at Lazmall and Shopee Mall.