Glow get ’em! 12 summer essentials we love from Beauty Pie
God, we love summer. Double digit temperatures, holidays and balmy nights out, but it can be tricky when it comes to your beauty routine. Muddy Editor and long time Beauty Pie fan Hero Brown reveals her VIPs (very important products).
Sunshine or, ahem, showers, lavish your skin and level up your makeup to ensure you’re golden this summer. We’re suckers for a Beauty Pie pink box delivery, and there are loads of warmer weather buys that deserve a place in your beauty bag.
If you love luxury skincare, makeup, bodycare, haircare, fragrance, Beauty Pie is a no brainer. It gives its members access to the luxury products direct from the best beauty labs in the world but cuts out the middlemen and retailer markups – which means you can save a fortune.
Sounds good, right? If you want to see what the fuss is about, we’ve wrangled an exclusive Muddy offer of 90 days’ FREE membership + £20 off your first order when you spend £60 – so even more beauty for your buck.
Now all you need to do is check out my pick of the 12 Beauty Pie summer essentials I can’t live without and get your glow on!
Smart Skin Tint
During the warmer months (yes they do exist), we prefer to ditch our usual foundation for a tinted moisturiser. Beauty Pie’s brand new Luminous Mineral Skin Tint Broad Spectrum SPF40 Sunscreen is a three in one must-have product, giving glow, coverage and SPF protection. It’s also 30ml, so good for travel.
Members, £16.50 (non members £40)
Waterproof Mascara
When you’re liberally applying sun lotion, hopping in and out of the water or just want to avoid Alice Copper streakage, you need a mascara with staying power. I’ve been using The Perfect Waterproof Mascara (brown/ black) for years now. Not only does it deliver volume, length and curl, it’s unbudgeable.
Members, £12 (non members £28)
Going for gold
Whether you’re faking it ’til you make it, or staying out of the sun, self tanning drops deliver instant holiday face. It’s your staycay secret weapon. Massage a few drops onto a well cleansed and exfoliated skin (I do it before bed) and watch a golden glow develop. Apply before your serum and/or night cream.
Members, £12.50 (non members £40)
Liquid photoshop
It’s all about light and shade, so a glowy highlighter is all you need to achieve summer skin. Brand new to the Beauty Pie range, the Pro Glow Liquid Dew Highlighter is perfect for dabbing on onto your collarbones, shoulders, cheekbones and temples. It’s a Limited edition, so snap it up, stat.
Members, £12 (non members, £30)
Save face
A product that I have on repeat order, I cannot live without this SPF – and it’s a non-negotiable in my daily skincare routine. Not only is it super-lightweight, leaves no white cast, it also acts as a primer under makeup. It’s one of the best anti-ageing creams you can have in your toolkit. Amazing.
Members, £15 (non members, £50)
Luscious lip oil
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with lip gloss – love the sheer, glossy look but rarely do they stick. The Muddy team tried Beuaty Pie’s Wondergloss Collagen Oil when it launched and were amazed with its longevity. Not only is it available in 5 luscious shades, this supercharged lip oil delivers a balmy, hydrating finish that plumps up your lips. A summer makeup essential.
Members, £12 (non members £28)
Keep it clear
As someone who travels a fair amount, Beauty Pie’s Clear Makeup Bag has been a game changer. The large size fits all my travel size toiletries and makeup, it’s stylish and practical – and allows me to breeze through security with my carry on. Just make sure everything’s 100ml or under and you’re good to go (usually straight to the Duty Free shop).
Members, £25 (non members, £40)
The eyes have it
Love after-dark eyes? This is the perfect summer palette for smoking eyes. I’m a magpie for a gold compact of soft neutrals – the matte and metallic shades suits all skin tones and allow you to achieve different looks with a wave of your makeup wand. Don’t do summer without it.
Members, £19.50 (non members, £55)
Revive tired eyes
Burning the candle at both ends? You need a quick fix to revive your tired eyes. Ask anyone in the beauty biz and they’ll tell you to use eye patches to banish dark circles. These Depuffing Under-Eye Gel Pads are soaked in an active-serum hydrogel that helps repair, hydrate and make dark circles disappear.
Members, £32 (non members, £70)
Stay hydrated
No need for your face to feel like a raisin, Happy Face Cica Moisture Cream has a soothing, cooling gel-like consistency that helps to rehydrate sun-kissed skin. Traditional moisturisers can feel too claggy in the heat, so this a fab alternative and can deliver relief for highly sensitive and dry skin. The bonus? £1 goes to the Magic Breakfast charity from every tube sold.
Members, £16.50 (non members, £70)
The cheek of it
Once you’ve tried Beauty Pie’s Supercheek cream blush, you’ll never go back to powder. These gorgeous pots of blush come in 8 shades and add a pop of colour in your cheeks (I often dab it on my lips too). It’s a super-blendable texture that melts into your skin for a natural finish.
Members, £12 (non members, £30)
Spot the difference
Don’t freak out when you break out. Pimple patches are the latest makeup bag must-have to cover unwanted blemishes. The patches are magic – powered by active-intensive microdarts that dissolve into the epidermis and deliver targeted breakout-tackling Salicylic Acid, Madecassoside and Niacinamide. They literally ‘hit the spot’.
Members, £12 (non members, £30)
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Words: Hero Brown, Editor-in-Chief