Tested and approved. If there’s one thing we promise you, is that we never speak about products we haven’t tried, and that for a little while ( you can’t observe the results of a serum over a few days, can you?).
Nashi, La Prairie, Asteri…we’re bringing you the best of the skincare, beauty and hair products we’ve been using this year.

A HEALTHY SKIN OR NOTHING

FOCUS: LA PRAIRIE SKIN CAVIAR THE MIST

Skin Caviar The Mist is a uniquely formulated skincare product that incorporates the luxurious and transformative benefits of Swiss Caviar. It is designed to provide hydration and energy to the skin through its innovative formulation of micro-oil droplets in a water base, which ensures lightness and moisture retention. The product contains Caviar Hydroessence, rich in proteins for restructuring and hydration, and Caviar Micro-Nutrients, offering over 300 natural nutrients including energy molecules to support skin cell energy pathways. Utilizing nano-emulsion technology, these ingredients are efficiently delivered, enhancing the moisturizing effects and leaving the skin refreshed, energized, and smooth.

The packaging of The Mist is both practical and elegant, presented in a recyclable glass bottle tinted in the signature cobalt blue of the Skin Caviar Collection. It is designed for convenience, easily fitting into a purse or tote for reapplication throughout the day.

Skin Caviar The Mist is more than just a refreshing spray; it’s an integral part of any skincare routine, offering a rejuvenating boost and a dewy finish over makeup. It pairs perfectly with the Swiss UV Protection Veil SPF 50 for comprehensive skin care in the summer, ensuring the skin remains refreshed and protected at all time.

1- NASHI Argan Oil hair products
We’re obsessed with these incredible, natural hair products from Italy. Their heavenly scent is only one of the pros, the super-healthy looking, soft and shiny hair it gives you, being the number one priority. We’re using the shampoo, conditioner, oil, detangler and mask… okay basically the whole line.

2- WISHFUL Yo Glow AHA & BHA Facial Enzyme Scrub
The most gentle scrub, with a soft grainy texture that doesn’t leave your skin dry and thirsty. Also are we a stan of anything Huda Kattan? Also a little bit, yes.

3- Sunday Riley Good Genes with Glycolic Acid
We just love it. This serum features tiny glycolic acid molecules to clear pores and brighten skin, with lactic acid to remove dead cells. Prickly pear and lemongrass extracts soothe and refresh. It enhances skin by reducing pigmentation and plumping fine lines. Use daily for hydration or as a mask for a pre-event glow.

4-La Prairie Skin Caviar The Mist
see above

5- Zested Serum Mist
It smells divine and itäs just SO easy to use. ZESTED, currently a monoproduct brand, offers a “smart” serum-spray that aims to solve various skin issues by stimulating natural cell regeneration and rebalancing the skin’s microbiota. This product combines the high efficacy and concentration of a traditional serum with the convenience and refreshing qualities of a spray. It’s also a great addition to any 100% natural skincare routine

6- Ultraviolette Ultralight Sunscreen
Non-sticky, fast-absorbing, this 50+ SPF is perfect as an everyday (and compulsory) addition. to your make-up routine. Their thinnest consistency to date, the product also includes skin-loving ingredients that work to reduce pigmentation and brighten your skin.

A LITTLE MAKE-UP FOR THAT EXTRA GLOW

FOCUS: ASTERI BRONZER AND LIP GLOSS

1- ASTERI is a fairly new beauty brand created by Saudi entrepreneur Sara Al Rashed, aimed at celebrating the strength and uniqueness of Arab women. The brand offers a complete makeup collection characterized by high-quality, densely pigmented formulas that are designed to perform exceptionally in desert conditions. ASTERI’s product range includes items for skin, eyes, and lips, emphasizing self-expression through makeup. Sara Al Rashed founded the brand to represent modern Arab women who transcend traditional stereotypes. ASTERI is committed to sustainability and environmental consciousness, featuring vegan, cruelty-free, and clean beauty ingredients. Many of its products are also refillable, promoting a mindful approach to beauty.

We absolutely love the bronzers and gloss that come with us anywhere and everywhere.

2- Skin Story Multistick in Legacy
The Legacy Multistick provides an ultra-natural, blushed look that enhances both lips and cheeks with a healthy glow. It is formulated with nourishing ingredients like Avocado oil, Camellia Japonica Seed oil, and Marula oil, ensuring a smooth, clean complexion with a pop of color for a fresh and radiant appearance. This weightless, non-greasy multistick offers a natural satin finish and is buildable for more intensity. It combines the benefits of blush and lipstick, delivering a sumptuous, fuller-looking finish and leaving lips feeling soft and luxurious. Ideal for those seeking effective, rich-toned color and maximum performance in their makeup.

3- By Mina Sheikhly Tiger Eye Mascara
One of our favourites by Iraqi entrepreneur Mina Al Sheikhly, the product will make people ask if your lashes are real. This highly pigmented brown mascara offers a long-lasting false lash effect with instant color payoff. Enriched with Jojoba oil, the formula is both water and transfer-resistant, ensuring durability. It contains thickening agents that provide an ultra-volumizing effect, achieving a false-lash look with just a few strokes. The mascara also maintains color stability effectively. The Tiger Eye Brush features two sides: shorter bristles for maximum formula deposit and volumizing, and longer bristles for curling and separating lashes.

4-Gimme Brow shade 4 by Benefit
One of the many Benefit brow products we can’t live without, the GimmeBrow is perfect to accentuate your natural shade while lifting thebrows and making your gaze look that much more mysterious.

5-CC Cream by Erborian in Clair
One of our bathroom staples since college. This skin perfector immediately enhances the complexion by revealing an even-toned, luminous look while nurturing the skin daily. It features a unique formula with encapsulated pigments that adapt to skin tone upon contact, providing light coverage and a natural finish. The formula not only evens out the skin tone but also blurs imperfections thanks to its lightweight texture that seamlessly blends into the skin. It’s a hybrid product, combining skincare benefits with makeup, and includes Centella Asiatica extract for soothing, moisturizing elements to soften the skin, and SPF 25 for sun protection. Overall, it leaves the skin looking visibly improved and luminous, and is dermatologically tested to be non-comedogenic.

MYSTERIOUS SCENTS TO LEAVE EVERYONE ADDICTED

FOCUS: PARFUMS DE MARLY

Parfums de Marly (PDM) is a French fragrance brand inspired by the opulent 18th-century court of King Louis XV. Founded by Julien Sprecher, the brand aims to resurrect the luxurious perfume traditions of that era, with a specific homage to the king’s love for elaborate scents. The brand’s name, Parfums de Marly, references the Château de Marly, a royal residence famed for its gatherings and as the housing for the king’s horses, a theme that influences the names and motifs of the fragrances. The brand is known for its luxurious, long-lasting scents that merge traditional and modern perfumery elements, offering distinct fragrances like «Herod,» «Layton,» «Pegasus,» and «Delina,» which are popular for their unique woody, floral, and sweet notes.

1- Perseus and Valaya, PDM
Unisex, Perseus is a radiant and invigorating perfume characterized by a vibrant blend of grapefruit and a heart of vetiver, which awakens upon application. The initial burst of zest invigorates the skin while the earthy vetiver adds an elegant, comforting, and alluring touch. Enhanced with ambergris and aromatic woods, this scent captures the essence of dawn at the regal Château de Marly, where the first sunlight warms the gardens and illuminates the fountains, celebrating the brilliance of citrus. Perseus is the perfect start to a day bathed in continuous sunshine, serving as a unique morning ritual.

As per Valaya, it is perhaps our number 1 perfume, ever. An invocation of skin softly touched by a veil of cotton, it boasts fresh top notes of bergamot, mandarin, and sweet white peach that transition into a mix of white flowers, culminating in a sensual base of musk and ambrofix.

2- Radical Rose Matière Première
We’re big fans of Aurélien Guichard’s work and Radical Rose is the best rose-based perfume we’ve ever smelled. The Rose Centifolia Absolute is extracted by roses organically grown by the brand. It’s complimented by saffron and pepper berries essence from Jamaica, patchouli essence from Indonesia and labdanum absolute from Andalusia.

3-Oud Satin Mood by Francis Kurkdjian
Just as the eau de parfum suggests the luxurious texture of satin, this extrait version deepens the ambery nuances. OUD satin mood Maison Francis Kurkdjian extrait de parfum highlights the lavish roses from Turkey and Tunisia, embracing their sensual essence to complement the rich and animalistic notes of oud wood, before merging them with delicate violet blooms. OUD satin mood extrait de parfum is a rich ambery scent with a lavish fragrance trail, reminiscent of the brilliant flash of a meteor streaking across the desert night sky.

4-Nothing But Sea And Sky by Une Nuit Nomade
One of the most addictive and surprising perfumes ever. In his renowned poetry anthology ‘Leaves of Grass’, Walt Whitman penned ‘From Montauk Point’, where his reflections led him to observe: ‘Nothing, but sea and sky’. At Montauk Point, often referred to as The End, the world halts in the winter months. The sky is cloaked in a soft white hue and the whisper of a snowstorm dusts the shore with snowflakes. The turbulent sea resembles a vast field of blooming cotton.
‘Nothing but Sea and Sky’ is an homage to Montauk in its snowy garb. It is a comforting scent, a wrap of white musks blended into sandalwood with creamy undertones.

5-Gucci Bloom Intense Eau De Parfum
Our top choice from the Gucci Bloom Family. The intense Gucci Bloom eau de parfum, inspired by the magnetic forces of moonlight, is a potent fragrance designed to stir the creative spirit and promote the authenticity of one’s personality. It opens with a radiant note of orange blossom absolute, leading into a floral heart of Arabian jasmine and tuberose, complemented by the exotic night-blooming cereus. The base of patchouli essence and crystal moss adds depth and sensuality. This 100 ml fragrance features top notes of pear, ginger essence, and mandarin, with heart notes that include sambac jasmine absolute and orange flower. The unique bottle, lacquered to reflect the dark intensity of a lunar eclipse, features a cosmic pattern and is enclosed in an outer case adorned with the iconic red Toile de Jouy Herbarium Gucci print, highlighted by a golden border.